Recent Deals
In a deal valued at £68 million, one of only two Scottish shopping centre deals of 2009, we acquired Clyde Shopping...more>>
Recent Deals
  • In a deal valued at £68 million, one of only two Scottish shopping centre deals of 2009, we acquired Clyde Shopping Centre, Clydebank for the joint venture company of Helical Bar plc and Prime Commercial Properties plc. The Centre comprises in excess of 625,000 square feet of retail space within 121 shops, 6 anchor stores, cafes, a multiplex cinema and 1700 parking spaces.


  • Acting for Manchester-based private clients, we acquired an Aberdeen office block let to a major oil and gas operator for £26 million.


  • We represented Chancery UK LLP in the formation of a new EZ Investment Syndicate and the acquisition of a £187million Data Centre at Cobalt Business Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne.


  • We represented Town Centre Securities plc in the acquisition of a large retail investment in Milngavie, Glasgow at a price in excess of £10million.


  • On behalf of Schroders, we acted in the financing of two Enterprise Zone Syndicates at Hamilton International Technology Park


  • On behalf of News International, publishers of the Times, the Sun and the News of the World, we acquired a development site at Eurocentral, Lanarkshire.


  • We represented News International in connection with letting their office space at The Guildhall, 57 Queen Street, Glasgow at a total rent of £368,240 per annum. The legal process was concluded within 10 days.


  • At a price in excess of £40million - the largest Edinburgh investment deal of the year at the time - we acted for a Manchester-based private property company in its acquisition of a newly-constructed office building at South Gyle, Edinburgh, let mainly to a government tenant.


  • We acted for a leading Glasgow-based private Scottish property company in a number of sales, including the sale of combined interests in the Kyle Centre and Arran Mall, Ayr in a deal valued at £37million.


  • We handled an inter-group re-organisation for offshore clients with associated refinancing and a subsequent further securitisation-based refinancing, involving a portfolio of UK office buildings worth in excess of £200million including four office developments in Edinburgh and Aberdeen valued alone at more than £130million.


  • We acted in the forward- funded purchase (through a corporate acquisition) of a new office building in Tranent for offshore clients for approx. £5million.


  • We acquired a car park site in Linwood, Paisley for Q-Park, also via a corporate acquisition, for in excess of £5million.


  • On behalf of a London-based plc Pension Scheme we disposed of a prime retail investment in Perth for just under £4 million.


  • We represent Aldi Stores in Scotland and are currently assisting them in an expansion programme of their Scottish operations.


  • We acted in the sale of an Edinburgh mixed retail and office investment at a price just under £17million.


  • On behalf of the Fordgate Group we acted in the sale of the Paisley Centre, Paisley to a Jersey property unit trust in a deal valued at over £48million.


  • We acted for private English investors in the sale of a multi-let office building in Aberdeen for in excess of £10 million


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