Cambridge industrial unit let

An industrial unit in Cambridge has been let on a new 10 year lease through the local office of Eddisons who acted as sole agent on behalf of the landlord.

Unit 6 Restwell Court, Coldham’s Road is in one of the city’s established industrial districts, on a popular trading estate, one and a half miles from the centre of Cambridge.

The unit gives the new occupier 932 sq m (10,038 sq ft) of accommodation which will be used for storage and distribution of food products.

For more information on industrial opportunities to let in Cambridge, contact Laurence Gercke at the Eddisons office in the city 01223 467155 or [email protected].

Growth prompts local move for timber supplier

An industrial warehouse unit in St Neots has been let by the Huntingdon office of Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews to a local timber merchant whose business had outgrown its previous premises in the Cambridgeshire town.

The St Neots branch of Bedford Timber Supplies Ltd  has relocated to 4b Marston Road – a 12,850 sq ft (1,193.7 sq m) warehouse unit – from a unit on Levellers Lane, St Neots where it had been located for over 20 years.

The company, which serves the trade and the general public, had been seeking new premises for over a year before securing a new lease on 4b Marston Road through Eddisons – who was the sole agent acting on behalf of the landlord.

Speaking about the recent relocation, Bedford Timber Supplies Ltd branch manager, Tony Barnett, said, “With a growing customer base in the region and twelve employees who live in the area, we needed to find larger premises but still remain in St Neots.

“The search for the right premises took time. But we now have a warehouse and trade counter unit from where we can serve our existing customer base and accommodate the business’s expansion as we, together with our Bedford branch, extend our reach to new customers.”

Richard Adam of Eddisons added, “In a fast moving industrial property market, occupiers can feel tempted to settle for a unit which doesn’t fully meet their essential property requirements.

“In its taking time, Bedford Timber Supplies has found a warehouse unit from where it can trade successfully for a number of years in line with the company’s business plans.”

For more information on industrial units to let in the area, contact Richard Adam at the Huntingdon office of Eddisons, tel 01480 451578, [email protected] or see eddisons.com/barker-storey-matthews.

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Richard Jones, Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, 01733 897722, [email protected].

Refurbished workshops and offices to let following sale of site

A scheme of workshops and offices on one of Huntingdon’s principal trading estates is now available to let through Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews following the sale of the former factory site last year (2020) by the agent.

The scheme at 9-10 Clifton Road on the St Peters Road Industrial Estate sees a total of six commercial units created to let following extensive refurbishment of the former Aerotron factory premises on the 2.31 acre site by the new owners.

There is a series of four workshop units of 4,500 sq ft (418.06 sq m) – all with separate access and one with a single storey office. In addition there is a larger, standalone workshop unit of 6,062 sq ft (563.17 sq m).

The largest workshop unit, of 20,945 sq ft (1945.85 sq m), has access from both the central service yard and also a self-contained yard to the rear.

This unit (Unit 10) can be offered to let with a two storey office property with a reception area of 3,238 sq ft (303.35 sq m). The agent advises that the offices may be also available to let separately by negotiation.

At 9-10 Clifton Road, the units to let are in a prominent position on the estate where nearby high profile occupiers include GPS Pipes, Steinhoff Beds and the production facility and headquarters of Hotel Chocolat.

Eddisons’ Stephen Power is leading the marketing of the units following his successful sale of the site last year.

He said, “This part of Huntingdon has always appealed to industrial and trade counter occupiers.

“There is no question that the completed upgrade of the A14 and the ongoing improvements to Huntingdon town centre’s road network are helping to profile the town’s commercial locations to new property audiences.

“That we were able to sell the 9-10 Clifton Road site during business lockdown last year is a testament to the appeal of industrial property as an investment – especially when it’s located in the kind of key regional and national industrial and logistics hub that the Huntingdon district now is.”

Viewing of 9-10 Clifton Road, St Peters Road Industrial Estate, Huntingdon is strictly by appointment only through Eddisons as the sole agent.

For any press queries, please contact:
Richard Jones, Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, 01733 897722, [email protected].

Detached industrial unit let to local occupier on Cambs estate

An 878 sq m (9,450 sq ft) industrial unit on an estate close to Cambridge has been let by Eddisons now incorporating Barker Storey Matthews  to an occupier on the same estate.

Eddisons acted as the sole agent for the landlord in the letting of Unit 2 Pembroke Avenue, Waterbeach – an established business location two and a half miles north of the A10/A14 interchange at Milton (Junction 33).

The occupier has taken a new 10-year lease of Unit 2 which provides a mixture of open plan warehouse and office accommodation and a good-sized concrete surfaced loading and parking area.

For more information on industrial opportunities to let in the Cambridge area contact Laurence Gercke at the Eddisons office in the city, tel 01223 467155, [email protected] or see eddisons.com/barker-storey-matthews.

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Richard Jones, Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, 01733 897722, [email protected].

Sale of mixed-use property points to investor appetite

The Huntingdon office of Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews references the recent sale of mixed-use premises in Sandy, Bedfordshire as reinforcing its view that property investor appetite endures as the second quarter of the year (2021) is underway.

Eddisons acted as joint agents in marketing the sale of the freehold of Shannon Court – a mixed-use commercial property with planning permission for a residential element – on High Street in Sandy.

Shannon Court is a three storey building, totalling 1,372 sq m (14,770 sq ft), and comprises a ground floor retail arcade and first and second floor offices.

The property has been sold to an investor buyer and Eddisons confirmed that while the sale price remains undisclosed, it achieved in excess of its guide price of £1.05 million.

Eddisons’ Matthew Hunt said, “Shannon Court attracted strong interest from a number of potential investors. We were successful in achieving a sale price in excess of the guide price and that demonstrates that demand for property investment has held during recent, difficult economic trading conditions.”

For more information on other current freehold property opportunities, contact Matthew Hunt at the Huntingdon office, tel 01480 451578, [email protected] or see eddisons.com/barker-storey-matthews.

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Richard Jones, Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, 01733 897722, [email protected].

Business growth prompts property sale for interior design studio owner

The freehold of Cambridge office studio premises and apartment home of an interior design specialist are for sale through Eddisons now incorporating Barker Storey Matthews who is the sole agent under instruction.

The properties at 17 and 17a Emmanuel Road, in the historic heart of Cambridge, overlooking Christ’s Pieces, are the commercial studio of Angel + Blume as well as the home of the interior design business’s owner, Cate Burren.

The property was formerly the Cambridge office of fine art valuer and auctioneer, Bonhams. Angel + Blume had been operating from a number of offices in the city for a decade before moving to 17 Emmanuel Road.

The first floor (Number 17a) was converted by Cate Burren for her own residential use with her interior design business occupying the ground floor (Number 17).

The mixed-use property instruction sees Eddisons marketing the freehold sale of the whole property of 1,458 sq ft (135 sq m) which includes two undercroft parking spaces and with planning permission for the property’s conversion to single residential use.

The guide price is £750,000.

The sale is prompted by the changing commercial and domestic needs of Angel + Blume.

Owner Cate Burren said, “We have simply outgrown both properties. We are looking to relocate in Cambridge because the business has expanded so much in the time we have been living ‘above-the-shop’ at Emmanuel Road.

“The success of the business is, I believe, due in no small part of the character and location of the building but it’s time to move on.”

Ben Green, who is leading the marketing of the property anticipates great interest in the property which is being offered for sale with vacant possession.

He said, ”It’s a unique property opportunity in the Cambridge marketplace at the moment and it’s a real fillip for Eddisons to have this high profile instruction.

“Our reading and sense of the current market gives us the confidence to look to achieve a sale that will satisfy our client and the next owner.”

Viewing of 17 & 17a Emmanuel Road, Cambridge is strictly by appointment only through Eddisons as the sole agent.

To arrange a viewing or for more information, contact Ben Green at the Cambridge office of Eddisons, tel 01223 467155, [email protected].

For any press queries, please contact:
Richard Jones, Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, 01733 897722, [email protected].

RICS Q1 2021: UK Commercial Property Market Survey – Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews comments

The RICS has just published its latest quarterly UK Commercial Property Market Survey (Q1 2021), headlined, ‘More respondents now sensing a recovery is underway, although conditions remain tough for offices and retail’.

Quoted in the latest survey, among other RICS chartered surveyors in East Anglia, is Ben Green of Eddisons now incorporating Barker Storey Matthews whose regional offices are in Peterborough, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds.

In the survey, Ben Green shares his experience of the Cambridge market during the first quarter of this year (2021) which echoes the sentiment of the RICS’s wider, nationwide survey.

He commented, “The industrial market is very strong with high demand and a shortage of available units. There are tentative signs of office market recovery with new enquiries on the rise.

“Secondary retail is faring better than prime and there is strong investor interest for all property types in and around Cambridge.”

For the full RICS survey, see rics.org/uk/news-insight/research/market-surveys/global-commercial-property-monitors.

Eddisons, incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, has 20 offices operating in the UK including 4 in the Eastern Region with offices in Peterborough, Cambridge, Huntingdon and Bury St Edmunds.

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Mill suite secured for innovative education centre

A not for profit organisation is the latest Cambridge office occupier to be confirmed by Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews.

The organisation Cambridge Centre for Learning Spaces Innovation  (CCLSI) – a collaborative project between Gratnells Learning Rooms, A4LE and Ecophon – has taken a five year lease on the second floor office suite at Newnham Mill on Newnham Road, Cambridge.

A waterside landmark building beside Mill Common, within the historic city centre and bordering one of Cambridge’s high profile residential areas, Newnham, the 145 sq m (1,562 sq ft) self-contained office suite, will be the education specialist’s first venue in Cambridge from where it will launch this summer (June 2021).

As the first in a network of innovative education facilities centred on the importance of planning and design in the provision of learning spaces and educational environments, the founders of CCLSI – and authors of the publication, Planning Learning Spaces – had not been seeking premises for long before selecting Newnham Mill.

Murray Hudson, of CCSLI – and co-author of the book on whose principles the not for profit organisation is founded, explained, “Cambridge was always going to be the choice for the first of our centres for obvious reasons.

“As soon as we saw the Mill we were captivated. It is light and airy and full of character, as well as set in a picturesque yet accessible location.

“There are acoustic challenges in the Mill but this will allow us to show how drawbacks in a learning space can be overcome.”

Commenting on the announcement by Eddisons of the latest office letting in Cambridge, Ben Green, Director, said, “There is much talk of the role of ‘the office’ post-pandemic by commentators and this is, naturally, beginning to feature in the minds of occupiers.

“Cambridge is not immune to this and we are still seeing new office occupiers – such as CCLS – coming to the city with bespoke property requirements.

“Also, indigenous Cambridge companies are reviewing their requirements as business grows or leases expire in the natural churn of business, setting aside any post-pandemic considerations.

“But Cambridge remains a good place for doing business and the expansion of its office stock during the past decade can only serve to reinforce this position.”

Eddisons and Carter Jonas act on behalf of the landlord at Newnham Mill, Cambridge where a first floor office suite of 2,638 sq ft, with a feature terrace, is available to let.

Viewing is strictly by appointment through the agents.

For more information on the available suite at Newnham Mill or other office space to let in central Cambridge, contact Ben Green at Eddisons, tel 01223 467155, [email protected].

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Range of office suites and labs in Cambridge village R&D location

Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews is the sole agent on a range of suites to suit office or laboratory use available to let on flexible lease terms at Harston Mill, five miles south of Cambridge.

The available space ranges in size from 18 sq m (192 sq ft) to larger suites of 292 sq m (3,146 sq ft) with the ability to combine suites.

The suites are to let at £19 to £22 psf per annum, excl, on flexible lease terms.

Features of the suites now available to let through Eddisons include a shared reception area and receptionist services, bookable meeting and conference rooms, security and 24/7 security access, shower facilities, secure cycle parking and ample car parking.

Harston Mill is an established R&D location in a landscaped, picturesque setting and with riverside walks.

It is located is on the A10, two miles from the M11 and with onward access to the A505. The nearby village of Foxton has a railway station with direct train services to Cambridge and London King’s Cross.

Harston village has a range of local amenities including a village store and post office, petrol station, public houses/restaurants and a GP surgery.

Viewing of the office and laboratory space available to let at Harston Mill is strictly by appointment through Eddisons as the sole agent.

Virtual tours are available on request.

To arrange a viewing within permitted Covid-19 business guidelines or for more information, contact Ben Green, tel 07825 309599, [email protected] or see eddisons.com/properties/harston-mill-harston-cambridge-cb22.

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Richard Jones, Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, 01733 897722, [email protected].

Café use for former Bury St Edmunds boutique

The premises of a former clothes boutique on St John’s Street in Bury St Edmunds have been let to the operator of an independent café.

This is confirmed by Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews whose local office acted on behalf of the landlord as the sole agent in the letting of 7 St John’s Street, which was formerly occupied by the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing boutique, to the new café tenant which is due to open shortly.

As a Grade II Listed property, 7 St John’s Street sees the new occupier with ground floor and cellar space totalling 677 sq ft (62.89 sq m) and with an 8.3 metre frontage on to St John’s Street – one of Bury St Edmunds’ established town centre locations.

For information on other retail premises to let in Bury St Edmunds town centre, contact Steven Mudd at Eddisons’ local office, tel 01284 702655, [email protected] or see eddisons.com/barker-storey-matthews.

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Richard Jones, Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews, 01733 897722, [email protected].