2009

22/12/2009

New owner for Cambridge park home estate

Acting on behalf of private owners, the Colliers CRE Recreational Property team has successfully completed the sale of park home estate Badgers Holt in Longstanton, near Cambridge. Read full story

09/12/2009

Colliers CRE forecasts

Colliers CRE is forecasting annualised total returns of 9.8% over the 2010-2014 period, representing an attractive investment return. Read full story

01/12/2009

Leeds pupil wins Colliers Green Focus, a national photography competition

Out of the 300 hundred children from nine schools that took part 13 year old Luke Hudson from Rodley won first prize for a photograph of Granary Wharf in Leeds. Read full story

27/11/2009

Sale of six hotels on the south coast by Colliers Robert Barry

The sale of the Norfolk Royale in Bournemouth earlier this summer and the response to marketing of the Marine Hotel in Salcombe, which has gone to best bids, show there is plenty of healthy activity and renewed confidence from investors. Read full story

The Homes and Communities Agency auctions two 500 year old timber framed barns.

Colliers CRE, a property company renowned for selling quirky properties at auction, is offering two 500 year old timber framed barns with development potential at its next auction on 7 December. Read full story

18/11/2009

32 lots to go under the hammer at the Colliers CRE auction on 7 December

Highlights include two timber framed barns with development potential in Dorset and Buckinghamshire, two award winning restaurants in Bristol and Bath and a 17 acre beach near Looe in Cornwall. Read full story

13/11/2009

Colliers CRE announces further directorate change

Colliers CRE is pleased to announce that Mr. Geoffrey Bledin has been appointed as an independent non-executive director with effect from 13th November 2009. Read full story

12/11/2009

Andrew Graham, deputy chairman at Colliers CRE, retires

Colliers CRE has announced that Andrew Graham, Deputy Chairman, has retired from the company with effect from Monday 26th October. Read full story

02/11/2009

Locum Consulting supports The London Festival of Architecture 2010

The London Festival of Architecture 2010 (LFA2010), a sixteen-day programme of events running from 19 June to 4 July, will take place around the theme of The Welcoming City, highlighting how cities can become increasingly amenable, tolerant and engaging. Read full story

30/10/2009

Colliers CRE announces directorate change

Colliers CRE is pleased to announce that Mr. Douglas Phillip Frye and Mr. Christopher Ross McLernon have been appointed Directors of the Company with effect from 29th October 2009. Read full story

26/10/2009

Colliers CRE announces result of General Meeting

The Board of Colliers CRE plc announces that at the General Meeting of the Company all the resolutions were duly passed by Shareholders. Read full story

21/10/2009

Punch Taverns appoints Colliers CRE for sale of pubs

This week the licensed and leisure department of Colliers CRE has been instructed by Punch Taverns, the leading UK pub company, to dispose of 68 new properties. Read full story

10/10/2009

Sale of Forbury Hotel in Reading to Von Essen

Colliers Robert Barry has completed the sale of luxury 23 bedroom Forbury Hotel in the centre of Reading to Von Essen Hotels on behalf of administrators Mark Wilson and Matthew Wild of Baker Tilley. Read full story

08/10/2009

Placing and subscription to raise £20 million

Colliers CRE plc (AIM: COL), a UK commercial real estate consultancy service group, today announces that it has conditionally raised £20.0 million (approximately £18.4 million net of expenses) through the placing of and subscription for 100,000,000 New Ordinary Shares at a price of 20p per New Ordinary Share. Read full story

06/10/2009

Half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2009

Colliers CRE plc (AIM: COL), a UK commercial real estate consultancy service group, today announces its half year results for the six months to 30 June 2009. Read full story

01/10/2009

Hotel specialist Colliers Robert Barry finds a room in Cambridge

Hotel and licensed property specialist Colliers Robert Barry has made a new home in Cambridge sharing city centre offices at Thompson's Lane with its sister company Colliers CRE. Read full story

24/09/2009

Surveyors at the Bristol office of Colliers CRE fly the flag for heroes

Graduate surveyors from the Bristol office of Colliers CRE recently notched up a major charitable success – completing the Three Peaks Challenge and raising a considerable amount of money for injured servicemen and women. Read full story

15/09/2009

The planning team at Colliers CRE contribute to clean green makeover for dilapidated 1960s building

Nigel Cooper and Tony Pink from the Colliers CRE planning team provided town planning consultancy for the stunning transformation of a tired, dilapidated 1960s office block into a modern, efficient and highly sustainable working environment. Read full story

09/09/2009

Another piece of the Cornish Riviera for sale by auction for £275K

A very popular and successful beach café with a 200 metre long promenade to the west of Pendennis Castle in Falmouth will be auctioned by Colliers CRE on 16 October. Read full story

01/09/2009

Tim Asson joins Colliers CRE as Director of Corporate Solutions

Tim was formerly Managing Director of Consultancy Services at NB Real Estate, (formerly Nelson Bakewell), where, over the past 10 years, he established, developed and led one of the UK's leading corporate occupier teams. Read full story

28/08/2009

Colliers CRE appoints Adam Burke as Rating Director in Manchester

He moves from BNP Paribas Real Estate, formally Atis Real, where he was Director of Rating and Lease Advisory. Adam joins the national rating team with responsibility for the North West region. Read full story

19/08/2009

Sale for Dream Lodge Group of 4 parks by Colliers CRE

The Recreational Property department has sold three well known lodge parks in Sussex, Devon and Cornwall to Norfolk Park Homes, off an asking price of £3 million. Read full story

11/08/2009

Colliers CRE moves up in the world

Colliers CRE's Birmingham office has moved into the top floor of Eleven Brindleyplace which provides the 70 strong team with a 'best in class' new working environment. Read full story

23/07/2009

Colliers CRE announces a trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2009

The Company expects to announce its Interim Results in late September. Read full story

22/07/2009

2010 business rates – Winners and losers

The Communities and Local Government has announced its initial results of the 2010 Rating Revaluation and Consultation document proposals for transitional arrangements for the 2010 Rating List. Read full story

14/07/2009

New planning team appointed at Colliers CRE

The Leeds office of award winning property agents Colliers CRE has made two new senior appointments to bolster its planning team. Read full story

06/07/2009

76 acres of golden Cornish beach for sale by auction

On the 13th July 2009, Colliers CRE will auction a large part of Upton Towans beach and sand dunes in Gwithian, West Cornwall. Read full story

06/07/2009

47 lots to go under the hammer at Colliers CRE's auction on 13 July

Colliers CRE's next auction will take place at The Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, Portman Square, London on Monday 13 July from 11am. Read full story

23/06/2009

Colliers CRE predicts retail rents to drop by a fifth

Its 2009 Midsummer Retail Report forecasts that rental values will fall by 23% by the end of 2010. The worst economic recession since the 1930s has taken its toll on the retail sector. Read full story

11/06/2009

Colliers CRE PLC - Result of AGM

All resolutions put to the meeting were carried. Proxies of in excess of 93% per cent were received in favour of each resolution. Read full story

08/06/2009

Colliers CRE holds seminar on state of the economy

Colliers believes that Cambridgeshire will outperform the UK as a whole by at least a full percentage point on Gross Domestic Product, helped in no small part by the region's diverse mix of businesses. Read full story

28/05/2009

Colliers CRE to host free seminar on the delivery of LABVs

LABVs and LHCs are joint ventures between local authorities and private sector partners which provide a funded delivery model for regeneration with effective asset management. Read full story

26/05/2009

EG Awards: Colliers CRE shortlisted in every property adviser category

Colliers CRE has been shortlisted in all four property adviser categories for this year's EG Awards. Read full story

14/05/2009

Winning bidders in NDA land auction raise £465m

Colliers CRE, on behalf of The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has successfully concluded the online auction process. Read full story

05/05/2009

More than 30 lots to go under the hammer at the Colliers CRE auction on 12 May

Portfolios have been entered by Coventry City Council, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, the Homes & Communities Agency (formerly English Partnerships), North Lincolnshire Council and Defence Estates. Read full story

01/05/2009

Midsummer Retail report to launch in June

Colliers CRE's annual Midsummer Retail report is essential reading for retailers, investors, developers, bankers, analysts and everyone with an interest in retail property. Read full story

24/04/2009

New health centre for Black Country Park in West Bromwich

The Colliers CRE automotive & roadside team has injected a new lease of life into the retail park by structuring a deal for a new doctor's surgery. Read full story

09/04/2009

The Logistics & Industrial team at Colliers CRE has triumphed in the Most Active Agent competition run by Estates Gazette

The team came first in the annual competition in the London category as well as fourth in the South East, fourth in Scotland and fifth overall in the UK. Read full story

07/04/2009

Preliminary results announcement for the year to 31 December 2008

Colliers CRE plc (AIM: COL), one of the UK's top ten commercial real estate consultancy service groups announces its final results for the year to 31 December 2008. Read full story

06/04/2009

Javelin Park, by the M5 in Gloucestershire, to be key UK distribution hub

Colliers CRE have been appointed to launch a Europe-wide search for potential occupiers of the 15 acre site which is to be developed into one of the key distribution hubs for the country. Read full story

02/04/2009

Central London shop vacancy rates buck the national trend

Colliers CRE's third Central London Retail Health Check research report, which uses retail shop void rates as a key indicator, reveals that both the proportion of void retail units and floorspace in Central London has fallen. Read full story

30/03/2009

Colliers CRE runs online auction for NDA sites at Wylfa, Oldbury and Bradwell

Following an announcement by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and EDF concerning the disposal of land adjacent to three NDA; the process enters its final phase with the start of online bidding. Read full story

24/03/2009

25 Queen Anne Street, W1 lets at record rents

Colliers Godfrey Vaughan, acting on behalf of Howard de Walden Estates Ltd, has let 25 Queen Anne Street to Ki Health International at £775,000 per annum. Read full story

16/03/2009

Colliers retail barometer reveals new shopping centre openings cause void levels to soar

First national retail barometer research report from Colliers CRE shows consecutive rises in the number of void retail units since October 2006 across most of the 15 centres in its sample. Read full story

12/03/2009

White Acres Holiday Park in Newquay saves £106,000 on new sewage system

Colliers CRE, on behalf of Parkdean Holidays Ltd, (Parkdean), has negotiated the sewer requisition works at one of its holiday parks, White Acres near Newquay. Read full story

26/02/2009

Watch a podcast of Anatole Kaletsky speaking at Colliers CRE Economics and Forecasting Briefing

On Tuesday 24th February, Colliers CRE held its annual Economics and Forecasting Breakfast Briefing at the Wallace Collection. Read full story

25/02/2009

Colliers CRE Belfast appointed letting agents for premier waterfront office buildings

Acting on behalf of William Ewart Properties Ltd, Colliers CRE Belfast has been appointed as letting agents on two new build Grade A office buildings located in Lanyon Place, Belfast. Read full story

20/02/2009

Locum Consulting helps the Natural Vision project at Chester Zoo to gain approval

Locum Consulting, part of the Colliers CRE group, is Business Consultant for Natural Vision and has worked with the Zoo since 2002. Read full story

11/02/2009

Berkshire Racquets Club goes to auction

The Royal County of Berkshire Racquets and Health Club in Bracknell will go under the hammer at Colliers CRE's London auction on 16 February. Read full story

19/01/2009

40 lots go under the hammer at Colliers CRE auction

Colliers CRE's first auction of 2009 will take place at The Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, Portman Square, London on Monday 16 February from 11am. Read full story

19/01/2009

High street voids trigger mass rating appeals

The current raft of empty retail space on the UK's main high streets has prompted Colliers CRE to appeal all of their retail clients rating assessments. Read full story

19/01/2009

Abbey Hotel in Tintern to be auctioned by Colliers CRE

Colliers CRE's auction team, working with Colliers Robert Barry's hotel team, has been instructed to sell the freehold 23 bedroom Abbey Hotel in Tintern, Monmouthshire which closed in December. Read full story

16/01/2009

Colliers CRE announces a trading update

Colliers CRE (AIM: COL), one of the leading commercial real estate consultancy groups in the UK, announces a trading update for its financial year ended 31 December 2008. Read full story

16/01/2009

Colliers Robert Barry announces sale of the Holiday Inn Express, Crawley to Sojourn Hotels

The sale sees the disposal of the purpose-built limited service hotel, located close to the centre of Crawley, having 74 en suite bedrooms and valuable planning consent for a further 44 letting bedrooms. Read full story