Optimism from D&P Holt for 2012:

2011 was a difficult year within the property industry, both locally and regionally but it is not all the doom and gloom the press seem to continue to cry about, particularly within the Coventry area. We at D&P Holt in 2011, after a fairly slow start, had a fair amount of success...

D&P Holt Complete Successful Mission:

Acting on behalf of Fidelity International, D&P Holt has recently completed the successful letting of a quality industrial/warehouse unit at Spitfire Close on Coventry Business Park.

The unit totals 14,084 sq ft and benefits from works office and staff restroom facilities at ground floor and air conditioned offices and boardroom at first floor...

Two units let at Grovelands:

Units H1 and H2 on the Grovelands Industrial Estate extending to approximately 42,500 sq ft have been let to Luxury For Less. The units, which have been refurbished by our clients M7 Real Estate, have been let at a headline rent of just under £4.00 sq ft. Incentives were granted to Luxury For Less by way of stepped rents which, together with the very accessible location of the estate being just half a mile from Junction 3 of the M6, encouraged Luxury For Less to move onto this estate on the north side of Coventry...

D & P Holt Acquire Major Facility for CPP:

A building which played a massive part in the automotive history of Coventry has been reborn as a high-tech production plant.

Leading automotive engineering firm CPP has established a specialist manufacturing plant at the Bayton Road Industrial Estate – and has already taken on 70 staff...

Quarter 2 2011 Overview:

The year started at a trot with much more activity in the commercial property market.

The demand for industrial property has increased significantly with a number of manufacturers expanding on the back of a considerably improved export market, helped by the weaker pound against the Euro and other currencies...

D&P Holt Advise Severn Trent:

The Severn Trent Centre, Coventry

D&P Holt are delighted to have advised Severn Trent and Stoford on the acquisition of the long leasehold site from the City of Coventry for the development of their new 170,000 sq ft office centre.

Handover took place on programme and to budget on 8 September 2010, the building being fully tested and commissioned in advance...

Property Highlights 2010:

1. Friargate

The proposed 3 million sq ft iconic development by Cannon & Kirk around Coventry Station received planning approval, subject to reserved matters being approved. D&P Holt were instrumental in introducing Cannon & Kirk to the opportunity and providing strategic property advice since its inception...

The Coventry Expands:

Coventry Building Society is to expand is headquarter operation in one of the biggest office lettings deals of the year.

Coventry – the UK’s third largest building society, which merged with Stroud & Swindon Building Society earlier this year – is expanding operations to the Oak Tree Court building on the Binley Business Park after agreeing a new 15-year lease...

Cov & Warwicks Investment Overview Q3 2010:

D&P Holt has experienced considerable demand for investment property during 2010 from investment funds and charities, property companies and private investors. These are uncertain times on the stock market with equities being volatile and while investments in bonds proved attractive earlier in the year, yields have been forced down as a consequence of Government debt and demand in the market...

THREE AT JUNCTION THREE:

A trio of recession-busting deals at a Coventry business park has helped to lift the property market gloom in the area.

Comau Estil, part of the Fiat Group, is the latest high-profile company to take office suite accommodation on Oak Court, ProLogis Park Coventry, where it will be relocating its regional headquarters...

Coventry & Warwickshire Summer 2010:

The first two quarters in 2010 saw a significant improvement in the industrial and commercial transactional markets in Coventry and Warwickshire, with several notable deals.

1) Oak Tree Court, Binley, Coventry

Acting for A J Mucklow, D & P Holt introduced the Coventry Building Society to Oak Tree Court, a 30,000 sq ft office building, where a new 15-year lease was negotiated on behalf of Mucklow following the surrender of the two years remaining on the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce Lease...

XLent Move:

XL MOTORS, a leading local Accident Repair Centre, has recently acquired 17,000 sq ft on Bedworth Road, Exhall, Coventry.

Formed some 20 years ago by Rob Ally in a small 800 sq ft unit, the company has expanded to where it stands today.

Prior to this move to Bedworth Road, XL Motors were located at Parkside, where local commercial property consultants, D&P Holt, were instructed to acquire this building on behalf of Coventry University and were instrumental in introducing Rob Ally to the new facility on Bedworth Road...

Ralph Coleman Takes 40,000 sq ft:

D&P Holt, acting on behalf of Hovedean Properties, are delighted to have let the former Rank Hovis McDougal Premises at 2 Gresham Road on Bermuda Park, Nuneaton, to Ralph Coleman International (RCI) on a new 10 year lease at a headline rent of £176,500 per annum (£4.28 per sq ft).

Soon after getting possession of the property the building was unfortunately broken into and serious damage created by the intruders meaning that the whole of the office area and other parts of the premises had to be refurbished by the Landlord...

Successful Letting at Seven Stars:

In June 2009 D&P Holt were instructed to market Unit 1 on the Seven Stars Industrial Estate in Quinton Road on behalf of the BP Pension Fund. The existing tenant was due to leave at the end of September and BP were keen to attract an occupier very soon after the unit was to be vacated in order to minimise void costs on the building...

Coventry Impress at MIPIM 2010:

D & P Holt were delighted to be one of the private sector Partners supporting Coventry’s high profile presence at the world’s premier Real Estate Summit in Cannes.

The Partnership included the manufacturer of the Spyker supercar to be built in Coventry. Spyker announced at MIPIM that they will be increasing their commitment and producing additional models in the City...

Coventry & Warwickshire 09/10:

Peter Holt is confident that 2010 will see a significant improvement in the industrial and commercial markets in Coventry & Warwickshire.

The Coventry City Centre Regeneration is moving forward on several fronts. The £160m first phase development programme of Coventry University is up and running with three new buildings now on their way...

D & P Holt Go International:

D&P Holt are advising a major Norwegian developer on their €200million logistics portfolio, their funding arrangements and disposal of their major developments, some let to Government owned organisations and let on 20 year “barehaus” leases indexed to CPI.

Rating D-Day 1st April 2010:

All commercial and industrial property in England and Wales has just been revalued by Central Government for rating purposes. 

A revaluation now happens every 5 years. It is designed to ensure that rating assessments remain fair and reflect changes in values, both generally and specifically...

Jaguar Launches Technical Academy:

Jaguar Land Rover is to create a major international training centre in Warwick.

The vehicle manufacturer, which was recently bought out by Tata Motors, has taken a lease on the former Books for Students building at Bird Road, Heathcote through property consultants D&P Holt.

It will use the 50,000 sq ft building to house a joint technical academy which will replace current operations at Gaydon and Castle Bromwich...

D & P Holt Wins Major Contract:

Leading commercial property consultant D&P Holt has taken off on a major new contract.

The Coventry company is been appointed for the property management of the expanding Coventry Airport based just off the A45 to the south of the city.

It is the largest single site instruction won by D&P Holt and involves the management of offices, hangars and aprons, warehouse and workshop buildings, car parks and telecommunications masts at several estates around the airport...