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Date
15th September2004
Shepborough
Developments sells City Square, Liverpool for £36.4m
Shepborough Developments,
a joint venture between Scarborough Development Group plc (“SDG”)
and Shepherd Developments has sold City Square, Liverpool to Fixed
Uplifts Properties Ltd, a Close Brothers managed fund, for £36.4m
at an initial yield of 6.48% .
City Square comprises 144,000 sq ft of prime office space on Tithebarn
Street, adjacent to Moorfields railway station in the commercial
centre of Liverpool. The building is due to be completed in June
2005, and will represent a new standard of Category A building in
Liverpool.
101,000 sq ft has been let to the Department of Constitutional
Affairs on a fifteen year lease at an initial rent of £16.50
per sq ft for a new courts complex.
Approximately 42,000 sq ft of space is available on two floors
at the scheme which is being marketed by CBRE and Mason Owen.
David Wells, Director of SDG, commented “This sale demonstrates
our long standing faith in the Liverpool office market. City Square
will be a major step forward in the quality of office buildings
in Liverpool”.
For further information:
David Wells | Molly Dover / Jeremy Carey |
Scarborough Development Group plc |
Tavistock Communications |
Tel: 0113 380 1713 |
Tel: 020 7920 3150 |
Notes to Editors
Scarborough Development Group plc, a subsidiary of Scarborough
Property Holdings plc, is an active property development company
which undertakes both commercial and residential projects.
Scarborough Development Group works with a number of joint
venture partners in the public and private sectors including city
councils, local authorities and development agencies. The company
has offices established in London, Edinburgh, Leeds and Belfast.
Scarborough Property Holdings plc, its parent company, is a
£1 billion property development and investment joint venture
with HBOS
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