Prime Retail Investment Sold In Staffordshire Town Centre

Leading Midland independent property consultancy GJS Dillon has sold a prime retail investment in the centre of a Staffordshire town in a deal worth nearly three quarters of a million pounds. The three shops in High Street in the market town of Stone have been bought by local investor CIP...
Read more April 2015

The Industrial Property Sweet Spot

Freehold industrial warehouses of up to 35,000 sq ft have become manufacturing and distribution businesses’ sweet spot, as one site sells within just 48 hours. Banks are “very keen” to lend to businesses that will buy and occupy industrial properties, according to GJS Dillon. And with limited stock on the...
Read more April 2015

Swift Sale Shows Demand For Worcestershire Industrial Units

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy GJS Dillon LLP has sold the freehold of a 2,361 sq ft industrial unit in Bromsgrove in only 48 hours, underscoring the demand for such properties in the county. Acting on behalf of a private individual, Hayley Miles, Graduate Surveyor in GJS Dillon’s Bromsgrove office, sold...
Read more March 2015

Work Begins On New £20 Million Waitrose

WORK has kicked off on the new £20 million Waitrose store in Worcester. Construction workers have begun demolition at the site in London Road, marking the start of an extensive project to bulldoze the former Ebenezer Baylis print works and create the 40,000 sq ft flagship shop. The new store,...
Read more March 2015

Icetrak Acquires Office Complex In Malvern

An office complex in Malvern, Worcestershire has been acquired by corporate messaging firm Icetrak. The Worcester-based firm has bought the two-storey building 2 Nimrod House on Malvern's Enigma Business Park for £335,000 in a deal transacted by independent property consultancy GJS Dillon. Icetrak provides SMS and fax messaging services to...
Read more February 2015

Town Centre ‘Care Village’ Gets The Green Light

BROMSGROVE planners have unanimously given the green light to a care village development near the town centre. At the last meeting of Bromsgrove District Council's planning committee, held at the Council House on Monday, (February 2), the application from Aspen Retirement Ltd was considered. The scheme proposed the building of...
Read more February 2015

Four New Office Occupiers For Bromsgrove Office Park

An office park in Bromsgrove has four new occupiers following a quartet of deals transacted by leading Midland independent property consultancy GJS Dillon. The firm has sold two office suites in Greenbox in Westonhall Road, Stoke Prior, and leased two more in the same development. GJS Dillon has transacted the...
Read more January 2015

Cordwell Selected For Bromsgrove Gateway Scheme

Worcestershire property group Cordwell has been appointed by Bromsgrove District Council to work on the development of a new gateway to the town. The council approved the disposal of Stourbridge Road car park to Cordwell, which was selected from seven parties to put forward plans for the site. The development...
Read more January 2015

Growth Could Be Stifled With Shortages Predicts GJS Dillon

Growth in the commercial property market in Worcestershire could be stifled in 2015 through lack of supply, according to forecasts by leading Midland independent property consultancy GJS Dillon. The strengthening warehouse and industrial markets are being put at risk by a lack of supply, particularly in the medium-sized 20,000 to...
Read more November 2014

GJS Dillon Takes On First Class Graduate

Leading Midland independent property consultancy GJS Dillon has expanded its successful Worcestershire based team with the appointment of a new graduate surveyor. Hayley Miles joins GJS Dillon from Worcestershire County Council where she worked for six years in the asset management team, ensuring that the council’s 900-plus property assets were maintained...
Read more October 2014

GJS Dillon Predicts Increased Warehouse & Industrial Property Demand Throughout The County

The commercial property market in Worcestershire will be driven by improvements in industrial and distribution markets for the remainder of 2014 and into 2105 according to optimistic forecasts by leading Midland independent Property consultancy GJS Dillon. The strengthening warehouse and industrial markets will be backed up by significant improvements in...
Read more September 2014

Prime Town Centre Redevelopment Site

The Birmingham Road/Stourbridge Road junction car parking site is a gateway site at the northern end of the main High Street in Bromsgrove, at the junction between the B4091 Stourbridge Road and the Birmingham Road. The site comprises a District Council owned car parking and as a gateway site into...
Read more August 2014

Malvern Insurance Broker Prepares For Growth With New HQ

A WORCESTERSHIRE specialist insurance broker is preparing for expansion by moving into new offices in Malvern town centre following a deal transacted by independent property consultancy GJS Dillon. Balens Ltd has taken over offices formerly occupied by JobCentre Plus in Portland Road. The brokerage plans to move into the offices...
Read more August 2014

Planning Firm Plans For Its Own Future Following Move

A WORCESTERSHIRE planning and development consultancy is moving into new offices in Belbroughton following a deal transacted by property consultancy GJS Dillon. Planning Prospects has taken over the offices in Nash Lane after acquiring the freehold from private landlords. The consultancy plans to move into the offices from its current...
Read more May 2014

Merger Deal For Property Firms GJS Dillon And JWL Fellows

Independent property consultancy GJS Dillon has merged with chartered surveyor JWL Fellows. Stourport-based JWL Fellows was established in 1986 and has a client base covering north Worcestershire, the Black Country and parts of Birmingham, specialising in valuations, building surveys and dilapidations. Its founder Bill Fellows has now become a partner...
Read more May 2014

GJS Dillon Instructed To Sell Bromsgrove Police Station

BROMSGROVE'S former police station has been put up for sale. The building, in The Crescent close to Worcester Road, has become vacant after the opening of the new joint police and fire station in School Drive. The former station is originally Victorian but with substantial modern extensions and a car...
Read more May 2014

GJS Dillon Sells Droitwich Nursery To Qest In Undisclosed Deal

DROITWICH day nursery has been acquired by a Worcestershire childcare business in an undisclosed deal advised in the county. The nursery, at 28 Old Coach Road, ceased operating when former owner, Shenstone House Day Nurseries, went into voluntary liquidation. Now, the building has been bought by QEST (Quality Extended Schools...
Read more April 2014

GJS Dillon Sells Prime Bromsgrove Offices

Leading Midland independent property consultancy GJS Dillon has sold a two-storey office building on one of Bromsgrove’s most sought after office developments. The property, Reims House in Buntsford Drive, Bromsgrove, has been acquired freehold by Standard Life UK SIPP on behalf of a local investor. The previous occupiers, Toshiba Carrier...
Read more March 2014

GJS Dillon Lets Unit To Stainless Steel Specialist

Leading Midland independent property consultancy GJS Dillon has let an industrial warehouse unit in Bromsgrove to one of the UK’s major suppliers of stainless steel. The unit is on the well-established Buntsford Business Park. UKF Stainless Ltd is expanding into the 7,329 sq ft Unit 16A, Buntsford Park Road, on...
Read more February 2014

Newcross Moves Into Worcester City Centre Development

Newcross Healthcare Solutions, which supplies nurses and care staff to hospitals and care homes, is moving into offices in Worcester city centre following a letting by property consultancy GJS Dillon. The UK's second largest care company is moving into the K2 building in The Tything. The second floor suite is...
Read more January 2014