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Savills provides stadium advice

EVERTON FC is being advised on its plans for a revamp of its Goodison Park stadium by head of Savills in Cardiff Chris Potts. Read

Double-glazing giant sees window of opportunity in business park

HOME improvement giant Everest is the latest occupier to commit to the one million square foot Capital Business Park development in Cardiff. Read

Skanska Technology in move to Bocam Park

DEVELOPMENT and construction company Macob has signed up engineering consultancy Skanska Technology to its Bocam Park scheme in Pencoed. Read

Firms look to expand property portfolios

OCCUPIERS of commercial property expect to expand their portfolios on the back of continuing growth in output and employment over the next six months, according to the CBI/GVA Grimley Corporate Real Estate Survey. Read

Optimism over troubled Alphasteel

THERE still could be a future for troubled steel company Alphasteel, Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones said yesterday. Read

Chessman to oversee care home scheme

A CARDIFF firm is masterminding the construction of a major residential care home in an affluent part of southern England. Read

Fountain offices are springing up for the discerning

WORK is well under way on a new office development in Cardiff alongside the refurbished Fountain House. Read

RICS and St David’s 2 team up to inspire careers

THE Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Wales is to team up with the £675m St David’s 2 development in Cardiff to encourage more people to consider chartered surveying as a profession. Read

Students help builder boost profits by £4.3m

NORTH Wales construction and property development group Watkin Jones has reported record profits, spurred by strong growth in the student accommodation sector. Read

Capital’s £3m Marine Village gets on course

WORK on a £3m boating facilities and services project in Cardiff starts this week. Read

RICS chair to lead courses insurveying

THE University of Glamorgan’s faculty of advanced technology has appointed Owain Llywelyn as one of its course leaders on existing and planned new surveying courses. Read

Country pub goes on the market

A COUNTRY pub in Monmouthshire is on the market with a guide price of £1.8m. Read

Cardiff Gate to expand further

DETAILED planning consent has been submitted for the next phase of office development at Cardiff Gate International Business Park. Totalling 3.8 acres, plot eight will comprise 84,165 sq ft of speculative offices. Read

Cwmbran office scheme on track

A FIRST phase of a 48,000 sq ft office development scheme in Cwmbran is nearing completion Read

Growth at risk from lack of development sites

Glen Haley, of Newport-based Hutchings & Thomas, argues that the growth ambitions of businesses are being thwarted by a lack of suitable relocation sites Read

£800k price tag for MoD building

AN office property in Cardiff’s professional services quarter has been put up for sale. Read

Landlords set to ignore the squeeze

MOST property investors in South Wales would welcome a downturn in the housing market, with almost all of those questioned in a new survey saying that they are planning to buy more property. Read

Strong foundation attracts investors

A THIRD of the UK’s commercial building stock is owned by foreign investors, a major new report has shown. Read

£2m office revamp seals it for engineering giant

ATKINS, the largest engineering consultancy in the UK and the world’s fifth largest design firm, is doubling its presence in Cardiff. Read

Race for affordable homes stunted

The lack of affordable housing and the development of brownfield sites in priority over greenfield sites has become a major issue for business and the public sector. Here James Groombridge, managing director of Barratt South Wales, examines why planners and the Government must involve house builders in preparing for the future Read

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