London, 24 May 2018 – Telereal Trillium was pleased to announce the sale of a 10-acre site to Cardiff University for future development of its College of Biomedical and Life Sciences. The site, on St Agnes Road in Gabalfa, is located two miles north of the City Centre and adjacent to the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) Heath Park campus.

In an off market sale, Cardiff University was advised by commercial property specialists, Cooke & Arkwright on the acquisition of the freehold of the site in an agreement which will see the existing tenants, the Department for Work and Pensions...

Chairman, Michael Lawley, delivered a presentation at The Vision for the Future of Cardiff Bay conference, held at the Exchange Hotel in Cardiff Bay on 30th and 31st May in conjunction with the Volvo Ocean Race.

As a property professional who has been working in Cardiff for over 35 years advising on real estate development and asset management, I still advise on property in Cardiff Bay but today most of my time is spent on delivering Plasdŵr, a major 7,000 house, urban extension in North West Cardiff...

Cooke & Arkwright’s Rating Director, Andrew West, delivered a speech on Business Rate Policy in Wales on Thursday 7th June at the 18th National Rating Day Congress at the Congress Centre in London. The event was attended by over 300 senior business rate professionals, government officials and ratepayers.

The system in England is under pressure, but the Welsh Business Rates system, Andrew told the audience, has much to commend it...

The former stakeholder engagement manager of Tidal Lagoon Power has been appointed to drive community relationships at Plasdŵr, Cardiff’s garden city that is being created over the next 15 years in the capital’s north west.

Katie Powis takes up the newly created position of community liaison manager, reporting into Project Director, Wayne Rees of lead developer, Redrow Homes, and Mike Lawley of Cooke & Arkwright, who represents landowner, the Plymouth Estate.

A new Burger King drive-thru has been announced for Newport Leisure Park, creating around 40 new jobs and providing a new restaurant offering for the Park.

Commercial property agent Cooke & Arkwright acted on behalf of the franchisee - Swansea-based family firm Unionburger - to source the new site.

In a case that offers hope to owners and landlords of unoccupied properties which have passed their economic shelf life, but may still be subject to empty rates bills, a Blackpool office block has had its rateable value reduced from £490,000 to a nominal value of £1.

The case had gone to appeal twice, but was finally upheld on the basis that there was no evidence of any demand at all the relevant market and ...

We are delighted to congratulate two of our surveyors, Ian Newbury and Mark Siddons who have both recently qualified for chartered status with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Following two years of hard work and training, both now have full MRICS status and are recognised by their peers as having reached a set level of competence.

A new study of British Business Success and Growth in 2018 by Lloyds Bank has named Cardiff as one of the top five UK city hotspots for growth, with business booming thanks to a large number of entrepreneurs.

The bank spoke to businesses across the UK and found that regionally, 75% of businesses in the East of England and 71% in the South West, Wales and the West Midlands are experiencing the fastest growth. Cardiff and Birmingham were joint fifth hotspots after Bristol, London, Brighton and Norwich.

Our Bridgend office relocated to smart, high quality new premises at Bridgend Business Centre in May.

This exciting move will allow us to develop further the land agency, utilities and marine and rural estate management functions that are such an important part of the firm.

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