Lisa Dean is a Senior Market Analyst at CoStar. She covers commercial real estate markets in the South West, South East and West Midlands for the office, retail and industrial sectors. She has more than 20 years’ experience in delivering client-focus...
Lisa Dean is a Senior Market Analyst at CoStar. She covers commercial real estate markets in the South West, South East and West Midlands for the office, retail and industrial sectors. She has more than 20 years’ experience in delivering client-focused research on UK national offices, residential consultancy and long-term elderly healthcare and consultancy.
Lisa is a member of the Society of Property Researchers.
Bristol’s office vacancy rate is set to climb into double digits for the first time in a decade next year, amid subdued demand and a boom in office deliveries. This has already led to vacancy levels ...
Guildford town centre investment activity rose sharply to a 10-year high in 2023, driven by value-added and asset management opportunities. Volumes rose above £50 million for the first time since ...
Birmingham industrial investment rebounded to £167 million in the second quarter of 2023 almost double the level recorded last quarter, while industrial volumes across the UK were subdued in the ...
Small- to medium-sized lettings have led leasing activity in the Birmingham office market, with more sizeable deals more elusive so far this year. The phenomenon is also happening in Manchester.
This year will see the highest level of new deliveries in the South Coast industrial market in seven years, causing vacancy to rise; however, rates should remain at historically low levels thanks to ...
Office vacancy rates in Birmingham city centre have risen over the past two years to 17.2%, following a spate of negative absorption as major tenants relocate to better-quality, greener offices. ...
Third-party logistics operators are driving leasing activity for high-quality, greener units in Coventry with 1.3 million square feet being prelet in the second quarter alone.
Office vacancy rates in Berkshire & North Hampshire, which forms the Thames Valley region, have risen over the past two years to 12%, following a spate of negative absorption off the back of a spate ...
Cardiff’s strategic location makes it popular for logistics and manufacturing. The market has experienced strong rental growth over the past 12 months, which is being driven by a lack of new supply ...
South Coast industrial investment rebounded to £67 million in the first quarter of 2023 but was 46% lower than the £124 million traded in the first three months of 2022.
Global engineering giant Dyson is planning to invest £100 million into a new research and development hub in Bristol, strengthening the city's position as an international hub for software and ...
More than 700,000 square feet of new office space will deliver in Bristol this year. More than half of this is speculative, which is projected to push vacancy levels to a nine-year high by the end of ...
Industrial vacancies in the Severnside area between Cardiff and Bristol, covering the markets of Cardiff Core, Newport, Monmouthshire, Bristol Core and South Gloucestershire, have dropped to their ...
Investment volumes in Coventry hit record levels in 2022, despite rising interest rates and the fallout from the mini Budget leading to a sharp slowdown in transactions in the second half of the ...
Gatwick office investment activity soared to a seven-year high in 2022, driven by demand from Middle Eastern investors in the second half of the year. Volumes rose above £150 million for the first ...
The repurposing of retail space will continue in 2023 due to the retail environment in the UK being made worse by the cost-of-living crisis and consumer squeeze, which are putting added pressure on ...
Office demand in Birmingham for BREEAM Excellent and Outstanding buildings has remained positive over the last two years with occupiers snapping up space much faster than in lower quality BREEAM ...