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Great news for Sheerwater and Woking

A new access road for Sheerwater has been given the go ahead and will give both existing businesses and residents improved access to the Sheerwater area which, in turn, has immediately been the key to retaining 130 existing jobs and creating the opportunity for over 300 new jobs for the area. Read more…

McLaren gets green light for huge applied technology centre

DB Real Estate can confirm that McLaren has been granted planning consent to develop a huge Applied Technology Centre at its Woking headquarters. Read more…

SEGRO sells IQ Farnborough

DB Real Estate can confirm that property company SEGRO, has sold the entire IQ Farnborough, which is a mixed-use business park immediately adjacent to the Farnborough Airport, home to the Farnborough Airshow, for £90.1M. Read more…

Tenants need to be aware of pre-conditions in break clauses

There have been numerous articles written about the need for tenants to strictly comply with any pre-conditions attached to tenants' break clauses in to avoid the exercise of the break clause being ineffective.Read more…

Ideal trade counter unit available at Lawrence Way, Camberley

DB Real Estate is marketing Unit 1, Lawrence Way, Camberley, an end of terrace unit of 8,200 sq ft which would be ideal for any trade counter operator. Read more…

Nokia all set to leave?

DB Real Estate can confirm that Nokia are likely to be vacating the whole of their headquarters facility in Farnborough, on the Southwood Business Park, which we understand provides some 250,000 sq ft approx. of office and R&D space. Read more…

Sun Park is launched!

DB Real Estate can confirm that the former HQ of Sun Microsystems, at Junction 4a of the M3 Motorway, has been launched by property companies, Landid and Delancey as Sun Park, providing up to 284,500 sq ft approx. of Grade A office space. Read more…

Huge expansion for Novartis in Camberley

F&C REIT Asset Management has confirmed that it has let a 64,000 sq ft headquarters facility at Watchmoor Park, Camberley to the pharmaceuticals group Novartis in the largest office letting in the M3 corridor for three years. Read more…

Green light for massive Tesco warehouse

Tesco has received planning consent for a 900,000 sq ft distribution warehouse at Whitley, South Reading on the site of the former Courage Brewery, which overlooks Junction 11 of the M4. Anyone who travels on the M4 will immediately recognise the site as the location of the huge wind turbine which sits next to the M4. Read more…

DB Real Estate provide expert advice in another successful planning application!

DB Real Estate has provided the expert planning advice/input in a third successful planning application for change of use from offices to alternative uses in as many months. Read more…

Renesas take 33,000 sq ft of offices in Farnborough

DB Real Estate can confirm that Renesas Electronics Corporation have taken a new 10 year lease on 33,000 sq ft of office space at Cody Technology Park, Farnborough from Qinetiq, the recently privatised defence contractor who have some 2 million sq ft of space at Cody Technology Park, which is adjacent to Farnborough Airport… Read more…

The changing face of Camberley town centre

For some years now we have been faced with a huge supply of vacant office properties in Camberley town centre peaking at 208,000 sq ft which represented approx. 57% of all the office space in the town centre!… Read more…

Work is well underway on Camberley town centre's second budget hotel development

Work is well underway on Camberley Town Centre’s second budget hotel project, located on the corner of London Road and Park Street.… Read more…

A piece of history on our door step!

DB Real Estate can confirm that a decision is expected very soon on the refurbishment of up to 30,000 sq ft of office space at Abbey House, Farnborough Road, Farnborough… Read more…

SOLD! – Aviva sell 'Sabre', London Road, Camberley

Good news is what the Camberley office market needs and this is exactly what this is.… Read more…

"Green" light for WWF-UK headquarters in Woking

WWF-UK (the World Wide Fund for Nature) has obtained planning approval for its new 39,000 sq ft (3,600 sq m) ultra green, sustainable headquarters, to be built on the Brewery Road car park site, in Woking… Read more…

The MOD announces huge regeneration project

Defence Estates, the Ministry of Defence’s property arm, has chosen Grainger to develop 4,500 houses as part of the regeneration of a 365 acre site in Aldershot.… Read more…

DB Real Estate launches in Camberley and Woking

The name is new but it is the same expert knowledge and professional service that hundreds of clients have become used to over the years.… Read more…

Former Sun Microsystems HQ sold

Property company Landid has bought the former Sun Microsystems HQ at Guillemont Park, Minley Road, Fleet (adjacent to Junction 4a of the M3 Motorway) from the owner occupier… Read more…

Work starts on Camberley's new Travelodge Hotel development

Work has started on the latest construction project in Camberley with the demolition of Sun House, in Pembroke Broadway (one of Sun Microsystems former office buildings) which makes way for a new 100 bedroom Travelodge hotel and 3 ground floor restaurants… Read more…

More red tape? Yes, but this is important

The Energy Performance of Buildings directive… Read more…