"Compared to a lot of other towns, we have got far fewer empty
business properties. Oban does seem to be bucking the trend.
Business in Focus owns and manages an extensive portfolio of
business properties throughout South Wales.
So, even though
business properties accounted for only 28 percent of Worcester's tax base that year, their owners footed the bill for 39 percent of the city's tax levy.
TORIES urged the Assembly Government yesterday to postpone a revaluation of
business properties which could increase rates for companies from April.
Search warrants were executed at two
business properties in Newcastle and homes in Gateshead and Morpeth.
Leading Sofia-based consulting firms have reported that prospects for investment in industrial sites, warehouse complexes and logistics centres in the capital and the surrounding region have "improved", because the crisis has affected rent levels less markedly than other types of
business properties. "In the current market, international investors can buy industrial property in Manchester or London at, say, 9.45 per cent, that would generate annual yields of about 8.75 per cent, which results in expectations for 12-15 per cent for Bulgaria as a risk premium," said Mihaela Lashova, manager of Investment Sales in Forton International.
The Business Rate Supplements Bill would allow councils to impose additional rates of up to 2p in the pound on
business properties with a rateable value of more than pounds 50,000.
"However, we would urge the government to make it permanent to provide reassurance and stability on a long-term basis for investors in rural
business properties for let, especially those with extended borrowings.
Currently, most empty
business properties receive 100 per cent relief for the first three months of vacancy and 50 per cent thereafter.
Appraisers of
business properties for a lessor owed a duty to lessees who had exercised options to purchase the properties at a price that was based on the appraisal, according to an Illinois appellate court.
"We've identified a growing need for long-term financing and sale-leaseback transactions of single tenant
business properties," said Bruce Nelson, President and CEO, GE Real Estate Business Property.
