Commercial Property Solutions

Land & Development Case Studies

Property
New Acute Hospital
Property: New Acute Hospital, Larbert
Client: NHS Forth Valley
  • Advised on obtaining planning consent, discharging planning conditions and Section 75 legal obligations.
  • Prepared a management plan for the residual site.

  • Developed a strategy for the restoration of listed buildings on site.

  • Provided advice on future development potential linked with the hospital. It is the largest new hospital under construction in Scotland and due for completion in 2010.

Duncarse & Duncarse Riverside
Property: Duncarse Ltd & Duncarse Riverside Ltd, Dundee
Client: PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Provided advice on the best sale prices achievable for the various assets which included two large residential development sites, a childrens’ nursery development, an office investment with development potential and two other development sites.

  • Prepared and implemented marketing campaigns tailored to each individual asset.

  • Secured sales on all of the assets at or above the price expectation.


BP Masterplan
Property: Former BP North Sea Headquarters, Aberdeen
Client: Goodman
  • Advised on redevelopment options for the 6.1 hectare site and additional surplus landholdings. Reuse of the land and major buildings was prohibited under the terms of the legal agreement for the new building until the approval of a development brief for a mix of new uses.

  • Secured planning consent for residential development and sold vacant industrial units, subsequently letting them all.

  • Secured an exemption from vacant rates liability, saving over £680,000 per annum.


Manorlane
Property: Manorlane
Client: KPMG
  • Assisted the administrators in extracting the best value from the company's assets.

  • Valued and sold by private treaty all the building equipment, materials and plant.

  • Assessed the planning potential of the sites and provided an indication of the capital to be realised from disposal.

  • Put the sites on the market.

  • Advised on security, health & safety compliance and continued the landscaping, repairs and supervision.


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