Cooke & Arkwright
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Gym will fix it
24/02/2010
Acting on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government, Cooke & Arkwright has let 5,500 sq ft at Western Business Centre, Cardiff, to Capital Academy of Gymnastics and Dance. The Academy is one of the premier full-time gymnastics facilities in the country, fitted with the latest gymnastics equipment and offering a variety of activities to suit all ages and abilities from crawling to adulthood.
Wonder of Woolies locations
18/02/2010
Several former Woolworths stores that had left big gaps in the retail offering on high streets across South Wales, have now been let and are occupied by well known names that are helping to revitalise the town centres.
Green plans on Sterilin’s new site
11/02/2010
In one of the largest lettings in recent months, 140,000 sq ft has been leased at Parkway Buildings, Penyfan Industrial Estate near Newport to Sterilin Ltd, which is moving its manufacturing facilities and doubling in size from its present location in Aberbargoed. The landlord, G B Engineering (Wales) Ltd was represented by Cooke & Arkwright and Brinsons acted for Sterilin Ltd.
Disaster advice
02/02/2010
Professional Loss Assessors, Morgan Clark has leased new offices in Brackla House, Bridgend to facilitate current and future expansion. The company acts exclusively on behalf of domestic and commercial policyholders, providing insurance claim help for many clients throughout the UK who have suffered a fire, flood or some other catastrophe at their home or business premises.
Property in Profile
01/02/2010
A PDF file of our latest Property Profile publication can be downloaded from our website.
Prize winning inspection
27/01/2010
Innovative marketing strategies will be the key to success in the commercial property market in 2010 says developer Robert Hitchins. Last week, together with joint marketing agents Cooke & Arkwright and Alder King, Robert Hitchins held a prize draw at the Central Park development in Western Avenue, Bridgend. Entrants comprised of agents who had shown clients around the park in December for the first time. Mike Bruce from DLP Surveyors won the top prize of a 32” LCD television after accompanying his client on an internal inspection of the new industrial units at Central Park, Bridgend in December.
Business faith
07/01/2010
A highly unusual opportunity has arisen for an enterprising or creative team to set up or relocate their business to a restored church in the ancient parish of Tythegston near Porthcawl. The church was deconsecrated about 20 years ago and a painstaking and sympathetic restoration project has taken almost four years to complete.
Two new car dealerships open in Bridgend
06/01/2010
Cooke & Arkwright’s Industrial agency has signed up two new car dealerships in Bridgend on behalf of Wyndham Commercial Properties in the past two months, at a time when there are signs that market conditions appear to be improving.
Purchase is ‘vote of confidence’
10/12/09
The purchase of a 90,175 sq ft industrial unit in Church Street, Newport is being viewed as a vote of confidence in the outlook for the commercial property market in South Wales and in the future development prospects for Newport. Collingbourne Properties, a major landholder and investor in the area has acquired the premises from Inductotherm Group Europe Ltd in a deal brokered with Cooke & Arkwright. The property is situated in a prominent location on Usk Way with high visibility and excellent access from the M4.
Recruiting in a recession
18/11/09
While many firms have made redundancies or chosen not to replace staff who have left their employment during the recession, chartered surveying firm Cooke & Arkwright has recruited five new members in the past 12 months ‘in order to maintain a strong position both in the current climate and in preparation for a return to a better property market.’ The new recruits, three of whom had previously been made redundant by other leading surveying companies, have joined the Retail and Office agency teams, and Rating and Management departments.