Business as usual in the Worcestershire Commercial Property Market (for Now) despite the B Word!

As a practice we GJS Dillon have had the busiest April, May and June across all four departments since the firm began 9 years ago and this trend looks like it will continue, at least in the short term! Our Commercial Agency Team has sold or let 23 more properties...
Read more August 2019

MORE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS NEEDED FOR EXPANDING BROMSGROVE BUSINESSES’ SAYS GJS DILLON

More commercial space is needed in Bromsgrove for businesses which are seeking to expand according to Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon. The comments were made following GJS Dillon’s successful sale of a large detached warehouse in Stoke Prior in Bromsgrove. Acting on behalf of a private...
Read more July 2019

ADAM JONES, DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT APPROVED RICS REGISTERED VALUER

Adam Jones, Director of Property Asset Management at GJS Dillon, has been approved as an RICS Registered Valuer. Mr Jones, who recently joined the Worcestershire commercial property consultancy, becomes the fourth member of the GJS Dillon team to become an RICS Registered Valuer. Valuer Registration is a risk monitoring and...
Read more July 2019

GJS DILLON APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy GJS Dillon has expanded with the appointment of a new Director of Asset Management. Adam Jones joins the Chartered Surveyors practice, which has offices in Worcester, Bromsgrove and Droitwich, from a small privately-owned property company in the West Midlands.  At GJS Dillon he will work closely...
Read more May 2019

MALVERN HILLS BUSINESS SPACE SHORTAGE DRIVES UP PROPERTY PRICES

A shortage of commercial properties in and around Malvern is pushing up office and industrial rents, as the area becomes increasingly popular for business re-locations, particularly with tech companies, according to Worcestershire’s largest independent commercial property agency GJS Dillon. Malvern Hills has the second lowest vacancy rates for both office...
Read more May 2019

WYRE FOREST “OFFERS BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL OCCUPIERS”

Office and industrial rents both increased in Kidderminster and the rest of the Wyre Forest District in 2018, as commercial occupiers moved in to take advantage of the range of choice and relatively low cost of business accommodation in the area, according to Worcestershire’s largest independent commercial property agency GJS...
Read more May 2019

GJS DILLON HELPS LAW FIRM TO EXPAND INTO NEW HALESOWEN OFFICE

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has helped West Midlands law firm Thursfields to expand into new office premises in Halesowen. GJS Dillon advised Thursfields Solicitors on a new ten year lease on 4,833 sq ft of office space on the ground floor of Neville House, Steel...
Read more May 2019

John Dillon Appointed Worcestershire LEP Board Member

Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced the appointment of three new business representatives to its main Board, following an extensive recruitment process. An overwhelming number of applications were received to fill the three rotational vacancies, with the selected candidates recognised to be the most beneficial additions, in line with...
Read more April 2019

GJS DILLON TAKES ON BROMSGROVE PENSION PROPERTY PORTFOLIO

Worcestershire-based commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has been appointed to manage a mixed use property investment in Bromsgrove. GJS Dillon will manage two retail units and an office in Church Street, Bromsgrove, which are held in a private individual’s Self Invested Pension Scheme (SIPP) through national SIPP...
Read more April 2019

GJS DILLON HELPS SOFTWARE COMPANY EXPAND INTO NEW OFFICE

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has helped a growing Bromsgrove software company to expand into new office accommodation on the M5 corridor. Acting on behalf of a private investor, Charlie Green, commercial negotiator at GJS Dillon, sold Unit B Pinewood, Bell Heath Way, Woodgate Valley Business...
Read more March 2019

GJS DILLON APPOINTED TO MANAGE WORCESTER NEIGHBOURHOOD SHOPPING CENTRES

Worcestershire-based commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has been appointed to manage two neighbourhood shopping centres in Worcester. Acting on behalf of landlord Lyppard Grange Properties Limited, GJS Dillon will take over the management of Units 1 – 7 at Lyppard Grange in the Ankerage Green area of...
Read more March 2019

BOOST FOR WORCESTER INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY SECTOR AS TAKE-UP ALMOST TRIPLES IN 2018

Take-up of industrial property in and around Worcester increased substantially in 2018, attracting new occupiers and jobs to the city, according to Worcestershire’s largest independent commercial property agency GJS Dillon. Total take-up of industrial property grew by more than 275% in 2018 to 258,921 sq ft in the city of...
Read more March 2019

WORCESTERSHIRE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SHORTAGE TO BOOST PRICES

A shortage of office and industrial units in Worcestershire, coupled with high demand for space, will push up commercial property prices across the county in the next 12 months, according to Worcestershire’s largest independent commercial property agency GJS Dillon. Take-up of industrial and office space in 2018 virtually mirrored 2017’s...
Read more March 2019

TWO YEAR CELEBRATION FOR BUILDING SURVEYOR

GJS Dillon’s Building Surveyor Mark Davies has celebrated his two year anniversary with the firm. He says: “It’s been another very busy year as part of a great building surveying team in a great company. “In the past 12 months I have carried out increasing numbers of Building Reinstatement Cost...
Read more January 2019

“SOUGHT AFTER” WORCESTERSHIRE LARGE WAREHOUSES BACK ON THE MARKET

Two large warehouses have unexpectedly come back to the market in one of Worcestershire’s most sought after locations. Two 30,000 sq ft high-bay former hangars are now available for rent at the former Throckmorton Airfield near Pershore in Worcestershire.  Located close to the A44, and less than 10 miles from...
Read more January 2019

BLACK COUNTRY ELECTRICAL RETAILER EXPANDS INTO NEW WAREHOUSE

Commercial property consultancies GJS Dillon and Sellers have helped a family run electrical retailer expand into a 29,000 sq ft Black Country warehouse. Acting on behalf of Roetan Holdings Limited, GJS Dillon and Sellers sold the freehold of Roetan House, Thorns Road, Brierley Hill, DY5 2PF, a 28,624 sq ft...
Read more January 2019

NEW RULES WILL REMOVE SERVICE CHARGE CONFUSION ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

New rules on service charges coming into effect in April 2019 will remove a major bone of contention between commercial property landlords and tenants, according to a leading Worcestershire property manager. Michelle Whitehead, Commercial Property Manager at commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon, says that new rules from...
Read more December 2018

GJS DILLON HELPS WORCESTER COMPANIES EXPAND INTO “SOUGHT AFTER” OFFICE SPACE

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has helped two growing local companies expand into highly sought after, good quality office space in and around Worcester. Acting on behalf of two investors, Mike Pritchard, commercial negotiator at GJS Dillon, let well-presented office suites of 1,178 sq ft at...
Read more December 2018

MOTORWAY JUNCTIONS ARE KEY TO SOLVING WORCESTERSHIRE’S BUSINESS PROPERTY SHORTAGE

Land around Worcestershire’s six motorway junctions should be allocated exclusively for employment usage to address the county’s shortage of business premises and prevent employers re-locating elsewhere, according to one of Worcestershire’s leading commercial property agents. Addressing an audience of more than 200 business leaders at Worcestershire LEP’s (WLEP) annual conference,...
Read more December 2018

GJS DILLON DISPOSES OF “HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER” BROMSGROVE SMALL BUSINESS UNITS

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has disposed of two highly sought after Bromsgrove small business units, as the shortage of smaller office and industrial units in the town continues to place upwards pressure on prices. Acting on behalf of a private landlord and a developer, Charlie...
Read more November 2018