Opus House, Herriard, Nr Basingstoke - NEW INSTRUCTION

Opus House, part of the Manor Farm Barns development at Herriard Park, is now available to lease. The development is situated adjacent to the A339 within approximately 5 miles of Basingstoke and 8 miles of Alton. 
The property offers 1,277 sq ft of open plan office space in an attractive barn style property which includes a floor to ceiling glazed shared reception/entrance area  and vaulted ceilings with exposed timber trusses.    
For further information and viewing arrangements please contact Nick Olliffe (nwo@hollishockley.co.uk) at the Basingstoke office.

UPS/Kohler complete acquisition of Woodgate

Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kohler Group, has acquired the Woodgate building on Bartley Wood Business Park in Hook in one of the notable office deals of the year to date, on the M3 Corridor.

Hollis Hockley and CBRE jointly advised Wirral Borough Council acting as Adminstrating Authority for Merseyside Pension Fund. Lambert Smith Hampton advised UPS.

For further information please contact Andrew Newman ajn@hollishockley.co.uk and Jeremy Nokes jjn@hollishockley.co.uk.

Clifton House, Basingstoke - LETTING

HH have arranged another letting at Clifton House in Basingstoke on behalf of Cromwell Holdings.

The entire first floor of the town centre property extending to 4,460 sq ft has been let to X-Edit, trading as Editshare Limited, for a term in excess of 5 years at an undisclosed rent. The accommodation has been completely refurbished with the installation of a new air conditioning system and delivery of an internal office fit.

Part of the ground floor and the entire second floor remain available - for further information please contact Nick Olliffe (nwo@hollishockley.co.uk).

Three Hazelwood, Chineham Park - NEW INSTRUCTION

Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers has instructed HH to market building three at the Hazelwood development in Chineham Park, Basingstoke.

The building offers 8,471 sq ft over two floorplates with 50 car parking spaces. The balance of the existing lease or a new lease direct from the Landlord's, MEPC, is available.

Please contact Nick Olliffe (nwo@hollishockley.co.uk) at the Basingstoke office for further information and viewing arrangements.   

The Crescent, Viables - INSTRUCTION

Hollis Hockley have been instructed by an overseas investor to market 43,283 sq ft at The Crescent office/R&D facility in Viables Business Park, Basingstoke. The property was previously occupied by Hewlett Packard (ex Compaq) and has now been partially let to Carefusion; with the surplus available in two distinct blocks of 21,730 sq ft and 21,553 sq ft respectively.

The properties offer floor to ceiling heights in excess of 3m on the ground floor levels.

For further information please contact Nick Olliffe at the Basingstoke office: nwo@hollishockley.co.uk (01256 489800).

Harbert retain HH services at iQ Farnborough

Following US private equity group, Harbert's, acquisition of iQ Farnborough, the private equity firm and asset management partner XLB Property has retained Hollis Hockley's services to advise alongside CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield at the 1.6 million sq ft flagship development.

The business park will continue to be known as iQ Farnborough for the next few months before a re-branding exercise is launched.

iQ Farnborough currently offers total lettable space of 411,000 sq ft with planning consent now secured to build four further buildings providing another 215,000 sq ft.

For further availability information please contact Jon Hollis or Jeremy Nokes on 01252 545848 or e-mail: (jch@hollishockley.co.uk; jjn@hollishockley.co.uk)

Vertex, Chineham Court - SOLD

Vertex, a flagship 48,000 sq ft office building constructed by clients of Cordea Savills, has been sold to Hampshire County Council for £6.15 million.  The purchase is part of an office rationalisation programme enabling the release of other buildings from their portfolio.   

Andrew Newman of joint marketing agents Hollis Hockley said “We and our clients are delighted that the property has found a suitable owner.  This sale further reduces availability of Grade A stock in Basingstoke and is the second transaction in as many months of this size, following the relocation of Computer 2000 to Chineham Park.’’ 

Hollis Hockley acted for the vendors, clients of Cordea Savills and Hampshire County Council were represented by HCC Property Services.