Orme Associates have let 1000 sq ft at 1 Berkley Street, London, W1J 8DJ overlooking Green Park on behalf of MWB Exchange (Landlord) to an international luxury goods retailer.

Orme Associates Property Advisers LLP have launched a new web site www.orme-enfranchisement.co.uk which provides advice to owners of long leasehold properties wishing to purchase their freehold or extend the lease of their flat compulsorily from their landlord using the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 and the Leasehold Reform Ect Act 1993.

We have been instructed to dispose of a portfolio of ten public houses by Equable Properties PLC. The portfoio has been reduced from its Jan 2007 valuation of £5.71M to todays asking price of £4M. An investor could achieve a realistic rent of £360000 pa giving a yeild of 8.57% after 5% costs. There may also be a potential break up value with sales back to the tenants or through auctions /private treaty a possibility.

Orme Associates have been instructed to dispose of Moor House on James Street a six storey office block proividing over 50000 sq ft of vacant space suitable for hotel use.

Orme Associates have been appointed to dispose of Union House on Victoria Street by the current owners PR Regeneration Ltd. Currently vacant and most recently in use as offices Union House has planning permission for a 21 bed boutique hotel with associated restaurant and additional restuarnt to lower ground floor.

Orme Associates have been appointed to acquire a numer of sites for Green Plan Energy, a company producing renewable energy through the gassification (intense heating) of virgin and waste wood to produce electricty. There will be several plants in the North West region, each one employing up to 12 people. Sites of 1.5-2.5 acres are required. The company also plan to grow fuel crops in the future for use in the plant.