Yorkshire companies advise sale of £14.5m commercial property portfolio

Two Yorkshire-based companies recently represented Suon Industrials Limited on the disposal of a commercial property portfolio worth £14.5m.

Sheffield’s Commercial Property Partners (CPP) and law firm hlw Keeble Hawson aided with the sale of the properties, located across Yorkshire, the East Midlands and North East, totalling 260,000 sq ft., to Network Space.

Roger Haworth, partner at CPP, commented: “We received strong interest in the portfolio which is testament to the quality of the properties and the high calibre tenants.”

Richard Smith, partner at hlw Keeble Hawson, added: “As a firm we are continuing to experience a surge of property and commercial deals. We’ve previously acted for Suon on a number of transactions and the company’s latest raft of acquisitions and sales reinforces the continued momentum in the market.”

Rebecca Farnsworth from Knight Frank, who represented Network Space in the acquisition, further stated: “We are delighted to have advised Network Space on the successful acquisition of this portfolio which will enable them to continue the strategic growth of their portfolio in these regions”.

hlw Keeble Hawson, which has offices in Sheffield, Leeds and Doncaster, was ranked in the top 10 of Experian’s table of the most active advisers in Yorkshire’s mergers and acquisitions market in 2013 and 2014.