regional cities gain dominance for property investment

EG Analysis:Cities in FocusMap: Every 2016 commercial deal outside London

The 14 Cities featured in our investor guide…

Glasgow Edinburgh

Belfast Newcastle

Manchester Leeds

Liverpool Sheffield

Birmingham Nottingham

Cardiff Cambridge

Bristol Southampton

Between them accounted for 30%

of all office and retail space let outside London in 2016…

…and commanded 36%

of all regional commercialproperty investment last year.

The 14 Cities featured in our investor guide…

Glasgow Edinburgh

Belfast Newcastle

Manchester Leeds

Liverpool Sheffield

Birmingham Nottingham

Cardiff Cambridge

Bristol Southampton

Proportion of Regional Office & Retail Activity Contained in 14 Cities

These proportionate figures have risen constantly over the last

four years…

2013 2014 2015 2016

27.9%28.5% 28.9

%

30.0%

The 14 Cities featured in our investor guide…

Glasgow Edinburgh

Belfast Newcastle

Manchester Leeds

Liverpool Sheffield

Birmingham Nottingham

Cardiff Cambridge

Bristol Southampton

Proportion of Regional CRE Investment Commanded by 14

Cities

2013 2014 2015 2016

24.8

%25.9%

30.9%

36.0%

These proportionate figures have risen constantly over the last

four years…

Examples of “clusters” dominating activity in specific regions show the extent of growing occupier & investor focus on these cities…

We’ve combined our datasets on individual

cities to show “clustering” – and how powerful the cities can

be…

Bristol and Cardiff combined accounted for over 50% of the office and retail take-up across the South West and Wales in 2016

2013 2014 2015 2016

36.5%46.2% 47.7%

53.3%

City Cluster Proportion of Regional Activity:

Edinburgh and Glasgow accounted for three-quarters of the office and retail take-up in Scotland last year.

2013 2014 2015 2016

54.0%64.8% 66.3%

75.0%

City Cluster Proportion of Regional Activity:

Between them, Birmingham and Nottingham attracted 35% of all commercial investment in the Midlands last year – a four-year high.

2013 2014 2015 2016

30.0%24.0%

34.0% 35.0%

City Cluster Proportion of Regional CRE In-vestment

Between them, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds dominated CRE investment in the North West & Yorkshire – commanding 61% of the total across 2016.

2013 2014 2015 2016

39.0%44.0% 44.0%

61.0%

City Cluster Proportion of Regional CRE In-vestment:

EG Analysis of commercial activity and investment volume shows the growing appeal of individual cities to occupiers and investors…

Combining those datasets into

“clusters” indicates the increasing

dominance that cities have in their region,

and the potential they could reach through

increased collaboration and

connectivity…

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