Commercial property

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Running a business involves a lot more than selling services or products. Creating them takes organisation, equipment, accounting, staff and, of course, premises.

Rent rises, poor sites, disputes and slack leases break companies. Conscious of this, Howard Peterman’s team of consultant surveyors, architects, valuers and agents study the exact needs of a business before agreements are drafted. From lettings, sales and acquisitions to surveys, valuation and management, we assure personal consideration, utter impartiality and over 20 years’ experience in a highly competitive market.

We are, after all, a London business ourselves. We’ve been there.

Below are the principal areas we cover:

Development
Since overseeing one of Clerkenwell’s first “loft” conversions in 1995, we’ve specialised in finding new uses for problematic and redundant buildings - from 50,000 square feet of offices in Camden to 8,000 square feet of retail and 22 flats in a disused Shoreditch glassworks.

Office Space
Petermans acquire and dispose of premises for landlords, developers and occupiers in London and the UK. Some recent transactions include 5 large buildings in Bloomsbury for Florida State University, a Mayfair freehold for an international medical group and over 200,000 square feet in Camden.

Retail Space
We’ve acquired shop, leisure, restaurant and medical units in London and beyond, including 4 units for a leading London dental group. Working with landlords and clients, we specialise in “difficult” properties often needing conversion and change of use.

Industrial Property
Our services include letting, acquisition and specialist pre-letting for developers and owner-occupiers, with transactions ranging from 12,000 to 100,000 square feet in London and the Southeast.

Investments
Since the recent changes in personal pension law, property has become an attractive alternative to more traditional investments. Petermans act directly for individuals, property companies and pension funds, and have also acquired buildings for businesses on a leaseback basis. We’ve also invested in London property ourselves: with our active management, it will provide both yield and capital growth.

Commercial property for sale and to let