Summary

Property Type Development / Investment / Retail
Tenure For Sale
Size 20,131 sq ft
Price £450,000 (AVAILABLE AS A WHOLE OR IN PARTS)
Rates Payable Upon Enquiry
  • £450,000
  • Current Income £27,000 p.a. With one unit vacant.
  • City Centre Investment / Development Opportunity - Totaling 20,131 sq. ft.
  • Opportunity to convert upper parts to alternative use (STP).
  • Adjacent occupiers include Boots, W.H. Smith, Iceland & British Heart Foundation. Close proximity to Friars Walk retail and leisure scheme.

About

The property comprises a terrace of three buildings which are Grade II Listed. Each property provides ground floor retail accommodation with 4 storey front sections which are of traditional load bearing construction with pitched roofs. Each property has been extended at the rear. The rear elements mostly have flat roof coverings. Separate rear access to the back of the properties is via school lane.

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Accommodation

Namesq ftsq mAvailability
Unit - 157 Commercial Street 8,490 788.75 Let
Unit - 158 Commercial Street 5,900 548.13 Available
Unit - 159 Commercial Street 5,741 533.36 Let
Total20,1311,870.24

Location

The property is located in a central position on the pedestrianised Commercial Street, close to one of the entrances to Friars Walk Shopping Centre. Occupiers in the nearby vicinity are Boots, W.H. Smith, Iceland, British Heart Foundation, Burger King amongst others. Newport Railway Station is within a 10 minute walk of the unit.

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Further Information

  • Tenure and Tenancies

    Each of the 3 properties are each held on separate freehold titles.

    157
    The ground floor is occupied by Friars Fruit ltd. The tenant is holding over a lease (excluded from the section 24-28 of the act 1954 landlord and tenant act, which expired in September 2021. The landlord or tenant can break the lease on a 6 weeks notice. The rent payable is £12,000 p.a.

    158
    Formerly occupied by Poundland. There is an ongoing dilapidation negotiation following the expiry to the Poundland lease in March 2022.

    159
    Let to Waterstones Booksellers Ltd. (Terms awaited).