2. 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 commercial
property investment last year.
3. 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%
4. 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…
5. 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…
6. Bristol and Cardiff combined
accounted for over 50% of
the office and retail take-up
across the South West and
Wales in 2016
36.5%
46.2% 47.7%
53.3%
2013 2014 2015 2016
City Cluster Proportion of Regional Activity:
7. Edinburgh and Glasgow
accounted for three-
quarters of the office and
retail take-up in Scotland
last year.
54.0%
64.8% 66.3%
75.0%
2013 2014 2015 2016
City Cluster Proportion of Regional Activity:
8. ween them, Birmingham and
ingham attracted 35% of all
mmercial investment in the
ands last year – a four-year high.
30.0%
24.0%
34.0% 35.0%
2013 2014 2015 2016
City Cluster Proportion of Regional CRE Investment
9. Between them, Liverpool,
Manchester, Sheffield and
Leeds dominated CRE
investment in the North
West & Yorkshire –
commanding 61% of the
total across 2016.
39.0%
44.0% 44.0%
61.0%
2013 2014 2015 2016
City Cluster Proportion of Regional CRE Investment:
10. 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…