Sanderson Weatherall sells Hetton Court in £2m deal

Acting on behalf of Canada Life Investments, Leeds based property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall has sold freehold office investment Hetton Court, in Leeds, for over £2m.

The 20,197 sq ft office building, which is located at The Oval, opposite the Penny Hill Shopping Centre in Hunslet, was sold to Augustus House Ltd, advised by Mark Brearley & Co.

Hetton Court is let to John Mowlem Construction Plc, with Carillion Construction Ltd as Guarantor on a 25 year lease at a rent of £285,175 per annum and the building is now occupied by healthcare waste specialists SRCL.

Richard Dunn, head of office agency at Sanderson Weatherall in Leeds, said “We are pleased to have completed the sale of this out of town office investment, which offers a number of asset management plays at an attractive price. The out of town market saw increasing take-up levels and rents earlier in 2016, and with the recent uncertainty caused by the Referendum, it’s encouraging to see transactions like Hetton Court concluding.”

Sanderson Weatherall is an award winning, independently owned firm of UK Chartered Surveyors, property consultants and business asset advisors, with offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Teesside and York.