Biggart Baillie Solicitors

Recent Property Transactions

• The Elements, Livingston - retailers
  Advising a number of the retail occupants of the £130m 375,000 sq ft retail development in Livingston including the two anchor units.
• Sandyholm Garden Centre - £8m sale
  Advising Sandyholm Garden Centre on the sale to Dobbies Garden Centres for £8m.
• Silverburn - 25 retailers
  Advising 25 of the retail occupants of the 1.1m sq ft. Silverburn shopping centre development including the 3 anchor developments, Next, M&S and Debenhams as well as Monsoon, Benetton, Costa and New Look amongst others.
• Blackstone Real Estate - $26bn acquisition
  Advising Blackston Real Estate on the Scottish aspects of the $2bn worldwide acquisition of the Hilton Group. 
• Whitbread - £925m disposal
  Advising Whitbread on the £925m disposal of the David Lloyd Leisure racquets and fitness/leisure clubs to Versailles BidCo; the bid vehicle of London & Regional Holdings and Bank of Scotland.
• The Edinburgh Academy - £11.5m sale
  Advising The Edinburgh Academy on the £11.5m sale of its three boarding houses to the Herioter Group.
• Henry Boot - Town Centre Development
  Advising Henry Boot on the redevelopment of Denny town centre.
• Cash and shares acquisition for The Local Shopping Reit plc
  Acting for The Local Shopping Reit plc on the acquisition of Gilfin Property Holdings for £12.85m.
• Gladman Scotland - development site acquisitions
  Advising on the acquisition of 5 commercial development sites across Scotland totalling in excess of 30 acres.
• Caledonian MacBrayne
  Advising on the entire property portfolio of ports, harbours and seabeds.
• Marks & Spencer - sale and leaseback
  Advising Marks & Spencer on the pension fund related sale and leaseback of 6 department stores, the acquisition of 5 new stores and 2 disposals.
• JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. - £2.2bn acquisition
  Acting on the Scottish aspects of the £2.2bn portfolio of mortgage loans from Northern Rock
• British Waterways Board - major regeneration project
  Advising on a strategic canal-side regeneration project at Tamfourhill, Falkirk
• Highland Council - redevelopment project
  Advising on the redevelopment and regeneration of Fort William town centre