Biggart Baillie Solicitors



Services

Recent Property Transactions

  • 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 1.1 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