The RO is pleased to announce that they have completed the purchase of 1 Dorset Street in Southampton from Aberdeen Standard Investments for £5.2 million. This brings RO’s total of sales and acquisitions to in excess of £60 million over the last 15 months. This is the third major acquisition the RO has made in Southampton, bringing its total investment in the City to over £16 million, following the purchase last year of Waterside Place, located on the marina and a short walk

The RO is pleased to announce the sale of Discovery House is a 9,034 sq ft office building arranged over two storeys and is completely self-contained. Vision Park is located about three miles north of Cambridge, just off junction 32 of the A14. It has been owned by the RO since 2014 with Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in occupation. The purchaser of the property is The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society who also own five other office properties on Vision Park. The price r

12 month real estate dealflow now in excess of £54 million The RO announces the sale of its property in Lytham St Anne’s to Savills Investment Management for £6.7 million, bringing its total of sales and acquisitions to in excess of £54 million over a 12 month period. The property in Lytham St Anne’s was originally acquired with two floors of tired offices above retail space. With a strong location underpinning the investment opportunity, the RO was able to acquire planning t

The RO is pleased to announce the appointment of David Kershaw as General Manager of RO Real Estate with immediate effect. David, who joins from Balfour Beatty Group, brings over 30 years of complementary management experience in property and construction. He will primarily be based in the RO’s London office, but will report directly to the Group’s Managing Director Edward Rowlandson, based in the family business’ headquarters in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. Amongst other resp

The RO announces that they have completed the purchase of West Park House in Southampton from Lanyon Quay Ltd for a total consideration of £4 million. West Park House occupies a prominent location within the City Centre, on the corner of Cumberland Place and Bedford Place, in the established central business district and overlooking Watts Park to the front. This is the second major acquisition the RO has made in Southampton following the purchase last year of Waterside Place

RO Real Estate, the UK commercial property investment and development company, has completed the acquisition of a multi-let office building at 49 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire. RO has purchased Victoria House from Cheshire West and Chester Council for £5.815 million, which reflects a net initial yield of 7.16%. The 21,834 sq ft three-storey office building, which is in the heart of Watford’s prime office centre, has 4,704 sq ft of office space available in three suit

RO Real Estate, the UK commercial property investment and development company, has completed two lettings, totalling 6,060 sq ft of office space at Katherine House in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, generating an additional rent roll of £120,340 p.a. RO has leased 2,443 sq ft of space to Next Step Care Management, a nationwide organisation offering alternative residential accommodation to young people, on a 10 year lease. A P Xpress, a design company supplying printed labels to t

RO Real Estate, the UK commercial property investment and development company, has completed the sale of a 31,667 sq ft Poundland store in Dudley, West Midlands to B&M Retail Ltd for £1.925 million. The property comprises 31,667 sq ft of space over three floors and is situated on the prime pitch in the High Street which benefitted from a multi-million pound improvement programme in 2015. Dudley is well located to the east of the M5 motorway and there are good rail services fr

Through its wholly owned subsidiary RO Real Estate, which acquires, manages and develops commercial property assets, RO Group has been very active in the south east, underlining its strategy of adopting a long term approach to business. In Sevenoaks, Kent, RO has acquired a 14,524 sq.ft multi-let office building at 1 Suffolk Way from Marley Pension Limited for £4.6 million. The four-storey office building with 59 parking spaces is close to local amenities and Sevenoaks Railwa

Largest single property disposal in group’s history follows acquisition of prominent Southampton site and redevelopment of landmark office building in Weybridge. Established in 1932, RO Group is a family owned business which has a long heritage of investing in local economies across the UK. It has achieved this through a variety of trading and investment businesses, operating across diverse sectors, as well as by providing substantial support of local community charitable pr

RO Real Estate, the UK commercial property investment and development company, has strengthened its property team with the appointment of Debbie Barker as Senior Property Manager and Zoe Sharpe as Development Surveyor. Debbie Barker Working alongside Richard Bourne, head of RO Real Estate, Debbie will be responsible for the day to day management of the properties in the portfolio and Zoe will be assisting with the development and implementation of the refurbishment and develo