Decision details
Establishing an Investment Budget for a Strategic Commercial Property Acquisition
Decision Maker: Executive
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Purpose of report: The report sets out an opportunity which has arisen to agree a strategic purchase of a mixed commercial portfolio in York city centre, following the purchase last year of the Swinegate property portfolio.
Members will be asked to agree to this strategic purchase.
Decision:
Resolved: That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director of Economy & Place to complete the purchase of the freehold interest in the commercial property assets in the Swinegate area identified in exempt Annex A to the report, once all due diligence is satisfactorily conducted on the assets.
Reason: To ensure the ongoing economic vibrancy of the city centre while increasing the income from the council’s commercial property portfolio in line with budget targets.
Report author: Tracey Carter
Publication date: 28/09/2018
Date of decision: 27/09/2018
Decided at meeting: 27/09/2018 - Executive
Effective from: 02/10/2018
Accompanying Documents:
- Exec - Swinegate 2 PDF 444 KB
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