MD's View

"With the credit crunch entering a secondary phase and an obvious slowing of tenant demand placing downward pressure on rents for the first time in many years, Minton's approach with flexibility of lease length and initial rent concessions directly negotiated with tenants has been paying off.

All of the freehold capital value prices and rents quoted on the vacant units within our portfolio, offer the best value in the various sub-markets in which we operate and coupled with our in-house management and friendly, approachable attitude, we believe these two benefits will continue to serve the company and its tenants well. Of course, the strategy is to keep buildings let and occupied and work with tenants as our customers to ensure that we are a favoured location in the towns in which we are offering space.

We continue to launch new brochures and run pro-active marketing campaigns. At the same time we will speculatively refurbish space to enhance saleability and letability where necessary to stay ahead of the competition."

Mark H Gershinson
F.R.I.C.S.
Managing Director