In Birmingham city centre, British Land has sold Temple Court, a265,000 sf office building located close to Colmore Circus, for £42million ($61 million). It is let to PricewaterhouseCoopers for afurther 13 years, and includes an arcade of nine shops. And a pubfronting Corporation Street let to Wetherspoons. Collingwood Rigbyacted for British Land and the purchaser was represented byBlandford Goldsmith.

In Nottingham, British land has sold the Kingsthorpe ShoppingCentre, a 58,000 sf neighbourhood shopping centre, to ThurleighEstates for £5.5 million ($8 million). Insignia Richard Ellis actedfor British Land and Lambert Smith Hampton advised thepurchaser.

The other two properties were shopping centres in NorthernIreland. In Belfast, BL Universal, the joint venture companybetween British Land and retailer GUS, has sold the Connswatershopping centre and retail park to Killultagh Estates for £47.3million ($69 million). The 295,000 sf shopping centre is anchoredby Tesco, Woolworths and Dunnes, and includes 50 unit shops wheretenants include Next, Boots and Etam. The retail park, located nextto the shopping centre, provides 14 units and major occupiersinclude Fitness First, Lidl, Carpetright and Sports Division.Colliers CRE and NAI Gooch Webster advised the vendors.