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| 11.03.08 ON RIGHT ROAD NOW One of the UK's largest auctionhouses is the latest occupier at a new office park near Portsmouth. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight arm of Clive Emson Auctioneers has just moved into Victory Park at Whiteley after buying a freehold office. The firm bought the 1,324 sq ft self contained ground-floor at unit 14 for an undisclosed figure. Clive Emson had been previously based at a first-floor office, eight miles away at Lee-on-Solent, since August 2004. The firm has 40 staff and is a property and land auctioneer to estate agents, commercial property agents, statutory bodies and private clients. It was established by founder and director Clive Emson in 1989 and holds 21 regional auctions annually, including at the Rose Bowl. The firm's reach includes Hampshire, Wiltshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent and south-east London, Sussex and Surrey. So far 11 of the 14 self-contained offices at Victory Park - a £14m flagship scheme completed in July 2007 by UK office parks developer Business Homes - have been sold. Initially four Clive Emson staff will be based at Victory Park: auctioneer Marchant and Anne Al-Balushi. Mr Marchant, who is the new chairman of Portsmouth Property Association, said: 'We've been about the calibre of companies locating here and we are thoroughly impressed by the office, the campus like environment and its close proximity to the motorway. 'At our previous office it would up to 25 minutes to get to the motorway, now it takes just two. 'It is important to stress that office won't be used for holding auctions. We do that at big-name venues elsewhere, such as the Bowl.' Simon Houlston, chairman of Business Homes, which similar schemes across the UK, 'We're nearly at the tremendous of calling full house at Victory which is incredible bearing in the scheme was launched last summer. 'I'm thrilled that Clive Emson Auctioneers has made Victory the focal point of its Hampshire operations. Sales have exceeded expectations, and we're not seeing slowdown despite what the Square Mile in London might be saying.' A number of other companies taken root at Victory Park, which located at Solent Business Park, just off juction nine of the M27. |
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