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£900,000
(£477.96/sq. ft)
Retail premises for sale
Blake Street, York YO11,883 sq. ft
Local area information
Property location
Nearby amenities
- The Minster School 0.2 miles
- Bootham School 0.3 miles
- York 0.4 miles
- Poppleton 2.8 miles
These distances are calculated in a straight line. The actual route and distance may vary.
Read our area guide for York to find out more about the local area.
Features and description
- Superb position in York City Centre
- Close to York Minster and all shops and attractions
- Strong pedestrian flows
- Rare opportunity for investor
- Rental income currently £75,000 per annum
- Ground floor shops of attractive building
Location
The premises are situated with frontage to Blake Street which leads to St Helens Square and the primary shopping streets of York city centre. The main bus and rail stations are nearby, as well as the world famous York Minster and the extensive range of amenities and services in Yorks historic central area.
Blake Street is an attractive semi-pedestrianised street comprising a mix of distinctive architectures including the stunning Assembly Rooms opposite, built in the Georgian era. The street is also a mix of trading types with retail, café/restaurant, residential and office uses.
York is one of the worlds most recognised cities with a rich history that attracts visitors from around the globe. It is also an established and growing commercial centre with a wide range of industries and an enviable quality of life.
Description
The properties comprise the respective ground floors of adjoining buildings of traditional brick construction.
3 Blake Street is let to an established café operator. We believe it could lend itself in the future to use for a number of businesses including retail, office, healthcare, leisure (subject to planning as appropriate). The property is an attractive listed building which we believe was formerly a merchants house and which still presents as such with a central main entrance and 2 sash windows on either side of the door.
5 Blake Street is a retail outlet with a traditional glazed double display frontage and a recessed entrance door, allowing additional display return frontage.
Both units are primarily open plan internally.
There are four residential units, two flats above the shops and two town houses to the rear. These are owned separately on long leaseholds (virtual freeholds).
Floor areas (approx. To NIA)
No. 3 Blake Street – 105.03 sq m (1,137 sq ft) – (itza 957 sq ft)
No. 5 Blake Street - 69.34 sq m (746 sq ft) – (itza 557 sq ft)
Services
We are advised that both properties are connected for mains electricity, water and drainage.
Leases
No3 Blake Street is let at a rental of £45,000 per annum on a 7 year term from November 2024 with a rent review at the end of the 5th year and no break.
5 Blake Street is let for 10 years from February 2020 to Clarksons (Petergate) Limited at a commencing rental of £30,000 per annum. There is a rent review pending in February 2025.
The 4 residential units are let on 999 year leases from 1st January 2007 at an annual ground rent of £10 each.
Market comment
Whilst the UK’s ‘high street’ sector is experiencing difficulties in some locations due to increasing on line and out of town shopping, York bucks this trend as it benefits from a strong year round tourist and visitor catchment, as well as a concentrated resident dependency. Accordingly, the city centres arterial streets are very popular with demand from retailers, office occupiers, healthcare services and the recreational/leisure operators.
The subject property is just yards from St Helens Square which is the confluence of 3 of the city centres most popular trading streets, Coney Street, Stonegate and Davygate.
The passing rentals on No 3 and No5 equate to a Zone A figure of £47 and £54 respectively. The lower figure for No 3 being explained perhaps by its non typical retail frontage.
We are aware of nearby Zone A rentals of over £60 per sq ft and in one case £72 per sq ft. This gives cause for optimism for future rental growth.
Rateable value
We have made enquiries via the Valuation Office website which suggest the properties have the following rateable values (2023);
No 3 Blake Street - £47,500
No 5 Blake Street - £31,000
The rateable value will be subject to the uniform business rate in the £ to assess rates payable.
EPC
An EPC will be provided.
VAT
Interested parties must make their own enquiries in this regard.
Sale terms
Offers based on a guide price of £900,000 are invited for this valuable asset.
For indicative purposes only a price of £900,000 presents a purchaser with an initial yield of 8.33% (gross)
The premises are situated with frontage to Blake Street which leads to St Helens Square and the primary shopping streets of York city centre. The main bus and rail stations are nearby, as well as the world famous York Minster and the extensive range of amenities and services in Yorks historic central area.
Blake Street is an attractive semi-pedestrianised street comprising a mix of distinctive architectures including the stunning Assembly Rooms opposite, built in the Georgian era. The street is also a mix of trading types with retail, café/restaurant, residential and office uses.
York is one of the worlds most recognised cities with a rich history that attracts visitors from around the globe. It is also an established and growing commercial centre with a wide range of industries and an enviable quality of life.
Description
The properties comprise the respective ground floors of adjoining buildings of traditional brick construction.
3 Blake Street is let to an established café operator. We believe it could lend itself in the future to use for a number of businesses including retail, office, healthcare, leisure (subject to planning as appropriate). The property is an attractive listed building which we believe was formerly a merchants house and which still presents as such with a central main entrance and 2 sash windows on either side of the door.
5 Blake Street is a retail outlet with a traditional glazed double display frontage and a recessed entrance door, allowing additional display return frontage.
Both units are primarily open plan internally.
There are four residential units, two flats above the shops and two town houses to the rear. These are owned separately on long leaseholds (virtual freeholds).
Floor areas (approx. To NIA)
No. 3 Blake Street – 105.03 sq m (1,137 sq ft) – (itza 957 sq ft)
No. 5 Blake Street - 69.34 sq m (746 sq ft) – (itza 557 sq ft)
Services
We are advised that both properties are connected for mains electricity, water and drainage.
Leases
No3 Blake Street is let at a rental of £45,000 per annum on a 7 year term from November 2024 with a rent review at the end of the 5th year and no break.
5 Blake Street is let for 10 years from February 2020 to Clarksons (Petergate) Limited at a commencing rental of £30,000 per annum. There is a rent review pending in February 2025.
The 4 residential units are let on 999 year leases from 1st January 2007 at an annual ground rent of £10 each.
Market comment
Whilst the UK’s ‘high street’ sector is experiencing difficulties in some locations due to increasing on line and out of town shopping, York bucks this trend as it benefits from a strong year round tourist and visitor catchment, as well as a concentrated resident dependency. Accordingly, the city centres arterial streets are very popular with demand from retailers, office occupiers, healthcare services and the recreational/leisure operators.
The subject property is just yards from St Helens Square which is the confluence of 3 of the city centres most popular trading streets, Coney Street, Stonegate and Davygate.
The passing rentals on No 3 and No5 equate to a Zone A figure of £47 and £54 respectively. The lower figure for No 3 being explained perhaps by its non typical retail frontage.
We are aware of nearby Zone A rentals of over £60 per sq ft and in one case £72 per sq ft. This gives cause for optimism for future rental growth.
Rateable value
We have made enquiries via the Valuation Office website which suggest the properties have the following rateable values (2023);
No 3 Blake Street - £47,500
No 5 Blake Street - £31,000
The rateable value will be subject to the uniform business rate in the £ to assess rates payable.
EPC
An EPC will be provided.
VAT
Interested parties must make their own enquiries in this regard.
Sale terms
Offers based on a guide price of £900,000 are invited for this valuable asset.
For indicative purposes only a price of £900,000 presents a purchaser with an initial yield of 8.33% (gross)
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McBeath Property Consultancy
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