While the commercial property market has paused for breath early in the year, that is merely a blip.
There are so many indicators of the improvement which could last for some time. Apart from anything else, the mood music has swung from funereal to swing as the big centres pick up speed. One of the key towns is Bracknell, which is always associated with the high tech world of the Thames Valley.
The improvement here has been broadly based rather than mainly TMT companies as the attractions of Bracknell are boosted with a new town centre. Reading is also stronger even if this year’s take up is only likely to match 2013.
Reading is now being given the transport system that will fit it for future growth through Crossrail and an updated railway station. The long awaited civic centre regeneration project now being undertaken by Kier is a major boost to confidence.
The market in Oxfordshire seems to have spurted with so many deals, including the dynamic performance of Milton Park. Here again Oxford is getting a big new city centre regeneration development that will add to its attractions.
An equally powerful guide to growth is that SEGRO has embarked on so many new schemes, two of them on the Slough Trading Estate. This is a company with decades of experience in judging the right time to develop.