Brighton Areas We Cover

BN1 city centre core, North Laine independent retail and F&B, The Lanes antique and boutique cluster, plus the Churchill Square mainstream retail spine. Prime central retail investment and central owner-occupier territory with values per square foot well above the regional baseline. NatWest (North Street branch), Lloyds and Barclays active on the central pitches.

BN1 and BN2 seafront leisure and hospitality belt running along Kings Road and Madeira Drive. Hilton Brighton Metropolite, Grand Hotel, Old Ship and Royal Albion plus a long tail of independent hotels and B&Bs. Brighton's flagship trading-business hotel territory: Cynergy Bank, Allied Irish Bank (UK), Metro Bank and Shawbrook the most active on the hospitality refinance and acquisition book.

BN2 F&B and semi-commercial district running east from the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Healthcare ancillary owner-occupier territory (dental, GP, allied health, private clinics) anchored by the Eastern Road hospital footprint, plus independent F&B parade and HMO above. Strong shop-with-flat semi-commercial investment at 7 to 9% gross yield.

BN3 retail and professional-services spine along Western Road and George Street. Hove Amex House (American Express) and Legal & General anchor the prime professional office stock and the prime professional services occupier covenant. Owner-occupier dominant on the office side with secondary retail investment along the Western Road parade.

BN1 and BN2 creative-industries innovation cluster. Plus X Innovation Hub at Preston Barracks (University of Brighton and Plus X) anchors the Wired Sussex creative cluster, with the wider Preston Barracks mixed-use scheme bringing residential, lab and innovation space onto the BN2 corridor. OakNorth, NatWest and private credit active on 5M-plus deals.

BN1 F&B and semi-commercial junction connecting Brighton city centre to Hove. Independent restaurants, delis, coffee and small-cap professional services on the upper floors. Owner-occupier and semi-commercial parade investment dominant, with HMO above retail in many stretches given the student adjacency.

BN1 high-street and regen corridor running north from the city centre. Secondary retail with ongoing regen-led mixed-use pipeline. Small-cap semi-commercial investment and owner-occupier candidates, with InterBay Commercial and LendInvest picking up the trickier short-lease and stretched-LTV cases.

BN2 major mixed-use regeneration scheme led by Boultbee Brooks. Office, residential and retail across multiple live phases, anchoring a new prime office and mixed-use district on the BN2 corridor east of the city centre. Mid-cap to large-cap commercial investment refinance and stabilised-investment territory as the first wave of completed phases matures.

BN2 leisure, retail and hospitality destination at the eastern edge of the city. Ongoing residential and leisure intensification, with the leisure-and-retail occupier mix anchoring trading-business mortgages on F&B and small-hotel stock plus mixed-use investment on the upper floors.

BN3 suburban retail and small-cap commercial flank west of Hove central. Suburban retail parade, day nursery and GP concentration, small-cap industrial owner-occupier candidates on the western suburban fringe.

BN1 and BN2 university adjacency anchored by the University of Brighton and University of Sussex campuses at Falmer plus the Lewes Road BN2 student-housing corridor. Brighton's strongest HMO and PBSA market: Paragon, Together, Foundation Home Loans and Fleet Mortgages very active on the multi-block HMO portfolio refinance ticket.

BN1 outer industrial and trade flank. Hollingbury Industrial Estate plus Patcham Court Farm fringe carry Brighton's modest industrial stock, with trade-counter, B2/B8 and small-cap warehouse owner-occupier candidates. Brighton has the smallest industrial commercial base of our five cities; specialist underwriting at 60 to 65% LTV on the tighter trade-business cases.