16 St. James's Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 1RF

Online auction 5th-6th October

Tenanted Retail Unit – Currently Producing £14,500 pa

Not inspected by Auction House, however understood to be a self-contained retail unit to the ground floor and basement, within a three storey plus basement, mid- terraced building, configured as a traditional mixed-use asset. The residential accommodation to the upper floors has been sold off via long leases, subject to peppercorn ground rents, and does not form part of this sale.
The commercial aspect of the property is utilised as a conventional retail unit to the ground floor with ancillary retail space to the basement.
The subject provides for a main open plan sales area to the front alongside several storage rooms, staff and WC facilities.
Access to the basement is from the store area via an internal staircase. The basement has an office to the rear and basic stores to the front.
The main sales accommodation has been fit out by the tenant to their own corporate specification to include suspended ceilings, fluorescent strip/pendant lighting, laminate floor coverings and partial perimeter racked shelving. To the rear of the main sales area lay various stores which are presented to a much more basic standard.
The building occupies the majority of the site with a small yard provision to the rear elevation which is solely utilisable by the commercial occupants as a fire escape. The property does not benefit from any exclusive car parking provisions albeit public car parking is readily available throughout the city centre.

Accommodation
In brief, the property comprises:
Ground Floor
1 x Main Sales Area
1 x Kitchenette
1 x WC
1 x Store
Basement
1 x Office
1 x Store


We estimate that the floor areas are as follows:
Ground Floor - Retail Area{tab}- Net Internal Area - 38.4 m² / 413 ft2
Ground Floor - Store (inc. Kitchen) - Net Internal Area - 20.4 m² / 220 ft2
Basement - Store{tab}- Net Internal Area - 21.9 m² / 236 ft2
Basement – Office – Net Internal Area - 12 m² / 129 ft2
Total - Net Internal Floor Area - 92.7 m² / 998 ft²
ITZA{tab}{tab}398 ft²

Tenancy
We have been informed that the property is let as follows:
Tenant{tab}- Private Individual
Term of Lease - 5 years
Lease Commencement Date - February 2024
Repair{tab}Full tenant repair
Insurance{tab}Tenant to insure
Passing Rent{tab}£14,500 per annum
Rent Review{tab} On the 3rd anniversary of the lease commencement date
Break Clause{tab}On the 3rd anniversary of the lease commencement date
NB – Please refer to the legal pack for copy of the lease.

NB – Some of the photographs pre-date the existing tenants occupation.

Tenure: long leasehold
Title number: ESX287807
Length of Lease/Term: 999 years from 22 June 2005
Ground Rent : £
Service Charge: £
Council Tax Band :
Local Authority: Brighton & Hove

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Tenure: Leasehold

EPC Rating: D

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