Property News - Record-breaking Welwyn

Slough Estates has set record rents at the 240,000 sq ft (22,300 sq m) Howard Centre in Welwyn Garden City. Game has agreed to pay£87,500 a year, reflecting£97 Zone A, for the former Clintons unit after the landlord accepted a lease surrender. Clintons has relocated to the adjacent 5,000 sq ft (465 sq m) Mothercare unit. In addition, Zapatos has taken 1,130 sq ft (105 sq m) at£45,000 a year. At£51 Zone A, this is a record rent for the first floor of the centre.