The Cardiff Commercial Property Forum was set up in 2004 as acollective voice for the property sector in the region, acknowledgingthe importance of the capital city as a driver of economic prosperityand investment, not only for the region but for Wales as a whole.

The Forum is always looking for new ways to promote Cardiff, bothinside and outside Wales, which continues to be the key objective.The Forum has also held corporate events at the Dorchester Hotel inLondon in recent years promoting Cardiff to a London based audienceof over 400 occupiers and investors.

The CCPF was actively involved in two events during 2008/9 in TheCardiff Debate and The People in Property Awards. It was the Forum’sthird Cardiff Debate, hosted during a difficult economic time for theproperty sector that proved to be a great success delivering a vigorousdebate to over 190 guests. The panel members were made up of abanker, commercial property developer, transport officer, consultingengineer and local council member each bringing a different insightto some of the most topical and important issues facing the propertymarket in Cardiff today.

Cardiff has experienced major transformation over recent years,emerging as an exciting, vibrant and attractive European capitalcity. The city has clear ambitions to sustain this momentum and topropel itself forward as a premier league European capital over thenext two decades.

Cardiff & Co has been created to help Cardiff realise this vision,by bringing together local stakeholders and the private sector intoa single collaborative agenda to market and promote the city to anational and international audience. The company represents anew approach for the city, a new model of service delivery, basedon strong partnership working and funded through a variety ofpublic and private sector sources and commercially generatedincome.

The company aims to help Cardiff become a top five UK shoppingdestination and a top 10 UK short break destination. It aims to helpthe city improve its position in the top 10 of UK conference cities,grow its reputation as a top 10 UK university city, and importantly,re-position the city and Wales as a high quality and competitiveinward investment location.

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Key Contacts: ForumMembersAlder King Sian Cornwell +44 (0) 2920 381 995

BNP Paribas Mark Sutton +44 (0) 2920 640 111

Burnett Davies Adele Paterson +44 (0) 2920 621 162

Calan Retail Nick Carter +44 (0) 2920 373 933

Cardiff Council Roy Edwards +44 (0) 2920 873 387

Cardiff & Co Carys Pugh D’Auria +44 (0) 2920 872 906

Cooke & Arkwright Roger Thomas (Chairman) +44 (0) 2920 346 346

DTZ Alex Easton +44 (0) 2920 262 256

E J Hales Simon Watson-James +44 (0) 2920 378 844

Emanuel Jones David Williams +44 (0) 2920 811 581

Fletcher Morgan John James +44 (0) 2920 378 921

Gerald Eve Richard Gatehouse +44 (0) 2920 388 044

GVA Grimley Steve Gibbon +44 (0) 2920 248 907

King Sturge Huw Thomas +44 (0) 2920 227 666

Knight Frank Rhydian Morris +44 (0) 2920 492492

Lambert Smith Hampton Steve Matheson +44 (0) 2920 490 499

Merlin Bruce Morris +44 (0) 2920 304 050

Michael Graham Young Mark Iles +44 (0) 2920 465 466

Savills Gary Carver +44 (0) 2920 368 963

Stephenson & Alexander Peter Graham +44 (0) 2920 340 244

Major DealsCommission for Equalityand Human Rights3 Callaghan Square 7,500 sq ft

British Transport Police3 Callaghan Square 14,000 sq ft

Centrica 4 Callaghan Square 68,000 sq ft

Deloitte 5 Callaghan Square 19,000 sq ft

B3 Architects 5 Callaghan Square 4,500 sq ft

New Law Helmont House 24,000 sq ft

British Council 1 Kingsway 5,000 sq ft

Cardiff University 2-4 Park Grove 15,000 sq ft

Cardiff University 1 Museum Place 11,000 sq ft

HID Greenmeadow Springs 7,500 sq ft

Freshwater Cardiff Gate 8,000 sq ft

Opus InternationalFountain Court, St Mellons 7,500 sq ft

NSPCC Ocean Park 15,000 sq ft

NFU Celtic Gateway 12,500 sq ft

Arts Council for WalesWales Millennium Centre 10,500 sq ft

10 Reasonsto choose Cardiff

1. LOCATION Closest European capitalto London

2. WORKFORCE One of the UK’s highestskilled talent pools

3. ECONOMY Ranked 4th for growth potentialin the UK

4. COMPETITIVE Ranked 3rd in overallcompetitiveness

5. WELCOMING 400+ overseas companies

6. UNIVERSITIES Three major University Institutes

7. COMMUNICATIONS The UK’s mosttransport-friendly city

8. ICT Launch-pad for £10billion ICTinvestment

9. PROPERTY Ranked 2nd best city for valuefor money office space in the UK

10. LIFESTYLE 13th must see global destination

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Ranked 2nd best city for value formoney office space in the UK

Cardiff has a wide range of property options to suitevery business need. Within the office, industrial andretail sectors a wide variety of accommodation isavailable offering an extensive choice to occupiers.

Grade A office accommodation(city centre & business park)

Refurbished offices

Serviced offices

Prime industrial

Refurbished industrial

Hybrid business units

Technium incubator space

Innovation centres

City Centre and out of town retail

Rental comparison

Location Prime Rent 2009Q2 (£ per sq ft)

London – West End 67.50

London – City 44.00

Manchester 28.50

Bristol 28.50

Birmingham 28.00

Reading 27.50

Edinburgh 27.00

Glasgow 27.00

Leeds 27.00

Aberdeen 26.00

Newcastle 21.00

Cardiff 20.00

Sheffield 18.50

Liverpool 18.00

OFFICE & INVESTOR GUIDE

PopulationSize

The tables below set out the 2006 and 2007 population sizes for Cardiff, South East Wales, Wales and Great Britain based onmid-year estimates, together with the 2006 based population projections for Wales and the 2003 based population projectionsfor South East Wales.

Total population – 2007

Cardiff (numbers) South East Wales Wales (numbers) England and Wales Great Britain (numbers)

All people 321,000 1,477,900 2,980,000 54,072,000 59,216,200

Males 156,700 719,800 1,454,000 26,568,500 29,054,100

Females 164,300 758,100 1,526,000 27,503,500 30,162,100

Source: (Census 2001, Table KS02; 2006 Mid Year Population Estimates)

Total population – 2006

Cardiff (numbers) South East Wales Wales (numbers) England and Wales Great Britain (numbers)

All people 317,500 1,471,700 2,965,900 53,728,900 58,845,800

Males 154,600 715,800 1,444,800 26,371,200 28,840,600

Females 162,900 755,900 1,521,100 27,357,700 30,005,200

Source: ONS, Mid-year Population Estimates

In 2007, the total population for Cardiff using mid-year estimates was 321,000. This accounted for 10.8% of the total Walespopulation of 2,980,000. The wider South East Wales area accounted for 49.6%, nearly half of the total Wales population.

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