Agents urged to compact Douglas commercial property ads

Fri, 31 Jul 2015

Commercial property agents have agreed to limit the size of their advertisements in Douglas.

It follows complaints that the boards are 'out of scale with the surroundings' and give the impression of a high level of vacant units.

Douglas Development Partnership town centre manager Michelle O'Malley says the result doesn't reflect reality.

Larger 'for sale' and 'to let' signs will be resized respective of wider or narrower streets.

Michelle explains how the measure will attract investment to the area: