Lisa Pilkington
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Insignia RE axes staff to boost profitability
Insignia Richard Ellis (IRE) is to axe up to a quarter of its property management division to improve profitability. The move comes in the wake of restructuring the department after…
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Britannic makes double Henderson purchase
Britannic Asset Management has paid £17.6m to Henderson Investors for two distribution warehouses in the Midlands. At Magna Park, in Leicestershire, Britannic has bought a 12,356 sq m (133,000 sq…
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McDonald’s rumoured to be quitting Manchester’s Market Street
Speculation is mounting that McDonald’s will quit its prominent unit in Manchester’s prime Market Street area and relocate elsewhere in the city centre.
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BT expands at Brindleyplace
British Telecom (BT) is on the verge of signing up for half of the Post Office’s space at number three Brindleyplace.
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Railtrack takes control at Snow Hill station
Landowner Railtrack wants to find a joint venture partner for its redevelopment of the £150m Snow Hill station site in Birmingham by the beginning of next year.
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Last space at Wilson Bowden’s Victoria Quays is taken
Wilson Bowden has forward sold and prelet its final office building within its Victoria Quays scheme in Sheffield. The developer has forward sold the investment of the 3,156 sq m…
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WDA grant brings forward Welsh flagship development
A multi-million-pound redevelopment is set to turn a rundown area in Brynmawr in north Gwent into a flagship development for Wales.
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ExCeL announces global expansion plans
Iain Shearer, chief executive of ExCeL, the giant £250m exhibition centre based in London’s Docklands, has confirmed the company is considering rolling out the brand internationally.
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BBC gives Mailbox stamp of approval
The BBC has confirmed Birmingham’s £150m Mailbox mixed-use scheme is its preferred choice for the relocation of its Pebble Mill operation.
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Developers team up for £50m north Manchester scheme
Hampton Trust has teamed up with Octobre Properties to carry out the long-awaited £50m redevelopment of Middleton town centre and Octobres Arndale Centre, in Greater Manchester.
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New Look/Superdrug to combine at Manchester’s Arndale
New Look and Superdrug are poised to take troubled retailer C&As 6,038 sq m (650,000 sq ft) anchor unit at the Prudentials Arndale Centre in Manchesters city centre.
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Crest signs two for Gloucester business park
Crest Nicholson Properties (CNP) has signed two deals totalling 9,290 sq m (100,000 sq ft) at its mixed-use, 25ha (62-acre) Waterwells Business Park in Gloucester.