Lisa Pilkington
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BBC Pension Trust tunes into Surrey freehold
BBC Pension Trust has paid Turnstone Estates and Southern & City £9.65m for the freehold of 48/52 Hersham Road, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
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BAA and HQ team up for serviced conference centres
Airport’s group BAA has teamed up with serviced office provider HQ Global Workspaces to roll out the first of its new serviced conference and business centre facilities at Gatwick Airport.
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Scottish Executive approves IKEA’s Glasgow store
The Scottish Executive has approved IKEA’s plans for a 24,500 sq m (263,724 sq ft) superstore at Braehead near Glasgow. The consent was granted in the face of widespread opposition.
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Final go-ahead for Manchester’s £80m Left Bank
Westbury Homes has got the final go-ahead for Left Bank, its £80m residential waterside scheme in central Manchester. The development forms part of the £500m ‘Spinningfields’ regeneration programme (pictured).
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Online Finance lines up South Wales call centre
General Motors subsidiary Online Finance is to set up a call centre on a former manufacturing site in South Wales. The company will take over the 25-year lease on Continental…
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Threadneedle considers redevelopment of Leeds site
Scudder Threadneedle is considering the possible redevelopment of an entire 30.3ha (75-acre) site in Stourton, Leeds. Most of the site, known as the IMI site, is occupied by 69,675 sq…
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Leeds gateway site offered for redevelopment
A prominent gateway site in Leeds could soon be redeveloped as a flagship mixed-use scheme. The 0.68ha (1.7 acre) Claypit Lane site will be offered to the market following owner…
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WDA unveils Objective One Merthyr scheme
The Welsh Development Agency (WDA) is to speculatively build 9,290 sq m (100,000 sq ft) of industrial space on Goatmill Road in Duwlais, East Merthyr.
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Seven short-listed for Liverpool’s Kings Waterfront
English Partnerships (EP) has short-listed seven joint venture partners to bring forward its £115m Kings Waterfront scheme in Liverpool. Ician Consortium, Wilson Bowden, North Star Consortium, Bouygues Immobilier, THI, JJ…
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Manchester vacancy rate lowest for a decade
Office vacancy levels in central Manchester are at their lowest for a decade, according to a recent survey by Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Wolseley plumbs record deal for Yorkshire sheds scheme
In what is a record deal for Barker Business Park in Melmerby, Yorkshire, Wolseley Plumb Centres has prelet 20,438 sq m (220,000 sq ft) of distribution space on a 4.5ha…
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Akeler sets up fund for Thames Valley business parks
US-backed developer Akeler has a chunk of property worth over £300m at Marlow and Reading and three properties in Slough at 215-217 Bath Road and Welcroft House, on Welcroft Road.