Lisa Pilkington
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Shell puts nine-lot portfolio up for sale
Shell Pension Trust is rationalising its property portfolio by selling nine of its smaller industrial sites for £21.5m. The sale will provide an initial net yield of 8.75%, which will…
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Argent to develop Brindleyplace buildings
Argent Developments is speculatively developing the last two buildings at its flagship £350m Brindleyplace scheme in Birmingham’s city centre. The developer will start construction early next year.
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Miller Developments to buy Cardiff business park
Miller Developments is locked in secret negotiations to buy the majority stake in the Cardiff Gate Business Park. The deal is at an advanced stage, with Miller and the owner,…
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Five architects in the hat for Harbourside scheme
Crest Nicholson has short-listed five London-based architects to work on the master plan for its controversial Harbourside scheme in Bristol. The teams in the running are Farrell & Partners, MacCormac…
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Rubus goes into Orbit on Manchester’s King St
E-business consultancy Rubus has taken 1,978 sq m (21,289 sq ft) on two floors at Orbit Developments’ 55 King Street scheme in central Manchester.
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Hammerson wins £50m refurbishment consent
Hammerson has won outline consent for the £50m refurbishment of its 1960s-built Liberty Shopping Centre in Romford. Proposals for the 29,728 sq m (320,000 sq ft) precinct include 5,110 sq…
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Arthur Andersen tipped to make record Bristol move
Accountancy firm Arthur Andersen is poised to set a record rent for Bristol at Castlemore Securities’ 1 Temple Square, a 3,391 sq m (36,500 sq ft) speculative office scheme at…
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Haslemere to build spec offices in central Leeds
Central Leeds is to get a fresh supply of much-needed speculative offices at Haslemere Estates’ 1 Park Lane scheme. Haslemere has decided to start building 6,781 sq m (73,000 sq…
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Johnson’s plans for Walton’s Chavasse Park unveiled
Renowned US architect Philip Johnson will design the flagship building of the Walton Group’s £200m retail and leisure scheme at Chavasse Park, Liverpool Docks.
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Airtours has £17m Rochdale HQ liftoff
Holiday company Airtours has bought the freehold of the Co-operative Wholesale Society’s headquarters in Rochdale for around £17m. Airtours has purchased Sandbrook Park, which comprises a 13,935 sq m (150,000…
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Salford Quays preferred developers named
A joint venture between Ballast Wiltshire and Creswell Estates has won preferred developer status for the redevelopment of the Quays Campus site, in Salford Quays, Manchester.
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Securicor rumoured to be signing up for DIRFT prelet
Securicor is tipped to be taking a 27,870 sq m (300,000 sq ft) prelet at Severn Trent’s Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT).