Lisa Pilkington
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£50m Leeds riverside scheme given the thumbs up
Rushbond Group and Swan Hill have won outline consent for their £50m plans to transform the former Tetley’s brewery site at Butler’s Wharf, Leeds, into a mixed-use urban village.
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Liverpool’s largest residential conversion in the pipeline
City Living is to embark on Liverpool’s largest ever residential conversion at the 13,006 sq m (140,000 sq ft) Tower Buildings scheme on The Strand.
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Spanish hotel groups lead chase to buy Malmaison chain
Two Spanish hotel groups are tipped to win the race to acquire the boutique hotel chain Malmaison. Sol Melia and NH Hoteles are heading up a shortlist of six interested…
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Persimmon unveils three residential schemes in Birmingham
Persimmon City Developments (PCD) has unveiled plans for three residential schemes in central Birmingham. The residential developer plans 300 apartments in three developments in Great Hampton Street, Grosvenor Street West…
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Smither move causes Dunlop Heywood to ring changes
Warwick Smither has left Dunlop Heywood’s Manchester office to rejoin Cheetham & Mortimer as an equity partner. The move has brought forward internal promotions in the department for associate Richard…
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Knight Frank two set up web-based consultancy
John Costello and Andy Taylor have quit their posts at Knight Frank to set up their own web-based property consulting company.
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Accor loses hotel contract for Manchester’s Free Trade Hall
Manchester council and developer La Sande have dropped French hotel operator Accor from their plans for the controversial redevelopment of the city’s historic Free Trade Hall.
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Virgin pulls out of major entertainment sector schemes
Virgin is pulling out of the family entertainment sector and will not trade in the two major schemes where it has signed leases.
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ASDA and Tesco prepare for round one of Sports City battle
Rival food retailers ASDA and Tesco are battling it out to anchor the £70m commercial element of Manchester’s Sports City leisure development.
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Five prime Arcadia shops go up for grabs
Struggling retailer Arcadia is selling five prime shops in top trading pitches in Manchester and Liverpool. The disposals are part of Arcadia’s UK-wide strategy to pull out of 400 of…
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Company vies to open account with £3m Birmingham bid
Former Prologis Kingspark employees Steve Ferris and Richard Saint have set up Astral Developments. Astral is believed to be aggressively searching for development sites in the Midlands and South East.
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Birmingham’s first £1m flat hits the market
Birmingham’s first £1m penthouse apartment is up for grabs at Marcity Developments Ltd’s £50m city centre scheme, Newhampton Lofts. The flat is part of an extensive redevelopment of the former…