Piers Wehner
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Blair to chair Gateway Committee
The Prime Minister will chair a Cabinet sub-committee to oversee the provision of more than 30,000 new homes in the Thames Gateway.
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LandSec submits Eastern Quarry plan
Land Securities’ plans for the Eastern Quarry site in the heart of the Thames Gateway – which it acquired through its takeover of Whitecliff Properties in 2001 – have been…
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Henderson gets go-ahead for south-west London scheme
Henderson Global Investors’ fund TR Property has been given the go-ahead for a £15m mixed-use scheme on Battersea Park Road, London SW11.
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Farrell vision for Euston Road bypasses council ‘traffic wardens’
Urban planning architect Sir Terry Farrell has detailed plans to turn Londons notorious Euston Road into a boulevard to rival Pariss Champs Elysees.
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Govt reveals Community Plan for 200,000 new homes
The government has unveiled its £22bn blueprint to build 200,000 new homes in the South East and to revitalise decaying towns in the north of England.
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Libeskind and Think left in race to design successor to WTC
Two plans have been selected as finalists for the World Trade Center (WTC) site in New York, with Foster & Partners being among five shortlisted design teams that have been…
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Green light for Ballymore’s £200m Snow Hill scheme
Ballymore’s planned redevelopment of a four-acre (1.16ha) site next to Birmingham’s Snow Hill Station has been given the go-ahead. The £200m scheme will comprise 720,000 sq ft (66,888 sq m)…
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Planning Inspectorate to face continuous review
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has announced that the planning inspectorate will face a continuous review process. Prescott told the House of Commons yesterday that the Office of the Deputy…
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Health clubs drive up values across leisure sector
Soaring property values for health clubs caused values across the FTSE’s leisure, entertainment and hotel sector to rise by 41% over the last year, despite falling hotel values.
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Scottish Mutual pays £37m for Chester shops
Scottish Mutual Assurance has bought 162,700 sq ft (15,114 sq m) of retail stock in Chester from the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) for £37m.
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Morley/C&R acquire Sutton Coldfield retail centre
The Mall, Morley and Capital & Regional’s (C&R) shopping centre fund, is buying the Gracechurch Centre, Sutton Coldfield, for around £104m.
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Prescott to launch govt’s development vision for South East
The Communities Plan, the government’s long-awaited blueprint for development in England, will be published on Wednesday. The Plan is expected to detail a massive increase in housebuilding in the South…