Samantha McClary
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Luxury hotel group Von Essen plans major expansion
Von Essen, the luxury hotel group owned by secretive British businessman Andrew Davies, is planning significant expansion over the next three years.
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Currys threatens to quit fashion-led parks over high rents
Dixons has warned that it will move more than 10% of its 300 Currys stores out of fashion-led retail parks in the next three years to cut its rent bill.
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Bolton Group reduces pre-tax losses
Developer Bolton Group (International) has managed to reduce its pre-tax losses to £34,000 in the six months to 31 October 2004, compared with a £188,000 loss for the same period…
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BCSC president calls for national customer service standard
Bob De Barr, the new president of the BCSC and director of development partnerships at Land Securities, has called for a national standard of customer service competence to be introduced…
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Gambling law confusion nobbles Nottingham casino
Plans for a 60,000 sq ft casino at the Trinity Square retail scheme in Nottingham have been scrapped as a result of confusion over government gaming policy.
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Nottingham loses casino in gambling law fiasco
Overton opts for more student flats at Trinity Square shopping scheme. Plans for a 60,000 sq ft casino at the Trinity Square retail scheme in Nottingham have been scrapped as…
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Tops Estates buys second shopping centre in Stafford
Tops Estates, the shopping and leisure centres investor, has bought a 72,000 sq ft shopping centre in Stafford. The company already owns the Guildhall Shopping Centre in the town.
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LandSec/British Land invest £60m in East Kilbride shopping centre
Land Securities (LandSec) and British Land have bought two more shopping centres via their joint venture, the Scottish Retail Property Limited Partnership, for more than £60m.
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Donaldsons appointed Buchanan Galleries’ managing agent
Henderson Global Investors and Land Securities have appointed Donaldsons as managing agent of their 600,000 sq ft Buchanan Galleries shopping centre in Glasgow.
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Kier Group doubles its money on sale of hospital project
Kier Group has sold its 25.5% stake in Neath Port Talbot Hospital to Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund UK LP for £5m – more than twice the original investment in the…
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Retail Stores to cut debts through sale of London sites
Retail Stores, the company that owns London’s Liberty department store, has announced it is selling Lasenby House and Regent House in a bid to eliminate the store’s £50m bank debt.
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Waitrose signs prelet at Windsor’s King Edward Court
Supermarket group Waitrose has taken a prelet of 42,500 sq ft at London & Associated Properties’ (LAP) partial redevelopment of King Edward Court, Windsor.