North West
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Royal Liver pays £5.3m for United Utilities’ HQ at Birchwood Point, Warrington
Royal Liver Insurance has paid £5.3m for phase one of GA Properties’ Birchwood Point Business Park close to the M6 in Warrington, representing an initial yield of 7.1%.
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House of Fraser and Debenhams could take space in Chavasse Park, Liverpool
House of Fraser is considering opening a 11,148 sq m (120,000 sq ft) store, at Chavasse Park in Liverpool. Debenhams could take a store of up to 16,722 sq m…
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AMP to refurbish Blackpool’s Hounds Hill Shopping Centre
href=”http://www.eginew.co.uk/Articles/ArtIcle.aspx?liArticleid=441882″AMP Asset Management has paid Blackpool Council £4.3m for the freehold of the town’s Hounds Hill Shopping Centre, in advance of refurbishing the 1980s scheme.
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Inquiry begins this week on windmills in Lake District
A public inquiry begins this week over plans to put windmills in the Lake District National Park. The project has been proposed by National Wind Projects who claim that 82%…
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Swampy heads for ground at Manchester Airport
Swampy is hoping to upset land redevelopment at Manchester Airport. Daniel Hooper, the human mole who held up work for a week on the A30, says Manchester is next on…
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German light bulb maker expands in Manchester
Light bulb maker Osram is expanding its factory in Manchester after finding employment costs were cheaper than in Germany. The expansion could mean an extra 200 jobs in Shaw which…
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Berkeley plans to raise £33m to fund land acquisitions
The Berkeley Group is planning to issue a cash call to raise £33m for future property acquisitions and is eyeing the Guinness site in Wandsworth, south west London, for a…
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Peel plans sale of Hartlebury Industrial Estate as part of £160m disposals programme
Peel Holdings plans to sell property valued at £160m to fund its development programme. Tim Taylor, the company’s agency manager, told EGi News that deals in solicitor’s hands already total…
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Crown Prosecution Service signs up for 35,000 sq ft as report highlights Manchester recovery
The Crown Prosecution Service is returning to its former offices at Sunlight House on Quay Street in Manchester in what is thought to be the city’s biggest letting so far…
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Guardian sells industrial unit in Warrington, Cheshire, for £6.5m
Guardian Properties continued to reshape its industrial portfolio with the £6.5m freehold sale of a single-let building at Chesford Grange in Warrington, Cheshire.
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Central Manchester Development Corporation buildings win planning award
Central Manchester Development Corporation buildings set up for inner city regeneration programmes in 1988 have won the Royal Town Planning Institute’s planning achievement award.
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Finance Bill could hit Trafford Park funding, says Peel chairman
Funding for the 92,900 sq m (1m sq ft) Trafford Centre at Dumplington near Manchester, may be adversely affected by the Finance Bill, according to Peel Holdings Chairman John Whittaker.