North West
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EXCLUSIVE BT launches search for offices in Sheffield and Preston
BT has launched a search for new offices in Sheffield and Preston as part of its Workstyle 2000 programme. The telecommunications giant is looking for 6,503 sq m (70,000 sq…
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Dwyer completes four deals in six weeks at Middleton Arndale Centre, Greater Manchester
Dwyer Estates has completed four deals within six weeks at its Arndale Centre at Middleton, Greater Manchester. The largest was to Cambos Enterprizes, trading as BuckinghamBingo.
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Norwich Union buys Macclesfield B&Q for £4.1m
Norwich Union Pension Trust has bought a retail warehouse in Union Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire from PDFM Property Partnership for £4.1m, relecting a yield of around 7%.
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£25m retail/leisure scheme proposed for Carlisle
Portland Properties has submitted a planning application for a £25m retail and leisure development on land at Botchergate in Carlisle, Cumbria.
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Village pubs could also qualify for rate relief, Gummer tells Commons
Environment Secretary John Gummer is considering widening the 50% rate relief proposals in the Local Government and Rating Bill to include village pubs as well as rural shops.
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Trinity Investments plans £60m Blackburn scheme
Trinity Investments has applied for planning consent to build a £60m retail, warehouse and leisure development on a greenfield site at Whitebirk near Blackburn, Lancashire.
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Government to back town centre improvement project
Environment secretary John Gummer is backing a £200,000 project to study setting up and funding US-style town centre Improvement Zones in the UK.
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Pru clinches year’s biggest Liverpool deal
Government Office for Merseyside has taken the ground floor of Cunard Building on Liverpool’s Pier Head, in one of the largest lettings in the City for some time.
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Manchester announces £500m city centre plan
Manchester yesterday launched an ambitious £500m project to rebuild its bomb-damaged centre in four years and create new retail and leisure landmarks in the city.
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EDAW wins competition to rebuild Manchester city centre
London architect EDAW has won the Manchester International Urban Design Competiton to remodel the city centre following the IRA bomb blast last June.
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Manchester school to swap land for buildings
A crumbling Manchester school which the local council cannotafford to replace is to capitalise on the value of the 16.18ha (40 acre) school site and seek a deal with a…
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DSS £3bn property bonanza
The Government is about to sell the entire DSS estate which will create on the of the country’s largest pro-property companies.