South West
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Railway group says southern train stations `left to rot’
The Railway Development Society submitted a report to rail regulators which found that train stations in the south look as if they have been “left to rot”.
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MEPC buys shoe factory outlets from C&J Clark
MEPC has bought three shoe factory outlets from C&J Clark for £80m – Street, in Somerset, Kendal, in Cumbria and the Yorkshire Outlet centre, at Doncaster.
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Retailers and developers increasingly cautious about planning appeals
Retailers and developers are becoming more cautious about going to planning appeal on out-of-town sites as more than half of all retail appeals are now turned down under the revised…
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Complaints received on dilapidated southern train stations
The Railway Development Society has lodged official complaints about the deteriorating state of 40 train stations in the south of England with the rail regulator and the railway inspectorate.
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Planners back proposal for redevelopment of West India Quay, London Docklands
London Docklands Development Corporation is set to back plans for a massive redevelopment of former sugar warehouses at West India Quay, E14.
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Hanson’s Imperial Park retail scheme, south Bristol, clears final planning hurdle
Hanson Properties’ proposals for the redevelopment of the former Imperial Tobacco factory site in south Bristol as 30,657 sq m (330,000 sq ft) of retail floorspace has cleared the final…
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Irish investor buys UK office retail and office portfolio for £5.6m
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Superannuation Fund has sold an 11-property retail and office portfolio to a private Irish property company for £5.555m.
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Ashfield acquires site next to Aztec West in north Bristol for £3m
Ashfield Land has acquired a 32.4ha (80 acre) site next to Arlington’s Aztec West business park in north Bristol on which it plans to build an office and residential scheme.
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Pillar makes £21.8m worth of purchases, in Poole and Harrogate
Pillar Properties has boosted its exposure in the retail parks sector to 157,930 sq m (1.7m sq ft) covering 14 parks.
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Pillar pays £22m for two retail parks in Poole and Harrogate
Pillar Property Investments has increased the value of its retail park portfolio to £165m with the acquisition of the Fleetsbridge Retail Park in Poole, Dorset, and St James Retail Park…
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MPs slam Plymouth Development Corporation for using funds for private expenditure
The Commons public accounts committee criticised the £40m Plymouth Development Corporation for its “poor stewardship of public funds”. Its chief executive John Collinson was suspended in June 1995 after he…
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Novel scheme proposed to finance Cornwall housing schemes
A novel scheme is under consideration in Cornwall to help finance housing schemes for the local population. The idea is that people buying holiday or retirement homes should face having…