West Midlands
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Wisskirchen puts Birmingham office under offer at £29m
Otto Wisskirchen is set to make his investment debut in Birmingham after putting Brixton Estates’ 12,820 sq m (138,000 sq ft) 120 Edmund Street office development under offer for around…
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Competition commissioner ‘threatens’ Rover Longbridge plant
Rover’s Longbridge plant in Birmingham could be in renewed danger after European competition commissioner Karel Van Miert was reported to have threatened to block the British aid package.
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BCC to decide on CPO for part of £800m Bull Ring redevelopment site
Plans for the £800m redevelopment of the notorious Bull Ring shopping centre face delays if Birmingham City Council decides to reserve a chunk of the site for a future rail-related…
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Key site comes to Birmingham market
A mixed-use development site in Birmingham city centre is set to become available after Knight Frank was instructed to bring it to the market by the landowner, Bass Leisure Retail.
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Scottish Widows close to £35m deal with Richardsons
Scottish Widows is tipped to be buying two industrial parks in the West Midlands from Richardson Developments for around £35m. The fund is thought to have beaten off approaches from…
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Richardsons close to selling two industrial parks in Birmingham
Richardson Developments is close to completing the £50m sale of two industrial parks. It is understood that the company has almost completed a deal with Scottish Widows to sell Parkway,…
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Saville Gordon to buy East Mids park for £7.8m
Saville Gordon Estates are set to acquire a 14ha (34 acre) Staffordshire industrial estate for £7.8m from Lucas Industries. The sale-and-leaseback agreement is financed by a vendor placing of ordinary…
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Ministry of Sound opens in ‘mini-boom’ Birmingham
Birmingham is reported to be enjoying a “mini-boom” following the revamp of the city centre and surround. The Ministry of Sound has just opened its first bar there and the…
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Richardsons attract fashionable prelet to Bromford Gate
ALIGN=”JUSTIFY”>Claires Accessories is taking 7,896 sq m (85,000 sq ft) at Richardsons ‘ 37,160 sq m (400,000 sq ft) speculatively-built Bromford Gate in Birmingham Heartlands.
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Land Rover to spend £40m linking Solihull plant with West Coast mainline
BMW and its Land Rover division hope to spend £40m on a new railway linking Land Rover’s Solihull plant near Birmingham with the West Coast mainline.
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Ancient oak blocked development plan
An ancient oak tree that blocked part of a housing development at Solihull 10 years ago is at the centre of a £2m High Court trial.
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Pinsent Curtis completes NHS PFI deal
Solicitor Pinsent Curtis has completed a PFI project for the construction and operation of a new 452-bed hospital in Worcester. The project is to be financed by a £97m AAA-rated…