West Midlands
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CIN sells West Bromwich shopping centre for £13m
CIN LaSalle has sold the headlease on the Queen’s Square Shopping Centre in West Bromwich for £13m to a joint venture between Central Union Commercial Developments and Mobax Securities.
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Premier brings HoJo and Days Inn to Britain
Premier Hotels is bringing the Howard Johnson (HoJo) and Days Inn brands to the UK in a £300m spending spree. It has signed a franchise agreement with Cendant which will…
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Newspapers at odds over outlook for Rover Longbridge
BMW will avoid a commitment to build new car models at the Longbridge plant near Birmingham next month, reports the Financial Times.
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A&J Mucklow climbs to £7.19m
A&J Mucklow unveiled half-year pre-tax profits up nearly 5% to £7.19m. Total rental income at the West Midlands-based company climbed £600,000 to £11.1m.
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Joint venture unveils plans for £800m Birmingham retail scheme
Hammersons’ Bull Ring and the Martineaux Galleries, owned by Land Securities and Henderson Investors, are to combine in one large £800m shopping complex.
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Record occupancy levels push Mucklow’s half-year profits to £7m
Midlands-based investor/developer A&J Mucklow has posted pretax profits of £7.189m for the six months ending December 31 1999, thanks to record occupancy levels of some 97.5% and a key residential…
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Investors unite to build £800m retail centre in Birmingham
Hammerson, Henderson Investors and Land Securities are forming the Birmingham Alliance, a partnership to undertake a 250,000 sq m (2.6m sq ft) retail centre in the city centre.
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Birmingham relief road battle returns to court
Protesters opposing the £700m Birmingham Northern Relief Road return to court in London this afternoon, claiming that consent for the road plan was unlawful.
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Birmingham relief road protestors return to court
Protesters opposing the £700m Birmingham northern relief road return to court in London this afternoon to renew their legal challenge, claiming that consent for the road plan was unlawful.
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Gowrings beefs up burger outlets in Midlands
Gowrings is to open 21 Burger King restaurants in the Midlands over the next three years. They will be based either in town centres of in “drive-thrus”.
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British Waterways urged to form joint venture to exploit £250m property assets
The government is urging British Waterways (BW) to establish a joint venture with a bank or insurance company to exploit its £250m property assets.
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Byers puts pressure on BMW over Longbridge future
Stephen Byers, trade and industry secretary, has stepped up pressure on BMW over the future of its Longbridge Rover plant, in Birmingham.