West Midlands
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IKEA launches search for 1m sq ft distribution depot
IKEA is scouring the Midlands and the North for a site large enough to accommodate a huge 92,900 sq m (1m sq ft) distribution depot.
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Japanese faith in the West Midlands
Japanese companies have shown an increased interest in the West Midlands, according to the region’s development agency. There was a record 85 investment projects in the region last year and…
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Chelverton signs BS Group for Hereford Utd JV
Chelverton Properties has teamed up with BS Group and Hereford United to redevelop the football club’s Edgar Street stadium. The joint venture company – Edgar Street Developments – has injected…
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Midlands toll road was “seriously defecient”
. The £400m contract to build the 27-mile Birmingham Northern Relief Road (BNRR) was awarded to a consortium which produced a “seriously deficient” and “unacceptably crude” bid.
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Pub and restaurant operator signs up for Richardson’s Starcity scheme
Licensed and leisure operator Scottish & Newcastle has signed up to take 2,787 sq m (30,000 sq ft) in Richardson’s £75m Starcity development in the West Midlands.
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Exclusive: Ingram Micro targets sites for 850,000 sq ft requirement
Multi-billion dollar US-based Ingram Micro is targeting sites in the UK for a new 78,965 sq m (850,000 sq ft) European headquarters.
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CWS gains consent for £14m hybrid scheme in Solihull, South Birmingham
CWS Properties has been granted planning permission for a £14m office and industrial development of up to 19,509 sq m (210,000 sq ft) on a 1.53ha (3.8 acre) site in…
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GVA hits recruitment trail as midlands investment surveyor joins RE (14:00 BST)
GVA Grimley is looking for surveyors to join its investment department in Birmingham following the departure of Paul Jones, the latest member of the team to leave.
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Richardson Developments secures first tenant at Merlin Park
Amtrak Express Parcels will be the first tenant at Richardson Developments’ Merlin Park industrial Estate in Birmingham Heartlands. The overnight delivery service company has taken an 8,012 sq m (86,241…
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Two road schemes dropped in Government review
The government has cancelled the £73m A40 West London approach scheme, and the A36 Salisbury by-pass. Five schemes including the private finance Birmingham Northern relief road have been approved.
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Comet revisits requirement for 200,000 sq ft Midlands shed
Comet has resurrected its requirement for a warehouse of between 18,580 sq m and 27,870 sq m (200,000 sq ft and 300,000 sq ft) in the Midlands.
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Environment Secretary calls in proposals for Peddimore site, West Midlands
Environment Secretary John Gummer has called in a planning application for a micro-electronics plant on the 55ha (136 acre) Peddimore site at Minworth in the West Midlands.