West Midlands
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Chesterton loses head of industrial agency as Lloyd returns to Birmingham with DTZ
Simon Lloyd, Chesterton’s head of Industrial and Warehouse Agency, is leaving London to run DTZ Debenham Thorpe’s industrial agency team in Birmingham.
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BOC deal takes prelets at Valley Park to over 600,000 sq ft
BOC Distribution Services has taken a prelet on a 19,230 sq m (207,000 sq ft) distribution warehouse at the 26.3ha (65 acre) Valley Park business park in Rugby, Warwickshire.
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Land Secs wins consent for 1.5m sq ft retail scheme in central Birmingham
Land Securities has won outline planning consent for its 139,350 sq m (1.5m sq ft) Martineau Galleries retail scheme in central Birmingham.
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Regus to take final floor at 3 Brindleyplace in Birmingham
Serviced offices operator Regus is to take the final available floor at Argent’s 9,920 sq m (100,000 sq ft) No. 3 Brindleyplace for its second site in central Birmingham.
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Objectors take Birmingham Relief Road battle to High Court
The dispute over a £400m plan for Britain’s first toll motorway reaches the High Court this week. Campaigners are challenging Midland Expressway’s plans to begin construction on the road early…
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Redevelopment pushes Birmingham Council into search for up to 30,000 sq ft
Birmingham City Council is searching for up to 2,787 sq m (30,000 sq ft) of offices to house its Registry Office following the effective approval of Hampton Trust’s plans to…
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Birmingham law firm builds expansion on commercial property
Birmingham-based law firm Wragge & Co has recorded a 31% growth in the turnover of its commercial property group from April 1997 to April 1998.
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Fii Group closes Northampton factory
Fii Group is to close one of its Northampton men’s footwearfactories. Most of the production will be transferred to the Fii factory atBridgend, South Wales.
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Battle rages over the Birmingham by-pass
The Daily Telegraph reports on the final rounds of the battleto build Britain’s first toll motorway, the 27-mile, £380mBirmingham northern relief road.
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Argos eyes merger with Littlewoods
Argos, currently fending off a £1.9bn hostile bid from GUS, may attempt a merger with Littlewoods, the privately owned home shopping and football pools company.
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Hampton plans tallest tower in UK
Birmingham may be home to Britain’s tallest building if, as seems likely, plans by Hampton Trust are approved by the council this summer.
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West Midlands retailer plans expansion
James Beattie is to spend about £12m in an expansion programmethat will increase the floorspace of the West Midlands department storechain by 11,148 sq m (120,000 sq ft).