Industrial
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Morrisons to close two distribution facilities
Morrisons will close two distribution facilities totalling over 1m sq ft at sites in Aylesbury and Bristol. The supermarket has blamed the closures on an excess of logistics space after…
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Evans of Leeds lets 172,000 sq ft Bolton shed
Developer Evans of Leeds has let a 172,000 sq ft industrial unit near Bolton, Greater Manchester. The letting is on the refurbished Unit 1 of the 6/61 scheme close to…
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Balfour unveils new contracts worth £300m
Engineering and construction group Balfour Beatty today unveiled two new contracts that will take its maintenance order book to more than £700m.
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Celestial start to 2006 for Frontier and Palmer
Frontier Estates and Palmer Capital Partners have acquired 14-acres from English Partnerships to develop a 315,000 sq ft warehouse for the £110m Palmer Capital Development Fund.
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Edinburgh drops UK portfolio to focus on Europe
Edinburgh House Estates has sold its entire UK industrial portfolio as it steps up its investment programme in continental Europe. The private company, led by David Roberts and Tony Quayle,…
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Warner Bros continue expansion into China
Warner Bros Entertainment plans to move its cinema construction design centre from London to Shanghai as part of a continuing expansion into the Chinese market, a Chinese state media report…
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Slough confirms second sale at Elstree park
Slough Estates has exchanged contracts with Scarborough Group for the sale of Phase 600/700 of its Centennial Business Park in Elstree.
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St Modwen secures short-term let for St Helens housing site
St Modwen Properties has let a 54,000 sq ft warehouse in St Helens, Merseyside, on a short-term lease pending the redevelopment of the site.
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Slough confirms acquisition of Central European developer
Slough Estates has confirmed its €19.1m (£13.1m) acquisition of Grontmij Real Estate International (GREI), the Central European development arm of engineering firm Grontmij.
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New industrial estate planned for NI town
Omagh Developments is drawing up plans for its first major commercial scheme, an industrial estate on the edge of the Northern Ireland town of Omagh.
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Big Yellow continues expansion with Gloucester move
Storage specialist Big Yellow is to continue its expansion with a new 42,000 sq ft complex at the site of Gloucester’s former ambulance station.
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ASOS returns to share trading after Buncefield fire
Shares in an online fashion retailer forced to shut down in the wake of the Buncefield oil depot fire were back trading today.