Leisure
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Liverpool stadium faces credit crunch delay
Liverpool Football Club’s plans for a £350m stadium development have been further delayed after the club admitted to problems caused by “global market conditions”.
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Treasury’s CREO swings into profit
Treasury Holdings’ AIM-listed subsidiary China Real Estate Opportunities (CREO) reported China Real Estate Opportunities swung into a pretax profit of £15.04m in the six months to end of June from…
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Resolution at Sunderland’s Vaux Brewery moves closer
Mountview Securities has submitted plans for the redevelopment of Sunderland Retail Park in a move expected to end a five-year stand-off between supermarket giant Tesco and Sunderland council over plans…
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Crown Estate finalises Café Royal hotel deal
The Crown Estate has confirmed that it has sold the Café Royal on London’s Regent Street, W1 from Alfred Akirov’s Alrov Group for £90m.
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Plaza Centers sees sales revenue fall
Plaza Centers announced gross revenues from the sale and operation of its real estate assets of €80m, down €17m since June 2007, in its interim results today.
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Design bodies back plans for temporary Olympic stadium
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and Design for London have expressed qualified praise for architect HOK’s plans for a temporary 2012 Olympic stadium.
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EMDA submits regeneration plans for colliery
The East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) has submitted an outline planning application for the redevelopment of a former colliery in Nottinghamshire as a sustainable community.
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Ex-Dome chief slams games cost
The London 2012 Olympic Games should cost no more than £6.5bn, according to PY Gerbeau, the French national best known for running the Millennium Dome.
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Gastropubs groups in expansive mood
Brockton Capital is set to announce plans to almost double the size of its Realpubs Limited gastropub joint venture, taking its London sites from seven to 12.
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Quangos open attack on empty rates
Urban regeneration companies say tax is leading to “pre-emptive demolition”
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Yields for leisure schemes reach 8%
Demand low after institutional funds quit sector and banks take a “dim view”
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Monaco hotel group nabs HBOS man for global push
SBM looks to London to expand luxury hotel portfolio