In the news this morning, St Modwen Properties has found a buyer for its Edmonton Green site as it continues to move its focus away from central London and retail following the sale of its New Covent Garden Market site, SW8, last year. Click here for the full story from EG.
Also from EG, and the broadsheets, despite losing a battle for control of House of Fraser, retail billionaire Philip Day is making a move for a number of stores.
And EG asks whether an ‘Amazon tax’ will be the cure for retail’s ails.
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St Modwen’s Edmonton Green site under offer
Will an ‘Amazon tax’ cure retail’s ails?
Billionaire risks clash over late bid for House of Fraser stores
A missed chance to tackle Britain’s housing crisis
Wesfarmers suffers £800m blow on botched Homebase takeover
New generation of garden cities will lead to ‘random residential sprawl’ on greenfield sites
Auditor savaged by watchdog for failures on BHS
The hipster revolution heads for old cotton mills
House price growth slows to five-year low
RBS bankers knowingly sold ‘total garbage’ toxic mortgages, internal emails show
