All articles by Guy Sheppard
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MarketsBrain drain
Leicester’s National Space Centre opened four years ago, but plans for a science park next door have caused no end of headaches for its developers.
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MarketsFactory fallout
Regional development agencies continue to put their faith in manufacturing, despite the high-profile closures of grant-funded schemes. Now developers argue that distribution creates just as many jobs
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MarketsQuest Midlands
The towns and cities of the West Midlands are facing different challenges in their office sectors. Guy Sheppard reports
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MarketsFasten your seatbelts
The opening of the M6 toll road and an increasing scarcity of space along the M1 are among the factors that are transforming the Midlands sheds landscape
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MarketsDoors opening
A downturn in demand is unlikely to cause many problems. And, as Guy Sheppard reports, Birmingham could experience shortages by 2005
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MarketsCentre stage
Despite distributors gaining the advantage of operating from the middle of England, deals are taking longer to close. We report
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MarketsOutlook Midlands: Market awaits the Bull
It's all quiet among the retail hordes as they prepare for the mighty Bullring to be unleashed among them.
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MarketsOffices: Royal standard
Nottingham's former Royal Ordnance factory is gunning for big inward investors, helped by high-quality designs for owner-occupiers. We ask if it is setting its sights too high
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MarketsRegeneration: Is Leicester ready?
Architect Will Alsop has made his name turning outlandish sketches in to successful schemes. Next month Leicestershire will reveal its Alsop plan. We ask if this one will succeed where others have failed
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MarketsRegional outlook: Midlands still overcast
With enquiries buoyant in the Midlands but deals becoming scarce, the market slowdown will damage some parts of the region far more than others.
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Markets
The great escape?
Despite talk of a recession, the Midlands industrial market is still very strong, and take-up may even exceed last year's levels. But worries are beginning to hit the area
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Insight
Three of a kind
For years, developers waited for an opportunity to develop a factory outlet centre to serve the West Midlands. Then, like the proverbial bus, three came along at once. We look at which location is most likely to succeed
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Markets
Raising the game
If Birmingham succeeds in prising the new national football stadium away from London, its profile would be raised and it would enjoy better transport links. But can the city convince politicians to make the move?
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Markets
Gateway to the Eastside
The redevelopment of land around a junction of Birmingham's inner ring road is the lynchpin to regeneration on the east side of the city. Could the need to maximise the value of this site upset plans for the entire area?
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Markets
Railroad to nowhere?
Three former collieries in north Warwickshire are being redeveloped as rail-connected distribution centres, but there is little evidence to support the demand for such expensive schemes.
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Markets
Tied up in Notts
Attempts to expand Nottingham's Broadmarsh Shopping Centre have snagged on removing part of an inner ring-road. Can Australian developer Westfield now in charge of the scheme unravel the problem?
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Markets
On the launch pad
Regeneration experts hope the National Space Centre, due to open this June in Leicester, will attract hi-tech firms and spark local redevelopment. But some in the market believe such aims may be over optimistic.
