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Welcome to the East of England property coverage at PropertyWeek.com, giving you all the news and views across Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich, Norfolk and Suffolk.East of England news
Roxhill hopes Tilbury dock scheme swings tide in its favour
Roxhill is to start preparation work on its London Distribution Park scheme at the Port of Tilbury.
Centrica sale is cooking on gas
Energy company’s Oxford headquarters attracts 25 prospects at 6% yield. Christine Eade reports
Medical angle for Oxford’s East Point offices
Cancer Partners, the private chain of treatment clinics, is about to revamp an office property that has been empty for several years, and create a bunker within the walls for cancer therapy.
Vauxhall masterplan augurs well
Luton Borough Council is within days of receiving a masterplan showing the future uses of the Vauxhall site near the town centre.
AstraZeneca’s bitter Paddington pill
Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca is planning to close its Cheshire and Paddington campuses, as it cuts jobs and moves staff to a £330m Cambridge scheme.
AstraZeneca to quit Paddington and Cheshire campuses in massive jobs cull
Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca is to shift hundreds of positions from Paddington, where it has its global headquarters, and Cheshire to a £330m Cambridge campus after announcing plans to cut 1,600 jobs globally.
Area and Sovereign’s Lion buy
Area Property Partners and Sovereign Land have signed to buy the long leasehold of the Lion Walk shopping centre in Colchester from LaSalle Investment Management’s UK Ventures fund.
Cambridge plans £281m of digs for staff and students
The University of Cambridge is preparing to launch a search for developers to undertake the £281m first phase of its massive North West Cambridge scheme, which it approved this week.
Dev Secs submits Cambridge office plan
Development Securities has today submitted plans for 133,000 sq ft of office space at Cambridge Science Park.
East of England expansion for discount chain
Value retailer QD Stores has acquired the Suffolk-based discount chain, Thingmebobs, which operates in the east of England.
MIPP makes double buy
Metric Property Investments today said that Metric Income Plus Limited Partnership has acquired two properties for £9.8m, reflecting a net initial yield of 7%.
Autonomy founder’s new HQ
Billionaire entrepreneur Mike Lynch has taken a headquarters for his new venture capital business in Cambridge.
First phase of £1bn development approved by university
The governing body of the University of Cambridge has approved the first phase of the North West Cambridge development.
La Salle Investment Management makes leisure buy
A cinema and leisure complex in Bury St Edmunds has been sold to La Salle Investment Management for £9.8m.
Cambridge clamours for good-quality office space
Record-breaking rents on the cards as developers capitalise on low stock
Islamic bank to fund Sufffolk research park development
BLME, the largest Islamic bank in Europe, is funding the development of Haverhill Research Park, a 29.5 acre business and residential site in Suffolk.
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Milton Keynes cheered by VW’s deal on wheels
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Clipper’s warehouse double act
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Oxford retail park reincarnation
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Carter Jonas commercial head joins Targetfollow
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Cambridge agents leave to set up new firm
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Supply Chain Academy launches in Essex
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Urban & Civic plans mammoth mixed-use scheme
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Urban & Civic submits plans for Alconbury site
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Q+A: Kent Griffin, president, Biomed Realty
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LaSalle’s Colchester Lion sale
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Green light for University of Cambridge to develop £1bn scheme
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Chaldean hopes to hook tenants for Great Yarmouth development
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Wrenbridge pilots Norwich airport park
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InfraRed goes live in Norwich
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We’re working our asanas off on asset management
My latest life-changing acquisition is a piece of luggage on wheels.
RESI Awards 2013: the night's big stars
Candys, Pidgley and Battersea big winners at sparkling RESI Awards.
Dodgy dossier rubs salt in rates delay wound
It goes from bad to worse: the government’s ludicrous assertion that delaying the national rates revaluation is good news for business is unravelling faster than Eric Pickles orders his beloved curry.
Chairman of the Bard
Nigel Hugill is playing a leading role in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s future. David Hatcher reports from Stratford-Upon-Avon. Photographs by Trent McMinn
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Marry up empty rates and green policy to prevent demolition of vacant property
Despite its absence from the recent Budget, the subject of business rates remains a hot topic.
People Moves: Cluttons, Auction People, Harrods Estates, CBRE and more...
CBRE has promoted Michael Gold to senior associate of retail service in Chicago.
People Moves: Sequoia, Turley Associates, Jackson Coles, Bruton Knowles and more...
Richard Jackson Building Consultants has appointed Amy Leader as a senior building surveyor at its Hadleigh office in Suffolk, where she will primarily be in a project management role.
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Carter Jonas: Cambridge office and laboratory markets - June 2012
Closer to home and in more recent times, the Cambridge area has been identified by successive national governments as a model for economic prosperity and development.
