All articles by Paul Unger
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MarketsResi Revolt
Liverpool and Manchester are the latest boroughs to seek exemption from proposed change in planning laws to make it easier to convert offices into flats. Paul Unger reports
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MarketsWhere are they now?
As MIPIM 2013 begins, Property Week North-west revisits the big news announced last year to see what progress has been made. Paul Unger reports
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MarketsKing-sized voids
Fragmented ownership of Manchester’s high-end shopping street is causing a vacancy problem. Paul Unger reports
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MarketsThe Fun King
The Homes and Communities Agency is determined to sell a central Liverpool site as a leisure destination. Paul Unger reports
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MarketsMetquarter Finals
Columbus Capital Management managing partner Joe Froud wants mall to rival big Liverpool competitors. Paul Unger reports
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MarketsCheshire’s big cheese
Cheshire West and Chester Council leader Mike Jones has had it with developers and wants to go it alone. Paul Unger spoke to him
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MarketsSt Peter and the Angel
Two of Manchester’s city centre squares are undergoing a transformation.
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MarketsIngall’s allies
Following the management buyout at Allied London, chief executive Mike Ingall talks to Paul Unger about his plans for Spinningfields
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MarketsAirport City’s onward journey
Airport City Manchester is one of the UK’s most talked-about regeneration schemes, but it still faces challenges before take-off. Paul Unger reports
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MarketsTrade counters attract traffic from institutional investors
Standard Life, Legal & General and others attracted to asset class.
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MarketsLok‘nStore: life after Laxey
A new shareholder on board and expansion on cards. Paul Unger reports
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MarketsTake three … acquisitive roadside occupiers
Halfords AutocentreOn a fresh push into trade parks with a target understood to be 30 new sites a year. Trade counter units offer a rental discount to prime roadside and traditional retail parks and Halfords is confident its brand can act as a destination in its own right. Halfords bought ...
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MarketsEuro Garages pounces on 43 Esso forecourts
Exxon Mobil retailer offloads filling stations as it focuses on wholesale.
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MarketsBarber Wadlow: 2012’s fuel for thought
The past 12 months was one of the busiest periods in the forecourt property sector, agent Barber Wadlow’s annual review shows.
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MarketsLiverpool city centre office market take-up lacks Christmas cheer
Liverpool’s city centre office market looks set for another below-par year as take-up is expected to be between 180,000 sq ft and 200,000 sq ft — half of the five-year average before 2009.
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MarketsNeed to know: behind Liverpool’s framework
The 140-page Liverpool City Centre Strategic Investment Framework was unveiled at the waterfront BT Convention Centre on 1 November.
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MarketsTravis Perkins to trump Asda in Omega North space race
Tussle for logistics park highlights sheds undersupply in north-west.
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MarketsSqueezed south Manchester offices
When Balfour Beatty sought a new 45,000 sq ft office in south Manchester earlier this year, it returned home empty handed.
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MarketsSiemens' south Mancherster site stutters towards solution
It was meant to be one of those smoothly run developments by a big inward investor that Manchester seems to do so well.In April 2012, Munich-based technology group Siemens announced the appointment of Kier Group as preferred development partner to extend its Princess Parkway campus in Didsbury. The plans, however, ...
