All articles by Tristan McConnell

  • Markets

    Adventures in Africa

    Global April 2007

    The world’s oldest inhabited continent is exciting new territory for developers and investors. Tristan McConnell reports from Ghana

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    Crossed lines

    London Supp May 2004

    The Tube’s property portfolio was to be sold off a few years ago but the plan fell apart in late 2002 and the property transferred to Transport for London. Since then there has been deafening silence, so what is going on and who is in charge?

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    Foreign aid

    London Supp May 2004

    CB Richard Ellis research gives an exclusive snapshot of central London’s overseas investment market.

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    Twelve steps to recovery

    9 July 2004

    Retailers and developers are being urged to lead regeneration in a dozen deprived areas the government terms 'under-served markets'. Tristan McConnell reports on how companies are responding to the call

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    Parliament prepares to pass BIDs legislation

    Property Direct July 2004

    Success of 22 pilot projects paves the way for business improvement districts to become fully operational by the autumn.

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    House party

    2 July 2004

    Big casino operators are looking to move into the bingo market, but the bingo operators are not happy.

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    Moving up the food chain

    2 July 2004

    Restaurants have shied away from the listed sector, but two new London-based companies are planning to take good food to the masses by going public.

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    Chairmen of the boards

    2 July 2004

    Adrenalin junkies would not normally visit their local shopping centre to get their kicks, but the Extreme Group hopes to change that by bringing surfing and skateboarding to places like Lakeside and Thurrock.

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    Seaside splash

    11 June 2004

    High rates of crime, drug abuse and unemployment are proof of Morecambe's decline as a popular seaside resort. But now it is being reinvented.

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    Local knowledge

    11 June 2004

    Essential information, project updates and gossip.

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    Grand slam

    11 June 2004

    Wigan is getting a new shopping centre, but does this mean new shops?

  • Thames Gateway bridge
    Insight

    A bridge to the Gateway

    Property Direct May 2004

    Projects to link the Thames Gateway to continental Europe, and to connect Woolwich to London Docklands, hold the key to the area’s regeneration.

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    The Mancunian way

    21 May 2004

    As the masterplan for Manchester's Southern Gateway takes shape, Tristan McConnell talks to its architect Sir Terry Farrell, council leader Sir Howard Bernstein and developer Ken Knott about their visions for the city

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    Manchester ignited

    21 May 2004

    With Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and Marks & Spencer already in the city centre, Allied London is prepared to cut deals for retailers at Spinningfields. Meanwhile, leisure uses are driving development all around the city.

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    Liverpool's leap year

    30 April 2004

    One-year-old Liverpool Land Development Company's latest scheme is in partnership with St Modwen. Tristan McConnell reports

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    Grosvenor's sure bet

    30 April 2004

    Any day now, Grosvenor expects to receive the go-ahead for its Paradise Street retail development. Tristan McConnell reports on why confidence is so high

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    Insight

    Is a handful of deals a trend ?

    Property Direct April 2004

    Reading's agents are having problems forecasting which way the market will go. A slight upturn in occupier demand has been fettered by rents still falling.

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    West Brom finds its art

    23 April 2004

    RegenCo, the body charged with reviving a disparate sprawl of West Bromwich industrial areas tagged as Sandwell, believes a striking new arts centre will help give the area focus and identity.

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    A hostile welcome

    12 March 2004

    The building of accommodation centres for asylum seekers is being stymied by planning red tape and local protests.

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    Stuck in the middle with Pru

    5 March 2004

    Although Prudential's redeveloped Arndale Centre will be bigger and better than its predecessor, it has not lost its thoroughly mid-market approach.