All articles by David Thame
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Insight
Battle of the brands
Branding has never been a priority for property companies but a bright, bold marketing strategy is essential for self-storage organisations if they are to be recognised and remembered
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Insight
Northern stars
North Wales has been forced to take a back seat to its needy neighbours in west Wales and the valleys but the region still has plenty to offer, regardless of its state-funding situation
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Insight
Champagne city
Two weeks ago, the decision to go ahead with the Richard Rogers Partnership-designed extension to the Welsh Assembly's temporary headquarters was greeted with delight and relief. We report on the deals that will start to 'ooze out'.
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Markets
When the West was One
Many tales have been told of out-of-town retailing, but with the lack of sites with open A1 retail consent, it is little wonder that the developers behind the West One scheme are in for a happy ending.
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Markets
Is Paradise lost?
A scheme to regenerate Liverpool s inner city and restore its links with the river could fall at the first hurdle former Aintree racecourse owner Bill Davies.
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Markets
A sporting chance?
The Commonwealth Games 2002 offer the perfect opportunity to regenerate east Manchester. But it seems the Games are turning into an English shambles.
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Professional
Traders of the lost art
Sole practitioner or dole practitioner? That was the choice Anita Franks faced in 1990. David Thame tells her story, and asks whether sole surveying practitioners will survive the onslaught on their businesses from the big guns.
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Markets
Into the twilight zone
Liverpool s legendary nightlife is enjoying a renaissance, with tourists and students swarming to new, hip late-licensed bars.
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Markets
Air supply
The North West Development Agency has singled out Carlisle and Blackpool airports for redevelopment; but will anyone take the bait and start schemes on the land?
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Markets
In one fell swoop
Kingmoor Properties aims to answer Cumbria s chronic shortage of business space with a single scheme the development of an 89ha former RAF base.
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Markets
All noisy on the Preston front
Preston has finally shed its ugly duckling image. Its appeal is so great that developers are falling over each other to secure schemes and activity has reached farcical proportions.
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Markets
The Irish see
While institutional investors stall, low interest rates and a booming economy have encouraged private Irish investors with vision to buy up properties in the north of England.
