All articles by Guy Sheppard – Page 2
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Markets
Telford puts the clock forward
As Telford's original blueprint is being abandoned, we ask if investors will fund radical proposals for the town centre's future development
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Insight
Best of the best
It may be galling to vote for a competitor, but there is genuine admiration for what rival agents are achieving in the sheds market. As it turned out, everyone approached in our straw poll was prepared to submit a nomination.
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Markets
Snow on the line
Railtrack is poised to unveil Birmingham's biggest office redevelopment since Brindleyplace. But with two previous attempts to develop Snow Hill derailed, are agents right to doubt the new scheme's chances?
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Markets
A class of their own
Local schools are being invited to see new construction projects at first hand. We see how Birmingham's Bull Ring and Solihull's Touchwood shopping centres are trying to forge partnerships with local communities
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Markets
Too many grey areas in the Black Country
England's regional development authorities were accused of producing 'woolly' manifestos when they were introduced last April. But now the RDAs say they have addressed the problems and are confident about their future role.
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Markets
Restyling fashion retail
A strategic link between central Birmingham and Brindleyplace or a white elephant on the wrong side of the ring road? Guy Sheppard assesses the prospects for The Mailbox, where an upmarket fashion mall is due to open at the end of the month
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Markets
Leicester's more
Leicester city centre could be on the brink of its biggest transformation since the 1960s thanks to three local developers pooling their property interests on the north-western edge of the city centre.
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Markets
From coal to connectivity
Coal mining underpinned the economy of north Nottinghamshire in the 19th and 20th centuries. Can knowledge-based industries fuel its revival in the 21st?
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Markets
Not just a load of old cobblers
Last week L&G announced plans for a £200m scheme that will expand retail floorspace in Northampton by a third, but will the Grosvenor Centre extension enable it to compete with Milton Keynes?
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Markets
A touch of class
Affluent residents to the south and east of Birmingham will be spoilt for choice when buying clothes and home furnishings from next year. How much of a threat will Solihull pose to the rest of the West Midlands after doubling the size of its retail offer, asks Guy Sheppard
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Markets
An outside chance
For years, speculative industrial schemes in the West Midlands have been dominated by local developers. Now investors from outside the region are trying to muscle in on the sector.
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Markets
Catching the DIRFT
As labour shortages begin to bite in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, how will local distribution parks maintain their attraction to potential occupiers?
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