All articles by Guy Sheppard – Page 4

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Worcester source

11 June 1999

Worcestershire has been losing out on inward investment for years but a new initiative seeks to make up for lost time.

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‘Son of Hams Hall’ to revamp former colliery

11 June 1999

A second rail-connected distribution park is to be developed on derelict land in north Warwickshire, creating up to 185,800 sq m (2m sq ft) of space alongside junction 10 of the M42. IM Properties, which owns the 90ha (222 acre) former Birch Coppice colliery, won permission for the scheme even ...

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Out of the sidings

30 April 1999

The East Midlands has several large sites with combined rail and motorway links. Guy Sheppard examines the case for expanding rail freight distribution opportunities in the region

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Brand new interest

30 April 1999

Rebranding may seem the obvious solution for property that stubbornly refuses to shift, but there has to be more substance to it than simply a change of agents and boards. The receiver for Northampton Business Park decided to pull out all the stops earlier this year to attract interest in ...

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£50m facelift for Derby to halt leak to Nottingham

30 April 1999

MEPC is drawing up plans to add 23,000 sq m (247,570 sq ft) of retail space to Derby city centre to counter the growing regional dominance of Nottingham. MEPC is already spending £20m refurbishing Derby s 31,000 sq m (350,000 sq ft) Eagle Centre which involves relocating a Sainsbury ...

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Clinging to the coal pit

1 April 1999

Vast areas of redundant industrial land in north Staffordshire are earmarked for redevelopment, but oversupply and unrealistic prices could be deterring investors. This report examines the options for bringing the area back into use

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Freeport mall threatens Potteries towns’ trade

1 April 1999

Newcastle-under-Lyme will suffer most from a new out-of-town shopping mall developed by Freeport Leisure, according to research by Drivers Jonas . The 16,720 sq m (180,000 sq ft) covered mall in Talke opened yesterday on the site of a former Co-op hypermarket. The Drivers Jonas report, jointly commissioned by ...

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Inventing a centre

26 March 1999

Merry Hill and Brierley Hill are separated by a steep 500m walk, but that hasn t stood in the way of ambitious plans to develop a new town centre.

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Suburbs under threat from resurgent Brum

26 March 1999

Suburbs face a far bigger threat from new retail investment in Birmingham city centre than neighbouring town centres, according to Richard Bidwell of Gooch Webster. His warning follows the formation last month of the Birmingham Alliance between Hammerson , Land Securities and Henderson Investments to create nearly 232,260 ...

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Coventry’s new goal

26 March 1999

A 20ha site in north Coventry is a developer s dream, yet it has taken the vision and the contacts of a football club chairman to realise its potential.

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It’s all in the name

26 March 1999

The name of the property consultancy sounds vaguely transatlantic, but the man behind it has been prominent in the West Midlands for years. Charles Smith, who resigned as managing partner of Knight Frank in Birmingham in December, now has Boston Fieldgate on his business card. The name ...

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Leicester - Sowden and Davis set to end development famine

28 January 1999

Two East Midlands-based developers are providing the first private-sector backing for a scheme to upgrade a half-mile stretch of ring road in Leicester city centre. Vaughan Way and Burleys Way have been branded an eyesore by the city council, which says there has been no new development there for at ...