All articles by Gwyn Roberts – Page 3
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The £60,000 question
With more contractors entering the world of the housebuilder, Property Week asks how well they can compete with the established names.
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News
Office of Fair Trading looks
Attention turns to UK’s biggest residential property investment broker after customer complaints
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Concrete blocks
Urban Splash’s £160m makeover of Sheffield’s 1960s Park Hill estate is its riskiest project to date. Gwyn Roberts reports
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Barratt and Artisan chosen for Rochdale Pathfinder
Joint venture appointed to develop 1,000 homes in Rochdale
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Grosvenor residential fund makes second purchase
Talbot fund buys period flats in Pimlico for refurbishment
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Artists in residence
Are the brother and sister team that bought most of Urban Splash’s redevelopment of the Birmingham Rotunda any different from other buy-to-let investment clubs?
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Mount Pleasant’s 1.1m sq ft delivery
Royal Mail to redevelop 118-year-old sorting office in response to new competition
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Ritblat moves homes
The disposal of British Land’s £300m residential portfolio could be a job for former director Nick Ritblat.
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Overseas investors buy East End site in time for Olympics
Dencora sells Silvertown industrial site for residential and commercial redevelopment
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Grosvenor teams up for Southwark residential
Joint venture with Buccleuch and Native buys LandSecs’ Bankside 4 for £125m scheme
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Building blogs
A sponsored web diary has been set up for purchasers to monitor the process of buying a new-build house. But is it just a moneyspinner?
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Fair and square
US fund manager Westbrook is facing opposition to its purchase of Westminster City Council’s Dolphin Square – from residents eager to maintain their cheap rent.
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Londonewcastle links up to develop luxury London flats
Developer signs joint venture with Oakmayne for upmarket scheme in St John’s Wood
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Londonewcastle links up to develop luxury London flats
Developer signs joint venture with Oakmayne for upmarket scheme in St John’s Wood
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Dragon’s dare
The man behind the Yo! Sushi restaurant chain has his eye on the property market with a futuristic vision of housing. Can it work?
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BPF and RICS divided on housing provision
ODPM planning paper wants councils to create 15-year land banks
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Insight
The deputy’s deputy
David Miliband appears to be the opposite of John Prescott, but the deputy prime minister and his second in command have a shared view of regeneration. Gwyn Roberts meets the new man at the ODPM. Photographs by Stephen Parker
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Breaking the monopoly
Housing associations are outbidding housebuilders for sites. Gwyn Roberts investigates
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Birmingham considers resi towers for New Street station
Steering group weighs up options for 30-storey blocks above redeveloped rail hub