All articles by Gwyn Roberts – Page 6
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Army surplus
Chelsea Barracks is about to be put up for sale, ending a failed eight-year PFI process.
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City house-hunters
As Gerald Ronson circles Crest Nicholson, Gwyn Roberts asks if we are about to see a wave of takeovers in the housebuilding sector
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Design counsel
New CABE chairman John Sorrell continues to insist that its controversial design reviews should not be made public.
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Shortlist announced for £2bn Canning Town development
East London’s Newham Council has shortlisted the six developers for a £2bn regeneration of Canning Town.
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Sky high in south London
Amec’s Lewisham Gateway will include the latest tower to grace London’s skyline.
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Affordable housing returns to Buckinghamshire plan
South-east assembly forces government rethink on Aylesbury Vale and Milton Keynes
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Laing O’Rourke launches housebuilding division
Explore Living to begin with south-east focus before competing with national housebuilders
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Many happy returns?
One year down the line, Gwyn Roberts reports on the impact of the Barker Review into UK housing supply
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Newham shortlists six for Canning Town regeneration
Quintain and Taylor Woodrow/Barratt JV among those bidding for Thames Gateway development
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The great German sell-off
With private equity firms engulfing the German residential market, Gwyn Roberts finds out how Germany is slowly emerging from its economic slump.
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Housebuilder trio defy gloom with positive 2004 results
But Persimmon, Taylor Woodrow and Wilson Bowden will be cautious in 2005
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News
Bloomfield fixes up £200m deal for Ruhan’s Thistle hotels
Veteran dealmaker leads group buying three central London properties
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I’m a celebrity, get me in there
Do high-profile designers really contribute to residential schemes or are they just window-dressing?
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English Partnerships agrees to stay out of MoDEL sale
Regeneration agency will not attempt to buy £200m sites for itself
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The circus comes to town
When Taylor Woodrow started work on a £498m project in Colchester it uncovered the UK’s only Roman circus.
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BCO: occupiers do not understand offices’ impact on their business
Group calls for more science in relationship between offices and company performance
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Mixed blessing
A new brand of creative mixed-use design, by Renzo Piano, is set to revitalise the St Giles area of central London. Gwyn Roberts reports
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Tchenguiz climbs aboard 300m residential investment fund
Consensus Group to provide funding for Sterling Assets, with five-year target of £1.5bn
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Home improvement
As chief executive of Bovis Homes, Malcolm Harris has put design at the centre of the housebuilder’s strategy.The Kent village of Longfield is not the best advertisement for modern housebuilding.
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Planning paper offers developers more influence on local housing
Consultation document says housebuilders should have more freedom to meet market needs