All Market Features articles – Page 9
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MarketsFormer military base selected for revolutionary rocket testing
A new facility to enable testing of a revolutionary air-breathing rocket engine is under construction at Westcott Venture Park, formerly a secretive military base, as Rockspring continues to develop the Buckinghamshire site.
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MarketsLuton attempts to shake off ‘boring’ image with creative push
Enviably located inside a triangle between London, Oxford and Cambridge, with proximity to rail and motorway links and a thriving airport, Luton is planning to make the most of its assets and shed a less-than-romantic public image.
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MarketsCo-living pioneers shake up rental market
New housing schemes promising a social life and networking opportunities are redefining the rental landscape.
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MarketsQ&A: Atlas Residential's Jonathon Ivory on bringing the American ethos to the UK BTR market
The MD of Atlas Residential’s London office discusses differences and similarities between the UK and US markets.
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MarketsBetter late than never, development is coming to Leicester
In the East Midlands, Leicester has historically lost out to its larger northerly neighbours Nottingham and Derby in the development stakes.
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MarketsNottingham JV wakes up to River Trent development potential
If you stand on the ancient walls of Nottingham Castle and look south towards the floodlights of the famous sports grounds flanking the River Trent, there is not much to soothe sore eyes.
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MarketsDerby council plans 3,000-capacity venue to replace Assembly Rooms
In 2014, Derby’s main performance venue, the Assembly Rooms, was engulfed in a huge fire that tore through the brutalist 1970s building.
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MarketsLDO sign-off triggers project to link Gloucester’s docks and city centre
Gloucester’s £135m waterfront regeneration scheme moved closer to fruition this summer after communities and local government secretary Sajid Javid signed a local development order (LDO) providing the final piece in the planning jigsaw.
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MarketsBristol University’s new TQEC will be a ‘game-changer’ for the city
Bristol University will move into the heart of the city centre in an ambitious redevelopment designed to forge closer links with industry, prime the enterprise zone for growth and boost the fortunes of formerly neglected neighbourhoods nearby.
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Markets‘Coolest little seaside city’ reveals its big plans
Plymouth is “Britain’s coolest little city by the sea” according to GQ magazine. And it has big plans.
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MarketsMixed-use redevelopment set to bring life back to Broadmead
The massive mixed-use redevelopment of the Broadmead area of Bristol is one step closer to being realised after councillors gave planning permission in principle last month.
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MarketsSunny side on the up as family cuts its cloth to meet changing demand
From the 1700s to the late 1900s, West Yorkshire was at the heart of British textile manufacturing.
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MarketsSearch to drop anchor tenant on port to give Hull scheme lift-off
It is one of the largest port development sites in the UK. When fully built out, this 453-acre chunk of land in Hull, which is owned by Associated British Ports (ABP) and has been named Humber International Enterprise Park, could accommodate as much as 6.6m sq ft of industrial space ...
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MarketsBruntwood builds Platform for Leeds growth after refurb delays
Few property developments have endured as difficult a birth as Platform, a 120,000 sq ft office block that sits on top of Leeds train station.
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MarketsLeeds seeks cash and kudos by joining European culture club
What do playwright Alan Bennett, author Helen Fielding, artist John Atkinson Grimshaw, poet Tony Harrison, actor Peter O’Toole and TV presenter Jeremy Paxman have in common?
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MarketsInvestment frenzy pumps up Reading property market
When it comes to office stock, Reading punches above its weight. It has some 10m sq ft of office space - roughly the same amount as Leeds. The difference is that Reading is a town with a population of 230,000, while Leeds is a city of more than 700,000.
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MarketsPark life in UK’s ‘knowledge spine’ keeps getting better
US history books (and Wikipedia) claim that the first business park in the world opened in Alabama in the early 1950s to avoid racial tension in city centres. Fake news.
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MarketsPair of sleeping giants could become ‘Westfield’ for Slough
When the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) bought the Queensmere and Observatory shopping centres in Slough last year, the £130m deal was a much-needed shot in the arm for the sluggish retail sector.
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MarketsHow regeneration of former uni site is putting Slough back on the map
The Heart of Slough Regeneration Project led by Slough Borough Council is changing the face of the Thames Valley town completely.
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MarketsDo cryptocurrencies have a role to play in property?
Few people had heard of Bitcoin five years ago. Fewer still realised it was only the first of several cryptocurrencies that would emerge and hardly anyone thought this ‘digital money’ would ever be taken seriously as a mainstream currency.
