Natalie Stevenson
- Insight
Strap club
Large-bra retailer Bravissimo has joined the growing number of businesses – which include Fat Face and Subway – that have found success in niche markets
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Marching orders
Antisocial behaviour is plaguing Britain’s shopping centres but new tactics are helping managers fight back.
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A change of direction
Thornfield is continuing to move from out-of-town projects to redeveloping town centres with a £150m scheme for Bury town centre
- Markets
The peoples choice
As the north-east prepares to vote in a referendum for a regional assembly, the ‘No’ campaign is claiming that putting politicians in charge of development could hamper the property sector
- Markets
Looking for rubble
Local celebrities have produced a list buildings in Newcastle they would like to see demolished – and by making way for new developments they could ease the city’s severe shortage of office space
- Markets
Two into one won’t go
Two of the north-east’s property heavyweights are fighting it out over Wynyard One, a derelict manufacturing premises in Teesside
- Markets
Stuck on the shelf
Plans for the much-needed redevelopment of Sunderland are being delayed by a fight between the local regeneration company and supermarket Tesco over one of the main site
- Markets
New arrivals
The 10 new European Union member states have brought with them myriad economic, political and historical interests.
- Markets
Warsaw returns
EU accession has brought Warsaw its first chance to catch up with the west. But will planning struggles and environmental protests hold back the city? Natalie Stevenson reports from Poland
- Markets
Life in the fast lane
The Slovakian economy and property industry are speeding ahead since joining the EU, thanks largely to motor manufacturers and a flat-rate tax system.
- Markets
Double Take
The already well-established property markets of Hungary and the Czech Republic are now gearing up for the expected influx of western investors.
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Will Trespassers be prosecuted?
Gypsies and travellers are the sworn enemy of planners and property owners. Natalie Stevenson explores a culture clash that is tearing middle Britain apart
- Markets
Leeds’ new breed
A new generation at Town Centre Securities heralds a new dawn for the company and the Leeds retail scene.
- Markets
Leeds makes its Point
A speculative office scheme in Leeds city centre joins the fray of those already on site. But is there demand for it?
- Markets
Reality check
Will Alsop’s talk of Tuscan hills in Barnsley and waterways in Bradford prompted much cynicism. Natalie Stevenson reports on how far the towns’ visions are being realised
- Markets
Goole rush
As Yorkshire’s development sites are snapped up and business grows in the Humber estuary ports, the first of many huge shed schemes in the area is coming forward at Goole.
- News
Latest letting lifts Leeds office market
Law firm Cobbetts takes 50,000 sq ft at Town Centre’s Whitehall Riverside