All articles by Natalie Stevenson
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InsightMarching orders
Antisocial behaviour is plaguing Britain’s shopping centres but new tactics are helping managers fight back.
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InsightStrap 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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InsightA 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
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MarketsStuck 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
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MarketsLooking 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
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MarketsLocal knowledge
Since our last visit … School’s out in Newton Aycliffe CTP is developing a £26m retail scheme anchored by a 68,000 sq ft (6,315 sq m) Tesco in Newton Aycliffe – one of the first new towns, established in 1949 – just north of Darlington of junction 59 of ...
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MarketsTwo 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
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MarketsThe 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
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MarketsWarsaw 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
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InsightWill 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
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MarketsLife 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.
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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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MarketsNew arrivals
The 10 new European Union member states have brought with them myriad economic, political and historical interests.
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MarketsLeeds 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?
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MarketsGoole 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.
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MarketsReality 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
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MarketsLeeds’ new breed
A new generation at Town Centre Securities heralds a new dawn for the company and the Leeds retail scene.
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News
Latest letting lifts Leeds office market
Law firm Cobbetts takes 50,000 sq ft at Town Centre’s Whitehall Riverside
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MarketsHard labour
Shed developers wanting to take advantage of the West Midlands’ logistics opportunities are finding it difficult to secure sites. Natalie Stevenson reports
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