Helena Keers
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Cost-cutting Deutsche Bank hires JLL for property advice
Deutsche Bank has chosen Jones Lang LaSalle as its sole supplier of property advice for its 2.2m sq m (24m sq ft) portfolio in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Try and try again
Paul Caddick is the ex-rugby player with a formidable reputation in the Yorkshire property market. We profiles a man whose straight talking has made him one of the most respected and controversial figures in the region
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From past historic to future perfect?
The DETR is convinced that Urban Regeneration Companies are the best tool for revitalising city centres. But will the new wave of URCs, like those recently launched in Corby, Leicester and Sunderland, have the power and support to avoid the mistakes of the past?
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Brewer's swoop
Developer JJ Gallagher has beaten off the competition to take preferred bidder status on the former Vaux brewery site in Sunderland.
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Continental shift
As Europe opens up its markets to global industries, so multinational companies look around for space. But business parks on the Continent are few and far between. We report on the developers aiming to fill the gaps
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Fight to the finish
In the next few months the DETR is expected to announce the chosen regeneration scheme for Bracknell town centre. We report on the fierce contest between the two rival developers whose schemes were both initially rejected by the planning inspector
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Front loaders
Just five years after it was established, and with a £150m programme already under way, Frontier Estates is now looking at development opportunities beyond its Milton Keynes heartland.
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Pride of place
One of Paris's largest mixed-use schemes will be located in Place Vendôme. It won't be an easy ride, as French red tape threatens to restrict its progress, but Hammerson and Axa France are confident it will be worth all the effort.
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All Brighton the horizon?
In the centre of Brighton – the UK's newest city – one development proposal has become a classic protesters vs developers battle, while another seems to have unexpectedly won over the community.
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Tower struggle
With planning permission virtually in the bag, you would think Land Securities' Coppergate Riverside scheme in York would be moving full-steam ahead. Not if local protesters, who want to protect a listed edifice have anything to do with it. We report on a two-year battle that shows little ...
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Privates on parade
More than ever before, the private property sector seems the place to be. In this report we examine the network of old friendships and the 'I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine' culture that make the sector tick
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Fair-weather friends?
Rows over Eastbourne's harbour have been as stormy as the weather. We report on the battle between Carillion, which owns Sovereign Harbour, and the Environment Agency, which claims the developer has failed to maintain the town's defences
