All articles by Simon Creasey – Page 5
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Markets
Offices: Period drama
A new retail scheme planned for Chester city centre will take out a vast chunk of office stock in an already undersupplied market. What are the implications for a town that is fast losing occupiers?
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Markets
Retail: Wrexham moves up the food chain
When Waitrose Food & Home, seen here at Canary Wharf, opens in Wrexham, the north Welsh town will have a glittering reward for its regeneration efforts.
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Professional
Solving property's security shortfall
Professional property managers must forge closer links with the police to design buildings that deter crime.
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Markets
Marketing: Driving ambitions
Retailers are not selling products any more, they're selling brands. We find out how car manufacturers have embraced the concept
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Markets
Retail: All change at the pumps
The petrol station has evolved from a shack with pump outside to a shop that competes with the most modern supermarket.
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Industrial: Langtree branches out
Langtree Group is moving away from its image as a 'break-up merchant', and broadening its operations.
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BPF: leases are shorter but must be flexible
British Property Federation says that terms have improved for tenants but that landlords must go further to avoid legislation.
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Markets
Wigan regeneration: 'Nothing existed except smoke, shale, ice, mud, ashes and foul water'
This was how George Orwell described Wigan in 1936. But is it still a fair assessment?
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Markets
Will Freeserve make its home in Herts?
Internet service provider Freeserve is rumoured to be moving to Stanhope's Peoplebuilding in Hemel Hempstead.
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Markets
James Bond: coming soon to an office near you
Got a vacant building or a site awaiting planning permission? Let it star in a film or TV production and you can make money and get it redecorated into the bargain.
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Markets
Reading between the lines of a tough market
Prudential's call centre closure is another blow to the Thames Valley town's office market.
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Markets
How posh nosh arrives shipshape in Bristol fashion
Gourmet pates and exotic delicacies sitting on the shelves of luxury shops such as Harrods and Fortnum & Mason, may have stopped at a Spaces self-storage unit on their way.
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Markets
Too tall for the Toon
For developers in Newcastle, land is now so tight that the the only way to build is up. But planners are picky about allowing towers on to the Tyneside skyline.
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Markets
Industrial: All roads lead north
Soaring land prices and lack of availability are pushing distribution towards the north-east. Developer Helios plans to take advantage with the region's first big specialist distribution park.
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Markets
Transport: Runway success?
Additional runways at Stansted airport will help open up the M11 corridor for new development.
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Markets
Retail: A twist in the retail
A series of big developments is set to change the face of the region's retail offer.
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Insight
Keynesian economics
Hermes and Prudential are looking to add £400m to the value of their iconic New Town shopping centre by adding a 700,000 sq ft extension, unveiled this week.
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Markets
Offices: Crisis in Cambridge
It's been a bad year for Cambridge. Landlords' valiant attempts to keep rents up are now being undermined by retrenching tenants, and now Norwich is all set to steal the city's thunder.
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Markets
Profile: The Bidwell dynasty
Since 1840 surveying firm Bidwells has been quietly building a reputation in East Anglia. We find out the secret of its success and what plans are in store for the future