All articles by Steve Brauner – Page 2

  • Markets

    Return to centre?

    8 June 2001

    Bolton town centre is feeling the pinch, as out-of-town developments encroach on trade. We report on the 'doughnut effect' and the traders who are trying to reverse it

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    The vision thing

    11 May 2001

    The pilot urban regeneration company Liverpool Vision had a less than auspicious beginning, with the cancellation of its Pier Head tower scheme. But the new chief executive Jim Gill is upbeat about the future

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    Niche market

    11 May 2001

    News and deals from around the region

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    Game plan

    27 April 2001

    Lancashire entrepreneur Trevor Hemmings has a plan to turn Blackpool into the gaming capital of the UK. We weigh up the odds on the project succeeding

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    Turning on the water works

    26 January 2001

    United Utilities has set up a new property subsidiary, but its profitable relationship with developer Arrowcroft is set to continue.

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    Home truths

    26 January 2001

    While other big developers focus on globalisation, Peel Holdings remains committed to the north-west of England. We ask deputy chairman Robert Hough why the firm has made such a success out of sticking to its home ground

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    Feeling listless

    26 January 2001

    Northwest Regional Development Agency has drawn up a list of 11 strategic sites. Many local agents and developers are dubious about why some sites have made it, while others failed.

  • Insight

    Is footy fit for a Kings Dock?

    17 November 2000

    Liverpool Vision issued a brief earlier this year inviting proposals for the redevelopment of Kings Dock. The loudest bid has come from Everton Football Club, which is desperate to escape Goodison Park's planning restrictions and reinstate football in a regal setting.

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    Niche market

    27 October 2000

    News and deals from around the region.

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    Take me to the river Irwell

    27 October 2000

    Spinningfields will be a modern city centre development, unlike anything Mancunians have experienced before. With cafés, boulevards and a river frontage it will have that European feel to lure the big fish.

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    Game on for the east side

    27 October 2000

    From a featureless wasteland to a no-frills business area characterised by good new transport links, east Manchester is set for regeneration. But will the Commonwealth Games raise the area's profile?

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    Flat broke

    27 October 2000

    Despite having his fingers burnt at the the luxury end of Manchester's residential property market, Colin Shenton is planning new projects. He talks to Steve Brauner about Shenton Court, bankruptcy and bouncing back

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    Niche market

    22 September 2000

    News and deals from around the region.

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    The company of Wolves

    22 September 2000

    Warrington s council members may have undermined the rejuvenation of their town centre when it granted Tesco planning permission on an arguably out-of-town site. Steve Brauner reports on how groceries and rugby combined to make a formidable opponent to the town centre s comeback