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Collapsed 79th Group assets put on block

Lawrie Holmes — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:55:24 +0000

A former Northumberland hospital building and offices in Warrington have been put up for sale after the firm, which is under police investigation, fell into administration.

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BAE to turn Barrow-in-Furness Debenhams site into submarine training centre

Lawrie Holmes — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:16:15 +0000

Former department store to become part of BAE educational and community engagement space called the Portland Walk Campus.

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Empiric secures £750k student site in Sheffield

Editor — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:02:00 +0000

Empiric Student Property has acquired the freehold of a £750,000 site in Sheffield with planning permission for a 63-bed student accommodation development

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JLL appoints North East residential head

Hannah Brenton — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:26:00 +0000

JLL has appointed Charles Calvert as the new head of its North East residential team based in Leeds.

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Siglion — a fresh start for Sunderland?

Editor — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +0000

The face of Sunderland could be changed by a new JV in charge of the council’s portfolio.

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A drink with… Bill Lynn, director of ES Group

Adam Branson — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +0000

Bill Lynn talks Newcastle pubs, restaurants and… sheep, as part of a new series to get to know property people and their patches.

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St Modwen’s Billingham buy could spark off secondary retail centre regeneration

Adam Branson — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +0000

At the end of last year, St Modwen announced it had bought Billingham shopping centre in the Tees Valley for £14.25m from Stockland, reflecting a yield of 9.96%.

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Demand is growing in the North East but supply gap must be filled

Adam Branson — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +0000

The North East market is recovering but Newcastle needs more grade-A stock.

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BAE sells Humber Hawk jet site in East Yorkshire

Richard Williams — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:00:00 +0000

Defence giant BAE Systems has sold an 86-acre former manufacturing factory in the north with 1.3m sq ft of office and industrial space.

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RAM snaps up 500 homes in North East as region recovers

Hannah Brenton — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000

Andrew Leslau’s latest deal shows there is an appetite for residential property in the hard-hit North East

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Science Central project offers ‘a unique scale of opportunity’

Adam Branson — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000

A masterplan has already been agreed for the entire 24-acre site, writes Adam Branson

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Q&A: Residential (North East)

Editor — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000

The North East was notorious for being the last region in England to see a turnaround in its housing market. While house prices in other regions returned to growth, values in the North East kept on falling. However, the market has at last bounced back…

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North East shopping centres adapt to the changing face of UK retail

Adam Branson — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000

Redevelopment will continue in the region’s major retail complexes, writes Adam Branson

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Newcastle celebrates renewed sense of confidence

Adam Branson — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0000

There’s more to the North East’s recovery than luring back-office staff. Adam Branson reports

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Washington centre open for business

Editor — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:00:00 +0000

Exterior works at the £6.6m Washington Business Centre at Turbine Business Park in Sunderland have been completed, leaving it open for prelets.

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Biggest office deal in Newcastle since 2010