Leisure
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Mitchells & Butlers calls time on 400-acre farm
Mitchells & Butlers has sold 400 acres of West Midlands farmland that had been in its ownership for 300 years to a Birmingham-based developer.
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Listing threatens Brum’s Paradise
Plans for a £1bn regeneration of central Birmingham’s Paradise Circus area could be scuppered by calls to list the city’s library, a key stakeholder has warned.
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Credit crisis a hurdle for Olympics media centre
The Olympic Delivery Authority is edging towards a Lend Lease-style Olympic Village arrangement to ensure the credit crisis does not hold up development of the £400m 2012 Olympics media centre.
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Crosby Lend Lease signs trio of retailers in Leeds
Crosby Lend Lease has signed what it called three “cutting edge” fashion brands to its £250m Clarence Dock development in Leeds.
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Six stars for poultry plans
A Russian tycoon’s plans to turn a Grade I listed building into a six-star hotel are set to be approved by the City of London planning committee next week.
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Criterion snaps up West End assets
Criterion Capital has added to its West End portfolio with the purchase of two landmark properties within the Piccadilly to Leicester Square corridor.
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Lipton and son unite for £2.7bn Canning Town
Sir Stuart Lipton and his son, Elliot, have been selected to work together for the first time on a £2.7bn regeneration project in east London.
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Masterplan clears way for 20-storey towers in Dublin docklands
Eight towers up to 20 storeys high will be permitted in Dublin’s docklands under draft plans released by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.
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All-clear for Hartlepool waterfront scheme
Stockton-based Jomast Developments has gained consent for a £100m redevelopment of the waterfront at Hartlepool Marina.
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NI govt officials berate Maze consultation process
Northern Ireland government officials yesterday said it was “unsatisfactory” that information required for a decision to redevelop Belfast’s former Maze prison had not been made available.
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Sanderson Weatherall’s Simmons quits for start-up
Sanderson Weatherall investment director Andrew Simmons has left the company, becoming the second director to quit the firm’s Manchester office in recent weeks.
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Green light for Tiger’s Edinburgh Haymarket scheme
Tiger gets green light for £200m Edinburgh Haymarket scheme