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Project managers prove they have a lot of bottle

THE construction process is a labyrinth of often conflicting issues, which the experienced project manager needs to untangle and steer clients through to achieve project deliverability, says Kevin Peel. Read

Drumming up interest in site

THE largest speculative industrial building in the Tyne and Wear area has been completed and put on the market. The Drum 1 building is so large at 263,885sqft that the agents for the site recently hosted an event to tour the warehouse facility in a golf buggy. Read

Planning guidance update continues

THE Government’s updating of planning guidance continues with the introduction of a revised planning policy statement. Read

No call to complain too much

THE property industry in the North East needs to stay positive and keep doing deals, in the face of the negative attitude coming from the South East, says Ian Baggett. Read

Buoyant city is shooting up the ‘tall crane’ index league

HOW much more development is yet to come in the Newcastle Gateshead hotel market? Bruce Williamson surveys the landscape. Read

'Give business role in power'

TALK to anyone about the state of Newcastle’s city centre in 1980 and the picture they’ll paint won’t be pretty. The image will be solid, workmanlike and industrial, and certainly not one of the IT-fuelled global service-based economy that was emerging elsewhere, although in truth, it wasn’t too different from many other city centres at the time. Read

New-look planning 'needs to be flexible'

AT the end of March, the Government said it would be reviewing ways to streamline the planning applications process. But how will this affect us at a regional level? Read

Land-banking comes into the spotlight

LAND banking has been in the news this week. The Financial Services Authority is closing down an illegal land-banking scheme that managed to take £69m from 4,500 people. Read

Drumming up interest in town’s new offices

DEMAND is high for the first new offices in Chester-le-Street for years with a series of big lettings signed up within weeks of its launch. Gladman Developments has disposed of more than 7,000sq ft of speculative office space at Lumley Court, its £7.5m, 42,100sq ft speculative office development with a further 3,000sq ft in solicitors’ hands. Read

Former supermarket site is sold

AGENT King Sturge has secured the sale of the Asda supermarket premises at Ocean Road in South Shields on behalf of Wilson Bowden. Read

Authority: Gateshead Council

Ward: Bridges Read

Search is on for public sector buildings that leave their mark

THE JUDGES for The Journal’s fifth Landmark Awards are looking for entries for the public sector category. Read

Authority: Gateshead Council

Ward: Bridges Read

Could the recovery start early?

RENTAL growth for all property in the IPD monthly index fell again in April. In fact, rents virtually stood still in the month, sparking fears of a double dip in capital values. Prevailing uncertainty in the current economic climate has deterred investors from commercial property. Read

Prestigious park aims for clean and green standard

AGREEN and sustainable multi-business development is on course to open on time at one of the North East’s biggest and most prestigious business parks. Read

The finance sector well represented at Teesdale

BANKING giant HBOS has moved into an administrative office on Terrace Hill’s award-winning Teesdale Business Park in Stockton. Read

Proposed new laws relevant to property

THE Government has recently published a Green Paper on its 2008/2009 legislative programme, “Preparing Britain for the Future”. Of the 18 proposed bills there are five which are particularly relevant to property. Read

New life for business park

ABUSINESS development with the potential to create dozens of jobs and breathe fresh life into a County Durham industrial estate is about to be unveiled. Read

It pays developers to get things right

DEVELOPERS are often required to contribute money towards improvements in the local area as part of their proposals. Read

New life for business park

A BUSINESS development with the potential to create dozens of jobs and breathe fresh life into a County Durham industrial estate is about to be unveiled. Read

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