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City Campus takes top awards

THE best new buildings in the North East have been celebrated at an awards ceremony hosted by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors at Newcastle Civic Centre. Read

£85m hotels buyout

BUDGET hotel chain Travelodge has snapped up a North Tyneside property as one of six Menzies Hotels bought in one £85m deal. Read

No date for H&M new store opening

THE opening of a new H&M store at the top of Grey Street in Newcastle still has no definite date some four months after the retailer revealed it was taking over the former Waterstone’s store. Read

Venture with scope to grow in busy spot

LIMANI pub and restaurant in South Shields is for sale. Read

The housing debate

NEWS last week from the Halifax that house prices fell by 2.5% in March was hardly disastrous and certainly not unexpected, but it was the debate which followed it that I found really interesting. Read

Business park on huge scale

WORK has begun on building the giant Heighington Lane West development in County Durham – which could cost up to £100m and is one of the largest developments of its kind anywhere in the UK. Read

Top architects in gateway project

A HIGH-PROFILE firm of award- winning London architects has been appointed to design a new gateway to the Lingfield Point business park in Darlington. Read

High-end business park adds pace to town’s development

CONSTRUCTION work has begun on a new business park for Alnwick, adding to a recent spurt in the pace of development of the Northumberland town. Read

Pet food firm completes line-up at new retail park

THE first phase of the 61,000sqft Blyth Valley Retail Park is now fully let after agent Knight Frank secured a 15-year lease with pet food supplier Jolleys. Read

Aim is community with wellbeing

EXPERTS in all fields of development have visited some of Europe’s leading eco developments as they finalise a masterplan for Wynyard Park on Teesside. Read

Owning the office is tax sense, says vendor

OFFERS are being sought for a Grade II-listed office block in the heart of Newcastle city centre. Read

Ex-furniture site to be redeveloped as units

THE former home of Stag furniture in Sunderland is set to be redeveloped after the two-acre site was acquired by Darlington-based Harrison Properties. Read

First look at Banks’ HQ plan

THIS is how a major new mixed-use, ecologically-sound development in Tow Law, County Durham, should look now that Banks Developments has won planning consent to build the £16.5m scheme. Read

Offices will be sold at auction

THIS two-storey, detached purpose-built office on the Whinfield industrial estate in Rowland's Gill, Gateshead, is for sale by auction. Read

Newsagent sells up to pursue a new career

THE Newcastle office of leading business agents, Christie + Co, has sold a newsagent/off licence business, in a village just outside of Houghton-le-Spring in Tyne and Wear. Read

Seafood producer set to rent more factory space

THE Cumbrian Seafoods factory in Seaham, County Durham is to more than double in size after owner Cumbrian Holdings agreed to rent a further 135,000sq ft of space on the Foxcover Distribution Park. Read

‘Fascinating project’ is started

WORK has begun on the Fusion office on Forth Street close to Newcastle Central Station. Read

Growing team move in together at new office

ONE of the region’s largest independent firms of chartered surveyors has moved to new central Newcastle offices to accommodate its growing team. Read

North developers on Expo shortlist

A SHORTLIST of three developers has been announced to develop Britain’s first housing Expo through a £450m regeneration of Scotswood in Newcastle – and two have North East roots. Read

Courts serve owners humble ‘Pye’

THREE slices of ‘Pye’ have been served up by the courts in recent months, with adverse possession cases applying the decisions from the landmark 2007 case brought by J A Pye. Read