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David Quinn

Feature on Peel’s sale of the Trafford Centre to CSC

I’ve got a feature on Peel’s sale of the Trafford Centre to Capital Shopping Centres in this week’s issue of Estates Gazette. Thanks to the snow (I think) they’ve produced an electronic version of the magazine, so you can read the full piece here.

November 2010

I’m currently working on a series of features for Insider and Estates Gazette, including a piece on the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In November, my documentary The Candidate (clip on the front page of this website) is showing at Exposures 2010 and is nominated for the Best Regional Story award at the RTS North West [...]

August and September: Insider and EG

My work for EG continues with forthcoming pieces on Manchester, West End offices and the European retail sector. Thoughts and comments to the usual place SVP. Also North West Business Insider have got me working on a piece about office fit-outs and refurbishments for their October issue (deadline 17 September), if you’re interested. Which, although [...]

A summer of EG-related fun

I’m writing two features for Estates Gazette this month, one on the rise and (possibly) fall of rail freight distribution and t’other on the leisure property market in Glasgow and Edinburgh (full Scotland synopsis here). If you have suitable observations with which to regale me, please deposit them about my person via a suitable virtual [...]

Regeneration & Renewal in July

I’m currently doing some news and features stuff for Regeneration and Renewal. Feel free to send news tips etc.

Insider Manchester review

I’m writing another piece for North West Business Insider, about Greater Manchester, focusing especially on the set-up and governance of the Manchester city region and sub-regional economic development. Type of thing. Deadline next week-ish. Thoughts, poems, etc to the usual cloud server/web node.

Filming in April and May

I’m currently working on my MA major project, which is a film about a candidate in the General Election in Salford. I’ll be filming through April and the first part of May, and editing in May and June.

March and April deadlines

I’ve been instructed by Estates Gazette to write a piece on leisure in the North East by 30 March (synopsis here). I’m also writing a piece for North West Business Insider about how commercial property surveying practices can help businesses (planning, rent reviews, etc), with a deadline of early April. If you feel you can [...]

Print: Liverpool and Everton stadiums

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Estates Gazette
20/2/2010
Extra time A victory for Everton and Liverpool remains elusive as both clubs see dreams of new stadiums stuck on the bench. By David Quinn
Even by the usually slow standards off complex regeneration projects, the development of new stadiums by Liverpool and Everton football clubs has been remarkably sluggish. And there are few concrete [...]

EG Manchester Focus

Estates Gazette continues to offer me work on the basis that their fees are spent exclusively on Bombay Bad Boy Pot Noodles. To this end, I am authoring a feature on Manchester city centre development. Synopsis here. If you have something useful to contribute, please contact me via email, phone, fax etc. Deadline w/b Feb [...]

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