Charm defensive
Estates Gazette
13/09/200
Rare gem Developers are unlocking the potential of Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Can the area retain its unique appeal? By David Quinn
Manchester’s Northern Quarter has long been a haven for the city’s creative underbelly. The home of such mystical institutions as Afflecks Palace and the Dry Bar, the area retains an outsider status [...]
Northern Quarter
Wind farms
Where The Wind Blows
Estates Gazette
30/08/08
Despite opposition towards huge on shore wind farms, developers are keen to take part in Scotland’s “wind gold rush”. By David Quinn
Imagine a giant wind farm sweeping across Greater London. From Epsom to Ilford, whooshing through Westminster on their way, 181 giant wind turbines – each slightly taller than the London [...]
Donald Trump
Trump that!
Estates Gazette
21/06/08
Larger-than-life New York developer Donald Trump flew 3,000 miles to urge an inquiry to give consent to his plan for “the world’s best golf course” at Balmedie on the Scottish east coast. It was a bombastic performance. David Quinn reports from Aberdeen
He didn’t really need to say it, but the opening formalities of [...]
Blackpool
Government plays a dud hand
Estates Gazette
26/04/2008
Government funding has fallen short, so how will Blackpool’s regeneration chief Doug Garrett redevelop? By David Quinn
When is a £300m government funding package not a £300m government funding package? The answer can be found in Blackpool, buried in the debris of the government’s abandoned policy on supercasinos.
Scrabble around [...]
Ordsall regeneration
In the Neighbourhood
Estates Gazette19/04/2008
Home sweet home LPC Living is targeting first-time buyers and families in Salford with a scheme that offers affordable housing and a shared ownership plan. David Quinn reports
As residential development goes, nothing sums up the gritty romance of the north like a row of terraced houses under glowering skies and no row [...]
Urban Splash profile
Going straight?
Estates Gazette
17/11/2007
Ahead of the pack Urban Splash is not going mainstream. On the contrary, the rest of the property industry is catching up. David Quinn reports.
Urban Splash has never been a classic property company. Renowned for unusual conversions andcutting-edge architecture – and setup by a man who made his name selling posters to students [...]
Manchester supercasino
Last throw of the Dice
Estates Gazette
6/10/2007
Manchester council chief Sir Howard Bernstein is leading a final campaign to convince Gordon Brown that a super-casino is the only way to revive a rundown area of the city. David Quinn reports
After a run of bad luck, Manchester’s hopes of becoming home to the UK’s first super-casino looked [...]
Motorways
The joy of motorways
Motortorque
30 August 2007
Next year is the 50th anniversary of the birth of the British motorway. While the Germans had been racing round on Hitler-endorsed Autobahns since the 1930s, it wasn’t until 1958 and the bright optimism of the post-war boom that the eight mile Preston bypass opened – and a [...]
New York – Downtown
Downtown up
Estates Gazette
18/08/2007
From the 52nd floor of Silverstein Properties’ 7 World Trade Center early on a summer’s day, Lower Manhattan looks spectacular.
To the south and west, the Hudson River glistens in the sunlight while, to the north, Midtown’s grid-patterned avenues and the green lungs of Central Park fade into the haze.
As an outsider, it [...]
Modus profile
Green shoots
Estates Gazette (subsequently translated into Dutch as “Sprong naar groene winkelcentra” for the magazine Building Innovation)
14/07/2007
Wigan doesn’t have many claims to fame. Apart from its pier and its Premiership football team’s recent narrow escape from relegation, the town has generally done little to stimulate the interest of the news media.
In years to [...]
