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
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 [...]
Allied London profile
Shed investor became architect of northern urban regeneration
The Times
June 12, 2007
BYLINE: David Quinn
WHILE its name suggests a company devoted to the UK’s capital city, Allied London’s top achievement to date has been in Manchester.
Since joining Allied London in 1995, Mike Ingall, the chief executive, has been the architect of the company’s rebirth, culminating in Spinningfields. [...]
Spinningfields
Faith in the big picture
The Times
June 12, 2007
BYLINE: David Quinn
David Quinn reports on Manchester’s Spinningfields development
THE regeneration of Manchester after the bombing of the city centre in
1996 is usually associated with the creation of new shops. While it is
true that shoppers have flocked to Selfridges and Harvey Nichols since
then, office workers have also found something [...]
Peel Holdings profile
The ship comes in
Estates Gazette
20/11/2004
With assets totalling £2.5bn, Peel Holdings is busy planning for the future of the Manchester Ship Canal. By David Quinn
The office of Peel Holdings, one of the UK’s largest landlords and property developers, is perched in what a helpful assistant calls “Peel Dome”, high above the consumerist temple that is [...]
