Late kick-offs
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 [...]
Liverpool and Everton stadiums
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hazel Blears interview
Quay to the city
Estates Gazette
18/11/2006
A staunch Blairite and supporter of the Iraq War, Hazel Blears MP is forthright and enthusiastic about the ongoing regeneration of Salford. David Quinn reports
Salford’s Working Class Movement Library prides itself on ignoring the “conventional history” of “kings, queens, generals and political leaders”. As such, the red-brick building [...]
Liverpool One – development
Composed complexity
Estates Gazette
07/10/2006
Despite financial pressures, Grosvenor’s massive £1bn redevelopment of Liverpool city centre is beginning to become visible. David Quinn reports
From a nearby roof top, the last few empty buildings on Paradise Street are dwarfed by the white, dusty presence of one of the largest building sites in Europe.
But Grosvenor’s £1bn [...]
Liverpool Garden Festival
Rumble in the jungle
Estates Gazette
30/07/2005
Developers Langtree and David McLean are plotting one of the biggest garden makeovers ever. David Quinn reports on plans to revamp Liverpool’s Garden Festival site as a major mixed-use waterfront park
Passing through the huge iron gates into the site of Liverpool’s 1984 International Garden Festival is like wandering [...]
Oldham
After the riot, can everyone win?
Estates Gazette
02/08/2003
Two years ago Oldham was ravaged by race riots and it appears that previous “ghetto-creating” regeneration must bear part of the blame. David Quinn looks at how a new regeneration initiative will be handled this time
It began as a brawl between two youths outside a chip shop, the type [...]
