The big chill
Estates Gazette
15/11/08
When Iceland sneezes does the UK catch a cold? With a great deal of the UK’s high street owned or part-owned by Icelandic investment company Baugur, David Quinn reports on turbulent times
As a so-called nation of shopkeepers, the extent to which Britain’s high streets are exposed to the economy of another much [...]
Baugur
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 [...]
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 [...]
Custard Factory
Custard Factory in the thick of the action
Estates Gazette
28/06/2003
Regeneration projects could make Birmingham’s specialist shopping centre more accessible. But its proprietor says he has a “fatalistic” outlook. David Quinn dips into the Custard Factory
A stark naked man, apparently dead in a tank and covered in ants, may not be everyone’s cup of [...]
Bullring – in development
Enter the Bullring
Estates Gazette
26/10/2002
David Quinn takes a detailed look at how the Bullring was put together from drawing board to the largest development in Europe – and looks ahead to its opening next year
With a little under a year to go until the opening of the 1.2m sq ft Bullring, the sense [...]
Liverpool retail
Clean-up job
Estates Gazette
15/06/2002
With some seriously big-name retailers looking at space-strapped Liverpool, whoever wins the right to develop at Chavasse Park should cash in. But first, planners must sort out the mess. David Quinn reports
Liverpool’s agents are fed up. The cause of their woe is planning battles that are delaying retail development in the city.
The city [...]
