Analysis: Northern collaboration
Manchester conference shows momentum behind powerhouse concept
Manchester conference shows momentum behind powerhouse concept
Starting with a share in a snooker club, then building a business that has encompassed student digs and a Liverpool landmark, George Downing now oversees a £1bn development pipeline that is branching out of its north-west heartland and heading for the capital. Portrait by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
Newcastle is riding the regional office investment boom, fuelled by low supply and a churning economy. Will it produce prices that have sellers clucking with joy?
The private rented sector is seen as a key part of the solution to the UK’s housing crisis, but there is little appetite for it in the North East.
Large-scale speculative office development in central Newcastle is tantalisingly close. Mark Simmons asks when the brakes will come off
Agents choose the most significant deals; People, politics and peculiarities; winners and losers in the North East
The UK’s large student population needs housing, so there are plenty of development and investment opportunities for property professionals.
COMMENT: The digital economy will play an increasing part in the regional office markets