All Housing articles – Page 384
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Tom Hunter prepares £2bn bid for Wilson Bowden
As Building went to press, Sir Tom Hunter was thought to be preparing a £2bn bid for Wilson Bowden, which would be his third offer for a UK housebuilder in four months.
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Barratt wins 800 unit East End regeneration
Barratt Developments has pipped Countryside Properties in the race for an 800 home regeneration project on the edge of the Olympic Park.
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Tesco to sell affordable flats
Tesco is to pioneer a scheme offering affordable homes to key workers in south London.
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NewsGreen homes could spell the end of freehold for new build
Lawyers argue that the only way to bind residents to green energy is through a lease
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NewsNewcastle makes exhibition of itself
Newcastle council is searching for a private developer to deliver the city’s housing exposition.
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CommentPre-nuptials
The merger of English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation has finally been announced. But through the flurry of preparation, both need to remember their responsibilities and not get distracted by the future
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NewsImage: Solar panel makeover for Canning Town Tower
The refurbishment of 23-storey Ferrier Point by ECD will see the south facade clad in photovoltaics
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NewsTower block made famous by advert is demolished
Glasgow high-rise block used in Sony ad is destroyed in 10 seconds by controlled explosion
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NewsImages: New digs for Bath students
Architect Design Partnership win planning for £16.4m University of Bath student residences
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NewsHSE puts ban on Falcon cranes
‘Precautionary approach’ adopted after recent fatal accidents involving crane hire firm’s vehicles
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NewsKen Makes over his old home town
Architect Ken Shuttleworth unveils proposals for mixed-use Birmingham scheme
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Kier eyes Amec’s £1bn property division
Acquisition would double Kier’s £700m portfolio, but company says it will not touch construction
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in December 2006
This month’s data from the NHBC
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Crest set to win six-year struggle to build in Bath
Crest Nicholson is on the verge of winning a long-running battle to develop one of the south-west’s most important regeneration sites this week.
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NewsThe battle of Croydon
Croydon council struck developer Stanhope a blow this week by serving a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on the Gateway site in east Croydon.
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NewsBig game Hunter
Making the news Sir Tom Hunter is the media-shy multimillionaire out to capture Crest Nicholson
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NewsZero carbon taskforce gets green light
The government’s plans for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 moved a step forward this week with the formation of a steering group to lead the initiative.
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NewsGovernment gives go-ahead to Communities England
Merger of Housing Corporation and English Partnerships to create super regeneration agency
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FeaturesDone to a turn
Architect Clague’s curvaceous extension to the Strode Park Foundation brings something that most housing for disabled people has never even heard of – glamour.
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Swan scraps London eco tower
An east London housing association has withdrawn plans to build the capital’s first “Ecohomes excellent” residential development after a backlash by local residents.