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Developments and Lettings News 2010
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St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has released a new 3D animation showcasing updated plans for Project Jennifer, the £150 million community-led regeneration of Great Homer Street in North Liverpool. ...


A new Greenway walking and cycle route through the heart of Hilton Village has been officially opened by developer St. Modwen and South Derbyshire District Council. The Greenway provides Hilton residents and visitors with...


The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, have signed a Development Agreement which gives the green light to start work on the first phase of housing at the former RAF Locki...


Multi-channel building supplies distributor Toolstation has opened a trade counter in Worcester, after completing a deal on the 6,823 sq ft Unit 302 at St. Modwen’s Great Western Business Park. Situated half a mile ...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has marked the completion of its new offices at the Wembley Central scheme with a visit from Brent North MP, Barry Gardiner. The 23,000 sq ft of refurbished offi...


Regeneration specialist, St. Modwen has announced that construction and infrastructure works have commenced for the creation of a new 17,000 sq ft foodstore on the site of the £150 million regeneration of the former Goodyear wor...


Construction company Morgan Sindall has been appointed to deliver Halton’s new multi-million pound leisure development Venture Fields. Building work on the Earle Road site at Widnes Waterfront is now underway with i...


Working in close consultation with its partners, Burnley Borough Council, English Heritage and The Prince’s Foundation, St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has submitted an outline planning application for a...


St. Modwen, owner of The Meads shopping centre and the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, began the festive season in Farnborough on Saturday with Santa, Peppa Pig and Kim Robson from Eagle Radio switching on the Christmas light...


St. Modwen, the UK's leading regeneration specialist, has completed a hat trick of new deals at its Woodingdean Business Park. Hot on the heels of its deal to build a state of the art production unit for Brighton success story Reflex Nut...


Technology Drive, the new spine road created by developer St. Modwen leading to the £33million Warwickshire College Rugby Centre has been officially opened by Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Caldecott Ward, Gwen Hotten. <br...


Shortly after David Cameron’s pledge to invest £200m in Innovation Centres across the country, St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, is pleased to announce another letting at its successful Cranfield Tec...


St. Modwen, owner of The Meads shopping centre in Farnborough and the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has announced its family entertainment at the centre in the build-up to Christmas. On Saturday 20 November ...


Local members of the Great Western Society in Taunton have secured materials from the site of the £270 million Firepool scheme to help support the group’s expansion plans for Didcot Railway Centre* in Oxfordshire. The project...


The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has selected 21,731 sq ft of commercial space at St. Modwen’s Queensway Business Park in Telford as the location for a new sterilisation facility. The Hospital Trust has sign...


The first 115 homes to be built on the former Rover car plant site in Longbridge are now underway. Developer St. Modwen was joined by the Homes and Communities Agency and Birmingham City Council to mark this significant m...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has announced a start on site for its £10 million Venture Fields Leisure Development at Widnes Waterfront. The 100,000 sq ft scheme which is being develope...


Developer St. Modwen has submitted a planning application for the development of Phoenix Retail Park in Longton – a shopping proposal set to bring £8 million of investment and up to 160 job opportunities to the town. ...


St. Modwen is inviting members of the public to a consultation event for its proposed town centre development which forms part of the £1billion regeneration of Longbridge. The public consultation will be held at the...


Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council CPO will assemble land for town centre regeneration St. Modwen’s partner, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, has approved the implementation of an existing Compulsory Purchase Order (CP...


St. Modwen, the UK's leading regeneration specialist, has secured the prestigious ISO 14001 environmental certification for The Meads shopping centre in Farnborough town centre. The international standard demonstrates St....


Thompsons Discount Electrical will relocate to St. Modwen’s £10 million Great Western Business Park in Worcester, following the completion of a deal to let a new 8,500 sq ft warehouse unit on a 10 year lease. ...


Thompsons Discount Electrical will relocate to St. Modwen’s £10 million Great Western Business Park in Worcester, following the completion of a deal to let a new 8,500 sq ft warehouse unit. Situated half a mil...


St. Modwen, owner of Edmonton Green Shopping Centre in North London, has announced that they have signed a deal with Travelodge for a 73 bed hotel on a 25 year lease. The 20,000 sq ft Travelodge will be the first hotel fo...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, is in detailed discussions with Siemens to develop a new 127,000 sq ft facility for the company in Lincoln. Siemens plans to move from its current premises, owned by St. Modwen,...


St. Modwen has boosted the provision of office suites at Longbridge Technology Park in response to increasing demand from existing occupiers at the Innovation Centre who are looking for ‘grow-on’ space to accommodate their ex...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist has successfully let a 4,500 sq ft office unit at Prescot Business Park, Merseyside. Leading security company ADT has signed a five year lease on the building whi...


Construction work at St. Modwen’s multi million pound Etrop Court development in Wythenshawe town centre is beginning to make an impact on the centre’s skyline. Planning permission was granted in March 2010 an...


St. Modwen, the UK's leading regeneration specialist, has moved a major step forward in its redevelopment of Farnborough town centre with the signing of New Look. The fashion retailer is taking 15,800 sq ft in the latest ...


OUTLINE plans for Firepool, the first major phase in the regeneration of central Taunton, have gained the green light from the Borough Council’s planning committee marking an important milestone in the town’s history. ...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has celebrated a significant milestone at its £15 million Quay Shopping Centre scheme in Connah’s Quay, Flintshire. The developer has reached practic...


A group of former MG Rover workers signed the steel of the new Bournville College’s campus at Longbridge yesterday. Seven people whose past is linked to the famous car plant, attended the event where they left a...


St. Modwen, the owner of Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, has joined forces with Southwark Council and the Metropolitan Police to host a Crime Awareness Day on Saturday 25 September between 11am and 4pm. The day of ...


On the 70th anniversary of the decisive day in the Battle of Britain, Harrow Council, in north London, has given an historic green light to create a museum on the site of the spiritual home of ‘the Few’. Last ...


Plans for a new £5 million youth centre, to be developed at the heart of the Longbridge regeneration project, are set to be considered by planners in Birmingham after being submitted by St. Modwen in partnership with Birmingham Cit...


Edmonton Green’s Shopping Centre Manager Roger Allen, was last week helping to open the new picnic area in Russell Park, Haringey. Roger was representing the St. Modwen Environmental Trust, a fund established to offer grants to loc...


Widnes Regeneration Ltd, a joint venture between St. Modwen and Halton Borough Council, has secured another three lettings at the second phase of the £5.9m Heron Business Park in Widnes. The new occupiers, which hav...


St. Modwen – the UK’s leading regeneration specialist – has announced a series of new retail tenants at its £15m development in Connah’s Quay, Flintshire, North Wales. Deals have been secured...


Wythenshawe town centre manager – the UK’s leading regeneration specialist – St. Modwen has completed the development of seven new market kiosks which will further expand the town’s retail offer. S...


St. Modwen is expanding its Midlands land bank with the announcement that it has signed an agreement with Branston Properties Ltd to develop a 280 acre site in Branston, Branston on Trent. The land, which is located on so...


St Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has teamed up with Reflex Nutrition to gain full planning permission for a new company headquarters at Woodingdean Business Park in Brighton. Brighton and Hove-ba...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has received planning consent for the proposed redevelopment of a former glassworks site into a £10 million mixed-use development, which is set to provide much needed fami...


St Modwen, the UK's leading Regeneration Specialist has three new occupiers totalling 23,000 sq ft of warehouse and office space at Holbrook Enterprise Park, Sheffield, Corporate Trends & La Beeby, Clan Engineering and Dandy Chicken....


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has received outline planning permission for its 650-home scheme in South Ockendon, Essex. The scheme for the former Ford factory on Arisdale Avenue was granted consent by the T...


St. Modwen is forging ahead with the regeneration of Longbridge with contractor John Sisk & Son Ltd. appointed to implement a £7 million programme of road works on the A38 (Bristol Road South) and Longbridge Lane. <br /...


St. Modwen is continuing to clear the way for future employment and residential space at Longbridge, with the demolition of 270,000 square feet of empty buildings off Lickey Road. Situated on the Longbridge North area of ...


St. Modwen, the developer behind the new £33million Warwickshire College Rugby Centre has hosted a rededication ceremony for the newly relocated British Thomson-Houston (BTH) war memorial in Rugby. Comprising a Grad...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has secured a 68,315 sq ft letting at Cromwell Road, Ellesmere Port. Wooden packaging and pallet supply company Northern Case Supplies Ltd. has signed a 15 year ...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist and owner of Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, has signed a deal with the London School of Management and Science. The college has taken the entire fourth floor totalling 8,...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has celebrated a milestone in its development of Wembley Central with the launch of its new offices. The 23,000 sq ft of refurbished office space in Ramsey House...


St. Modwen, owner of Leegate Shopping Centre in Lewisham, south London, has signed a raft of new deals at the site. The UK’s leading regeneration specialist has completed five deals at the 129,000 sq ft centre to let a total of 6,1...


Planning approval was granted for the landmark new £66 million Bournville College in March 2009, with funding for the new college secured from the Learning & Skills Council in August 2009. The development will s...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has today announced that it will no longer be progressing its proposals for the Middle Quinton Eco Town. St. Modwen will now focus on its consented proposals for...


A project to transform the public space at Napier Gardens, Redvers Buller Road in Farnborough has begun. Funded by a £10,900 grant from St. Modwen Environmental Trust, the charitable arm of St. Modwen – the de...


A major obstacle blocking progress at one of Liverpool’s most important regeneration schemes has been overcome, following a High Court ruling today. The Project Jennifer scheme can move a step closer after a legal c...


St. Modwen, the developer behind the new £35million Warwickshire College, invited members of the Ex Servicemen’s Association and children from Boughton Leigh Community Junior School to bury two time capsules beneath the Rugby...


St. Modwen has secured Bromsgrove Motor Factors as the latest occupier at its £10 million Great Western Business Park in Worcester. The leading distributor of motor components, garage equipment, tools & consumab...


Construction is set to get under way on a new 17,000sq ft foodstore on the site of the £150 million regeneration of the former Goodyear works in Wolverhampton, after developer St. Modwen confirmed it had completed a deal with Aldi ...


When St. Modwen heard that Ford and Car magazine wanted to profile the car-maker’s new limited edition model, the Focus RS500, at its site in South Ockendon, the company was only too happy to oblige. As well as s...


Stoke-on-Trent Regeneration Ltd, St. Modwen’s joint venture company with the City of Stoke-on-Trent, has successfully brought all four elements of its 11 acre Trentham South development to completion. 100 per cent o...


St. Modwen, the UK’s regeneration specialist, has today (Monday, 14 June 2010) submitted an outline planning application to Taunton Dean Borough Council for the first phase of commercial and residential development at the £27...


St. Modwen’s Whitley Business Park scheme is helping to put Coventry on the map as a thriving location for business, putting the city in pole position for future key relocations. Strategically located off the A45 Co...


St. Modwen, the UK's leading regeneration specialist, has completed a deal with Papa John's at its town centre regeneration scheme in Farnborough, Hampshire. The pizza delivery chain, which has 142 stores throughout the UK and plans to o...


Members of the Ex-Servicemen’s Association have visited Boughton Leigh Junior School in Rugby to collect articles, which will be interned in a new time capsule and buried beneath the Rugby War Memorial. This is being relocated as p...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, is encouraging Gloucestershire businesses to take advantage of commercial opportunities at its £150 million Littlecombe scheme in Dursley as the town centre continues to r...


Following a successful run of lettings, one of the South East’s leading business parks is now 100 per cent let. St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has announced a new deal with international drinking system...


Widnes Regeneration Ltd, the joint venture between St. Modwen and Halton Borough Council, has announced the first wave of tenants at phase II of Heron Business Park. The six new occupiers, which have taken up a total of o...


The unique and inspiring Shopping Village at St. Modwen’s Trentham Estate and Gardens is continuing to attract retailers with vibrant new foodstore Brown and Green. Trentham Shopping Village was first opened in 2004 as part of the ...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, is bringing a 14-acre development site to market close to Eccles town centre in Salford. The move follows St. Modwen’s purchase and lease back of the 36-ac...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has completed a deal with J D Wetherspoon at its town centre regeneration scheme in Farnborough, Hampshire. The British pub operator, which has over 700 units trading throughout...


Business innovation awards commend young entrepreneurs from around the region The third annual Bright Sparc Awards were presented last week at a glittering ceremony at Cranfield University. The awards, which recognise exc...


Materials Solutions, a leader in the development of manufacturing technologies applications, has selected St. Modwen’s £10 million Great Western Business Park in Worcester for its new headquarters. The technol...


The UK’s leading regeneration specialists North London scheme continues to attract household names. St. Modwen’s scheme at Edmonton Green is now nearly fully let in the face of a tough economic climate, demons...


Over 300 retail jobs will be created at St Modwen’s new £15m development at Connah’s Quay, Flintshire, with local people expected to benefit the most. The majority of these jobs at the Ffordd Llanarth s...


Maxted Park now fully occupied St. Modwen, the UKs leading regeneration specialist, has completed sales of the final two remaining units at Maxted Park, Hemel Hempstead. The industrial estate, managed from the Northern Hom...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has submitted a planning application for the proposed redevelopment of a former glassworks site into a £10 million mixed-use development, which is set to provide much need...


Town centre developer regenerating town centre awards funds to local conservation project St. Modwen, the UK's leading regeneration specialist and the developer behind the redevelopment of Farnborough Town Centre, has awa...


St. Modwen, the UK’s regeneration specialist, will shortly submit an outline planning application for the first phase of commercial and residential development at the £270 million Firepool regeneration scheme in Taunton. <br...


Discovery Court Business Centre in Poole, Dorset, continues to thrive. Its owner St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has signed a new deal with WDSGlobal; it sees the company, which provides specialist managed se...


A date has been set for the ruling which will determine the future of the Project Jennifer scheme. The £150m regeneration project will deliver new homes, community facilities, a major new supermarket, new shops, and ...


Phase one of the St. Modwen developed Trentham Lakes District Centre has reached full occupation following the letting of the final retail unit to Set In Stone Hair Design Ltd. The letting of the 1,000 sq ft unit completes...


Award winning manufacturer, Wade Ceramics Ltd, has marked its 200th anniversary by moving into a new purpose built factory within Etruria Valley, part of the 300 acre Business Park being developed by Stoke-on-Trent Regeneration, a joint ...


National retailer Home Bargains has become the latest retailer to sign up for a new £15m development at Connah’s Quay, Flintshire. The retailer joins local businesses Connah’s Quay MOT Testing Centre and ...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has signed the Section 106 Agreement with Newport City Council, allowing plans for the redevelopment of the former Corus Llanwern steelworks into a £1 billion urban commun...


St. Modwen will shortly be commencing works to construct a new pedestrian “underpass” beneath Stanley Matthews Way leading to the Britannia Stadium. This underpass will significantly improve pedestrian access by providing a ...


East Devon District Council today approved plans for an energy centre to be built on the £120 million Skypark development site near Exeter Airport . (Subject to a section 106 agreement) Approval for the Energy Centr...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has completed a first phase of on-site improvement and enhancement works on the former Livestock Market at Firepool in Taunton, a £270 million scheme which will establish ...


Major plans to transform Wythenshawe town centre are about to get under way as planning permission has been granted (25 March 2010) for building to start at Etrop Court for six retail outlets and a new district office for Manchester City...


Liverpool City Council and St. Modwen have petitioned the High Court to bring forward a ruling which will determine the future of a £150m regeneration project in one of the city’s poorest council wards. Projec...


Information technology heavyweight, Devon IT, has selected St. Modwen’s Innovation Centre at Longbridge Technology Park as its new European headquarters. With a client list featuring the likes of Dell and IBM, Devon...


The Vodafone Contact Centre, developed by St Modwen subsidiary, Stoke on Trent Regeneration Ltd at Etruria Valley Business Park in Stoke on Trent has been Highly Commended at the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists’ ...


A project to transform a Stoke-on-Trent Church into a purpose built community centre and café has received a £25,000 funding lifeline from the St. Modwen Environmental Trust. The Trust, established by regeneration...


The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has selected St. Modwen’s Queensway Business Park in Telford as the location for a major new sterilisation facility. A 20-year lease has been agreed on 21,753 sq ft of high ...


St. Modwen, the owner of Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, has teamed up with the Royal Court Theatre in support of its new initiative, “Theatre Local”, to bring a season of plays to the iconic centre in London. ...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has commenced site preparatory work in its partnership with New Earth Solutions to deliver a 300,000 sq ft recycling and waste treatment facility at its Access 18 site in Avonmo...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has completed its lease with Gala Bingo for its town centre regeneration scheme in Farnborough, Hampshire. The operator, which has a 40% share of the UK’s bingo market, ha...


The UK’s leading regeneration specialist, St. Modwen, is the force behind an extensive portfolio of major mixed-use projects across the UK. Of St. Modwen’s 5,000 acre UK land bank, over 1,500 acres is situated...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist and owner of newly renamed “The Meads Business Centre”, has appointed Lisa Rollings as Business Centre Manager to drive forward substantial improvements to the scheme...


The revised planning application for the Hatfield Town Centre redevelopment was exhibited at a public event held last Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13, February. St. Modwen welcomed around 500 people across the thre...


The Blue Ice Plaza Complex in Solihull has reported a rise in visitor levels following a £1.1 million investment in improvements to the ice rink. And with the spotlight on ice skating following the success of the ITV1 show Dancing ...


A planning application for the revised Hatfield Town Centre scheme has now been submitted by St. Modwen to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and is live to view and for comment at: www.welhat.gov.uk/hatfieldtowncentre. An e...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist and owner of The Meads, Farnborough’s shopping centre, has signed a deal with national retailer Shoe Zone. The footwear specialist has commenced fitting out of its new 2,50...


A revised planning application for Hatfield Town Centre is being finalised by St. Modwen and is expected to be submitted to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council for consideration imminently. Following a detailed review of the original scheme,...


Defence Estates’ flagship project for rationalising its London estate, Project MoDEL, took a major step towards completion following confirmation that VSM Estates has submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of the...


John Dodds, regional director for St. Modwen, said: “We are delighted to learn that the Secretary of State has carefully considered St. Modwen’s plans for a £100 million leisure-led mixed use development...


St. Modwen has reported a sell out success at Trentham Office Village after securing a lease on the final property at the popular office location. Building 4 at the development, totalling 10,700 sq ft, has been leased for...


St. Modwen has kickstarted the new year with a hat trick of office lettings at Discovery Court, in Poole, Dorset. The UK’s leading regeneration specialist has completed transactions with Alterian, WDSGlobal and Drum Cussac to ta...


Demand for industrial and warehouse space at Fenton Trade Park is on the rise with over 26,000 sq ft of space occupied and a further 7,385 sq ft under offer at the development. The Trade Park forms part of Fenton 25, a 25...


Liverpool City Council and St. Modwen have been forced to defend another attempt by Tesco to derail one of the most important community regeneration schemes in the country. The Project Jennifer scheme is a £150m com...


St. Modwen has seen a successful start to 2010 at its Henley Park Industrial Estate near Guildford. The UK's leading regeneration specialists has signed a deal with Mar-Key-Mar-Quays Ltd – the second transaction for the Mar Quay Hi...


Work on the new leisure complex in Widnes is due to begin this Spring. Venture Fields, situated at the gateway to Widnes Waterfront – is the latest development by Widnes Regeneration, the joint venture between regen...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has exchanged an agreement with David Wilson Homes, to build the first phase of 119 homes at the 65 acre site at Langford Mead in Taunton. The mixed use development will eventua...


St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has announced that it completed in excess of 223 transactions on more than 1,500,000 sq ft and 93 acres of commercial space across its Midlands portfolio throughout 2009. ...