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Growth fund operation takes on 10-year lease at city office

A prime Birmingham office building that was completed in the teeth of the recession has secured another key occupier.Read

£12m invested as IM gets to work on Chicago supermarket

Warwickshire based IM Properties has invested more than £12 million in the forward purchase and development funding of a Chicago supermarket.Read

More big names join Birmingham Business Hub at Baskerville House

Some of Birmingham’s key business organisations are set to create a new nerve centre for economic development and investment as it rises to the challenges of the difficult landscape.Read

Work starts on new West Bromwich shopping centre

Work has now started on the site of what will be West Bromwich’s new shopping hub.Read

Energetics moves into Coleshill offices

A national utility specialist from the construction sector has opened a new office in the West Midlands as it looks to expand into the region.Read

Shakespeares to merge with Solihull property specialist Wood Glaister

Shakespeares is set to merge with a Solihull legal firm as the sector coninues the consolidation trend.Read

Old hands in property game join to form new venture

Two big-hitters from Birmingham’s property scene have decided to go it alone after a couple of years consulting for a city agency.Read

Region's property sector hindered by eurozone

The eurozone crisis, economic uncertainty and limited bank lending will continue to hit commercial property activity in the West Midlands for the rest of the year, according to a new report.Read

Administrators pick up nearly £1m since taking over The Cube

Administrators for the companies behind The Cube development have been paid almost £1 million since being appointed.Read

Property pair unite to launch Shellard Burford

Two big-hitters from Birmingham’s property scene have decided to go it alone after a couple of years consulting for a city agency.Read

MBO of Encon Group from Wolseley UK is agreed

A management buyout of a construction group which employs 115 people in the Midlands has been agreed after a £35 million finance deal was reached.Read

Vacant business premises hit by spate of metal thefts

Hundreds of landlords across the Midlands are counting the cost after over half of the region’s vacant properties were hit by metal thieves, many targeting Far Eastern markets.Read

Third quarter profits boost for CBRE

Real estate giant CBRE - which has a major presence in Birmingham - saw third-quarter profits jump on higher-than expected sales.Read

IM Properties completes deal with car giant BMW

IM Properties has been appointed by BMW to design and construct the largest non-production unit in the company’s global portfolio, near Munich.Read

Plateau in office rents in Birmingham

Prime commercial property rents and yields in Birmingham plateaued in the third quarter of 2011, according to the latest figures.Read

City council rejects modernisation plans of Victorian factory in Jewellery Quarter

A £2 million project to restore a Victorian factory that has remained derelict for 15 years and create 40 jobs in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter has been rejected – because the plan does not fit council conservation policy.Read

Modernising listed building crucial for Birmingham investment, claims developer

The developer behind proposals to upgrade a Birmingham office which came under fire from city councillors said the plans were a crucial part of the city’s quest to attract inward investment.Read

Vax moves head office into Birmingham city centre offices

Nurton Developments’ Two Colmore Square has beaten off tough competition from other Birmingham city centre schemes to land the head office of one of Britain’s best-known companies – and one of the year’s biggest deals in the city’s business district.Read

Extension design for historic Colmore Row office rejected by planning committee

Plans to add two storeys to a historic city centre office block have been stalled following complaints that it looks like a ‘UFO’ has landed on top.Read

Two schemes handed over by Opus

Opus Land has done ‘the double’ by completing, handing-over and selling two schemes within less than two months.Read