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Maddox Group sells Viva office to Seal

Only months after purchasing the ‘Viva’ office complex next to Mailbox in Birmingham, the expanding Maddox Group has re-packaged the building and sold it to Seal Marketing for £1.25 million. Read

British Land to report good news on share earnings

Real Estate specialist British Land expects to buck the weakening property market by reporting an increase in underlying earnings per share for the second quarter of this year. Read

St Modwen deals lift the gloom

Midland-based developer St Modwen has added a welcome note of success to an otherwise gloomy week in the construction sector. Read

Birmingham office of DTZ stands firm

The Birmingham office of the global property consultants DTZ has largely withstood the pressures on the commercial property market which drove the group as a whole into a second-half loss and forcing it to cut the final dividend. Read

Knight Frank expands Birmingham team

Knight Frank has boosted its Birmingham office with the promotion of James Bowkett and Kevin Morris to partner and the appointment of Alistair Winning and Ben Hanlin to its commercial property team. Read

Keep children away from building sites, says Morgan Ashurst

With the summer holidays fast approaching, local construction company Morgan Ashurst is urging parents and teachers to help keep kids safe and away from building sites. Read

Lettings close to matching 2007 total, says King Sturge

Highlighting the strengthening central Birmingham office market, lettings are already nearly at 2007’s year-end total – which in turn has out-performed both 2005 and 2006 – according to King Sturge Birmingham‘s head of office agency, Jonathan Carmalt. Read

Athena Point to undergo major refurbishment

Hermes Real Estate is embarking on a major refurbishment of Athena Point at 13 Tameside Drive, Aston, which will cost more than £2 million. Read

Cofton Centre completed at Longbridge

The £6.5 million Cofton Centre at Longbridge has successfully been completed, launching a new industrial era for the world famous site in Birmingham. Read

Record year for King Sturge building consultants

King Sturge’s Birmingham-based building consultancy division has ended the financial year with record growth and a fee income of over £1 million. Read

Student accommodation bucks property trend

The student accommodation sector offers investors and developers in Birmingham attractive opportunities, according to Knight Frank. Read

Four Midland sites acquired by Skelton Group

Property investment and management company Skelton Group has acquired four new industrial properties in the West Midlands with financial backing from The Royal Bank of Scotland. Read

Crunch time for global real estate market

The value of the real estate capital market reached $12 trillion in 2007 – up 18 per cent on the previous year, according to DTZ’s flagship Money Into Property report. Read

Crunch time for global real estate market

The value of the real estate capital market reached $12 trillion in 2007 – up 18 per cent on the previous year, according to DTZ’s flagship Money Into Property report. Read

DKB to oversee 734-bed student accommodation in city centre

Construction, property and development consultancy DBK Group has been named as project manager, cost consultant, BREEAM assessor, utilities consultant and CDM co-ordinator on a proposed 22-storey development in the centre of Birmingham Read

Station upgrade will improve city centre south

The long-awaited redevelopment of New Street Station in Birmingham will give a major boost to commercial property fortunes, say Ed Jones and John Dillon, of Lambert Smith Hampton. Read

Silver lining to the credit crunch

To use footballing parlance, the last 12 months have been something of a game of two halves in the property sector. Read

PxP helping Midland regeneration to forge ahead

Steve Pain looks at the growth of PxP West Midlands. Read

Trio boost Drivers Jonas planning team

Property consultant Drivers Jonas has strengthened its planning team in Birmingham with a raft of internal promotions that has seen the appointment of one of the company’s youngest partners. Read

Banks in for long haul despite property slump

Banks are not about to cut and run – despite the current difficulties in the commercial property market, a gathering of Midland experts has heard. Read

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