property Qatari Diar submits Chelsea Barracks plans PeTe hayman A rooſtop terrace is planned for the lowered site


Interim scheme for Bournemouth site


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Bournemouth Borough Council (BBC) has submitted its plans to reduce the height of the Waterfront building and create a new rooſtop terrace. It follows the council’s decision to pursue


an interim scheme for the property, which aims to stimulate interest in the future development of a new leisure attraction. In line with BBC’s planning brief, the


back of the property will be less than half the existing height to provide clearer views of the Purbeck hills from Bath Hill.


Delancey completes Blade portfolio acquisition


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Investment advisor Delancey has acquired the Propinvest Group’s Blade portfolio, which boasts a number of leisure assets. Te group teamed up with Royal Bank


of Scotland on the deal, which includes Newcastle’s Gate Leisure Centre - compris- ing a 12-screen cinema and a casino. Total Fitness clubs in Bootle, Whitefield


and Huddersfield and the East Kilbride Shopping Centre – including a cinema and ice rink – have also changed hands as part of Delancey’s acquisition.


Further legal challenge to Preston development


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A multi-million pound regeneration scheme in the centre of Preston is to face a further legal challenge from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (BDBC). Te mixed-use Tithebarn development


was approved by communities secretary Eric Pickles in November following the conclusion of a public inquiry. Preston City Council, which is working


alongside developer Lend Lease on the scheme, has expressed disappointment at BDBC’s decision to contest the ruling.


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Outline plans for a major redevelopment of the 12.8- acre (5.2-hectare) Chelsea Barracks site in Westminster, London, have been submitted to Westminster Council. Qatari Diar Real Estate


Investment Company – through its subsidiary Project Blue (Guernsey) - aims to transform the former bar- racks, which shut to the public more than 150 years ago. Plans drawn up by Squire


and Partners; Dixon Jones; and Kim Wilkie include a boutique hotel, a sports facil- ity and some of the first gardens to be created in Central London for more than 100 years. A spokesperson for Qatari Diar said: “Te sensitive regeneration of this site will deliver


How the Chelsea Barracks site could look under Qatar Diar’s proposals


an authentic and sustainable new neighbour- hood for London, reflecting the traditions, culture and diversity of this historic area of the capital.”


2012 park operator shortlist revealed Tom walker


Te shortlist of private sec- tor organisations hoping to acquire and manage the Olympic Village aſter the 2012 Games has been announced. Te nine groups – most of


them partnerships – which will be invited to submit detailed proposals to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) include Galliard Homes; Wellcome Trust; and Delancey and Qatari Diar. Dorrington and Pinnacle


Capi tal; Grainger and Moorfield Group; Hutchison Whampoa Limited; Le Frak Organization, Aviva and J.P. Morgan; London and Stamford Property, David Wilson and Sir Robert McAlpine; and the William Pears Group and Urban Splash have also been shortlisted and will be sent detailed information, allowing them to submit formal offers in the spring.


Nine bidders are in the running to take over London’s Olympic Village David Higgins, chief executive of the ODA,


said: “Securing a shortlist with many of the leading property investors and managers both in the UK and around the world takes us an important step towards ensuring the Olympic Village becomes one of the strongest legacies from the Games.”


Local authority to hold Tropicana exhibition Plans drawn up by both firms will be on


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North Somerset Council (NSC) is to hold a public exhibition to allow residents in Weston- super-Mare to comment on Havard Tisdale and the Nightingale Group’s rival proposals for the redevelopment of the Tropicana centre.


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show at the events at the Winter Gardens on 21 and 22 January. NSC leader Nigel Ashton said: “What local people tell us at the exhibi- tion, or through their online comments, will be passed on to both bidders.”


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