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Paper issues

A GVA Grimley/Property Week seminar in Leeds heard serious concerns about government planning proposals.

Niche market

News and deals from around the region.

Tyne for a change

The north-east's Enterprises Zones are depressing Newcastle's city centre rents.

Notebook Sign of the times

Technology's significant role in commercial property development shows no signs of abating.

Niche market

News and trends from across the region

Driving forward

Leeds' city centre office market could be thrown off course by proposed anti-car transport policies, but reuse of derelict space could have commuters walking to work.

Pit stop changes

The scars created by the demise of the coal industry have taken a long time to heal, but Dearne Valley has now re-established itself as a modern industrial location.

Niche market

Rotherham Toyoda Gosei, a Toyota company, is to build its first European factory in Rotherham. The £32m, 18,580 sq m (200,000 sq ft) factory will produce rubber seals for car doors and windows for Toyota car plants in Derbyshire and northern France.The site is at Centurion Business Park, Templeborough, between…

Sherak doubles money at Regent

Sherak of London, which paid £16m for the 32,520 sq m (350,000 sq ft) Regent Centre, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, has successfully taken back the 5,110 sq m (55,000 sq ft) Northern Engineering building and re-let it after refurbishment to four occupiers. They include Sage, which is taking 1,950 sq…