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Heather Greig-Smith

Midas touch: four retailers sign up to Golden Square

The market in minutes

10 November 06

Heather Greig-Smith gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region

Andrew Lovelady

Austin power

10 November 06

Ethel Austin Properties has quietly built up a £675m portfolio.

Hardy perennial: Citybranch compares Chorlton to London’s affluent suburbs

An oasis in Manchester

10 November 06

Heather Greig-Smith hears about developer Citybranch’s plans for the exclusive suburb of Chorlton

Milk made: Partridge has designed his own Norfolk home

Argent major

10 November 06

Heather Greig-Smith talks to Argent’s David Partridge about the buzz surrounding his company’s new Manchester scheme, the Hive

Ivory tower: the CIS tower is the centrepiece of the Co-op Group’s Manchester holdings (see map)

Within these walls

27 October 06

There was intrigue when Co-operative Insurance Society outsourced the management of its £2.3bn portfolio in 2005. Now, the Manchester-based institution opens its doors for the first time and reveals its new strategy. And overleaf, new property director Lynda Shillaw outlines her plans for the Co-op Group’s vast property holdings.

In-house call: in its 1960s heyday, the Co-op was central to local communities, but Shillaw’s challenge is to continue to work the portfolio today

A spirit of co-operation

27 October 06

Since joining from BT in July, Linda Shillaw has started shaking up the Co-op’s 3,300-strong operational and investment portfolio.