Ad for Village at Jamesport site highlights ‘valuable sand deposits’

The Village at Jamesport is proposed for this property just west of the hamlet’s business district. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) A 44-acre Jamesport property that has been the subject of a controversial development proposal is now being offered for sale as part of a bankruptcy proceeding. And the company that’s marketing the property has highlighted the value of excavating sand from the property. A company called GA Keen Realty Advisors LLC has an advertisement in the New York Times Wednesday Read more [...]

The Diary: Roco rolls seven into one

Andrea Burns sits at a small desk in an otherwise empty Grade II listed town house in Glossop Road and asks a question: “can you imagine it?” Let’s try: this Georgian home is one of seven set to be transformed into a single 17,000 sq ft retail, dining, studio, conference and gallery complex, if her and business partner Chris Hill’s plans are approved this month.The £1.1 million development – called The ROCO – will include a sprawling design and fashion-led Read more [...]

One of Britain’s most historic houses in the Kirklees Estate goes on sale for …

Carr House was last sold in 2009 for £1m and the whole estate was sold for around £7m to a private buyer in February 2013 - the first time it was put on sale in 450 years.The entire estate belonged to the Armytage family from 1565 and Lady Margaret Armytage, who died in 2008, was the the last to live in the grounds.She moved in 1997 to a smaller property next to the Kirklees Priory, where Robin Hood is fabled to have died.The folk hero who robbed the rich to feed the poor is thought to have bled Read more [...]

Controversial Jamesport property listed for ‘bankruptcy sale’

The Village at Jamesport is proposed for this property just west of the hamlet’s business district. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) A 44-acre Jamesport property that has been the subject of a controversial development proposal is now being offered for sale as part of a bankruptcy proceeding. A company called GA Keen Realty Advisors LLC has an advertisement in the New York Times Wednesday offering the 43.6 acres on Main Road in Jamesport as a “bankruptcy sale.”  The ad says the land has Read more [...]

Controversial Jamesport property listed for ‘bankruptcy sale’

The Village at Jamesport is proposed for this property just west of the hamlet’s business district. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) A 44-acre Jamesport property that has been the subject of a controversial development proposal is now being offered for sale as part of a bankruptcy proceeding. A company called GA Keen Realty Advisors LLC has a full-page advertisement in the New York Times Wednesday offering the 43.6 acres on Main Road in Jamesport as a “bankruptcy sale.”  The ad says the Read more [...]

17th century Grade I-listed Carr House mansion where Robin hood is said to be …

Carr House is located in the Kirklees Estate on the border of the West Yorkshire village of HartsheadThe mansion has four bedrooms, a flying stair case and is surrounded by 750 acres of landLegend has it the hero, who was first mentioned in the 13th century, was in the estate's priory during his final days He is said to have fired an arrow from his bed and demanded to be buried where it landedBy Wills Robinson Published: 15:23 GMT, 30 April 2014 | Updated: Read more [...]

GlaxoSmithKline ups odds on heart drug hopeful with a changeup in endpoints

Expecting to improve its odds of success for the experimental heart drug darapladib, a top drug prospect that failed its first late-stage test, investigators at GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) have changed up the primary endpoint in the remaining Phase III study that reads out later this quarter. In its Q1 RD review out today, GSK noted that the new primary endpoint in its SOLID study is the drug's effect on the number of coronary events suffered by patients, substituting for the original: time Read more [...]

ATP return soars in Q1 on back of listed Danish equities

ATP made an investment return of 5.1% in the first quarter of this year, significantly higher than the result achieved in the same period a year ago, and said listed Danish equities, international private equity and bonds had been the main drivers.The Danish statutory labour-market pension fund reported that its total assets had grown to DKK618bn (€82.8bn) by the end of March, up from DKK592bn at the end of 2013.Carsten Stendevad, ATP’s chief executive, said: “ATP is off to a good start in Read more [...]