Monthly Archives: February 2015

First images released of housing development planned for BBC Llandaff site

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VIEW GALLERY These are the first images of homes which housebuilder Taylor Wimpey hopes to build in Llandaff once the BBC moves its headquarters in Wales from the leafy suburb into the city centre. The developer has released an initial layout plan along with computer-generated sketches of how the planned residential scheme of around 400 houses and apartments could take shape at BBC Wales’ Broadcasting House in Cardiff. Subject to planning approval, work is expected to start on site in Read more [...]

Listed IFA buys Kidderminster-based adviser for £1.7m

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Listed IFA AFH Financial has bought Kidderminster-based KL Plester Financial Services Holdings for £1.7m, marking its seventh acquisition since the firm listed on Aim in June 2014 and the fourth during the current financial year. Under the terms of the acquisition, announced today (10 February), the maximum consideration payable by AFH is £1.72m in cash. On completion £745,200 will be paid, followed by up to £972,000, payable over the next 26 months in Read more [...]

Cooper’s restaurant in Pittston listed for sale

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Cooper’s seafood restaurant in Pittston is for sale for $1.5 million, but business is great and it is not closing, owner Jack Cooper said. Cooper, 61, said he and his 60-year-old brother Paul have been in the restaurant business since they were 9 years old and they want more time off to spend with their families and take a vacation.  While the landmark Pittston restaurant is listed for sale for $1.5 million on the Greater Wilkes-Barre Association of Realtors’ website, Read more [...]

Bigg Market in Newcastle set for £2.9m revamp to bring back glory days

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It was once the pinnacle of Newcastle’s bustling nightlife – and now a multi-million pound revamp could bring back the glory days to the Bigg Market. The Heritage Lottery Fund has backed ambitious plans to transform the historic site, which includes 31 listed buildings. NE1 Ltd, the business improvement district company for the city centre, has received initial support of £202,800 from the HLF, as part of its Townscape Heritage initiative. The funding will help NE1 - which has carried out improvements Read more [...]

Listed status for Bank of England building

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BANK HOUSE in Leeds has been awarded Grade II listed building status. The building on King Street, designed in the 1960s by architects BDP, has been added to the list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest by English Heritage. The former Bank of England regional headquarters was completed in 1971 and joins Preston Bus Station and the Halifax Building, built as the building society’s head office, as listed buildings. Bank House is more than Read more [...]

Students kicked out of Harvard Model UN event after protesting listing of …

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Members of a Chinese delegation at a Harvard Model United Nations (HMUN) meeting in Boston who protested the listing of Taiwan as a "country" in the conference handbook were expelled from the event. During the first HMUN meeting on January 29, members of the Chinese delegation saw that the conference handbook included Taiwan in its list of "international participants by country", Read more [...]

Rep. Schock faces ethics questions on home sale to campaign donor

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Schock sold his home to an executive at Caterpillar Inc., in 2012 for more than three times its assessed value, the liberal website Blue Nation Review reported last week. Caterpillar is headquartered in Schock’s district and the executive, former vice president Ali Bahaj, had donated to Schock, the website said.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said the Office of Congressional Ethics should investigate whether the sale violated federal law and House rules.The congressman has Read more [...]

Newcastle Bigg Market set for £2.9m redevelopment

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Newcastle's historic Bigg Market is poised for a multi-million pound makeover after redevelopment plans were backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund. NE1 Ltd, the business improvement district company for the city centre, has received initial support of £202,800 from the fund, as part of its Townscape Heritage initiative. The funding will help NE1 - which has carried out improvements in other parts of the city centre, as well as running events like Restaurant Week and the Newcastle Music Week - progress Read more [...]

Hamilton, Brisbane Shaun Lockyer-designed home listed by property developer …

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The 2006 contemporary eight bedroom Hamilton home in Brisbane has been listed by the property developer Don O'Rorke with his wife Natasha. They and their seven children; Allie, 24, Izzy, 21, Tom, 11, Oliver, 10, twins Jonathan and Chloe, 7, and William, 5, are off to Brookfield acreage in the western suburbs. Set on one of Brisbane’s most prized riverfront streets, the Hamilton home called Balaam has eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms.  It was listed in the 100 Dream Houses from Downunder book. It Read more [...]

Joan Rivers’ lavish penthouse for sale for $28 million

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The lavish condo that was home to the late comedian Joan Rivers for 25 years was listed for sale Monday for $28 million. The 11-room penthouse occupies three floors of a limestone mansion in New York City's Upper East Side neighborhood. Rivers' daughter, Melissa Rivers, put the home up for sale a day after she accepted her mother's posthumous Grammy award for a recording of her memoir, Diary of a Mad Diva. The home was originally built in 1903 for a family of Gilded Read more [...]