Monthly Archives: August 2015

Vancouver real estate a seller’s market as fewer homes listed

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Bidding wars are pushing home prices up across Metro Vancouver as the number of homes listed continues to drop. According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, July 2015 saw a 26.3 per cent reduction in the number of homes listed for sale across the region compared to July 2014. Vancouver real estate market hottest on record Despite less inventory, home sales last month grew more than a third above the 10-year average, with 3,978 properties sold — still down from 4,375 sales Read more [...]

Gingin abattoir listed for sale

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BROOME pastoralist turned processor, Jack Burton has listed his Gingin abattoir for sale. Mr Burton purchased the Gingin abattoir in 2012, after it had been closed for 16 months, with the intention of processing sheep and goats. He planned to work the facility in conjunction with his proposed beef abattoir in Broome. Mr Burton told Farm Weekly he now wanted to focus solely on the northern operation. "We want to consolidate up north," he said. "We have a booming cattle industry, we have 90,000 cattle Read more [...]

Politician calls for immediate demolition of Robin Hood Gardens after listing …

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The latest bid to grant listing status to the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens estate in east London has failed and the local MP has called for it to be "brought down ASAP". Public body Historic England – which administers and maintains the register of England's listed buildings – has announced that the UK government will not list the historic 1970s complex designed by architects Alison and Peter Smithson. This is in spite of the revived campaign by heritage organisation the Read more [...]

First phase of housing plan for former Angus prison gets go-ahead

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Planning councillors have approved the first phase of a “well-considered proposal” for the residential redevelopment of a former Angus open prison. Noranside, north of Forfar, was closed in 2011, with the transfer of inmates to Castle Huntly open prison on the outskirts of Dundee.The one-time sanatorium, with the B-listed Noranside House at its heart, was then put on the market with an £850,000 price tag.Plans emerged last year for a development Read more [...]

Brand new conference and event venue for Aubrey Park Hotel

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Brand new conference and event venue for Aubrey Park Hotel Details Category: Hotel Created on Wednesday, 05 August 2015 13:30 The latest phase of development for the award winning hotel, which will proceed during the remainder of this year and is scheduled to open in spring 2016, is a fantastic investment for the local community – with a projected 30% growth in employment and trading with local suppliers for goods and services which will Read more [...]

Glasgow Airport listed as one of the fastest growing in Europe

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Glasgow Airport has been listed as one of the fastest growing airports in Europe for its size in the first six months of 2015. Figures from the European airport trade body, ACI Europe, suggest Glasgow Airport was the third fastest growing airport in its category in the six months to June 30 with passenger traffic up 13. 8 per cent. Glasgow Airport said 3,958,094 passengers passed through its terminals in the first six months of 2015. Glasgow Airport is listed in Group 3 of the four Group categories Read more [...]

Plymouth’s £13.5m Phase Two Mount Wise housing set for completion

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Comments (0) THE second phase of the multi-million-pound, high-class waterside development at Mount Wise is due to be completed next month – and residents are already moving in.Developer Mount Wise (Devon) Ltd has spent two years building flats and houses either side of the Grade II-listed Admiralty House, once the home of the Royal Navy's top brass.Constructors Mi-space, the housing division of Midas, are mopping up ground work at the site, at one time the Read more [...]

Brighton’s Marlborough House: an architectural gem ignored by its city

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As beauty contests go, the battle between global heritage sites is fickle and fierce. For every Frick House in Manhattan, say, or Carss Cottage Museum in Sydney, there are faded former homes languishing unloved in forgotten corners of our cities. Too often the fate of important buildings is left to the vagaries of a rich person’s whim and the capricious decisions of local authorities. Compare the indulgent treatment of the Royal Pavilion Estate in Brighton with the cruel attitude toward its neighbour Read more [...]

Glasgow throws open its doors to unusual and forbidden city spaces

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IMAGINE being handed the keys to Scotland’s tallest listed building or being allowed to explore a 175 year old working leather factory for a day. Well, imagine no more – Glasgow’s Doors Open Days gives people the chance to explore some of the most unusual and normally forbidden spaces in the city for a short time only. The free festival, now in its 26th year, runs between September 14 and 20 and allows unique access to more than100 sites across the city, including Read more [...]

Rugby World Cup Highlights List Of Upcoming Major Sports Events Overseas

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Sports fans in America typically love their football, baseball, basketball and hockey, which are widely considered the big four for the entire country. Sports fanatics in other parts of the world are equally as passionate, but their interests are geared toward very different athletic competitions, such as rugby, cricket and boxing. Here’s a look at some of the upcoming sporting contests that will draw big crowds abroad in the coming months, according to international ticket marketplace Read more [...]