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Date: 29/03/2010
Source: Peppermint PR
Infinity’s property fund has joined forces with Spanish developers, Levitt to acquire multi-award winning residential development company Abito in an off-market deal.
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Date: 29/03/2010
Source: SKV Communications
Having already secured a BREEAM Excellent rating for Number One First Street, Ask Developments are taking sustainability at this strategic city centre development to the next level with the installation of 35 thermal boreholes.
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Date: 19/03/2010
Source: SKV Communications
Civilian Military Fitness (CMF) has signed an agreement with Ask Developments to hold their military orientated fitness classes at First Street.
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Date: 12/03/2010
Source: Bury Council
HRH Duke of Kent opens Council and NHS buildings
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Date: 11/03/2010
Source: SKV
LCCC Chief Executive Jim Cumbes: “Historic decision for the future of international cricket in the North West.”
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Date: 05/03/2010
Source: Roz Hughes, NEM
Work starts today on the new £35m Divisional Headquarters for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) at Central Park in Newton Heath in east Manchester, just one and a half miles from Manchester city centre. It will be built next to GMP’s 240,000 sq ft Force Headquarters, which is currently under construction
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Date: 19/02/2010
Source: SKV
The first phase of AskBury’s Knowsley Place which comprises two buildings, a three storey car park providing around 400 spaces, and new public realm, has now achieved practical completion.
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Date: 19/02/2010
Source: SKV
Following ratification by the Greater Manchester Police Authority (GMPA), the deal to create a new £35m Divisional Headquarters for Greater Manchester Police at Ask:Goodman’s Central Park has been completed, with the building expected to open in early autumn 2011.
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Date: 16/02/2010
Source: SKV
Deansgate Securities Limited, a joint venture between Ask Developments Ltd and Realty Estates, has announced its first deal on the 7 acre former Boddingtons Brewery site located to the north of Manchester’s city centre.
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Date: 08/02/2010
Source: Roz Hughes, NEM
Simon Bate, Director at Ask Developments, has been appointed chairman of urban regeneration company, New East Manchester (NEM) replacing Robert Hough who held the position for seven years.
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Date: 26/01/2010
Source: Simon Binns, Crains
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has approved plans for a new college at Ask Developments' St Petersfield scheme in Ashton-under-Lyne.
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Date: 18/01/2010
Source: Business Insider
Ask Goodman’s Central Park, already home to the new Greater Manchester Police headquarters, will also house a £56m divisional headquarters for North Manchester.
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Date: 18/12/2009
Source: SKV/Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council’s Executive has approved the final development agreement between Ask Property Developments and Manchester City Council for the First Street project.
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Date: 02/12/2009
Source: SKV
Ask Developments have submitted plans to Tameside Council for a new Tameside College facility at St Petersfield in Ashton-under-Lyne.
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Date: 30/11/2009
Source: Creative Concern
Salford and Manchester city councils have granted planning permission for the delivery of phase one of the Greengate public realm scheme worth £10.4million.
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Date: 26/11/2009
Source: SKV
There has been a plethora of activity at Eden Square in the run-up to the festive period, including several new retail lettings, the first set of residents moving in and the planting of three new trees.
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Date: 13/11/2009
Source: SKV/Bury Council
Bury Council has added to its property portfolio with the acquisition of two buildings from Ask Developments in Phase 2 at Knowsley Place.
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Date: 28/08/2009
Source: Stretford & Urmston Messenger
Shoppers in Urmston will be able to enjoy a cuppa at Costa Coffee as of Bank Holiday Monday, when the brand launches its latest UK store
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Date: 08/07/2009
Source: SKV
Ask Developments has announced a Management Buy-Out (MBO) of the Company and also agreed revised long term working capital facilities with its banking partner the Co-operative Bank.
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Date: 07/07/2009
Source: NW Insider
Ask Life has submitted plans for 121 residential units and 25,136 sq ft commercial space at the Compstall Mills estate in Cheshire.
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Date: 06/07/2009
Source: SKV
A ceremony took place today (Monday) to mark the start of work on the site of the most modern 21st Century police headquarters in the UK, at Central Park in east Manchester.
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Date: 09/06/2009
Source: SKV
Eden Square's brand new car park was opened in style last week, with local businessman John Stephens the first to drive through the barriers in his Morgan racing car.
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Date: 05/06/2009
Source: Nick Duxbury, Property Week
Greater Manchester Police's Force is to relocate its headquarters to Ask and Goodman's 1.4m sq ft Central Park, in one of the biggest deals of the year.
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Date: 01/06/2009
Source: SKV
Ask:Goodman has welcomed new tenant Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to Madison Place at Central Park.
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Date: 26/05/2009
Source: Jennifer Rigby, Property Week
Manchester City Council has chosen Ask Developments' First Street scheme in the city for its 140,000 sq ft temporary relocation while the town hall complex is refurbished.
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Date: 11/05/2009
Source: SKV
Ask Development’s Number One First Street has been awarded the 2006 BREEAM "Post Construction" certificate of EXCELLENT. Only six other office buildings in the whole of the UK have achieved BREEAM EXCELLENT and just one other in the North West.
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Date: 08/04/2009
Source: Simon Binns, Crains
The £9.8m Ashton Primary Care Centre, at Manchester-based Ask Developments' St Petersfield development, has been officially opened by The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health.
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Date: 08/04/2009
Source: Michael Hunt, Place North West
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has officially opened the 40,000 sq ft Ashton Primary Care Centre in Old Street, St Petersfield, Lancashire.
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Date: 11/03/2009
Source: SKV
Ask Developments has announced the practical completion of Number One First Street, the first major office building at the new 20 acre scheme in the heart of Manchester City Centre.
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Date: 03/02/2009
Source: Manchester Evening News
Pennine Care has signed up for more office space at Ask Developments' St Petersfield development in Ashton under Lyne.
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Date: 29/01/2009
Source: Bury Times
A new £10 million medical centre which will transform health services for Bury patients has taken a major step forward.
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Date: 15/01/2009
Source: Stretford & Urmston Messenger
The building of the first stage of Urmston's town centre redevelopment is in its final approach.
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Date: 27/10/2008
Source: Crain's
Manchester City Council has agreed a new framework with Ask Developments over its three million sq ft First Street scheme in Manchester which could see the local authority help kick start the regeneration of the surrounding area.
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Date: 24/10/2008
Source: Property Week
The Co-operative Bank's project finance unit in Manchester has provided a £35m debt funding package for Askbury's multimillion pound Townside development in Bury, Greater Manchester.
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Date: 23/10/2008
Source: Bury Times
The Co-operative Bank has provided a £35 million funding package for Askbury's new Townside development opposite the town hall.
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Date: 21/10/2008
Source: David Thame, Manchester Evening News
The Co-op Bank has become the latest funder to wager millions on the success of Manchester's commercial property market, dspite global financial turmoil.
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Date: 13/10/2008
Source: NW Business Insider
Bolton Council has given outline approval to the plans by joint venture developers Ask and Bluemantle for Church Wharf, a redevelopment of a largely brownfield 14 acre site.
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Date: 07/10/2008
Source: Manchester Evening News
Since it's launch in 2005, Ask Developments' 400,000 sq ft St Petersfield scheme in Ashton under Lyne has established itself at the forefront of town centre business districts.
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Date: 23/09/2008
Source: Chris Ostick, Manchester Evening News
Lancashire chiefs unveil a bold £70m plan for the future they hope will bowl over Red Rose cricket fans, writes Chris Ostick.
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Date: 23/09/2008
Source: David Thame, Manchester Evening News
30 Acre urban zone to link two cities
£580m private secotr investment expected
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Date: 22/09/2008
Source: David Doyle, Property Week
A jont venture between North West based Ask and Bluemantle has been granted planning permission for a £210m mixed use scheme in Bolton town centre.
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Date: 29/08/2008
Source: Property Week
Askbury, a joint venture between Ken Knott's Ask Developments and Bury council, has agreed a prelet at its £80m Townside Fields scheme in Bury.
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Date: 04/08/2008
Source: North West Business Insider
The Tameside office of training and business support consultancy TNG has moved into its new offices.
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Date: 29/05/2008
Source: Chris Barry, Manchester Evening News
Ask Developments, the Manchester based commercial property business has boosted its balance sheet with a £20m injection from shareholder, Morgan Stanley Real Estate.
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Date: 13/05/2008
Source: Paul R Taylor, Manchester Evening News
•City’s vertical garden will reach 100 ft high
•Pollution busting plan is first in Britain
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Date: 05/05/2008
Source: Crain's
John Hughes promoted to Ask Board
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Date: 18/12/2007
Source: Residential
A local junior football team got what they asked for this Christmas when they received a donation of £5,000 from Ask Developments.
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Date: 04/12/2007
Source: Residential
Following discussions with Urmston traders, the Urmston Partnership and residents and in the public interest, Ask Developments and Trafford Council have agreed to temporarily re-open the car park adjacent to the Police Station car park over the Christmas period.
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Date: 22/11/2007
Source: Bank of Scotland
Ask Developments, one of the North West's leading commercial development companies, has secured a deal worth £20.5 million with Bank of Scotland Corporate to begin development work on Manchester city centre's Central Spine scheme.
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Date: 24/10/2007
Source: Residential
Innovative property developer Ask Developments has announced the total acquisition of its subsidiary company Abito to further strengthen its expanding residential arm, Ask Life.
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Date: 24/10/2007
Source: SKV PR
Joint venture partners Ask Developments and Realty Estates have put forward proposals for the former Boddingtons Brewery site to the north of Manchester’s city centre in a £250m scheme.
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Date: 08/10/2007
Source: SKV PR
Sheffield’s £25m landmark leisure scheme, Leopold Square, which was officially launched this summer and was funded by the Co-operative Bank, is now almost fully-let.
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Date: 04/10/2007
Source: SKV PR
Manchester-based property developer Ask Developments has scooped the award for Property Company of the Year in the North West at the 2007 Estates Gazette Awards.
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Date: 09/07/2007
Source: SKV PR
Ask Property Developments the Manchester based regeneration specialist has appointed Alan Burke to its Board as an Executive Director to strengthen its strategic partnership capability as part of an overall bolstering of its resource in light of its increasing development portfolio.
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Date: 21/06/2007
Source: SKV PR
A seemingly forgotten part of the city of Salford, minutes from Victoria Station, is set to become a breathtaking new urban quarter known as The Exchange, Greengate.
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Date: 15/05/2007
Source: Bolton Council
Bolton Council has announced that a joint venture between Ask Developments and Bluemantle will be appointed as preferred developer on the 13 acre Church Wharf site in Bolton.
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Date: 21/11/2006
Source: Internal Press
Award-winning property developer Ask Developments has taken a further step into the residential market by launching its own stand-alone residential brand - Ask Life.
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Date: 20/11/2006
Source: PAD Magazine
Renowned for delivering high quality
regeneration schemes in Manchester
including Barbirolli Square and
Deansgate Locks, Ask Developments
is currently developing Central Park
use urban business park – just 1.5 PaD:
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Date: 01/06/2006
Source: Residential
"We want to create homes where there is a community- where there are shops, bars , restaurants, and good transport links- all the things that are important to buyers."
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