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By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (0814) 12 April 2008, 73-91(10)Publication details: 2008Subject(s): Summary: Reports that the office market exhibits mixed fortunes, that industrial leasing is experiencing a resurgence, and that current proposals may shift the centre of retail developments north of the Thames Gateway. Details a £350m mixed-use development planned for Chelmsford, and considers the ways in which this will benefit the town. Also questions whether the residential market will run into oversupply. A regeneration in Southend is aiming at stimulating the region without relying on tourism to do so.

Reports that the office market exhibits mixed fortunes, that industrial leasing is experiencing a resurgence, and that current proposals may shift the centre of retail developments north of the Thames Gateway. Details a £350m mixed-use development planned for Chelmsford, and considers the ways in which this will benefit the town. Also questions whether the residential market will run into oversupply. A regeneration in Southend is aiming at stimulating the region without relying on tourism to do so.