Archive 2007
- STAND UP AND VOTE! Black Country as an urban park
19 Nov 2007
Leaders of ‘A Million People: Black Country as an Urban Park’ are celebrating after the ambitious environmental regeneration project was short-listed for a national television and website vote that could see it winning £50 million of Lottery funding. A Big Lottery Fund (BIG) scrutinising committee has named it as one more...
- Sandwell College: Our students are contributers to the future economy
20 Aug 2007
It is an exciting time for Sandwell College, one of the largest providers of further and higher education in the West Midlands. In March this year, the college unveiled plans for a 60 million pound state-of-the-art campus. The centre, destined for the corner of Spon Lane and West Bromwich Ringway, more...
- Birmingham Post – Birmingham's Power 50
19 Jul 2007
33 - Stephen Karle Not only does Stephen Karle run one of the most important financial services companies in the West Midlands – the 158 year old West Bromwich building society, one of the country’s biggest mutually owned mortgage lenders and savings providers – he is also at the forefront of more...
- New £60 million pound college for West Bromwich
17 Jul 2007
RegenCo, the Urban Regeneration Company for West Bromwich, together with Sandwell College, has revealed plans for a new £60 million pound further education college.The new College will be built in Spon Lane as one of the first regeneration projects in the heart of the town centre. This will provide Sandwell more...
- Midlands Business Insider – Power 100
02 Jul 2007
89. Karen Walker Chief Executive of RegenCo Power Base: West Bromwich What has she done lately?Come to West Brom. Walker, appointed to the urban regeneration company in 2006 following the departure of the respected Ros Kerslake, has a lot to prove. The drive to regenerate West Brom lost credibility following the collapse of more... - Good design vital for regeneration
14 Jun 2007
Tasked with the regeneration of West Bromwich, Smethwick and Hill Top, Karen Walker, Chief Executive of RegenCo discusses the importance of quality design in the world of regeneration: Le Corbusier said “Good design is intelligence made visible” and I truly believe that top quality design is at the heart of more...
- Building society with ambition for growth
11 Jun 2007
Stephen Karle, chief executive of the West Bromwich Building Society, talks to deputy business editor Simon Penfold about his ambitions for the business he leads, the borough where it is based and for the wider West Midlands. Stephen Karle believes in making things happen, whether it is expanding the West Bromwich more... - £70 Million gateway site for West Bromwich
06 Jun 2007
Regenco, the Urban Regeneration Company for West Bromwich is working with Birmingham-based Stoford and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) to bring forward the development of a multi-million pound flagship office park in West Bromwich. It is anticipated that the 300,000 sq ft Grade A Office Park, All Saints, located just off more...
- An Opportunity Waiting to Happen
04 Jun 2007
Karen Walker, chief executive of RegenCo, gives Fusion a feel for what’s in store for West Bromwich. When RegenCo – the Urban Regeneration Company for Sandwell - was born, some three years ago, the three partners behind it namely English Partnerships, Advantage West Midlands and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, knew there more... - Major investment is set to fund transformation
04 Jun 2007
Major investment is set to fund transformation Education facilities, housing and redevelopment all on the cards for Sandwell Hundreds of millions of pounds is to be pumped into Sandwell in the coming years with major investment ring fenced for housing, education and redevelopment. Two of the more recent schemes to make more... - RegenCo says new partner in place for Sandwell Facelift
04 Jun 2007
Regenco, the urban regeneration company for Sandwell, has announced its choice of development partner to help take forward the 300,000 sq ft Grade A All Saints office park in West Bromwich. Birmingham-based Stoford has signed a development agreement with Regenco and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, and is starting work on detailed more... - Determined Laura builds a career in property
06 May 2007
26 year old Laura Davidson, of Hagley is carving a career for herself in the male-dominated world of Property Development. Laura, a Development Executive at Regenco – the Urban Regeneration Company for West Bromwich discovered her passion for property and regeneration four years ago and opted for a part time more...
- West Bromwich Town Centre
01 May 2007
Following the completion of the Black County Study and draft proposals now underway, which will revise the existing Regional Spatial Strategy, we are now firmly focused on delivering long-term regeneration strategies. Development proposals will transform the area over the next thirty years. With more than £2 billion of investment Wolverhampton more... - RegenCo's saints start marching with key deals
31 Mar 2007
The overdue renaissance of West Bromwich took a step forward this week as Urban Regeneration Company, Regenco struck two major deals at it’s £70 Million All Saints Scheme. Regenco and landowner, Sandwell Council have signed a Development Agreement with Birmingham based Stoford Developments to bring forward 300,000 sq ft All more... - £60 Million Single-site College Unveiled
21 Mar 2007
Proud bosses at Sandwell College unveiled their plans for their new £60m state of the art campus to a soundtrack of feel good pop music and with the hope a new building will usher in a new era of success. At the launch of the new ski-slope roofed centre, architect, more... - Keeping the promise
03 Mar 2007
On Target? The next 12 months are critical for RegenCo to make its mark in the Black Country. Formed in 2003 the urban regeneration company aims to create £1.6bn of investment by 2020. Can a team of new recruits deliver? Daniel Cunningham Investigates Karen Walker, Regenco’s new chief executive, has an more...
Archive 2006
- URC appoints new chief executive
28 Oct 2006
West Bromwich based urban regeneration company RegenCo appointed Karen Walker as its new chief executive. Karen Walker joins RegenCo on 13 November as chief executive from regeneration consultancy Ripplegate. The urban regeneration company (URC) for West Bromwich and Smethwick has moved swiftly to appoint an experienced development expert with a more... - Town Shops work set up to start in 2007
24 Aug 2006
Construction on a £100 million scheme for a super-store, shops and leisure facilities in West Bromwich town centre can start next year. Developers on the Tesco-led plan expect to see it open in 2009. This follows the news yesterday that the Government had approved Sandwell Council's compulsory purchase order for more... - Councillor is chosen to join project team radar
22 Aug 2006
A top Midlands businessman has welcomed a councillor onto the board of the RegenCo project – and said he had been chosen because he gets things done. Sandwell Councillor Bob Badham has joined the team. Tom Fanning, chairman of RegenCo and chief executive of Midland Expressway which owns and operates more... - Town square opening date
21 Aug 2006
The new £2 million town square being constructed as a Continental-style meeting place in West Bromwich by Portuguese craftsmen will open to shoppers in the autumn. The new cobbled square has been designed to bring a touch of Europe into the town centre as one of the first schemes in more... - Private developers set to back the Greets Green Housing Plan
31 Jul 2006
The key partners responsible for the delivery of the Greets Green Housing Plan (Sandwell Council, Greets Green Partnership, Urban Living, RegenCo and Sandwell Homes) are inviting private developers to find out about the exciting opportunities that will be coming up in the area as the physical regeneration of Greets Green more... - Revamp of Area is on developers’ radar
25 Jul 2006
The woman drafted in to head a £1 billion redevelopment in Sandwell today claimed that the revamp of West Bromwich was “well on the radar” of developers and investment companies. RegenCo chief executive Ros Kerslake said that after three years she was confident that the town centre had a promising more... - Approval for shop proposals is given
06 Jul 2006
West Bromwich’s run down Queen’s Square shopping centre is to be demolished to make way for a modern development of shops, restaurants and homes.The move was approved by Sandwell Council’s planning committee last night.The plans put forward by developers Halladale Anglo was passed by the committee subject to conditions, including more... - Kerslake leaves RegenCo for Princes Regeneration Trust
20 Jun 2006
Ros Kerslake, chief executive of RegenCo, the urban regeneration company for Sandwell, is leaving on 31 July to take up a new role as chief executive of The Prince’s Regeneration Trust.During her current role, Ros has established RegenCo as a major force in the regeneration of West Bromwich, Smethwick and more... - RegenCo's dedicated magazine to be published
01 Jun 2006
RegenCo and publisher 3Fox International are publishing the second issue of Renew Sandwell magazine in July. Featuring the Black Country Study and the hugely significant impact of its findings on West Bromwich, issue two also offers a thorough analysis of the market for office space in this part of the more... - It is with deep regret that
22 May 2006
Richard Adams, who recently joined the RegenCo Board as a non-executive Director, was tragically killed in a car accident in Birmingham on 19th May.RegenCo Chairman, Tom Fanning, expressing the great sadness of the RegenCo Team and Board said "In his short time that we had the benefit of Rik's input, more... - Move to create luxury business accommodation
11 May 2006
Businesses and developers today gave an overwhelming thumbs-up to multi-million pound plans to revitalise a Midland town and create thousands of new jobs.Plans for top-notch offices at West Bromwich, near Junction 1, of the M5 and at All Saints were unveiled yesterday.It will be the first luxury office developments in more... - The future’s almost here
19 Apr 2006
Radical plans for the £500 million-plus transformation of West Bromwich were taking shape today.Urban Regeneration Company RegenCo is masterminding proposals to change the landscape and make the town a vibrant place to work, rest and play.The current "patchwork effect"; of shops, offices and leisure is to be wiped away as more... - West Bromwich moves ahead
31 Mar 2006
West Bromwich is changing with the help of RegenCo - the urban regeneration company - which brings together developers, investors and public bodies to transform the landscape."We're just about to start construction on a new square in the heart of West Bromwich town centre," said Ros Kerslake, chief executive of more... - Have a say on the Queens Square Refurbishment
03 Mar 2006
People will be given the chance to have a say on the multi-million pound extensions to a West Bromwich shopping centre, which is to bring new shops, homes and services to the town. Developers The Halladale Group are to put on a public exhibition in Queen's Square to give people more... - Knight rides into West Mids URC
18 Feb 2006
Alan Knight has been appointed Deputy Chief Executive and Development Director at West Midlands urban regeneration company Sandwell RegenCo.The former development director at CALA Properties has been brought in to replace Chris White, who quit in December to join Castlemore Securities.Knight, who had been at CALA for five years, will more...