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Berkeley Group is to stop building upmarket detached houses and focus on large urban regeneration projects, as part of a restructuring that could halve the size of the company by 2010. 28-Jun-2004 Berkeley Group is to sell its Crosby Homes division to management for about £450m, as part of a strategy to focus on large urban regeneration projects. 29-Aug-2003 Berkeley Group is to close its Thirlstone upmarket homes division, with the loss of 15 jobs at its Byfleet headquarters. 03-Feb-2003 Berkeley has raised £47m in a share placing to fund the development of upmarket flats, offices and shops on brownfield sites. 24-Jan-2002 Berkeley is planning to redevelop the Royal Clarence dockyard in Gosport at a cost of £100m, in order to provide 380 homes, offices and a marina. 04-Jun-2001 Berkeley is selling the Scottish operations of its Crosby Homes division to Manor Kingdom Developments for £22m. 01-Mar-2001 Berkeley, the housebuilder, is planning to double the volume of work contracted out to other builders and include more pre-fabricated components in its homes. 13-Dec-2000 Berkeley is looking to expand its housebuilding operations in the Midlands, the West Country and the north of England, where it is seeking potential sites for brownfield developments. 28-Jun-2000 Berkeley Homes is relocating about 80 staff from Westerham to a new office in Sevenoaks in December, in order to provide more space for the expansion of its house building business in the region. 01-Sep-1999 Berkeley Group's plans to build a £17.5m millennium tower in Portsmouth have been rescued by the Millennium Commission's decision to redirect some of the funds from the £80m Renaissance of Portsmouth Harbour scheme. 15-Oct-1998 Berkeley Group is acquiring Thirlstone Group, the builder of luxury homes in Surrey, in a £15m deal. 08-Aug-1998 Fitness First is linking up with Berkeley Group, the housebuilder, in a £10m joint venture that will develop up to 15 new clubs under the Fitness First Berkeley name. 01-Dec-1997 Berkeley Group, the housebuilder, has launched a £126m rights issue, using a discounted structure that meets OFT concerns about fund-raising methods used in the City. 15-Oct-1997 Berkeley Group is planning a £200m residential and commercial development at the south end of the Vauxhall Bridge in London. 11-Dec-1996 Berkeley Group aims to raise £73m from a rights issue to enable it to quickly respond to opportunities to gain land for new housebuilding. 24-Jan-1996
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