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Barratt Developments is to acquire Wilson Bowden, the Leicester-based housebuilder, for £2.2bn. 05-Feb-2007 Wilson Bowden, the housebuilder valued at more than £1.7bn, is in preliminary discussions with a number of companies about the possible sale of the business. 27-Nov-2006 Wilson Bowden has pre-let 79,000 sq ft at the 30-acre Blenheim Park site near Nottingham to Wholesale, the independent health foods distributor. 22-May-2006 Wilson Bowden has acquired Roland Bardsley Homes, the housebuilder with nine sites near Manchester, for £25m. 27-Apr-2006 Wilson Bowden has won planning consent for the £70m redevelopment of Bishop's Stortford town centre, which will double the size of the 100,000 sq ft Jackson Square shopping centre. 29-Nov-2004 Wilson Bowden has acquired Ward Homes Group for £29m, in order to expand its housebuilding operations in the south-east. 17-Nov-2003 Wilson Bowden has acquired Frenchay Developments, the owner of a 26-acre development site at Siston Common near Bristol, for £24m. 12-Nov-2003 Wilson Bowden is to acquire the homes division of Henry Boot for £48m, gaining access to 1,800 plots of land. 02-Apr-2003 Wilson Bowden Development and Modus Properties are to go-ahead with plans to build the 350,000 sq ft Grand Arcade Shopping Centre in Wigan by 2004. 25-Mar-2002 Wilson Bowden has announced plans to build a £1bn new town at the former Ravenscraig steelworks near Motherwell, including 3,500 homes, shops and light industrial space. 26-Jun-2001 Wilson Bowden has awarded a £20m contract to Galliford to build three car warehouses at Honda's South Marston plant in Swindon. 14-Jun-2001 Wilson Bowden has announced plans for a consortium of private and public interests to develop a 110-acre industrial park at Cambuslang near Glasgow, which could lead to the creation of up to 3,000 jobs. 21-Dec-2000 Wilson Bowden is seeking permission to build a £15m four-star hotel at East Midlands Airport, which would create up to 200 jobs. 16-Jun-2000 Wilson Bowden has been chosen as preferred developer for the £700m redevelopment of the Ravenscraig steelworks in Lanarkshire, which will involve the construction of a new town with up to 1m sq ft of retail space. 31-Jan-2000 Wilson Bowden is planning to refurbish the Regent Hotel in Leamington Spa, and develop a retail centre and cinema on a site nearby. 24-Jan-2000 Wilson Bowden has won a contract from Benson Box to build a £20m food production plant at the Interlink Business Park in Leicester. 09-Sep-1999 Wilson Bowden is planning to build a cinema and retail complex in Rugby, due for completion by the end of 2000. 13-Jul-1999 Wilson Bowden Properties has set up an office in Glasgow to co-ordinate a number of new projects in Scotland. 17-Sep-1998 Wilson Bowden has made a £10.4m agreed bid for Trencherwood, the housebuilder. 02-Mar-1996
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