At present, empty industrial premises pay nothing, while empty offices and shops pay 50% of the full rate.
The redeveloped site will eventually contain homes, offices and shops.
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The 2.93 acre site was marketed for redevelopment as offices, homes and shops.
Peel's Liverpool Waters plan includes building high-rise buildings housing offices, shops and up to 14, 000 apartments on an area of disused land.
Changes to planning rules in England will make it easier for free schools to open in offices, hotels and shops from this summer, the government has confirmed.
The original proposal included provision for 400 flats, a hotel, restaurant and leisure facilities, shops and offices, as well as a new town square and parking for 1, 000 cars.
The city evolved around those train stations, and what you found around most train depots and stations were retail shops and offices, two to three to four story buildings right clustered around the stations.
Dallas-based Beck Ventures bought the mall on the cheap last year with plans to start redeveloping parts of it in three years and to replace it with offices, hotels, shops and apartments over the next 30 years.
Three years ago plans were made to remove the Esplanade car park and replace it with offices, flats, bars and shops.
The project will improve the existing library and town hall site, with new shops and council offices.
The plans include space for a cafe, offices, meeting rooms and shops.
With the closure of so many rural post offices, village shops and banks, some see the churches as ideal centres to supply many of these services.
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Meanwhile, First Minister Carwyn Jones has predicted that Wales' town and city centres may look very different in the future with fewer shops and more offices, restaurants and cafes.
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Shops and offices could open at 5am and close at 9pm without any difficulties.
Demand for new buildings is far lower: empty shops and offices attest to ample unused capacity.
Dave Anderson, the city's development director, hopes that 2, 200 houses, plus shops and offices, will follow.
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Shops and offices will also be able to grow to the edges of their premises.
On arriving at the ground it appears to be no more than a collection of shops and offices.
Developers hoped the one million sq ft area would house 384 new apartments, offices, shops, restaurants and a micro-brewery.
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Bloggers were unrelenting in their criticism of displaced restaurants, coffee shops and offices.
In several other places, smartening old industrial sites, especially waterside ones, with shops, offices and tourist attractions has paid off.
France will follow suit next year after introducing a ban on smoking in offices, hospitals, schools and shops on Thursday this week.
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The supermarket giant wants to develop land at the Brewery Field, Northgate, with offices, shops, parking and a play area, creating 260 new jobs.
The Obama administration would like to see that number increase to 10, 000 a year, which should bring in billions of dollars for building shops, offices and infrastructure.
Other shops and offices remain apparently empty.
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Plans for the Caltongate site in Edinburgh's Old Town have been unveiled showing new hotels, shops, homes and offices.
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Under plans announced by Business Minister Michael Fallon, shops, offices, pubs and clubs will no longer face health and safety inspections.
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic premises, including shops, offices, pubs and factories, and are used to pay for services like the police and fire brigade.
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