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  Despite the savage recession, the overall shopping centre development pipeline is only 6.3 per cent lower than at this time last year, according to new research from Colliers CRE.

• CSC to retender FM contracts on 11 shopping centres 

  Incentive FM Consulting, part of the Incentive FM Group, has been awarded a 12-month consultancy project by Capital Shopping Centres to review and tender the facilities management work for 11 centres totalling 12.9m sq ft.

• Lend Lease signs three-year contract withTouchwood and Bluewater 

  Lend Lease is re-tendering the three-year facilities management contract for Touchwood in Solihull and Bluewater. The brief requires that top quality customer service and value for money are offered at both centres. Head of asset management, Mark Boor, said: “The re-tender provides us with the opportunity to ensure that both continue to act as an industry benchmark.”

• Retailer Spotlight: Scribbler 

  Irreverent card chain, Scribbler, has taken up two prime leases on the Scottish High Street. The London-based greetings card chain has invested £200,000 in the launch of stores on Glasgow and Edinburgh's busiest shopping streets.

• Profile: Lend Lease 

  Last summer, Lend Lease made two key appointments aimed at driving its UK shopping centre portfolio forward. Mark Boor joined as asset manager of the portfolio having previously been responsible for Prupim’s £9.5bn retail portfolio. And ex-DTZ agent Guy Thomas became head of leasing for the existing malls and for the development portfolio. Now, almost a year on, the new team is making its presence felt.