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EXCLUSIVE: Council to bid to buy Odeon and old police station for £1 each - if £4.1m for maintenance is paid

7:00am Tuesday 5th March 2013

Two prime city centre sites, the former Odeon cinema and the old Tyrls police station, could be transferred to Bradford Council’s ownership for the grand total of £2, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal today.

• See our previous stories on the Odeon here

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Bradford Council offered The Odeon for just £1

7:00am Friday 26th October 2012

The owner of the mothballed former Odeon cinema has offered to sell it to Bradford Council for the peppercorn price of £1.

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Pictures reveal decrepit state of former Odeon building

8:00am Monday 15th October 2012

The terminal physical decline of Bradford’s former Odeon cinema has been temporarily halted but the building will need a miracle cure to save it for the long term. Telegraph & Argus reporter Chris Tate and photographer Mike Simmonds were given an exclusive tour inside.

'All viable options open' after Odeon deal collapses

7:00am Friday 21st September 2012

A key city centre site is once again up for grabs after the dramatic collapse of a long-standing deal to redevelop the former Odeon.

• Comment: Money still the key to Odeon fate
• See our previous stories on the Odeon
• Odeon decision 'could be good for the city'
• The massive task facing any developer of the Odeon

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Odeon decision 'could be good for the city'

7:00am Friday 21st September 2012

Politicians within the district have reacted positively to the announcement by the HCA yesterday over the Odeon’s future.

• Odeon decision 'could be good for the city'
• Langtree 'simply could not sign up to Section 106 agreement' in economic climate
• 'All viable options open' after Odeon deal collapses
• The massive task facing any developer of the Odeon

Langtree 'simply could not sign up to Section 106 agreement' in economic climate

7:00am Friday 21st September 2012

The chief executive of Langtree Group, John Downes (left), has said that, while commercial realities were a major impediment to the New Victoria Place scheme getting off the ground, there were additional legal complexities that led to the HCA’s decision.

Langtree development scheme for Bradford Odeon scrapped

11:15am Thursday 20th September 2012

Plans to redevelop Bradford’s Odeon site and create offices, a hotel and apartments in its place have been scrapped as the owner of the building has decided to pull the plug on the development.

• See previous reports and letters on the Odeon plans from our archives

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