All Property Week articles in 01 April 2005
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House of Fraser confirms Jenners sale
House of Fraser today confirmed that it is selling the feuhold to Jenners department store in Edinburgh.
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The Junction completes £180m retail park double
The Junction, the retail park owner and operator set up by Capital & Regional and Morley Fund Management, has bought two retail parks for £180m.
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Ashtenne chiefs to pocket £10m each from sale
Ashtenne joint chief executives Ian Watson and Morgan Jones stand to make £10m each from the £169.7m sale of the industrial investor and fund manager it set up in 1989.
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CBRE replaces JLL at PaddingtonCentral
CB Richard Ellis has replaced Jones Lang LaSalle as letting agent for the second phase of Development Securities and Morley Fund Management’s £700m PaddingtonCentral development in London’s West End.
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MarketsWorth the wait
A deal with Waitrose at Allied London’s revamp of the Brunswick Centre has raised the profile of the scheme, which is finally moving forward after five years.
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Networkers
Farebrother chartered surveyors was founded in 1799. It employs 35 people in London’s Midtown.
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Motorola
Motorola has signed the biggest letting in the Thames Valley in four years after agreeing to move its European headquarters to MEPC ’s Chineham Park in Basingstoke. The deal, first revealed in Property Week (news, 04.02.05, p5), includes 115,000 sq ft (10,685 sq m) of space in two buildings, Redwood ...
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The semi monty
News reaches me of some strange goings-on at developer-trader Terrace Hill’s recent trip to the French skiing resort of Chamonix.
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InsightFrom Moscow to Mayfair
Regeneration need not be confined to northern inner cities. A young Russian tycoon is hoping to bring socially responsible development to one of London’s richest locations
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ProfessionalThe market in minutes
Ettie Neil-Gallacher gives you the latest professional and legal news
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MarketsMidtown makeovers
With availability falling sharply, landlords are gearing up to refurbish, but new developments will be needed to prevent a space shortage in the future.
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NewsTwo of a kind
Developer Tom Bloxham and architect Will Alsop formed an invigorating double act at last week’s ‘Movers & Shakers’ Property Breakfast Club at the Four Seasons hotel in London’s Park Lane.
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InsightItsu knockout
Pret A Manger founder Julian Metcalfe is aiming to conquer another area of the food retail market with his latest venture Itsu, the takeaway sushi chain.
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NewsThe importance of passing the screen test
Tom Entwistle on the steps landlords can take to screen out the tenants from hell
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Poll queries need for home packs
Housing minister Keith Hill has hailed the launch of Housing Information Packs as a great success, despite the fact that only 12% of respondents to a national survey believed that the packs would lead to fewer breakdowns in house sales.
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MarketsSky high in south London
Amec’s Lewisham Gateway will include the latest tower to grace London’s skyline.
