All Property Week articles in 06 May 2005
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Church Commissioners continues resi sell-off in London
Grainger Trust and the Genesis Housing Group have formed a joint venture to acquire more than 450 London properties from the Church Commissioners for £70m.
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Quintain appoints Ian Henderson as consultant
Ian Henderson, the former chief executive of Land Securities, has been appointed by Quintain Estates & Development as a part-time consultant.
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United Co-operatives in bid for Somerfield
United Co-operatives, the UK’s largest independent co-operative society, has approached the Somerfield supermarket group with a view to making an offer.
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LandSecs buys Tops for £517m
Land Securities has bought shopping centre specialist Tops Estates for £517.2m in a bid to increase its retail portfolio.
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InsightShutting up shop
A stream of closures and profit warnings among UK retailers is threatening our shopping centres.
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Networkers
Colin Fell, partner in charge, Leeds 1978 Joins Edwards Bigwood & Bewlay in London. Works with Geoff Spiller (now director at Glenny). 1980 Joins the investment department at Edward Erdman in London. Contemporaries include Paul Dudman (now partner at Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker). 1984 Joins ...
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MarketsThe market in minutes
Jonathan Brasse gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region
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MarketsThe lure of Lyon
Higher yields could enable the south-eastern city of Lyon to attract investment away from Paris.
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NewsLots to watch
The Allsop commercial auction will take place on 19 May at the Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place, London SW1.
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MarketsLife’s rich pageant
Standard Life beat its fund rivals to France 10 years ago. Sean McAllister hears its strategy
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MarketsRoad Leeds nowhere
Infrastructure problems are halting Ravenbourne’s progress on a designated development site in West Yorkshire.
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Lending market threatened by higher interest rates and lower yields
Conditions in the property lending market have become more challenging for lenders and borrowers, as the threat of higher interest rates looms and values increase and yields fall.
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A little knowledge can help prevent overcharging
Sir, While my firm does not specialise in residential service charges, the dispute involving residents and the managing agents at 25 Jermyn Street in London’s Mayfair has some interesting parallels with the commercial market in which my firm does specialise (‘A highly charged battle’, professional + legal, 08.04.05, p64).
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Green and pleasant land
Greenfield land values are still on the rise after 2000 planning guidance, says Yolande Barnes
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MarketsGold standard
London wants the 2012 Olympics, but Paris’s venues and infrastructure make it the clear favourite.
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