All Property Week articles in 10 March 2000
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Insight
Rising to the top
Hammerson is performing well, but its new chief executive still has to convince the City that it is a worthwhile investment. In his first interview since he took the reigns, company man John Richards spoke to Angela Jameson
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Markets
The propert-e world
With the click of a button we can buy most consumables on-line soon we will be able to get our hands on an office block in Chicago. E-property is just around the corner, says Tim Simmonds of Berwin Leighton, but only if the property industry shouts for it
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News
More for Moorfield
Moorfield Group s acquisition of £392m of properties from Royal & SunAlliance, hailed as the deal of the year, was the driver of the firm s 17% increase in net asset value last year. Sales from the Royal & SunAlliance portfolio, which was bought in a joint venture with ...
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News
Norris shocks industry with radical land tax proposal
Tory mayoral hopeful stuns DJ Freeman/Property Week debate with plans to raise regeneration funds from property owners
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Markets
Investment: stabilised rents increase interest
Concerns over the millennium bug were unfounded. This was certainly true for City investment. With a few exceptions, the potential for financial chaos did little to dampen business. While below the record of £2.4bn of investment in 1998, the 1999 total of £1.9 bn is higher than any other year. ...
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Markets
Global warning
Despite warnings of escalating fees and the loss of personal service, recent law firm mergers have failed to provoke any reaction from their property industry clients.
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Markets
The revaluation game
City rates may be a wolf in sheep s clothing after the effect of the 2000 revaluation.
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Professional
Funds get a new lease of life
Leaseback: Owning property can be a great asset but it ties up funds that could be used to increase shareholder returns. Jimmy James, Crosher & James explains how property specialists can make the most of the financial opportunities in commercial property.
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Markets
Midtown offices More than just a filling
Dot com occupiers have helped Midtown mature as a central London office location.
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Markets
Faulty towers
Facing stiff competition from financial centres such as Paris and New York, the Corporation of London is still struggling to encourage towers in the City.
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Markets
Offices E-commerce flexes its muscles
Take-up has slowed but demand is increasing, especially from IT companies.
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Markets
Docklands Healthy recovery
The Docklands office market has finally recovered from massive overdevelopment a decade ago.
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News
Knight Frank ties up Grubb & Ellis deal
Knight Frank this week confirmed a strategic tie-up with quoted US advisers Grubb & Ellis. The deal formalises an ongoing relationship which will see Knight Frank retain all its equity. The new arrangement, first tipped in Property Week last January (news, 15 Jan 1999), creates an alliance with more ...
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Insight
Green for danger
The longer developers and investors ignore environmental issues, the more it is likely to cost them in the future. Liz Hamson reports on the contrasting expectations of the property industry, local authorities and the Environment Agency
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News
Criterion puts on Euro show
Tiny Criterion Properties, capitalised at just £8m, is branching out into Europe, frustrated at the lack of opportunities in the UK. Swedish chairman Ralf Nordstrom said it was becoming increasingly difficult to find suitable UK buildings with the opportunity for active management and refurbishment at the right returns ...
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Professional
Enjoying the country life
The marketing Campaign for Stanhope’s Chiswick Park development in West London has been based around the theme of ‘enjoy work.’ The emphaqsis signals a new trend. Suddenly, the quality of the working environment has become top priority.Increasing numbers of companies are now considering relocation to rural offices in ...
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Markets
Covent Garden. The limited commodity
Can the demand for space be met in this colourful and complex area?
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News
Tishman secures first UK redevelopment at City site
The tower-loving US developer, Tishman Speyer, has added to its UK development programme by snapping up the £200m Bowring site, next to the Tower of London. The New York-based company has beaten off strong competition from UK developers to build the UK headquarters for the world s largest insurance brokers ...
