All Property Week articles in 12 July 2002
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Doubts raised over extra money for housing and transport
Government plans to increase spending on affordable housing and transport have been given a muted welcome by the RICS and London First, the business campaign group.
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Ritblat gives up chairman's role at British Land
John Ritblat is to step down as chairman of British Land while retaining the role of chief executive.
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Rebel Laxey raises stake in British Land to 9%
British Land is investigating claims by rebel shareholder Laxey Partners that it has dramatically upped its stake in the company from 2.9% to 9%.
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Rugby buys Westbourne House for £8m
Rugby Estates has bought Westbourne House in London W2 from a private client of Citigroup Private Bank for £8m.
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Burford makes Mayfair Place sale for £85m
Developer Burford has sold one of two buildings at its one-acre site in Mayfair Place, London W1, to BP Pension Fund for £85m.
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Helical wins race for major White City site
Helical Bar, working with Morley Fund Management, has been named as the preferred bidder for Dairy Crest's 4.1 ha site at Wood Lane, London W12.
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Tunnel vision
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link and ambitious retail plans should guarantee Stratford's prosperity.
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Talk of the towns
Nervous agents ... Electra makes first letting ... traffic chaos ... owner-occupiers ... investment deals
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Talk of the towns
Regional soul-searching ... retail warehouses ... record-breaking sheds ... BSE ... technology parks
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Insight
Reform when ready
The annual Property Week and DJ Freeman conference found an industry willing to embrace change, but not at the expense of efficiency
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Professional
Q & A
A new colleague in our surveying practice says that we should keep files indefinitely because there is no time limit for claims for professional negligence. Is this correct?
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Retail - The wizards of Oz
Australian developer Westfield is staking its UK reputation on two shopping centres in Nottingham and Derby.
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Local politics could stifle London Plan
Ken's strategy fails to tackle planning problems, warns developer
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Labour's not for turning
The government is expected to stick to its guns on planning reform in a key announcement next week, but some big concessions are on the cards.
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Industrial - Opportunity knocks
Essex and east London have industrial potential, with a number of schemes already under way
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Industrial - Raleigh point
The two-year search for a new home for Raleigh is symptomatic of the decline of manufacturing in the East Midlands.
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Offices - Highway to heaven
While town centre developments are having trouble finding tenants, the attraction of a motorway postcode is boosting rents in the east Midlands.
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Schroders links with Grainger for resi JV
Residential specialist to sell portfolio of flats worth £70m to Schroders ResPUT
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Newcastle offices get on track
Northern Land, the developer behind Newcastle upon Tyne's listed residential Turnbull Building, is to redevelop Clavering Place behind Newcastle central station.