All Property Week articles in 12 November 1999
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Insight
Planning pain
Government guidance is pushing more and more infrastructure costs on to developers. But the industry is fed up with bearing the brunt of regeneration and transport initiatives. Report on the growing backlash over planning gain
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News
New office for Sheffield
The Sheffield office market was given a vote of confidence this week with the announcement of a major scheme in the city centre. JF Finnegan has bought a council site by the River Don in the Blonk Street/Victoria Quays area which it intends to develop as a 9,300 sq ...
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Professional
The Third Man
Planning The government's Contract Bill, which will give third parties additional powers over a contract, is expected to receive royal assent during this Parliament. This report investigates its relevance to planning gain agreements
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News
Prudential to press on with plans for Knightsbridge
Prudential said this week that it was determined to press ahead with the commercial redevelopment of London s Knightsbridge Green , despite a rival scheme being granted planning consent. City & West End developments, the property company run by Patrick Despard, was last week granted planning ...
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Professional
Individual rights to silence
Environment In England, a defendant in a criminal case cannot refuse to give potentially self-incriminating evidence in the same way that Americans can by 'taking the fifth'. This report examines the conflict between environmental legislation and the rights of the individual
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News
Hoover vacuum: Warner Music to relocate to Kensington
Warner Music UK is to quit its base at the world-famous art deco Hoover Building in west London. The company this week appointed CB Hillier Parker to let the 1,950 sq m (21,000 sq ft) office in Perivale. The company is to relocate its staff in the summer to ...
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News
Petchey losing Newport hold
Jack Petchey is on the verge of losing his battle to take over Newport Holdings. Petchey s 120p-a-share offer for Newport was due to lapse this Thursday, as Property Week went to press, although it could be extended for another week. The offer, made through Petchey s vehicle ...
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News
Welbeck Land hits Scotland
Home counties specialist Welbeck Land is to make its first foray north of the border with a distribution joint venture in Motherwell. The developer has joined forces with BT offshoot Southgate Developments to build a 14,860 sq m (160,000 sq ft) scheme. The 5.2ha (13 acre) site ...
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News
Retail warehousing hits recession levels
The volume of retail warehouse space in the development pipeline has fallen back to levels last seen during the early 1990s recession. According to the latest research from CB Hillier Parker , there has also been a worrying fall-off in completion levels. The research indicated that 260,000 sq m ...
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Markets
Planning: Good news on the housebuilding front
Erica Mortimer, CGMS Surrey and Sussex are both recipients of the good tidings from the panel report on the new Regional Planning Guidance for the south-east. Both counties have been identified as major housing growth areas. The panel recommends an increased projection for the south-east (excluding London) to take ...
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News
Frogmore next for Gresham St
Frogmore has joined the list of developers queueing up to deliver a speculative office scheme in the City core at Gresham Street. The property company has acquired 66 Gresham Street from United Friendly for £5.5m. Frogmore acquired the adjacent site from AXA SunLife in 1997. It now plans to ...
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News
Stay of execution for Rotunda
The Rotunda, Birmingham s most famous building, was handed a temporary reprieve by its owners last week. Speaking at the state of the nation speech organised by Birmingham City Council , Bob de Barr, a Land Securities director, said he had commissioned a feasibility study ...
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News
Hercules gets even stronger
Hercules, the acquisitive AIM-listed property services group, has bought a specialist residential property insurance broker for £14.25m in cash and shares. The purchase of Deacon Insurance Services, whose major shareholder is David Ducker, will increase Hercules s insurance activities from £2.5bn of property through its Heritage operation to ...
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News
Enterprising MBO solution
Enterprise the AIM - listed property regeneration services group, is in preliminary talks that could lead to a management buyout (MBO). The company made a statement to the Stock Exchange on Monday following a recent rise in its share price. Last week the shares rose 4% to 77p, valuing Enterprise ...
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News
English Partnerships snubs millennium shed
English Partnerships has pulled the plug on a deal to provide an innovative industrial scheme next to the Millennium Dome because it does not want visitors to have to walk past a building site. Privately owned developer Bride Hall had been picked for the project, commissioned by ...
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Markets
East Surrey offices Supply snapped up in Redhill and Reigate
Developers estimates of supply have been vindicated.
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News
MEPC drives forward flexi-leasing
MEPC is thought to be close to agreeing to a five-year break clause on a key Thames Valley development throwing down the gauntlet to developers sticking by standard institutional leases. Just weeks after it conceded a break clause to Amazon.com at its Patriot Court scheme in ...
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News
Sweet schemes: developers keep their eyes on the prize
The Office Agents Society and Industrial Agents Society s annual development awards, hosted by Property Week, were held at London s Grosvenor House Hotel last week. Pictured are (l-r) the winner of the Best Speculative Development Award (Robin Pyle of Whitecliffe Properties, with Sol Zakay of sponsor ...
