All Property Week articles in 14 July 2006

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  • Online

    Hargreaves Goswell Down splits in two

    2006-07-14T15:20:00Z

    Hargreaves Goswell Down, the niche City of London agency, has separated into two separate businesses

  • Online

    Government says Yes! to £300m Yorks leisure scheme

    2006-07-14T12:56:00Z

    Oak Holdings and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council have moved a step closer towards the creation of Europe’s biggest leisure and entertainment complex in South Yorkshire after the government announced today that it would not call in the scheme

  • Online

    Ritblat to retire after Christmas

    2006-07-14T11:40:00Z

    Sir John Ritblat announced today that he will be stepping down as chairman of British Land at the end of the year, after 36 years at the helm

  • Online

    British Land hooks seven B&Q stores

    2006-07-14T10:18:00Z

    DIY retailer Kingfisher has sold seven B&Q warehouse stores to British Land for £198m

  • News

    Urban Splash

    14 July 2006

    Urban Splash has signed up the first retailers at its 345,000 sq ft (32,051 sq m) Fort Dunlop development in Birmingham. They include modern furniture retailer Dwell, which has taken 12,000 sq ft (1,115 sq m), and retail gallery outlet Snap Galleries, which has taken 2,000 sq ft (186 sq ...

  • News

    Square roots

    14 July 2006

    The lost world of surveying was conjured up at Claridge’s in London on 4 July, when the old timers of the capital’s retail property world came to bid farewell to Cushman & Wakefield’s head of central London retail, Chris Phillips.

  • News

    PRUPIM

    14 July 2006

    PRUPIM has bought Ash and Birch Industrial Estate at Kembrey Park, Swindon, on behalf of the £650m M&G Pooled Property Fund, for £15.85m from Highcross – an initial yield of more than 6%. Loveday & Loveday acted for PRUPIM; Strutt & Parker acted for Highcross.

  • Markets

    Priory target

    14 July 2006

    Does Turnstone’s ambitious speculative development in Chelmsford signal the end of the town’s back-office days? Adam Benzine reports

  • Step outside: a smoking ban in enclosed public spaces is expected to be in place in England and Wales by next summer
    Professional

    The Outsiders

    14 July 2006

    Outside space at pubs has become a valuable commodity thanks to the impending smoking ban in England and Wales.

  • News

    North-west

    14 July 2006

    Manchester tram still neglects poor Grosvenor The market in minutes Living for the cities Counter active Factory flaw Bohemian rhapsody

  • Insight

    Networkers

    14 July 2006

    Dixon Webb is a multidisciplined practice of property consultants covering the north-west and north Wales with specialist services nationwide.

  • Mark Higgin
    Professional

    Rates mitigation

    14 July 2006

    Question: Part of my property is vacant but I’m paying rates on the entirety. Is there anything I can do to mitigate this cost?

  • Insight

    Property mecca

    14 July 2006

    Sir, Congratulations on your 10 years (23.06.06).

  • Markets

    The market in minutes

    14 July 2006

    Anna Goldie gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region

  • Markets

    The market in minutes

    14 July 2006

    Adam Benzine gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region

  • Markets

    Manchester tram still neglects poor

    14 July 2006

    Government’s overspending fears limit budget for Metrolink extension

  • News

    Lots to watch

    14 July 2006

    Cooke & Arkwright, Cardiff, 20 July

  • News

    London Retail Summit

    14 July 2006

    This is the first glimpse of the speakers at the London Retail Summit, a groundbreaking conference to be staged on Tuesday 10 October.

  • Markets

    Taking Liberty

    14 July 2006

    Will Stratford hit Romford’s Liberty shopping centre? Hammerson is not hanging around to find out.

  • News

    Key Manc site sold

    14 July 2006

    A consortium of Irish investors has acquired a key Manchester site from developer Millennium Estates to build a city centre tower.