All Property Week articles in 18 June 1999
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Markets
Uxbridge
Len Rosso, Jansons & Partners Over the last decade Uxbridge has experienced a dramatic change in its Town Centre office accommodation. This is primarily due to the town s easy access to central London and the north via the motorway network, and its close proximity to Heathrow Airport. ...
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Retail
West London s biggest single attribute is the wealth of its catchment population. Encouraged by falling interest rates and the feel-good factor of a buoyant housing market, its residents have cash to spend as well as a seemingly endless line of credit. The choice of where to spend their money ...
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Professional
Practice makes perfect
In the first of a series of features on practice management for the smaller firm, management consultant This report explains why size really doesn't matter when measuring success
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News
Venturing outside the local pitch
EDI Group has been gearing up physically and financially to stretch its regeneration arm outside Edinburgh, and joint ventures with other Scottish councils are in the pipeline.
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Lego to move into Slough
Toy manufacturer Lego is to take the Capital Point office scheme in Slough, with a view to consolidating its existing interests in nearby Windsor into one building. It is thought that it will sign a 20-year lease at between £279.86-290.63/sq m (£26-27/sq ft) on the 5,200 sq m ...
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New year Resolution is a huge success for Laurence
It's just a year since Robert Laurence left Argent, but his private property company is already making waves. This report looks at how Resolution's owner went about generating £750m of spending power
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SmithKline HQ sale on hold
SmithKline Beecham may still sell its west London headquarters to the Schroder -backed consortium which was hoping to develop and finance the £240m complex. The pharmaceuticals company had been about to sign a deal with the Schroder, Stanhope and Bovis consortium, but decided last week that it would fund ...
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Heathrow offices
Build it and they will come... . The line from the film Field of Dreams is surely being repeated by agents advising owners of consented office sites around Heathrow. In the current marketplace they could be different from the conventional software/IT/telecom companies for which Heathrow has been ...
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Heathrow industrial
David Emburey, CB Hillier Parker The past few years have seen a dramatic turnaround in the general warehouse/industrial markets and the Heathrow area, in particular, has seen significant activity both on and off the airport. Take-up levels and rents have continued to increase, the latter having seen an 8-10% ...
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Heathrow investment
The historic occupier base, the infrastructure links and the presence of many of the major telecommunications and computer software companies in west London means that Heathrow maintains its status as a prime investment market. Despite the hiatus late last year, lettings in both the office and industrial sectors have continued ...
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Hammersmith offices
There was a time when staff would greet the prospect of being located in Hammersmith with abject horror, but over the past 10 years, the area has changed dramatically. In contrast to other Greater London locations such as Croydon, Wembley or Harrow, and most other locations between the M25 motorway ...
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Markets
Park Royal scheme half let in two months
Matrix, the joint venture industrial development at Park Royal by Helios Properties and Schroder Exempt Unit Trust, is more than half let just two months after completion. In phase one, where 9,600 sq m (103,330 sq ft) has been built speculatively, US Internet company Exodus has taken a lease ...
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Goldstone rubbishes residential sell-off talk
Regalian Properties chairman David Goldstone this week rubbished press reports that he is trying to sell the core residential business. It was suggested that rival residential developers, Fairview and Crown Dilmun, were both considering an agreed bid for Regalian. But Goldstone said he was not talking to either company. ...
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George Street rents hike up
Rents on Edinburgh s upmarket fashion street, George Street, have increased by almost £20 Zone A following a new letting. Thomas Pink has taken the 140 sq m (1,500 sq ft) corner unit at Henderson Investors 6,500 sq m (70,000 sq ft) scheme at 100 George Street. It ...
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Gazeley's future looks safe under Wal-Mart
The future of Gazeley, the property arm of ASDA , looked secure this week following US giant Wal-Mart's £6.7bn offer for the supermarket chain. Speculation mounted at the end of last year that Gazeley would be hived off if Asda was bought or merged with another group. But Paul Smiddy, ...
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Funds shortage stalls Mass House project
Birmingham City Council s Mass House regeneration project has reached an impasse after the Birmingham Alliance flatly refused to invest in infrastructure works required to break the city s concrete collar. The plan to restructure the ring road and open up a 20ha (50 acre) mixed-use development ...
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Markets
Fulham
The Fulham market comprises micro markets influenced by the location of underground stations, shops and restaurants. North Fulham closely follows the fortunes of Hammersmith, and predominantly provides mews-style offices. The central Fulham market offers purpose-built office complexes, such as the Coda Centre, Fulham Centre and Elysium Gate. The Coda ...
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Octagon flats shape up well
Buyers have reserved 19 of the 25 apartments available in Octagon s first central London development, Ellerton House in Bryanston Square, London W1. The development, which was launched this week, includes three new mews houses in Montagu Mews West, located between Bryanston and Montagu Squares. Prices range from ...
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Inverness fight over as Miller pulls out
The battle between competing retail schemes for Inverness appears to be over, following the shock departure of Miller Developments and anchor tenant Debenhams from MFI s Academy Centre scheme. Until the latest move, both MFI s proposals for a 15,790 sq m (170,000 sq ft) scheme for the Academy ...
