All Property Week articles in 2 April 2004
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Norton Rose picks More London
International law firm Norton Rose today named the More London scheme at London Bridge as the preferred development for its new London HQ
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Arlington agrees £50m API acquisitions
Arlington today agreed its acquisition of the UK and Continental divisions of Aberdeen Property Investors (API) for up to £50m.
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Trillium wins £300m Norwich Union outsource
Trillium has won the race to secure a £300m property outsource contract with Norwich Union.
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Hercules buys Glasgow Shopping Fort for £195m
Pillar Property and Capital & Regional have sold their jointly owned Glasgow Shopping Fort to the Hercules Unit Trust for £195m.
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Markets
Talk of the towns
Efforts to reshape public perception of the area by Covent Garden Area Marketing Group are going well. The group was initiated by Nelson Bakewell , which manages the market on behalf of the Covent Garden Partnership. Last month the group won a Purple Apple Award for its partnership marketing of ...
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Talk of the towns
A go-kart day organised by Edwin Hill for ProLogis to promote the launch of the 160,000 sq ft (14,864 sq m) Sandpit Lane speculative shed in Dartford revealed the extent of Kent agents’ competitive spirit. About 50 local and national agents turned up at Buckmore Park near Chatham to race ...
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Permission to take off
Kent's eastern extremity is known as Planet Thanet because of its geographical isolation. Centred around Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs, the Thanet area has been ignored by developers and occupiers. But changes to its transport infrastructure could put it on the property map. Last month PlaneStation Group, owner and operator of ...
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Outsider Williams wins race for RICS presidency
Former junior organisation chairman beats Patman and Towell in first contested election
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P&O signs M&S
P&O Developments has secured Marks & Spencer as anchor tenant for its £170m Drake Circus shopping centre in Plymouth. M&S has taken a 125-year lease on a 120,000 sq ft (11,148 sq m) store. The scheme is due to open in autumn 2006.
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More London nets Norton Rose prelet
Law firm chooses London Bridge over Bishopsgate for 300,000 sq ft deal
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Work starts on Midlands Priority land
Priority Sites, the regeneration specialist owned by Royal Bank of Scotland and English Partnerships , has started work on a £2.1m speculative industrial redevelopment of the former Victoria Colliery site at Biddulph in the West Midlands. The scheme involves eight units, totalling 45,000 sq ft (4,180 sq m), and ...
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Local knowledge
Location guide to … Maidstone Where : The county town of Kent is on the M20 about 37 miles from the City of London and 35 miles from the Channel ports and Channel Tunnel. Trains take about 44 minutes to reach London Bridge and 25 minutes to Ashford International. ...
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Professional
Knowing me, knowing you
Research by the British Council for Offices out this week shows exactly what developers and planners think of each other.
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Retail investor LAPs rivals
London & Associated Properties, the £50m shopping centre investor, was the star property performer on the stock market last week in the post-Budget hangover period. LAP’s 32% rise in NAV to 89p a share in 2003, revealed at the beginning of the week, drove its shares up 17% to ...
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Queen’s hotel sell-off
Queen’s Moat Houses has sold the Edinburgh Capital Moat House and the Drury Lane Moat House hotels in London’s Covent Garden for a total of £16m. Travelodge bought the Drury Lane hotel Travelodge; Portland Hotels bought the Edinburgh hotel. Christie & Co advised Queens Moat.
