All Property Week articles in 2 February 2001
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Insight
The trendspotter
If all goes to plan, this month Berkeley will begin opening its most ambitious mixed-use scheme to date: Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth. The group MD tells Property Week why regeneration is his latest thing
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Markets
Tower struggle
With planning permission virtually in the bag, you would think Land Securities' Coppergate Riverside scheme in York would be moving full-steam ahead. Not if local protesters, who want to protect a listed edifice have anything to do with it. We report on a two-year battle that shows little ...
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Professional
People
Hot property Shanti Sen has been joined Marylebone Warwick Balfour as director of special projects. Shanti, 40, joins MWB from investment strategist Parkes & Co, where she was managing director and founded the corporate finance unit. A qualified barrister, Shanti has extensive City-based experience, having worked at Goldman Sachs, SG ...
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News
Sequential test for offices ruled out
The government has ruled out the introduction of the 'sequential test' to office developments on greenfield sites.
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Markets
Planning: Sheffield's masterplan unveiled
A new adopted masterplan for Sheffield city centre was published in December 2000, produced by consultants to Sheffield One the pilot urban regeneration company.
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Markets
Yorkshire: top shopping locations
The table and map linked here, based on the results of The National Survey of Local Shopping Patterns, shows the top 10 comparison goods trading locations in Yorkshire and Humberside. The first column shows the comparison goods shopping population attracted by each trading location. The second and third columns show ...
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Markets
West Yorkshire offices: Leeds the way
Leeds is still the main market, but its regional domination is under threat.
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Professional
Intents and purposes
By using a special purpose vehicle to sell property through individual compaines, Stamp Duty costs can be reduced by as much as 4%. But there are problems – the difference between selling a company and a property is vast
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Markets
Western influences
London's West End now tops Tokyo as the most expensive location for office space. Will this be a turn-off for prospective overseas occupiers?
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Professional
Hoping for a juicy stake
A stakeholder pension may be just the thing to ease financial worries about retirement. The low-cost savings plan offers flexibility to the employee and is tightly regulated, but places more responsibility on the employers providing it
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News
Word on Wardour Street: Greycoat sells up
Greycoat has put 76 Wardour Street, W1, on the market through Allsop . The 4,630 sq m (49,820 sq ft) scheme is let principally to IT consultant Cap Gemini, which paid £565.11/sq m (£52.50/ sq ft) for a 15-year lease on 3,095 sq m (33,320 sq ft) of the ...
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News
Granada schedules riverside Manchester media hub
Granada is hoping to exploit Manchester city centre's healthy property market by turning a derelict site next to the company's world famous TV studio into a media industry hub.
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Markets
North Yorkshire retail: Northern exposure
Reduced demand in York has lead to a rethink of retail needs.
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News
Knickerbox on expansion track
Less than a year after being bought out of receivership, lingerie retailer Knickerbox is searching for 14 new stores in UK railway stations.
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Markets
West End: top shopping locations
The map linked here shows the proportion of overall shopping populations in each trading location visiting for convenience and comparison goods shopping purposes. Because consumers generally shop more often for food than non food goods, visitor numbers to trading locations containing main grocery offers will always be higher than those ...
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News
Rotch's downwards rents innovation
Tchenguiz brothers plan Rotch Community to cash in on tenants cheap deals
