All Property Week articles in 2 June 2000
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Markets
A Surrey story
Despite a wealthy catchment area, Surrey s retail centres are struggling and slipping down the national rankings.
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Markets
Waiting for the time to be right
AMEC Developments bought a 5.7ha (14 acres) of land 2.5 km outside Guildford Town Centre in 1989 from residential developer Declan Kelly. Unfortunately it was just at the wrong time. We bought and then the market went over the edge of the cliff with the recession, is ...
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Markets
Plug and play today
Serviced office operators now provide more than just office space; they have to keep abreast of the latest IT developments in order to provide the most up-to-date technology available for clients.
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Insight
Original spin
If you want to draw a crowd, get a big draw. Top-drawer attractions are being employed to help launches reach their target audience first-hand.
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Markets
Staines massive
A flurry of recent lettings has seen rents rise by up to 20% in the last six months.
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Markets
Weighing up the market
Chertsey is evolving, but Weybridge suffers from an inability to expand.
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Markets
Looking to pick up pace
Plentiful office supply is in stark contrast to that for industrial use.
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Markets
Leisurely rivalry
Leatherhead leads the way for offices but Epsom is enjoying a leisure revival.
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Professional
A quizzical look at landlords
Landlord & tenant Landlords: are you stuck in the dark ages? Tenants: is your landlord offering you the service you deserve?
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Markets
Housing needs met without large-scale land
Although local authorities in Surrey have the draft regional guidance figures for housing distribution, for many councils the immediate goal is still to achieve Local Plan conformity with the 1994 Structure Plan recommendations. In Reigate and Banstead, the first alterations to the Deposit Plan focus on Horley, which must ...
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News
Hi-tech resolve
Resolution, the property company headed by Robert Laurence has sold the Maltings shopping centre in St Albans as part of a strategy to divert funds into hi-tech offices. Chester Properties, a small private company headed by ex- CB Hillier Parker partner Steve Lyall, bought the freehold of the scheme ...
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News
Prescott yes to Toon Great Park
Landmark decision on 1,185 acre Newcastle scheme reveals Labour U-turn over greenfield development
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News
Sun sets on Golden Land
Golden Land Investments, the tiny quoted Anglo-Chinese investor, is giving up the property game after four years of struggle. Late last Friday the company announced it would be selling its property assets, mainly in London's Chinatown, for £13.9m to its 75% shareholder Gold-Face Holdings. Most of the proceeds ...
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Go West Side
One of Edinburgh s most notorious shopping centres has been sold to a private investor for redevelopment. Spectrum Shopping Centres, a private company, has bought the West Side Plaza at Wester Hailes one of the most deprived areas of the city for £16m at a yield ...
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RICS is looking into the future
The Corporation of London is to use a newly developed forecasting model from the RICS Research Foundation to inform its future planning decisions. Launched on Wednesday in London, Forecasting Office Supply and Demand uses 10 equations incorporating factors such as the economy, employment and rents. The ...
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News
Ford Welsh JV
Car giant Ford has signed a joint venture with developers Bett Properties and bloc to develop an industrial park on 23ha (56 acres) in south Wales. The first 7.2ha (18 acres) of the site surplus land next to Ford s Bridgend factory has immediately been sold ...
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Warner hurt by share falls
The plunge in property share prices has hit Warner Estate Holdings' net asset value. In the six months to 31 March Warner's NAV dropped by 6% to 324p because of a fall in the value of its investments in four quoted property companies; it owns 29% of Merivale Moore ...
