All Property Week articles in 20 April 2000
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News
New market trader
Britannia Life Assurance has snapped up a slice of prime Kensington to develop a retail, office and residential scheme. The fund has bought the former Kensington Market site and the adjoining retail units at 37-53 Kensington High Street from Land Securities and Atlantic Estates for £30m. The units are ...
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Lastminute.com nets space
Lastminute.com has finally convinced a West End landlord to lease it space, at terms that are considerably more attractive than previous dot com lettings. The firm will pay £338/sq m (£31.43/sq ft) at 4 Buckingham Gate. The five-year lease includes six months rent-free, although the on-line company paid a ...
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Sincere steps up UK investment
Hong Kong retail giant Sincere has taken its UK investment to more than £250m with an agreement to finance a £14m residential scheme in east London with Roger Black Developments. Group managing director Philip Ma told Property Week that the firm was keen to step up its investment in the ...
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Markets
Oxfordshire industrial Migrating south
Demand for industrial stock has increased along the M40 and A34 corridor.
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Markets
Retail: the Oxford Transport Strategy is here to stay
Despite the usual grumblings associated with the implementation of any new road scheme, the Oxford Transport Strategy, which shuts off the city centre to private vehicles, is here to stay. As an obvious factor in customer loyalty to the city centre, easy access remains a hot topic. Nethertheless, on the ...
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Goldman Sachs internet shock
Global US investment bank cuts out agents in revolutionary plan to trade properties over the web
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Gunners go flat
the london borough of Islington has approved a planning brief that will see Arsenal FC s grade-II listed East Stand converted into residential flats. The development will help fund the club s proposed relocation to a 60,000-seater stadium. Councillors approved the brief, proposed by Arsenal s adviser Anthony Green ...
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UK firms lash out at lease plans
UK property companies have come out against the Accounting Standards Board s proposals for the treatment of leases on balance sheets. The British Property Federation has said that the ASB s consultation paper fails to take into account the fact that property is an asset that appreciates. These ...
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Professional
Exchange students
The RICS regards small surveying firms as ideal training grounds for surveyors. But, as Christine Eade reports, its proposed trainee-share scheme is meeting with a mixed response from small firms and trainees alike
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Markets
Worcestershire: Without Longbridge, fewer enquiries
Worcestershire has enjoyed a period of considerable growth and optimism, although a couple of landowners have reported that enquiries have virtually dried up with the news of the proposed sale of the Longbridge plant. This is expected to be a temporary situation as few of the occupiers on these estates ...
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Russell to regenerate Edinburgh
Andrew Russell, director of Chesterton s Katalysis arm, is leaving the surveying firm to head a regeneration company in Edinburgh. Russell, responsible for much of Chesterton s PFI work, has been appointed chief executive of Waterfront Edinburgh, a joint venture between Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian and the City ...
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Dome man gets new job
John Walker, the man behind the sale of the Millennium Dome, has been appointed as chief executive of BURA, the British Urban Regeneration Association . Walker is working as a government consultant, and has run the competition to find a buyer and long-term use for the Dome. He will take ...
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Insight
Preaching to the converted
The government is promoting the conversion of commercial buildings to residential use. But a resurgence in the office market, combined with a lack of incentives has led to limited take-up.
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Markets
Comment Voices of reason
What s important to occupiers considering locating in Oxfordshire? Cluttons
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Property escapes collapse unscathed
As stock market takes a dive, property shares profit from crash
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Markets
Planning: Houses, cinemas and structures
it is likely that Oxfordshire will feel the consequences of John Prescott s announcement about new house building in the south-east. The county will be under pressure to identify additional land to accommodate the extra houses, but at the same time must safeguard the quality of its urban areas, particularly ...
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Church fills coffers
The Church Commissioners generated a total return of 16.9% from its commercial portfolio last year, outperforming the IPD All-Funds Index return of 15.2%.
