All Property Week articles in 21 July 2000
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Insight
Married to the mob
Surveyors don't often go into a restaurant without calculating a valuation on the back of a napkin, or go shopping without guessing the Zone A rent. For some, the complete cut-off never comes. They are the dozens who marry one another. Couples admit to having partners in the same line ...
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Markets
Water margins
Nottingham s Lace Market finally came good after more than a decade of pump priming. Now an area eight times its size, between the city and the Trent, is to be regenerated. Guy Sheppard assesses the project s chances of success
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Markets
Nottingham - Infrastructure the lure for offices
Speculative developments are paying dividends in a climate of surging demand.
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News
...but the regeneration industry has reservations
Developers specialising in urban regeneration welcomed the RDAs windfall that could open up new brownfield sites in rundown areas. St Modwen Developments director Mike Herbert said extra money could open up areas where the private sector would normally be unwilling to tread: Public sector support can provide ...
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News
RDAs hit the jackpot in spending review...
Direct development role for RDAs after £1.1bn handout
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News
Hermes makes new Resolution
Fund manager to finance Robert Laurence’s ‘loft office’ concept amid rumours that it may buy company
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News
Glasgow rents are hotting up
Glasgow s resurgent office lettings market will hit record rental levels this summer if the Bank of Scotland completes its pre-letting at Abbey National and Scottish Mutual s 123 St Vincent Street development. The bank is set to take 1,208 sq m (13,000 sq ft) at a rent of ...
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Professional
Landlord - Flexible friends
Is the the Landlord and Tenant Act outdated in view of tenants' demands for more flexible lease terms?
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Professional
Tenant - Flexible friends
A business operating from leasehold property can be put at risk when the lease expires, if the landlord chooses not to renew the lease or demands exorbitant terms for the renewal. The tenant's dependency on the premises and the additional cost of relocation give the landlord a strong hand when ...
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News
Irish and Italians lead the way in Europe
European property company shares produced a return of 3% in June, with Irish stocks the best and Germans the worst, according to investment bank Schroder Salomon Smith Barney. The SSSB European Property Index, which includes all 106 European property companies with a free float of over $100m (£62m), was ...
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News
Summer share siesta sets in three weeks early
The traditionally quiet period in August appeared to have arrived last week three weeks early with little happening in the stock market and the real estate sector. The All-Share Index finished the week unchanged at 3104, while Real Estate inched up to 2001. Despite the ...
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Markets
Northampton Offices - Merchants of doom were wrong
A buoyant economy has transformed prospects in Northampton.
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Markets
Derby - Neck and neck in race to win Derby
Rival teams await council approval for much-needed development.
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News
Stamp Duty deadline fears spark record level of deals
Pre-budget rush for deals pushes value of investment transactions to record half-yearly levels
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Markets
Planning: regional guidance EiP and combined Structure Plan are firsts for region
For the first time, an Examination in Public (EiP) into regional guidance for the East Midlands began on 13 June in Leicester. The draft guidance was first issued for consultation in December 1998 and then again in November 1999. This last consultation draft is being considered at the EiP. The ...
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Markets
Not just a load of old cobblers
Last week L&G announced plans for a £200m scheme that will expand retail floorspace in Northampton by a third, but will the Grosvenor Centre extension enable it to compete with Milton Keynes?
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Professional
Clear and present danger
The RICS has published the first industry-wide guidance on professional ethics. Could it signal a cultural as well as ethical revolution?
