All Property Week articles in 22 August 2003
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Online
Canary Wharf denies £1.8bn Reichmann bid rumour
Canary Wharf this morning played down reports at the weekend that executive chairman Paul Reichmann is planning a takeover bid for the company.
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OnlineRadisson buys £115m London Mayfair
Luxury hotels group Radisson Edwardian has bought the five-star Mayfair InterContinental in London for £115m.
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OnlineAlder King appoints Benson senior partner
Leading south-west surveying firm Alder King has appointed John Benson as its new senior partner.
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MarketsYorkshire thrift
Eileen Molloy is bringing a new programme to Yorkshire Forward. Keeping the purse strings tight and encouraging private investment are key parts of it
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InsightIndustrial relations
When former Sainsbury's board member Ian Coull became chief executive of Slough Estates, many wondered what the dynamic would be between him and Sir Nigel Mobbs, the third generation of his family to run the estate. John Welsh spent an afternoon observing the pair
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News
Hunter/Nilsson plan to take Northacre private
London residential developers John Hunter and Klas Nilsson, who founded Northacre and listed it on the AIM four years ago, are bidding to take it private
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News
Ground Zero gets rolling
After fierce political debate, progress on the World Trade Center site is getting under way with a scheme that seems to have appeased everyone, argues our New York correspondent
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NewsMailbox full
Six new lettings have been secured to complete the retail line-up at Birmingham's Mailbox development. The designer French maternity-wear retailer Formes has taken a 1,200 sq ft (111 sq m) unit, next to Gieves & Hawkes, while other new tenants include the Iron Bed Company, the Chair Company, European furniture ...
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Markets
Forward march
Yorkshire's development agency has shaken off the cloth-cap image to regenerate former industrial centres and bring forward development sites for hi-tech occupiers
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News
Light fades at Powerhouse
Powerhouse, the electricals retailer, went into receivership this week and paved the way for wholesale disposals
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News
Education JV sets Midtown shortlist
London Qualifications, the joint venture between publisher Pearson and examination board Edexcel, has shortlisted four sites in London's Midtown
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MarketsEade on: Flour mills and pigeons
It is more than three years since the East of England Development Agency spent £2m on Ipswich's derelict Cranfields flour mill, but so far its only tenants are nesting birds
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NewsMandarins plot Docklands move
Secret study says Southwark is also option for 300,000 sq ft Home Office requirement
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InsightRDAs reach the parts that private developers cannot reach
When they were first mooted by New Labour, many of us saw Regional Development Agencies as just another needless layer of bureaucracy
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News
Debenhams leases massive Peterborough warehouse
Retailer to close three smaller sites and consolidate in 726,000 sq ft ProLogis hub
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News
Heron sparks takeover talk with Crest resi move
Gerald Ronson's Heron International, best known as an office and leisure developer, has turned its attention to the residential sector by acquiring a 4.2% stake in quoted housebuilder Crest Nicholson
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News
Oakmoor's Coventry prize
Midlands developer Oakmoor Estates has won a competition to develop a £100m retail, leisure and residential scheme in Coventry city centre
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Markets
Country living
The east of England may not boast any large conurbations but it has more than its fair share of market towns, seaside resorts and green belt land
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Professional
Crushed by the cost of insurance
Professionals will opt for better management to reduce risk
