All Property Week articles in 23 April 2004
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Industry sees lifespan of planning consents cut
The property industry has failed in its final attempt to stop the government from cutting the life of planning consents to just three years.
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British Waterways floats pub partnership JV
British Waterways has invited bids from three parties to partner it in developing a national portfolio of pubs.
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North Shields scores Soccerdome
Stadium Developments, the retail and leisure property specialist headed by Eddie Healey, has been given the green light to build a 165,000 sq ft (15,328 sq m) leisure complex in North Shields.
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Merrill Lynch starts fund of funds
Merrill Lynch Investment Management today announced it had set up a UK property fund of funds.
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Crosby report brands lease code a failure
The Crosby Report into the 2002 Code of Practice for Commercial Leases has concluded it is failing to have any great impact on attempts to make commercial leases fairer and more flexible for tenants.
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GE Real Estate in talks for Haslemere takeover
GE Real Estate is in advanced talks to take over Dutch listed investor Haslemere N.V, it was announced this morning
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Tesco's Topland tie-up
Tesco has completed a £675m sale-and-leaseback of property with Topland Group, as it unveiled record profits this week. Tesco has sold 33 stores and two distribution centres, accounting for around 5% of its property assets. It is leasing them back for a term of 25 years with the option ...
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Markets
Talk of the towns
Warrington may be dead set on attracting international occupiers to locate to fancy office schemes such as Omega and Lingley Mere, but unfortunately other parts of the town have a bit of an image problem. Local taxi firm Crown Cars is the owner-occupier of a very tall concrete office block ...
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Tuning in to Rugby
Last month Property Week revealed that Morley had teamed up with BT to develop the 1,700 acre Rugby Radio Station site. Tristan McConnell talks to the partners about their plans for the site
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Virtual reality
Warrington might not seem the ideal place for a 7m sq ft business park. But develop Miller hopes a unique 'computer game' will sell the Omega scheme.
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Scientific progress
A series of schemes are coming out of the ground in the areas designated 'technology corridors' by Advantage West Midlands – and beyond.
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REO sells properties at premium
Real Estate Opportunities (REO), whose UK and Irish portfolio derives from its takeover of Jermyn Investment Properties, has completed the sale of a portfolio of 19 UK properties to Insight Investment Management for £35.6m. This price reflects a 14% premium over the aggregate valuation of the assets as at 31 ...
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Pier to stay
Colwyn Bay’s 1930s pier had fallen into disrepair, but that was before a slot machine arcade proprietor and art deco fanatic got his hands on it.
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Professional
National service
Many surveyors would rather be working for the National Trust, this year's salary survey revealed. Mark Jansen spoke to the charity about working in conservation instead of commerce
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The motor stalls
Rover's rescue in 2000 looked set to continue Longbridge's long association with car making. But now the troubled firm has sold its land, and a £100m science park could change the site forever.
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Rugby produces mixed results
Rugby Estates had a mixed performance last year, as a rise in value of its directly owned portfolio was offset by a drop in its Covent Garden fund. Triple net asset value inched up from 297p to 299p a share in the year to 31 January. The rise was ...
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Insight
A woman of means
After splitting from her husband and business partner of 20 years, investorFelicity Devonshire has bought a £87m property portfolio and is now pushingforward with expansion plans.
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Professional
Law made simple
Bribery discoveredThe message: when discovered, the payment of bribes to win business contracts can have serious financial consequences for both the giver and the recipient. The case: in Daraydan Holdings Limited & Ors v Solland International Limited & Ors (26 March 2004), Mr Khalid, one of the defendants, had extracted ...
