All Property Week articles in 23 June 2000
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News
Sunny time for Solar
Former akeler boss Mark Glatman has completed the letting of the Solar Building at Doxford International Business Park in Sunderland. Two internet-based companies domainnames.com and leighton are taking the landmark 3,600 sq m (38,764 sq ft) building. Both occupiers are moving out of smaller premises ...
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Professional
Missing the mark
Surveying firms will pay the price for lax management practices when a tough new standard is introduced in November
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Raglan pays to look ship-shape
The restructuring of Raglan Properties over the last year has made a dent in its profits but left the company a much more interesting proposition. The first prong to the restructuring offloading an expensive £70m debenture gave rise to a one-off £14.3m charge, which caused a ...
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Professional
So, how does it rate then?
Rating Valuation offices have to produce their own guidelines on rating appeals procedure. But will this get rid of the crippling delays in the system?
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Insight
Green for stop
Environmental campaigners are fighting on in their battle against Chelsfield s White City project. Giles Barrie reports on developers fears that if the Lord Chancellor doesn t reform the planning procedure, there may soon be meltdown in the property world
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Hines has eyes on Paddington
Gerald Hines, the international property tycoon, is looking at buying into west London s Paddington Basin redevelopment. Hines this week set up a UK subsidiary focused on large central London office schemes, to be run by Chris Harris, former chief executive of London & Metropolitan International. Managing director Harris said ...
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JE Robert man gets energ-e
Russell Platt, the former president of JE Robert International, has launched hypoactive.com an online mortgage lending service for commercial property investors. Platt said the business would operate more like the existing consumer-based browsers such as jungle.com by offering private borrowers the ability to undertake online 'comparison shopping' of ...
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Property shares rise on reports of more drop-outs
Property shares outperformed the All-Share Index last week, boosted by suggestions that Green Property (+16%) and London & Merchant Securities (+30%) will be the next two companies to drop out of the quoted sector. The Real Estate Index was up almost 2% to1974 taking it to one of its ...
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Markets
Planning: Project Vauxhall is the driving force in Kennington
Although Ken Livingstone has questioned the expense of the London Assembly s new home on the South Bank, the piling work on-site is now under way following the granting of planning permission in January 2000. The Assembly building is one of a number of new buildings that are to ...
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Markets
Tram leads race down Purley Way
Speculative development looks a certainty in Croydon this year.
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Markets
Richmond: a renaissance in the office development pipeline
There are Now no large, vacant office buildings available in the Kingston area. The majority of stock is in the 370-560 sq m (4,000-6,000 sq ft), range with strong competition for the remaining good quality space. The most notable recent transactions include the letting of 1,470 sq m (15,800 sq ...
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Delancey in talks on two London stations
Developments at Victoria and Clapham Junction signal Delancey focus on capital
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Docklands developments command top dollar
Dollar Bay Developments is close to pre-letting its speculative Docklands office development to data centre operator redbus. The developer is believed to have agreed terms on the whole of the 6,970 sq m (75,000 sq ft) Sovereign House, at Lawn House Close, E14, to the expanding data centre operator established ...
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Io closes in on target for new industrial fund
Industrial specialist io group has launched its second fund to invest up to £280m on shed developments. It has marketed the fund with LaSalle Investment Management and is said to be close to raising the required £75m- £100m of equity, which will be geared up to between £250m and ...
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North-west developer plans nationwide e-tail centres
Modus founder Flood plans network of roadside drive-through sites for collection of goods ordered over net
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MEPC sale opens at Centre Point
Sale of landmark tower signals start of break-up of fourth largest UK property company s portfolio
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Self-storage firms carve a new niche
Safestore and Abbey strike deals that take them into bigger waters
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CIT seeks financial marriage for More London Bridge
CIT is seeking a joint venture partner to assist it in developing the London Mayor s headquarters at the £1.4bn Southwark development, More London Bridge. Canary Wharf and Grosvenor have both been approached with proposals to help complete the 192,000 sq m (2m sq ft) scheme. CIT chairman ...
