All Property Week articles in 24 September 1999
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Professional
Small talk
Every regional retail agent wants the security of national multiple clients. This report finds out what it's like to work for the big boys
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Markets
Planning
Austin Mackie, CGMS THIS following case demonstrates that despite the intention of the plan-led system to provide developers and landowners with certainty, the lengthy timescale associated with the production and adoption of a local plan often results in just the opposite. In early August the Planning Inspectorate reported on ...
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Markets
Notebook Sign of the times
Technology's significant role in commercial property development shows no signs of abating.
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Professional
Moving on to pastures new
Rural Time for an 'evolutionist' approach to development in the countryside?
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News
Shop rents rise in London and Scotland as regions stay static
Prime shop rents in central London are increasing by 8.2% this year, doubling the rate of growth since the beginning of 1999. The unexpected rejuvenation of rents is laid out in Donaldsons Retail Spotlight next week. Scotland is the only other region to emulate the West End ...
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News
Share rise for new kid Unite
Student accommodation developer Unite Group saw shares rise 5p to 112.5p on Monday after reporting its first interim results since floating on the AIM in June. The results showed nothing remarkable unchanged pre-tax profits of £456,000 and net asset value of 76p a share but ...
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Insight
Return journey
Developers are lining up to regenerate King's Cross a decade after the first plan failed. This report examines the original scheme and whether the problems that dogged the first plan could bedevil the site's future
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News
JER jostling for stake in UK property
JE Robert has created a storm by threatening to upset the Milner takeover. But just who is this audacious investor? This report sheds some light on this aggressive US investor
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Markets
It's no-man's land
Farmers are always complaining. But this time it looks like they really do have something to moan about. Agricultural prices have hit rock bottom. And in Cheshire dominated by the crisis-hit dairy business misery is profound. Not long ago, Cheshire agricultural- land prices were spoken of ...
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News
Investment in property soars in last quarter
Government figures published this week show that investment by UK institutions into property soared in the three months to July after sinking in the first quarter of the year. The Office of National Statistics latest report reveals that £1.085bn was spent in the second quarter, compared with £77m in ...
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Insight
No longer an insular peninsula
Dutch developer Forum's decision to invest £50m in four Spanish shopping centres is a testament to the strength of the country's booming property market. Portugal is also beginning to take off as a popular development spot and the region has never looked so good. This report ...
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News
Probert heads up Merivale as NAV rises
A year ago, 32-year-old Mike Probert headed Weatherall Green & Smith s West End investment team and was the firm s youngest partner; in August he won every race in the Squib Class yacht class at Cowes and last week he was appointed MD of central London investor Merivale ...
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News
Record social housing for Fulham scheme
A London council has secured a record percentage of social housing for its residents from a private developer. At a meeting last Wednesday, the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham granted St George outline permission to develop Imperial Wharf as long as 815 of the homes were ...
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News
Frogmore NAV leaps as profits hit record high
Frogmore Estates unique combination of commercial property investment, development, trading and housebuilding achieved a 10% increase in net asset value and record pre-tax profits in the year to 30 June. The company s mix of investment and earnings-related businesses has been much maligned in the City, but ...
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Markets
West Yorkshire out-of-town Doing well, but faces issues of mass
Can West Yorkshire as a whole compete with Leeds?
