All Property Week articles in 25 August 2000
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Markets
Time for a vacation
Strong demand keeps rent values high, but lack of modern buildings limits attraction.
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Markets
Town shows no signs of wilting
The M4 corridor town looks set to continue growing if development land is made available.
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Professional
Repairing relationships
How does the Scottish practice of assessing dilapidations (wants of repair) and calculating the landlord’s loss work?
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News
Opponents limber up for upward - only rent summit
DETR minister Nick Raynsford waits in the wings with a threat to legislate as landlords and retailers
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Professional
Getting with IT
Is it useful for surveyors to gain formal IT qualifications? Or is this approach OTT?
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Markets
Motoring forward
Ample space and ever-improving road links are proving an attraction to all sectors.
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Markets
Royal flush for hi-tech operators
Park Royal s desirable location has tempted firms, and rents will soon hit record levels.
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News
Poor share outlook forces Topland to scupper flotation
Zakay brothers alter course and steer towards securitisation of their £1bn portfolio to raise more cash
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News
Three key Manchester staff leave Dunlop Heywood
Senior agent with the firm for nearly 20 years and two others quit, providing an opportunity to bring in ‘new blood’
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News
Shurgard hires Heron man for storage drive
Tony Leyland recruited by US company to lead push for more self-storage outlets in UK
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Markets
Traffic jams up development
Apathy felt by developers is unlikely to change unless markets elsewhere dry up.
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Markets
Crossed lines
Cricklewood is crying out for regeneration, but a High Court battle over the proposed Brent Cross extension threatens to shunt plans for a new metropolitan district into the sidings.
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News
Court clears Wharf
Canary Wharf Group has emerged victorious from its legal battle with advertising group WPP and subsidiary Ogilvy & Mather. The £20m damages action brought against the UK s second largest property company, plus chairman Paul Reichmann and four other directors, centred on the failure of Canary Wharf in August ...
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News
Shenton facing chop
Well-known Manchester residential developer Shenton Estates is facing liquidation. The Inland Revenue has issued a petition for the company to be declared insolvent for non-payment of tax. The hearing is scheduled for 4 October. Shenton has been one of the leading lights in central Manchester s residential revival, and had ...
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Markets
Planning: impact of car parking restrictions and residential demand
A development brief looking into the future of the British Gas site to the south of Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham, should go to Committee for approval in September before being adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance. Public consultation on the draft document ended in May. The draft identifies various constraints including the ...
