All Property Week articles in 25 August 2006

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  • Online

    Catalyst to acquire £120m City building

    2006-08-25T14:37:00Z

    Catalyst Capital, the pan–European investment group, is set to acquire 1 America Square, London EC3, from Vincent Tchenguiz’s Consensus for more than £120m.

  • Online

    Brixton X2 Shed gets the go ahead

    2006-08-25T10:00:00Z

    Brixton has won planning consent for its X2 Shed at Hatton Cross, Heathrow, at the second attempt

  • Online

    Legal & Generals sells Life Fund freehold

    2006-08-25T09:58:00Z

    Legal & General’s Life Fund has sold the freehold investment interest in the Elysium portfolio to CBRE Investors for £86.2m.

  • Online

    Opus Land buys Warwick Court

    2006-08-25T09:50:00Z

    Opus Land has bought IBM’s 280,000 sq ft (26,013 sq m) office park at Warwick Court, Warwick from Highcross for £41m

  • Markets

    A spur for Tottenham

    25 August 2006

    Lee Valley Estates hopes to revive a run-down north London suburb with its plans for Hale Village.

  • Quaint praise: £12.5m arcade
    News

    Propinvest takes road to Wigan

    25 August 2006

    The Retail Plus Property Trust, jointly managed by Rockspring Property Investment Managers and Edinburgh-based Hunter Property Fund Management, has sold the Makinson Arcade in Wigan to Glenn Maud’s Propinvest for £12.5m.

  • At your service: interior of serviced laboratory in Magdalen North
    Markets

    Popular science

    25 August 2006

    You’ve heard of serviced offices, now it’s the turn of serviced laboratories.Look carefully at Fletcher House as it rises from the south-western corner of Oxford Science Park. Once, the 22,734 sq ft (2,112 sq m) development on the A4074, south of the city, would have had a definite use, either ...

  • Online

    Property partners

    25 August 2006

    A shortage of staff is pushing up salaries among quantity surveyors

  • Professional

    Parliament watch

    25 August 2006

    Collecting 106 payments

  • Markets

    No walk in the park

    25 August 2006

    While business parks achieved their best returns in more than a decade last year, negative rental growth and poor demand are holding the sector back. Christine Eade reports

  • Markets

    The market in minutes

    25 August 2006

    Heather Greig-Smith gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region

  • Eureka! 18 lettings in last eight months at Liverpool Science Park (pictured left)
    Markets

    Neptune orbits second phase at Liverpool Science Park

    25 August 2006

    Successful phase one take-up prompts early phase two planning application

  • Barry Scott
    Insight

    Lifestyle

    25 August 2006

    Something for the Bank Holiday weekend

  • News

    Standard Life to shift sheds

    25 August 2006

    Standard Life Investments is to sell two industrial estates in Liverpool and Birmingham to Hermes Real Estate Investment Management and CB Richard Ellis Investors respectively for £84m.

  • Markets

    Linden Homes

    25 August 2006

    Linden Homes has won planning consent to redevelop the 9.4 acre (3.8 ha) Cattle Market in Chippenham, Wiltshire, into 256 homes. North Wiltshire District Council gave consent within 12 weeks. The scheme is designed to provide energy-efficiency benefits.

  • News

    Our industry needs wise heads on young shoulders

    25 August 2006

    Work experience is paramount if property is to thrive

  • Point down: leisure complex for the chop
    News

    Hammerson plans Milton Keynes heart transplant...

    25 August 2006

    Developer teams up with English Partnerships to create retail and leisure hub on Point site

  • Professional

    Green registration

    25 August 2006

    Question: I have bought a plot of land and the commons registration search has come back clean. Does this mean I can proceed with development?

  • Nick Bark
    Insight

    Going places

    25 August 2006

    This week's movers

  • Beckton call: retail park and site sell for £208m
    News

    Standard Life lands Gallions Reach

    25 August 2006

    Standard Life Investments has bought Gallions Reach shopping park and an adjoining site in Beckton, east London, for £208m. As Property Week revealed (news, 30.06.06) Standard Life is to buy the 209,000 sq ft (19,416 sq m) scheme next to a Tesco Extra store, from the British Land ...