All Property Week articles in 25 February 2005
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British Land submits plans for 201 Bishopsgate
British Land has submitted plans to the Corporation of London for its office scheme at 201 Bishopsgate EC2.
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Agora sells £48m Ellesmere Port shopping centre
Warner Estate Holdings has sold the Port Arcades shopping centre in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, to HSBC Shopping Centre Fund III for £48m.
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InsightRed tape trepidation
Leases are shorter, break clauses are commonplace and rental growth has stalled: tenants have never had it so good. Yet now, the upward-only rent review – one of the key reasons for property’s status as one of Britain’s three main asset classes, with equities and gilts – is under threat. ...
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ProfessionalPreservation police
The Heritage Lottery fund has appointed a new panel of project managers and building surveyors to make sure its money is well spent.
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Property’s purple patch persists
Property shares continued their steady rise last week, jumping 0.7% to 3540 to outperform the stock market, which rose slightly to 2535.
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Somerfield reveal partners
Somerfield this week revealed the identities of its partners in the largest-ever development-based sale-and-leaseback. It has forged a £225m agreement to develop 140 Somerfield convenience stores on the forecourts of Texaco petrol stations with Palmer Capital Partners and Deutsche Property Asset Management .
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Insight
A test at the Oval
Sir, We and our partner, Burnley Borough Council, wish to express our extreme disappointment in how our proposal for Burnley town centre was portrayed by Property Week (regional, north-west, 28.01.05, p148).
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Plans for ‘Obel’ revealed
Plans for Northern Ireland’s tallest building were revealed this week. The £50m ‘Obel’ designed by Broadway Malyan, is planned for Belfast’s docklands. The 26-storey scheme will include flats, a 144-room hotel and 41,000 sq ft (3,810 sq m) of offices. The developer is Donegall Quay, a company comprising KARL Properties, ...
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Networkers
Dexter Brown was established two years ago in Milton Keynes when founding surveyors Trevor Brown and Richard Lee moved from Catella Property Consultants in London’s West End.
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News
What’s in a name
To a party held by Savills’ new mixed-use team, or SMUT, to give it its proper name.
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MarketsThe market in minutes
Deirdre Hipwell tells you all you need to know about the Bedfordshire + Buckinghamshire market
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MarketsThe magnetic North
Big-name developers are vying for Town Centre North, the scheme that may bring John Lewis into Crawley.
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Letting things slide
I’m not sure what John Ritblat, chairman of the trustees of the Wallace Collection, would have to say about the Terrace Hill cocktail party that was held at the art gallery last week.
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MarketsJetting in to Luton
Whitbread and travel group TUI have left London for Luton. Is this the start of a corporate exodus?
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Jetting off
Luton airport became famous in 1977 Campari advertisement, when Lorraine Chase, asked if she had ‘truly wafted in from paradise’, answered ‘Nah, Luton airport’.
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As stable as houses
Conditions will remain subdued, despite a modest upturn in housing activity, says Milan Khatri
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