All Property Week articles in 28 April 2000
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Insight
View from a tsar
He may have a hatful of ideas, but government architecture adviser Stuart Lipton needs more funding.
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News
Revaluation ups Warnford WAV
Warnford Investments, the low-profile investor controlled by the Sebba family, increased net asset value by 12% last year after commissioning the first revaluation of its portfolio for three years. The NAV rise to 441p a share came after a 9% increase in the value of the portfolio to £200m, following ...
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Professional
Refinancing on track
The refinancing last month of the International Passenger Terminal at Ashford set an exciting new precedent for structuring finance.
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Insight
Public Sector
The public sector has been quickest to recognise the potential benefits of corporate outsourcing. Last week, the BBC became the latest public body to throw its hat into the PFI ring when it launched a tender process to redevelop its £430m property portfolio. The corporation plans to slash its property ...
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Markets
The Price of progress
Big chunks of Leicester city centre are earmarked for regeneration yet have attracted little or no development. Guy Sheppard asks whether the city s approach to urban blight is as much in need of a renewal as its former factories
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Insight
Please re-lease me
I would be astounded to hear of any major corporate in five years time having significant direct interests in property, says Oliver Jones, Citex s chief executive. Viewing the aggressive way outsourcing specialists such as Citex, Trillium, Servus and Mapeley are actively marketing themselves to companies in ...
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News
Telecoms venture is new resolution
Resolution Property has launched a telecoms venture intended to deliver purchasing savings to smaller tenants. The London-based developer, backed by US venture capital fund Warburg Pincus, is looking for other landlords to join the subsidiary called UK Riser. Insignia Richard Ellis is the group s exclusive property adviser. UK ...
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Professional
Managing properly
Property managers have to think strategically as well as practically if they want to satisfy their increasingly demanding clients.
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News
Liverpool pushes for star names
Liverpool s regeneration company has hit out at local developers, which it says are only interested in short-term gain. Liverpool Vision s draft strategy, published this week, sets out to attract big-name investors in place of small players, which it feels have held back the city with piecemeal schemes. The ...
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News
Lipton plans review of London sightlines
Stuart lipton , Developer and head of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, has called for a review of London s 10 strategic viewing corridors. The corridors, eight of which relate to views of St Paul s Cathedral in the City, have hampered developers since they were introduced ...
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News
WCM withdraws from UK move as top man leaves
Europe's largest prorerty company sells international assets to former boss amid speculation over internal disagreements
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News
Karen Millen raises Vicar's profile
Karen Millen, the upmarket ladies fashion retailer, will open a flagship store in Leeds later this year after acquiring the former Duchess public house on Vicar Lane. The store will be Karen Millen s eighth in the north, following openings in Manchester, Newcastle, Meadowhall, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Liverpool. The letting, ...
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Markets
Lincs joins the supply shortage
Despite a growing industrial sector, lack of supply has left occupiers stranded.
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News
New HQ in store for Sainsbury's
Retailer ditches Stanford Street as new boss Sir Peter Davis tries to change its corporate culture
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News
Survey reveals fears that London Mayor will meddle in planning
London planners fear that the new mayor could call in more than 300 planning applications a year. According to preliminary results of a survey of the capital s planning authorities by GVA Grimley , those authorities most likely to attract large schemes have the greatest concerns over the appointment. The ...
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Insight
The Great Real estate escape
A fortnight ago, two institutions from opposite sides of the private-public divide announced they were handing the reins of property ownership to private sector partners. First, Abbey National embarked on a complex sale-and-leaseback of its entire estate mooted to be the biggest deal of its kind. Then the ...
