All Property Week articles in 29 September 2000
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Markets
Retail A sting in the retail
There are still few signs of the high street markets of Britain picking up.
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News
Westminster UDP OK
Westminster City Council confirmed its draft Unitary Development Plan this week, despite mounting opposition from developers and occupiers to its proposals to cut late-night entertainment and restrict development of tall buildings. The document, which will go out for public consultation next month, has provoked fierce criticism from the entertainment ...
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Insight
How to go public
Before its flotation in July, The Carphone Warehouse was faced with a problem: how to get its haphazard property portfolio in order.
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News
Who pays for more flexibility?
A series of workshops on the relationship between landlords and tenants at the Property Forum revealed that while occupiers were keen for the government to allow upward and downward rent reviews, few were prepared to pay. Tony Lorenz, of Baker Lorenz, who led the session with Land Securities director ...
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News
Spitalfields scheme faces lengthy judicial review
Resident wins legal aid backing for claim that council should have carried out an environmental impact assessment
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News
US expert predicts reduced power for property managers
Property Forum told that IT will further undermine in-house managers role
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News
Dull property still outperforms falling stock market
For the third successive period last week a dull property share sector significantly outperformed a plummeting stock market. The Real Estate Index remained virtually static at 2096, but watched the All-Share collapse 3.5% to 2993. After 12 losing sessions out the previous 13 one of the longest ever ...
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News
Green MBO dropped in pricing dispute
Chief executive Stephen Vernon ends two months of talks but says he is not disheartened
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News
Hat-trick for Despard
Patrick Despard s City & West End Developments is poised to complete an impressive hat-trick of deals next month. Following the shock sale of the West End s most expensive building, Cleveland House in St James s Square, to Harwood International, and the pre-letting of Monopolis, Despard is now ...
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Professional
Conventional wisdom
Procedures for protecting individuals’ rights already exist. But will they be now widely used as the European Convention of Human Rights transfers into UK law?
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News
Young gun continues to fire up Merivale
But 4.5p share price rise fails to reflect Mike Probert s good performance
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News
City in planning gain plea to Ken
Corporation of London calls for mayor to adopt ‘rate card’ setting out clear rules for developers
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News
Chesterton continues profit turnaround
Repeatable-income strategy turns £9.1m loss into £5m pre-tax profit in two years
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News
Canary no to Enron
Canary Wharf has pulled the plug on the UK s largest ever pre-let by ending discussions with Enron to let 130,063 sq m (1.4m sq ft) at its Docklands estate. It withdrew from discussions last Friday after the utilities trader attempted to undercut Canary Wharf by offering favourable sublease ...
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News
Superdrug and Tesco take C&A
Tesco and Superdrug HAVE snapped up C&A stores taking the total disposed of to 50. A unit in Exeter has been taken for a Tesco Metro store, dispelling rumours that it will be abandoned. Morgan Williams advised Tesco. Superdrug has taken two stores. A unit in Kingston, Surrey, is ...
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News
Public warm to modern buildings
an opinion survey for English Heritage shows that public appreciation for post-1950s buildings has risen 10%. The poll showed that 76% of the public thought modern buildings should be considered part of the national heritage. English Heritage chairman Sir Neil Cossons said the findings were a positive result for ...
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Markets
Broadmeadiation
Now that Land Securities and Hammerson have teamed up to redevelop Broadmead, what can Bristol expect?