All Property Week articles in 4 June 1999
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Markets
Winchester
Commercially Winchester has always been seen as the poor cousin to both Southampton and Basingstoke, effectively isolated by the old A33. The final missing link in the M3 was heralded as being the city's saviour. Despite the motorway having been completed now for a number of years, all the new ...
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Insight
Starting from scratch
Sweat the assets, know your customers' business, add value... Make no mistake, managing property in a low-inflation environment is hard work. This report looks at the lessons that can be learned from the retail park sector, where wily owners have taken drastic steps to increase their returns
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News
AN stays put
Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail,this week signed a new lease at its Kensington headquarters in London, after threatening a move to Docklands or Paddington. The publisher has secured a European-style lease pegged to the retail price index, exclusive of mortgage payments, in place of the original five-yearly ...
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Markets
Planning
An initiative by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland has given the Laganside Corporation the remit and responsibility to regenerate the Cathedral Quarter, a run-down riverside area of Belfast. The strategy is to transform this area into a vibrant part of the city using a mixture of public ...
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Markets
Planning
In Basingstoke, the council is focusing on the Town Centre for further commercial leisure opportunities, since the existing leisure provision is all out of town at the Basingstoke Leisure Park. Festival Place, Grosvenor Estate Holdings 9,300 sq m (100,000 sq ft) scheme, is under construction. It ...
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Markets
Southampton offices
The Southampton office market did not have its finest year in 1998. In contrast to 1997, which saw the largest city centre take-up for some years, the year started at a modest pace before becoming positively sluggish. It is true that the total available floor space continued to decline ...
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News
Pillar to push for town status at its retail parks
Britain s biggest retail park owner, Pillar Properties, is reviewing its holdings prior to possibly trying to redesignate some retail parks as town centres . The audacious move, first attempted by Chelsfield at its Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierley last year, could provide Pillar with greater ...
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Markets
The luck of the Irish?
The Irish Republic's economy has been booming and the property market is riding high, but is this sustainable?
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Markets
Retail: Irish Republic
The Irish retail market is still in a strong development phase, with more than 278,700 sq m (3m sq ft) of retail floorspace destined to come to the market by 2003, of which at least 167,220 sq m (1.8m sq ft) is targeted at the greater Dublin area. This ...
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Markets
Retail: Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland s commercial property market has been very strong since the Good Friday Agreement was signed just over 12 months ago. The retail sector has been particularly active, with demand currently outstripping supply in Belfast, reulting in some competitive bidding. Substantial premiums are being paid, not only by ...
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Markets
Industrial: Irish Republic
The economic boom that produced overall returns in the industrial market of just under 29% in 1998 continues to underpin further substantial growth in values this year, although analysis of the first quarter s results suggests that the rate of growth may have slowed down. The Irish industrial ...
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Markets
Industrial: Northern Ireland
Like most other sectors of the Northern Ireland property market, industrial property is enjoying a buoyant period, with a significant increase in demand for good-quality space. There is growing interest from companies based outside the province, in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, which now have greater ...
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Markets
Industrial
Technically known as a judder, the industrial market cooled slightly in Hampshire during the fourth quarter of 1998 with continuing fears of recession, a high pound squeezing the export manufacturing sector and continuing problems in the Far East. The investment market similarly kept its cheque books shut, adding to ...
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News
Vauxhall set for social housing
The second phase of the development of the former cold store at Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, London SW8, will include provision for social housing on a quarter of the site. Property developer St George has asked the London Borough of Lambeth to give its consent for 570 homes. But, ...
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Markets
South Hampshire retail
The past few years have seen an enormous increase in retail development in the region, but this is only now being brought to the fore with developments physically coming out of the ground. The jewel in the crown is undoubtedly West Quay in Southampton, a 74,320 sq m (800,000 ...
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News
Schroder ties fees to performance
Schroder has set another milestone for investment deals by tying advisers fees to the long-term performance of its Chiswick Park Unit Trust. The scheme, first revealed by Property Week (7 May 1999), has already claimed one breakthrough, with institutions working together on development rather than on a finished ...
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Markets
Portsmouth & Fareham offices
Economic and strategic indicators show that the time is right for a resurgence of office development in Portsmouth and Fareham so why isn t it happening? The region currently has the lowest availability of newly-completed developments for 10 years. In the last 12 months, it ...
