All Property Week articles in 6 October 2000
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Markets
Time for war in Westminster
Westminster City Council s latest planning policies directly oppose mayor Ken Livingstone s plans for central London. Report on the UDP s aims and the hopes that they may create a more balanced borough but at what cost?
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Professional
Systematic surveyors
Many surveying companies are installing customer management systems to keep track of client information. Report on what may be labelled a fad, but could give the edge needed to succeed in the industry
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Markets
Planning Preserving Westminster peace?
Westminster Council aims to stop late-night noise by introducing planning restrictions.
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Markets
Return to Paddington
Paddington s improved transport links will boost an area which has not seen prosperity since Victorian days. Prospective tenants are lining up to look at the Goods Yard or the Basin, but how soon will they actually commit?
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Markets
Offices Upward trend for uptown rents
Crippling tight supply plus unrelenting demand equals snowballing West End rents.
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News
Tory minister for regeneration
Alternatives to the government s policy on urban regeneration were revealed this week by Conservative leader William Hague at the party conference in Bournemouth. A Conservative government, he said, would appoint a regeneration minister to combine physical and social initiatives. It would also set up powerful private sector regeneration companies, ...
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The Stock Market
The Stock Market outperformed the real estate index for the first time in a month last week, although both indices were on the up. The All-Share climbed 1.2% to 3029, while the Real Estate hit 2111. Chesterton was the biggest riser; its shares soared 12.5% to 27p last week, ...
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Markets
Leisure Licence to kill late-night London
A main capital tourist attraction is under threat with restrictive licensing proposals.
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News
Hercules muscles in on retail
Pillar Property and Equitable Life this week set up a £850m offshore institutional unit trust to invest in retail warehouse parks. The Jersey-based unit trust was formed after the conversion of the companies existing limited partnership venture, Hercules, into the Hercules Property Unit Trust, to increase liquidity and ...
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Insight
Universities try to make the grade
The RICS has demanded that universities sign up better students for surveying degrees.
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News
Skiers make good Xscape
Capital & Regional finally opened its indoor ski slope, Xscape, in Milton Keynes, on Monday after a delay of three months. But despite the hitch, an impressive 500 skiers descended the slopes on the opening day between 9am and 11pm about one skier every minute and a ...
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News
New-look Stockdale to focus on MBOs
Global Switch entrepreneur Ruhan to relaunch traditional property company with new MD
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Private landlords lining up to run MoD estate
Civil servants draw up plans to transfer MoD land, warehousing and offices to private sector
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Edinburgh full house
Portfolio Holdings and joint venture partner Kilmartin property Group have fully let their development at 40 Torphichen Street in Edinburgh. Business AM, Scotland s daily business paper has signed up to take 1,440 sq m (15,500 sq ft) on the ground and first floors; Scottish Life Assurance has opted to ...
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News
Nil net impact on retail centres
Internet retailing has yet to have any impact on out-of-town retail parks and covered in-town shopping centres said Martin Barber, Capital & Regional s chief executive. He told delegates at last Thursday s British Council for Out of Town Retail : I think the internet holds huge promises ...
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MWB in data centre joint deal
MWB joined the data centre gold rush this week in a joint venture with Antfactory, the internet and technology incubator. Their joint venture, called Konnect, will provide storage space for companies seeking to outsource their rapidly growing computer operations. Konnect has already secured four sites in Lisbon, Dublin, Frankfurt ...
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Professional
Is yours a capital plot?
Taking advantage of the capital markets to raise funds is becoming more common. But the quirks of English property law mean there are plenty of obstacles
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News
Dunloe Ewart buyout thwarted
Executives at All-Ireland property company Dunloe Ewart were this week forced to cancel plans to take the company private after they received indications that one or more parties may bid for the company. Dunloe Ewart chairman Noel Smyth was hoping to push through a IR51 cents-a-share privatisation scheme at ...
