All Property Week articles in 7 April 2000
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News
Southern rents set to rocket
Office and industrial rents in central southern England are predicted to rise by up to 12.5% in the nine months to January 2001, according to research by property consultant Vail Williams . The rents have been on an upward trend for the last three years rising on average ...
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Insight
Norman Wisdom
Archie Norman is worth £65m and is an expert on development. Yet other MPs refuse to accept him. Does he care?
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News
RICS slammed for sale of probationers list
West End surveyors berate RICS for selling graduate lists to member firm to aid recruitment
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Professional
The short straw in leases
Landlord & tenant. Are there any nasty surprises hidden in the new BPF Short-Term Commercial Lease for landlords and tenants?
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Markets
Heaven rent?
Rents in regional shopping centres are due for a second review in the autumn. Should retailers be worried by one arbitrator s decision to raise a tenants rent by 80%?
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Markets
Get out of out-of-town
Planning consultants and developers are still scratching their heads over what constitutes need when it comes to proposing an out-of-town retail development.
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News
Pru to reduce Thames Valley exposure to minimise risks
The Prudential intends to reduce its exposure in the Thames Valley office market in a move that could see it set up a £1bn limited partnership. A week after the UK s largest insurance firm agreed terms with Cisco Systems to occupy its GreenPark scheme, it is already planning ...
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News
Duty hike hits values
The first sign that last month's Stamp Duty increase has hit property performance is seen in the latest Insignia Richard Ellis Monthly Index. All-property capital growth fell from 0.5% in February to 0.1% in March. Annualised capital growth over the first three months of this year fell to 4.2%, ...
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News
Landlords could net discounts for tenants via IT
Landlords may club together to negotiate discounts for their tenants from telecoms companies keen to supply UK corporates, writes Rainbow Blue Nelson. Land Securities , Hammerson , Capital & Regional , Rotch and Stanhope are just five investors holding detailed discussions with service providers specialising in wireless and fibre-optic ...
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DevSecs plans spec start at Paddington
First phase of high-profile £600m West London scheme set to kick off in summer
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Markets
Counter sinking?
Is the shopping centre sector really on its last legs? Probably not, but it is changing as pressure from the City and the threat from e-commerce forces investors and developers to rethink their approach.
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News
City take-up and rents hit new highs
The City of London saw take-up reach record levels last month, as prime rents hit new highs for the cycle. Research published this week by niche City agent Ingleby Trice Kennard reveals that with almost 93,000 sq m (1m sq ft) of office space going under offer, February was the ...
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News
Cisco poaches JLL star
Jones Lang Lasalle lost another high-flyer this week when Simon Ward, European director of its global client services division, was poached by software group Cisco Systems. Ward said he would be joining Cisco within a month . He has been at JLL for 11 years; he was promoted ...
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Markets
Driver of change
Amid speculation about the closure of its Dagenham plant, Ford has backed down over a promised £300m commitment to an Essex regeneration scheme. Renée Barnes examines the impact a closure would have on the scheme and the region
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News
Cambridge science park snapped up by Slough
Slough Estates is buying Cambridge Research Park development site, north of Cambridge, from Suon and Carisbrooke Investments . Derek Wilson, Slough chief executive, said the off-market deal gave the company access to the already crowded Cambridge market, where significant sites for development are few and far between. Cambridge has ...
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Insight
Cruel Britannia
A report published this week warns that the Treasury s failure to approve securitisation will have serious consequences for Britain and the property sector.
