All Property Week articles in Offices Business Parks supplement 18 October 2002
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MarketsBuilding design: Towering achievement
What's curved, glazed and dwarfs the City? Swiss Re's new headquarters makes some unconventional turns but the reinsurance company hopes its groundbreaking structure will pull in the tenants.
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MarketsRegional outlook: South-west shines on
The problems of the hi-tech sector have left the south-west relatively unscathed – cities such as Bristol, Bath and Taunton are mostly facing problems of supply shortages.
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MarketsRegional outlook: Scotland under pressure
The Scottish market is treading a fine line between avoiding oversupply and maintaining sufficient demand.
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MarketsRegional outlook: Midlands still overcast
With enquiries buoyant in the Midlands but deals becoming scarce, the market slowdown will damage some parts of the region far more than others.
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MarketsUtilities: Grid lock
The property sector feels it is being exploited by the power companies; power companies feel the property sector doesn't understand. We plug in to both sides of the argument
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MarketsRegional outlook: Cold front in the north
While Liverpool proceeds on a multimillion-pound makeover, Manchester is pinning its hopes on a new initiative to regenerate the city's established office core.
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MarketsProfile: Change on the table at MEPC
MEPC's Jamie Dundas and Robert Ware have performed fabulously for their shareholders, GE and Hermes, but now all sides are weighing up the future.
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MarketsBusiness parks: Recovery starts here
Business parks have been star performers in recent years but have now hit hard times. Strutt & Parker's Office and Business Park Index (see definition below) reflects the recent changes in the sector
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MarketsOAS Awards: My day with the office judges
We accompanied the judges of this year's Office Agents Society best central London development award on their tour of the shortlisted offices
