All Property Week articles in Sheds supplement 2 2005

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  • Markets

    Tip from the top

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    Brian McGuckin, director, Colliers uk and European logistics

  • Tim Wheeler
    Markets

    ‘We’ll show them …’

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    Brixton chief Tim Wheeler was blasted for his decision to buy Industrious at the end of last year, but he has proved his critics wrong.

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    Ship shape

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    As increasing trade from China feeds demand for huge container terminals, developers are sniffing out opportunities at European ports.

  • Paul Rubincam (left) and managing director Andrew Blevins
    Markets

    Pioneering spirit

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    US developer Liberty Property Trust is planning to storm the UK. Anna Goldie meets director Paul Rubincam (left) and managing director Andrew Blevins. Photographs by Julian Anderson

  • Markets

    On the level

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    Soaring land values contrast with stagnant rents, as Colliers CRE’s latest research proves

  • Markets

    ProLogis kicks off at QEII

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    ProLogis has begun infrastructure work at its 264 acre (107 ha) Dartford site next to the QEII bridge.

  • G Park Bristol: Gazeley is planning two speculative units totalling 850,000 sq ft
    Markets

    How the land lies

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    Despite the downturn in consumer spending, developer confidence in the warehousing market has not diminished in the last six months. It is widely believed that the sales slump will prompt retailers to rehash their distribution networks to improve competitiveness. Speculative schemes have sprung up around the UK and several are ...

  • Markets

    Slough snaps up estates

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    Slough Estates purchased two large industrial estates for a total of £276m from Moorfield Group in July.

  • Markets

    Going, going, gone: water towe hits the dust

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    With the demolition of the water tower – a well-known local landmark – ProLogis has completed site clearance work at the former site of truck manufacturer AWD near the Bedfordshire town of Dunstable.

  • Markets

    Gladman takes off into Deep Space

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    Gladman Developments has begun construction of a 600,000 sq ft (55,740 sq m) speculative shed at Liverpool International Business Park, next to Liverpool John Lennon airport in Speke.

  • At the wheel: drivers’ 48-hour working week has hit logistics operators’ costs
    Markets

    Drivers of change

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    A European Union clampdown on lorry drivers’ working time is forcing logistics providers to reassess their warehousing needs.

  • Markets

    Bright sparks

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    Rising costs and higher expectations are pushing more and more developers into the arms of contractors.

  • Markets

    Blue Steel let

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    Brewer Carlsberg UK has taken a 10-year lease at landlord Thorpe Gate’s 155,000 sq ft (14,400 sq m) Blue Steel warehouse in east Leeds.

  • Wheatley Hall Park: furniture retailer Ilva may sign up for the Doncaster warehouse
    Markets

    Big breakthrough

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    South Yorkshire has long played second fiddle to the Midlands as a distribution location, but it is finally finding its place on the big sheds map.

  • Markets

    The start of something big

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    Working in the industrial sector could open the door to a wide range of opportunities