All Property Week articles in 04 April 2008 – Page 3
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Insight
Scotland’s housing vision
Sir, I was delighted to see the Scottish government’s acknowledgement that, to build the ‘ambitious’ target of 35,000 new homes each year by the next decade, the system will be required to work more efficiently.
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Markets
House sales stay low for second month
Housing sales remained low in February for the second month in a row, according to the latest statistics by the British Bankers’ Association.
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Markets
Phoenix House to rise near Soton
Developer Wyncon Botleigh is to start development later this month on the 23,560 sq ft Phoenix House office scheme at Botleigh Grange near Hedge End, to the south-east of Southampton.
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News
Oak Holdings signs Laing O’Rourke for Yes! scheme
Oak Holdings, the AIM-listed company behind the £350m Yes! project in South Yorkshire, has signed up Laing O’Rourke as the contractor.
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Online
Retail woes hit landlords
Scottish chain asks to pay rent monthly as several UK retailers go into administration
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News
Highcross lets at Kidderminster
Highcross and Graftongate have let 34,000 sq ft at Kidderminster’s largest industrial scheme, Finepoint.
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Markets
Pompey’s shot at glory
Portsmouth FC, facing West Bromwich Albion in this weekend’s FA Cup semi-final, is also chasing victory in its campaign for a new stadium.
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News
Glastonbury takes Priority
Priority Sites has been given consent for the first phase of a 38,000 sq ft speculative scheme in Glastonbury.
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Markets
The market in minutes - Thames Gateway
Stuart Watson gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region
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News
Funds shun ‘REIT status’
Private investor fund managers have cautiously welcomed legislation that allows similar tax status to REITs, although none have yet decided to convert.
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News
First Property’s first-rate profits
First Property Group, which carries out property fund management, property trading and facilities management, expects its pretax profits for the year to be around £6m, which would be ‘materially ahead of market expectations’.
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News
Welsh government office finished
The first office scheme by the Welsh Investment Strategic Partnership, a joint venture between the Welsh Assembly government and developer Babcock & Brown, has been completed.
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News
Ferrari races to Regent Street
Ferrari, the luxury car manufacturer, has signed up to take the last available store in London ’s Regent Street at 193-197. Ferrari, which is thought to be advised by Kitchen La Frenais Morgan, plans to unveil its retail concept at the site. CB Richard Ellis advises long leaseholder BBC ...
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Markets
Fairview on track in Kent
Fairview New Homes has bought a 3.75 acre rail goods yard in Kent for residential development.
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News
Original Factory’s UK growth
Discount retail chain the Original Factory Shop is to expand its Northern Irish business.
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News
REIT-bound Enterprise moots ‘op-co/prop-co’
Pub group Enterprise Inns will undertake a restructure of its operating and property businesses ahead of a possible conversion to a REIT.
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News
IPD says empty rates will impact occupiers
The Removal of rate relief on empty properties will have a significant impact on occupiers, the Investment Property Databank said this week.