All Property Week articles in 04 March 2005 – Page 3
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Markets
Global City traffic
Transport for London’s policy manager for congestion charging, Nick Fairholme, will discuss the capital city’s success and lessons from the controversial scheme at the Global City forum in Cannes next week.
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News
City view: John Waples
You can’t help but have some sympathy for Multiplex, the Australian contractor and developer.
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News
Hadid's CMA CGM HQ in Marseille
Architect Zaha Hadid has unveiled her latest project: the design for the headquarters of shipping company CMA CGM in Marseille. The scheme features a 110 metre glass tower that will dominate Marseille’s harbour area. The plans will be on display at next week’s MIPIM property show in Cannes
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News
Helios site in Durham to house first emergency response centre
Developer beats Akeler to build high-spec office under plans to shake up fire and rescue service
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News
Exemplar set for first central London deal
Exemplar Properties, the company started by former Development Securities men Daniel Van Gelder and Clive Bush, is poised for its first central London deal.
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News
Office market returns start to catch up with industrial and retail
IPD Annual Index shows sector recovery in 2004, but it is still weakest performer
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Professional
Case news
Jonathan Ross reports on a battle over compensation for a lease termination in a lease renewal, while Warren Gordon examines an alleged breach of human rights after a local authority failed to respond to a planning application for a mobile phone mast
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News
Tax loophole for buy-to-let
Tax relief on mortgage interest may have been abolished long ago, but many homeowners are missing out on tax relief for interest on property borrowings thanks to an unpublicised loophole.
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News
Mercury buys London property firms to fortify one-stop-shop plans
Mercury Group, a new AIM-listed company with plans to become a one-stop shop property professional services group, has agreed to buy two firms in London’s West End: Smith Melzack Pepper Angliss and Lee Baron.
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News
Investors buy in Crawley
A private investor syndicate has bought Gainsborough House in Crawley, West Sussex for £9.25m, reflecting a net initial yield of 6%.
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Insight
Small firms pay the price for business improvement districts
Sir, Business improvement districts are an encouraging proposition for the rejuvenation of some of London’s prime locations (special report, BIDS, 10.12.04, p53).
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Online
Managed business space: creating an enterprise community
Back when the internet boom was still just a quiet rumble, landlords decided they would rather grow their own tenants than have them battering down the door.
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Professional
Diary of... a building surveyor
Stuart Johnson, director of building consultancy at Savills, takes us through his week
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News
British Land delivers plans for Broadgate Tower
British Land has submitted revised plans to the Corporation of London for its office scheme at 201 Bishopsgate.
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Insight
Bringing down the house
Sir, I am tired of reading inaccurate one-sided articles on the demolition of Greenside, my grade II-listed house in Virginia Water, Surrey (professional + legal, 11.02.05, p68).
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News
Breaking the ice
As the anniversary of the demise of the Titanic approaches, a Northern Irish visual artist is proposing that an iceberg be towed from Norway and run aground in Belfast’s lock near the shipyard where the doomed ship was launched.
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Professional
Late, incomprehensible and high: study slams service charge bills
Research reveals tenants are paying too much for services and calls for greater transparency
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Markets
Fitzgerald to become chief executive at Galliford Try
Galliford Try has promoted The managing director of its housebuilding wing to be the company’s new chief executive officer.
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News
Landmark truce in lease battle
Retailers and landlords in talks to set up forum to heal age-old rift and avert legislation