All Property Week articles in 04 November 2005 – Page 3
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Markets
Colliers’ councillor
Birmingham City Council’s former leader Sir Albert Bore has taken on a new role at Colliers CRE. Are the roles of councillor and company director compatible?
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News
City view: John Waples
It would be hard to find a chief executive in Britain that is not taking a close look at his group’s pension and the size of its deficit.
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News
Warburg joins Chinese developer
US private equity group Warburg Pincus has entered into a strategic partnership with a Chinese developer.
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News
M&S chief: landlords must listen to their tenants
Retail boss calls for ‘dream’ malls for shoppers and reveals £1bn refurbishment programme
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News
Caught in the net
Before plumping for Hansteen, an anagram of Ashtenne, as the name of their second company, shedheads Ian Watson and Morgan Jones had another name in mind.
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Professional
Case news
Warren Gordon looks at vicarious liability being applied to two employers equally, while Jonathan Ross reports on how lawyers’ success fees are affecting legal bills
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News
Grainger to enter caravan market
Residential property investor Grainger Trust is in talks to take over caravan site operator Parkdean Holidays for around £135m.
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News
London & Capital
London & Capital has bought the Jersey head office of law firm Mourant du Feu & Jeune for £21m. Mourant pays £1.2m a year, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.5%.
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News
Call the coppers
Tim Vallance, investment director at retail agency specialist Churston Heard, was in joyous mood at Edgerley Simpson Howe’s 12th annual spoof championship at the end of last week.
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Insight
C is for closure as Ken’s congestion charge hits retailers
The politics of property, with Steven Norris
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Professional
Franklin Sports Business and KMCS
Franklin Sports Business and KMCS have been appointed as joint cost managers on the new 50,000-seat Lansdowne Road stadium in Dublin. The project will cost €365m (£248m).
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Professional
Don’t blame lawyers for delays – we’re on your side
Unrealistic timescales, point scoring and unreasonable clients all slow us down
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News
Blackfriars sells in Ealing
Exemplar Properties has teamed up with GE Commercial Real Estate Finance to buy a £31m office building in west London.
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Markets
The big country
Take-up of big sheds is booming, but will this mean a shortage next year? Sean McAllister reports
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Insight
Prejudice and pride at Belfast shindig
As ever, the joke is on our friends at Bragg Boombe & Bust in the Hanover Square cartoon strip opposite this column.
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News
To boldly go where few investors have gone before
Go to emerging markets and subsectors to diversify and achieve higher returns, says Malcolm Naish
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Insight
RICS’s public sector ‘community’ is not before time
Sir, When you consider the level of government investment in the public sector over the past decade, as well as the raft of policy reforms that dictate everything from partnering and PFI to government department relocations, I am surprised it has taken this long for the RICS to establish a ...
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News
BCSC unveils first pipeline research
The UK retail development pipeline totals 50.6m sq ft (4.7m sq m), and the Midlands is leading the way with the most space coming through.