All Property Week articles in 05 December 2008 – Page 4
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News
Syon Park Hilton hotel
Ability Group, led by Andreas Panayiotou (pictured), has bought a site at the grade I-listed Syon Park in west London to develop a 151-bedroom Hilton hotel.
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Herbert proposes Lisburn store
Northern Ireland’s Michael Herbert has submitted a planning application for a 260,000 sq ft department store at the 400,000 sq ft Bow Street Mall in Lisburn.
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Professional
Hell and high water
A growing risk of flooding has blighted development sites across the UK.
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News
Headmasters sets up in Soho
Headmasters, the hairdresser, has taken a 1,000 sq ft unit at 13 Poland Street in London’s Soho on a 10-year lease at £50,000 a year from Poland Street Properties.
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Online
RICS guidelines on valuation uncertainty
Institution warns on disclaimers and promises further guidance in weeks
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Online
How to be a mayfair goddess
Mount Street in London’s Mayfair has had its first-ever Christmas lights switch-on. As a much classier street than other London shopping streets, such as Oxford Street or Regent Street, it called for a higher class of celebrity than some X-Factor-winning pop star.
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Markets
Premier Inns gets set for Warwick
Premier Inns, Whitbread ’s budget hotel subsidiary, has paid Opus Land £2.5m, subject to planning permission, for 1.5 acres at Opus 40, the business park outside Warwick on the A46 bypass.
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News
Kent is Thames gateway too
Sir, I was interested to read the Thames Gateway feature (Property Week, 21.11.08).
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News
Gateshead partner sought
Gateshead Council is looking for a joint venture partner to develop 3,000 homes across 19 sites.
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Markets
Gift of the gadget
A Worcestershire estate is facing up to the downturn by attracting tenants who need a central base from which to distribute their off-the-wall products.
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News
Forest Garden planted in Worcs
Valad has let 77,500 sq ft to Forest Garden, the garden fence company, at the Hartlebury Trading Estate near Kidderminster in Worcestershire.
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Stobart flies south for the winter
Transport group Stobart is to buy London Southend airport in Essex for an initial £16m from Regional Airports. It could pay a further £5m subject to the ‘achievement of certain aspects of the airport’s development’.
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Professional
Hines funds Reading fellowship
Gerald Hines, founder and chairman of developer Hines, has funded the establishment of the Gerald D Hines visiting fellowship in development at the School of Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School, at the University of Reading.
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Markets
Gloucester’s factory output
Despite the recession, the UK’s first factory outlet for a decade is coming to fruition at Gloucester Docks.
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Professional
Top tips for students to maximise thier employability in property
Turbo-charge your CV with extra-curricular activity during your three years at university.
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Online
Egan Lawson syndicate hat-trick
Private investor syndicate Albemarle has completed a trio of deals totalling more than £20m and assumed full control of Fairoaks airport in Surrey.
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Insight
Fund managers’ star falls to earth
Has there ever been a tougher time to be a property fund manager?