All Property Week articles in 07 August 2009 – Page 9
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Online
DTZ in Shell deal
DTZ has been awarded a contract by Shell International Petroleum to manage at 5,000 retail sites in 11 countries across North America and Asia Pacific.
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Online
Will Alsop quits practice
Will Alsop has announced that he is quitting the profession to spend more time painting as building work becomes increasingly scarce during the recession.
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Online
MPC move raises recovery doubts
Fresh doubts about the strength of the economic recovery emerged yesterday after the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee surprised markets by voting to pump an extra £50bn into the economy.
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Markets
Situations vacant
With 12.8m sq ft of space waiting to be let across UK business parks, developers are learning that flexibility is the key to survival
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News
PWC: Rock sale 'could take years'
PricewaterhouseCoopers plans to appoint an asset manager for Paul Kemsley’s Rock Investment assets, after the company went into administration in May
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News
New Street Sq store for Today only
Convenience store concept Today has taken 1,100 sq ft at Land Securities’ New Street Square scheme in London’s Holborn on a 10-year lease at £50,000 a year
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Professional
The Queen opens new wing of Tank Museum
The Queen has opened the new wing of the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, which has just undergone a £16.5m redevelopment
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Markets
Lake Superior
Developers Anton Bilton and John Hitchcox take Erik Brown on a tour of their Cotswolds scheme that is defying the downturn
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News
The ride of her life
This week at work I have been looking at pictures of a scantily clad woman with a horse
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News
Peskin's gotta get a message to you
Richard Peskin, the former chairman of Great Portland Estates, is known for his great intellect
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News
Frogmore plans Oxford Street makeover
Frogmore is planning a redevelopment at the east end of London’s Oxford Street to attract better retailers
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News
Protego to the Fore in Taunton
Protego Real Estate Investors has bought Rockspring’s 26-27 Fore Street in Taunton, Somerset, for £5.6m at a net initial yield of 6.9%. Among the tenants the property is let to are HMV, Vodafone and O2
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Insight
RICS: Members have final say
Sir, The first stage of the RICS’s consultation about a possible accreditation or registration scheme for valuers has now been completed. More than 800 responses have been received, both for and against, from valuers and other parties
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Insight
RICS needs to feel members' pain
Three news stories grab the eye this week – and we will leave it to you to decide if they are related or not
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News
Prime industrial yields fall as investors return to market
Cushman & Wakefield research also reveals spikes in retail shed and London office sectors
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Markets
The harder they fall
Boom-time peaks have contributed to the severe drop in West Midlands values
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News
Gerald Eve predicts 'W'-shaped recovery
Gerald Eve has downgraded its forecasts for property returns and predicted a ‘W’-shaped recovery for the market
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News
Shell picks DTZ
Shell International Petroleum has selected DTZ to undertake property management services at around 5,000 retail sites in 11 countries across North America and Asia-Pacific.