All Property Week articles in 1 October 2004 – Page 2
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News
On the one hand, he was plastered …
Disguise gone off the rails William Newsom, head of FPDSavills’ valuation team, is known to be a little eccentric. And this tale about the Kit Kat-obsessive’s attempt to get to a client meeting in Colchester last week will do little to dispel his reputation. Running late, he arrived at Liverpool ...
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ProLogis shed go-ahead
ProLogis has won detailed planning consent for a distribution unit in Kettering of 835,000 sq ft (77,570 sq m).
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InsightThe gathering storm
German prosecutors have arrested UK fund manager Europa’s German partner amid Frankfurt’s growing property corruption scandal.
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Insight to set up property fund of funds
Insight Investment, the fund management arm of HBOS, is to set up a property fund of funds.
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Professional
The landlord’s transfer fee
When a landlord tried to evade its obligations by transferring its assets, the occupier took action.
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Stelios U-turns on EasyInternetcafés
Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is reversing his strategy of closing all eight UK standalone EasyInternetcafés.
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MarketsDutch master
The government-occupied De Hoftoren building in The Hague has won awards for its innovative design, and stands as an example to modern architects across Europe.
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InsightEnter the dragon
Suzhou may not become the BASE of a top five property adviser by 2024, but Shanghai might (see private investor, p21, and international supplement, with this issue). And if, in 20 years, CB Richard Ellis , Cushman & Wakefield or DTZ ’s headquarters are in the Far East it will ...
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MarketsScents of direction
The handmade soaps and cosmetics of Poole-based Lush have become favourites – but it still has difficulty finding retail and manufacturing property in its native Dorset.
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NewsGovernment hints at development tax
Labour strengthens bid to make property companies pay for infrastructure
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Insight
A financially sound decision
Sir, In your article ‘Lease triumph for Fat Duck’ (legal + professional, 16 July, p48) Jonathan Ross does not do himself justice with his cheap anti-landlord gibe: ‘This is yet another case where the landlord has been found to have acted unreasonably.’ He misses two important points. The case was ...
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Zara’s retail park debut
Zara, the Spanish clothing retailer, has taken its first store on a retail park.
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Northampton’s top office deal
National Grid Transco has bought the former Scottish & Newcastle building in Northampton in one of the town’s biggest office deals.
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Co-op opts out
The Co-Operative Insurance Society (CIS) is to close its property investment division, with the loss of up to 60 jobs. Manchester-based CIS, which has a property portfolio of £2.1bn, has decided to appoint a third-party fund manager to take over the running of its investment property portfolio. The decision follows ...
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Erinaceous close to concluding Hercules purchase
Erinaceous, the AIM-listed property services company, has all but sealed its £60m cash-and-share takeover of rival Hercules Property Services.
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Inner City
With apologies to Mark Twain, rumours of the quoted property sector’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
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Property in spotlight as sustainable communities take centre stage
For the property industry, party conferences are about a few poorly attended fringe meetings, soggy canapes and the odd junior minister.
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Professional
Case news
Two solicitors sued over one caseAM Maden v Clifford Coppock & Carter, 30 July, Court of AppealThe message A fraught property deal led to two sets of lawyers being pursued for damages.The case Maden bought land but a third party subsequently claimed he had title to part of the land. ...
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NewsING takes remaining space in Cardiff
MEPC is closing in on a deal to let the remaining space at Callaghan Square in Cardiff, three years since the development was completed.
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