All Property Week articles in 1 October 2004 – Page 3

  • News

    Deutsche buys Darling portfolio

    1 October 2004

    Deutsche Property Asset Management has bought the Darling portfolio of three office properties from overseas clients of Jones Lang LaSalle for £32.1m at a yield of 8%.

  • News

    Prudential rebrands investment business

    1 October 2004

    Prudential Financial of the US has rebranded its real estate investment management and advisory business as Pramerica Real Estate Investors in Europe and Asia.

  • News

    Farnborough business park

    1 October 2004

    This 70 ft aircraft hangar will be reassembled by Slough Estates to form the centrepiece of the 25 acre (10 ha) Farnborough business park (right). The scheme, which will provide 1.7m sq ft (157,934 sq m) of offices and 500 flats, began last week.

  • Raising the roof
    Markets

    Sick builders syndrome

    1 October 2004

    Unloved by the City and struggling to meet government demand for big projects, contractors are looking for bigger margins and are desperate for new recruits.

  • NEC could soon be welcoming gamblers
    News

    Birmingham NEC searches for resort casino operator

    1 October 2004

    ATIS Real Weatheralls advising on gaming complex of up to 200,000 sq ft

  • Elliot Bernerd
    News

    Bernerd and Reubens ruminate on bids from Down Under

    1 October 2004

    Simon and David Reuben, the wealthy brothers who own 35% of Chelsfield , are weighing up their options in the face of two competing offers of £585m-plus for the company, writes Robin Marriott. The pair, who helped back a £404m public-to-private buyout by chairman Elliott Bernerd (pictured right) four months ...

  • Markets

    Bellway chosen in Swindon

    1 October 2004

    Bellway has been selected as the preferred housing developer for the mixed-use regeneration of Cavendish Square in the Parks area of Swindon.

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    1 October 2004

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  • News

    Barwood’s sweet letting

    1 October 2004

    Barwood Developments has secured a giant distribution letting to chocolate maker Cadbury in Milton Keynes.

  • News

    Banks bullish on property prospects

    1 October 2004

    Lenders are three times more confident about the prospects for the market than they were a year ago.

  • Padovan
    News

    Banker Padovan takes Dawnay Day chairman role

    1 October 2004

    Dawnay Day Property Finance Group, the specialist property finance company, has appointed well-known City banker John Padovan as non-executive chairman.

  • News

    Invesco joins private investor bandwagon

    1 October 2004

    Invesco follows Scottish Widows and Isis with £200m listed vehicle

  • Vast centrepiece
    Markets

    Farnborough flies back

    1 October 2004

    Location of the UK’s first flight, the former Ministry of Defence aircraft factory in Farnborough is being transformed into a business park that will retain its historic core.

  • News

    Managerial switch for Gazeley as it awaits new boss

    1 October 2004

    Top industrial developer Gazeley has restructured its management in preparation for chief executive John Duggan’s move to a less hands-on role as chairman in March 2006.

  • News

    Auctions struggle to find enthusiasm as further rate rises loom

    1 October 2004

    The first big commercial property auction of the season last week demonstrated that interest-rate rises had softened the enthusiasm of private investors. Investors who attended the Harman Healy event appeared to have reassessed their ability to service debt with further rate rises looming. The sale achieved a success rate of ...

  • News

    CBRE lures Cushman star auctioneers

    1 October 2004

    Veteran Townsend among trio set to fill gap at super-firm

  • Reit Asset Management completes first letting at St Katharine's Dock
    News

    Reit Asset Management completes first letting at St Katharine’s Dock

    1 October 2004

    REIT Asset Management has completed its first letting at London’s St Katharine’s Dock since buying it in March. It has let 15,200 sq ft (1,410 sq m) in Devon House to the London Development Agency (LDA). The LDA, which is already a tenant on the estate, is paying £26.25/sq ...

  • Europe's largest wind tunnel
    Markets

    High art and low culture

    1 October 2004

    Plans are afoot in Southampton to create separate areas for highbrow and popular cultural activities.

  • Insight

    Not all firms undervalue their graduates

    1 October 2004

    Sir, I have sympathy with David Cracklen’s point about job opportunities in the residential sector (letters, 17 September, p24). I can assure him that some local practices are prepared to invest in the future generation of surveyors. We have two graduates in the residential department. However, it is difficult to ...

  • Insight

    It’ll all come out in the wash

    1 October 2004

    Sir, In the recent Hanover Square cartoons on the subject of money laundering, John Fardell has done an excellent job in understanding the background to the issues and setting these into real-life situations. With the money laundering regulations having been extended to the estate agency sector from 1 March, these ...