All Property Week articles in 10 November 2000
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Markets
Top of the shops
Huge retail redevelopments in the Birmingham area aim to make it the UK's top shopping region.
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Professional
The weight is over
Four months ago Property Week challenged three overweight agents to abandon their boozy, debauched lifestyles and adopt healthier habits. Liz Hamson caught up with the former fatties for a progress report
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News
Westfield in one-to-one talks on shorter leases
Westfield Holdings is to shake up UK retailing by offering tenants the possibility of shorter, more flexible leases. In an approach that could spell a move away from traditional terms for retailers, Westfield's managing director Steven Lowy (pictured) confirmed that discussions had begun at its Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham ...
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Professional
A renewed look at leases - Tenants
In the final part of Property Week's series on whether the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 should be abolished, Jon Vivian and Graham White tackle the problems thrown up at the end of a lease
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News
TrizecHahn offloads Mayfair lease
TrizecHahn, the Toronto-based property company, which this week clarified its strategy by announcing plans to invest solely in the US office and the internet hotel sectors, has moved a step closer to sub-letting its UK office. US fund manager Thomas Weisel is planning to take on the lease at Queensbury ...
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Professional
A renewed look at leases - Landlord
In the final part of Property Week's series on whether the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 should be abolished, Jon Vivian and Graham White tackle the problems thrown up at the end of a lease
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Markets
Spaghett-e junction
Experts say the spoils of the e-commerce revolution will go to the best-connected buildings and locations. Guy Sheppard finds out how well-placed the West Midlands is to reap the benefits of this transition
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News
PW's internet portal takes off
Property Week this month launches an internet portal for users across the built environment which will offer an unrivalled mix of news, information and advice. Barbourexpert.com provide a live news service and a Property Week archive with hard information from Barbour Index, a specialist supplier of product, safety ...
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News
Property to gain in Myners plan
Pension funds are likely to boost their investment in property if proposed reforms in this week's Myners report are implemented. The interim report on institutional investment to the government by investment guru Paul Myners calls for the abolition of the minimum funding requirement (MFR), which property investors claim discourages ...
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News
IX flotation halted by jitters over internet hotels
Internet hotel provider IX Europe dealt the sector a further blow last week when it pulled its £300m flotation after a lukewarm response from investors. Chief executive Guy Willner said investors had been positive about the company, but IX's advisers were understood to be nervous about how the shares ...
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Markets
Stoking the Potteries' fire
Two big shopping schemes in the Potteries have won approval this year and a third is awaiting the outcome of a public inquiry. Guy Sheppard questions whether Stoke-on-Trent can cope with 80,000 sq m (860,000 sq ft) of extra retail space
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Markets
Restyling fashion retail
A strategic link between central Birmingham and Brindleyplace or a white elephant on the wrong side of the ring road? Guy Sheppard assesses the prospects for The Mailbox, where an upmarket fashion mall is due to open at the end of the month
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News
Only two will survive e-tail predicts Sainsbury's man
The low mark-up on food prices means that only two supermarket chains will succeed in e-tailing, predicts Patrick McHugh, Sainsbury's online group director. He told the bcsc conference's debate on the opportunities in e-commerce: 'Take those products with a slender margin through this new Channel [of ...
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News
Field narrows to four in race for Royal Docks
The race to redevelop London's Royal Docks intensified last Friday when two of the six invited consortia failed to bid in time for the midday deadline. The withdrawal of the British Land /Stanhope and Slough Estates /P&O consortia leaves four developers in the hunt, and strengthens the position of ...
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News
Sector lifted by LandSecs deal
Land Securities ' £165m acquisition of Trillium and a huge recovery at Canary Wharf helped the property share sector recover the ground it lost the previous week. LandSecs' shares were up 5% after the Trillium deal, announced on Thursday, while Canary Wharf's rose 8% to 564p ...
