All Property Week articles in 10 November 2000 – Page 2

  • Professional

    Painful contractions

    10 November 2000

    The Construction Act might smooth the path of small disputes, but will it do justice to those that are longer and more complex?

  • Markets

    Heading for a crash in confidence?

    10 November 2000

    Nervousness over Rover's future is affecting the automotive sector in the region.

  • News

    Crystal clear sector split for TrizecHahn

    10 November 2000

    Two units will cover US offices and internet hotels as company clarifies strategy

  • News

    M&S to revisit White City decision in wake of store closures

    10 November 2000

    Marks & Spencer is to reconsider its decision to be an anchor tenant at Chelsfield 's £250m White City retail scheme because four years have passed since it committed to the project. M&S head of property Chris Williams said this week that he was 'obliged' to ...

  • News

    Ericsson reverses UK charge in telecoms sector slowdown

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    Mobile phone maker pulls out of deal to take space in Basingstoke after warning of £1.1bn losses

  • News

    Insignia cements London lead

    10 November 2000

    Insignia Richard Ellis has scooped two prized instructions to consolidate its position as leader in the central London leasing market. The firm this week landed the contract to advise on a 93,000 sq m (1 m sq ft) office scheme proposed by investment broker Fidelity Investments and an instruction ...

  • News

    CB keeps pace with competitors

    10 November 2000

    CB Richard Ellis has followed its US property services rivals Jones Lang Lasalle and Insignia Richard Ellis by reporting strong third-quarter figures, but Grubb & Ellis has disappointed. CB's net earnings totalled $7m (£4.8m) or $0.33 (23p) a share, a 50% rise on the same period last ...

  • Markets

    Planning: brownfield development proposals are outlined

    10 November 2000

    In the Birmingham area, outline proposals have been submitted at Selly Oak and South Yardley for mixed-use edge-of-centre brownfield developments. These include retail, leisure, housing and a business park. In the city centre, the Bull Ring shopping centre has received permission. The approval of funding for the Birmingham Northern Relief ...

  • Insight

    Where there's muck there's brass

    10 November 2000

    Mining company RJB has a wealth of property. Much of it is brownfield with good transport links and ripe for development. Now the company is driving this forward and tipsters are taking a keen interest in RJB's share price.

  • News

    Merged NatWest squeezes into two City office blocks

    10 November 2000

    Royal Bank of Scotland snapped up almost 46,450 sq m (500,000 sq ft) of offices in the City this week to consolidate its merger with rival NatWest. Because of a shortage of readily available buildings of more than 37,160 sq m (400,000 sq ft) outside Canary Wharf , ...

  • News

    Strong trading cuts loss at Big Yellow

    10 November 2000

    All stores 'performed well in excess of expectations' with 50 on track to open by 2003

  • Markets

    Heartlands has a healthy beat

    10 November 2000

    Distributors are flocking to Birmingham because of its central location.

  • News

    Arcadia: too many shops being built

    10 November 2000

    Property chief Clem Constantine claims Arcadia shop closures are a 'tactical move'

  • News

    Brown's help for cities gets stamp of approval

    10 November 2000

    Abolition of inner city Stamp Duty, campaigned for by Property Week, wins praise from industry

  • Markets

    All eyes on Shrewsbury

    10 November 2000

    Can Shrewsbury attract the large occupiers more usually associated with Telford?

  • News

    Liverpool aiming for the double

    10 November 2000

    Plans for two key schemes were unveiled this week to continue the rapid turnaround in the fortunes of central Liverpool. Princes Dock Development Company, a joint venture between David McLean Developments and the Mersey Docks & Harbour Company, is to develop the largest speculative office scheme in the city, with ...

  • News

    Soning venture tips into AIM

    10 November 2000

    An innovative property company set up by investment agent Harvey Soning, which aims to let space to internet start-ups in return for an equity stake, floated on the Alternative Investment Market on Tuesday with a market capitalistation of £14.6m. Shares in Technology & Internet Property Services, which raised £4.7m ...

  • Markets

    Battlefields set for action

    10 November 2000

    Speculative development is scarce, despite a large amount of available land.

  • Insight

    Is corporate PFI as easy as ABB?

    10 November 2000

    How far has property outsourcing for big companies progressed? Kristina Smith looks at global manufacturing firm ABB's property-shedding strategy and previews research from the College of Estate Management into corporate PFI in the UK

  • News

    Doughty Hanson to pay £92m for ITN HQ

    10 November 2000

    Five-year-old private equity firm targets City & West End's landmark building