All Property Week articles in 12 September 2008 – Page 2
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News
Construction order down more than a fifth on quarter
New construction orders fell by 22% in the three months to July, compared with the previous quarter. Private housing orders in the year to July fell 24% from the previous 12 months, while infrastructure orders rose by 27%.
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Online
HSBC HQ sale collapses
Negotiations to sell HSBC’s West End headquarters for £170m to a Middle Eastern consortium have collapsed months after the scheme went under offer.
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MarketsThe shift to thrift
Bristol has left the heady days of record rents behind it and is refurbishing old offices to beat the downturn.
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MarketsRoll up, roll up
Bristol’s shoppers prepare to be amazed as Cabot Circus opens for business.
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Professional
Sullivan quantifies at RICS
Michael Sullivan has taken over as chairman of the RICS Quantity Surveying and Construction Faculty, replacing Michael Byng.
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MarketsPortfolio in a storm
In his first interview since taking over Hammerson’s London portfolio, Martin Jepson talks to Richard Heap about obstacles and opportunities ahead
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MarketsThe market in minutes
Richard Heap gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region
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MarketsThe market in minutes
Christine Eade gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region
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News
Manchester property outsourcing
Manchester City Council, one of the UK’s largest local authorities, has outsourced the management of its property portfolio to Jacobs and GVA Grimley.
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News
Midnight in the mall
To Leicester for the opening of the £350m Highcross shopping centre, which I enjoyed 10 hours ahead of the hoi polloi.
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Markets
RREEF set for loss on office
RREEF is poised to sell 30 Cannon Street for around £32.75m – 27% less than it paid for it under two years ago.
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Markets
A twisted logic
The property industry believes Treasury ‘tinkering’ is unlikely to help a market that is on the skids, as the RICS shows.
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NewsA lot of light relief
It may not give off the right green signals, but you could be the owner of a giant light switch.
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News
Kenmore’s Rawlinson leaves
Grant Rawlinson, investment director at Kenmore, has resigned after nine years.
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News
Prologis learns its lessons
Edward Gibbon’s famous book, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is one of those tomes that props up the shelf in the classroom but rarely gets opened.
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Markets
Industrial lettings’ surprise success
While Swindon town centre goes through the tortuous process that will lead to development, industrial property on the outskirts of Swindon has shown late-flowering success.
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Markets
Improved Mortgage liquidity is key
Our latest monthly survey was conducted before the government introduced measures to support the housing market last week.
