All Property Week articles in 13 February 2004 – Page 2
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Markets
Offices are no longer most profitable
Falling land values mean that offices are no longer the most profitable land use across London with sites for both residential and hotels showing higher growth. According to research by FPDSavills, office land value growth during the past six years has dramatically underperformed that of residential development land and hotel ...
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News
Manchester rethink on rights of light
City council to exploit planning powers to speed office development
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News
JLL north-west man Shaw in Manchester shake-up
European boss Mark Jagger takes helm as office founder parts company by mutual agreement
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Markets
Home stretch
Westminster council wants every commercial development extension to include new homes. Christine Eade reports on a possible West End housing boom
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News
Interest rate rise will not hit property performance
THE CONTINUING RISE IN interest rates will not have the negative impact on the property market that many are predicting, claims fund manager Isis Property Asset Management. Based on research commissioned from CB Richard Ellis , Isis claims that property yields have no correlation with the interest rate-affected gilt ...
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Professional
Hawkes’ Vail Williams switch
Stuart Hawkes has joined Vail Williams to head the surveying firm’s building consultancy division. He joins from Lambert Smith Hampton where he was head of London building consultancy and a board director in the West End office.
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Professional
Too good to be true usually is
Dealing with pre-contract insurance queries will save headaches
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Professional
RPS Group goes for Mudge
Planning consultancy RPS Group has appointed Dr Gordon Mudge as technical director to the environmental impact assessment team. Dr Mudge is based in Oxford and moves from Mouchel Parkman.
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Markets
Waiting to go live
MTV was ready to put Leicester Square at the heart of a star-driven live TV show – until Westminster's planners put its studio plans on hold. Tristan McConnell reports on a difference in vision over the square's future
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News
Glasgow mixed-use sale
Halladale , the property trader and developer, is to develop a 90,000 sq ft (8,361 sq m) mixed-use scheme in Glasgow’s Merchant City after agreeing to buy a site from HBG Properties. The scheme, called Cochrane Square, will be built on the site of a former McIntyre Hogg & Co ...
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Insight
The weighting game
Of all the UK's fund managers, Legal & General has one of the heaviest weightings in property. With a restructured team in place, property chief Mark Creedy and life fund director Helen Gordon outline their strategy to Tristan McConnell
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News
Fund manager's lunchtime goal
Active Asset Investment Management, which buys properties for wealthy business leaders and sports personalities such as Sir Alex Ferguson, continues to marry the worlds of property and football. Last week, it held its inaugural 'Gentlemen and Players' Lunch at the Penguin Club in Mayfair, with legendary ex-Arsenal and Scotland captain ...
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News
UK’s first Islamic investment fund launched
Integrated Property Investments, a property fund manager that focuses on private investors, and Fyshe Crestar, the UK’s only sharia-compliant stockbroker, has launched a fund for Britain’s two million Muslims. The Beacon 1 Limited Partnership Fund will invest in commercial property across the UK, with the aim of delivering an annual ...
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Insight
Revisiting first principles
Property firms are turning to Stephen Palmer's guide to the sector for financial advisers
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Professional
Taylor joins DLA
David Taylor has left his role as senior consultant with City law firm Herbert Smith to join DLA as head of real estate. Taylor replaces Philip Rooney, who is returning to full-time fee earning at DLA after six years in the role. DLA has 220 property lawyers based in eight ...
