All Property Week articles in 14 March 2008 – Page 5
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Markets
The links effect
No longer ‘the gateway to Europe’, Ashford has rebranded itself as a commercial hub within easy reach of London. But will it pay off?
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News
Easter eggs on Manc spec scheme
Industrial developer Easter Group, in a joint venture with Industrial Property Investment Fund, has started construction of the 100,000 sq ft first phase of a speculative development at Central Park near Manchester.
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News
Engel East Europe takes NAV hit
Engel East Europe, the AIM-listed central and eastern European residential developer, suffered a 15.6% fall in its net asset value last year.
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News
Fiat drives into Wigmore Street
Italian car company Fiat is to set up a flagship showroom in central London after leasing the 10,110 sq ft ground and lower-ground floors of 105 Wigmore Street from Standard Life Investments on a 20-year lease at £510,000 a year.
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Professional
Drivers Jonas scores in popularity list
Drivers Jonas came 15th in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For survey, published last week, making it the highest-ranked property company and moving up one place from its position at 16th last year.
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Professional
Drivers Jonas Scot leads women
Maria Francké, head of planning and development, Scotland, at Drivers Jonas, has become the national chairman of the Association of Women in Property.
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Professional
MEPC nabs Easter exec for downturn drive
Rick de Blaby poaches James Dipple for opportunistic expansion strategy
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News
Segro’s double letting in Slough
Segro this week completed two lettings at its Slough Trading Estate.
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News
MWB’s NAV soars thanks to hotel division
Marylebone Warwick Balfour more than doubled its net asset value in 2007, despite making a loss.
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News
Sinclairs on Mission to prove ‘improper’ dismissal
Ousted Mission Capital founders Neil and Emma Sinclair alleged this week that they were evicted from the company because of Chelsfield Partners’ interests in a joint venture.
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Professional
Knight Frank picks Unite director
Knight Frank has appointed Tim Goddard as associate to head its student property team.
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News
Record numbers descend on MIPIM
Record numbers descended on this year’s MIPIM convention in Cannes. The official attendance figure was 14,560, up 4% on the 14,050 attendees last year. The conference lured 8,689 companies from 87 countries worldwide. Of those, 1,720 were investment firms, up from 1,300 last year. Attendance from UK-based companies was 1,887, ...
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Professional
Dense matters
Occupiers will increasingly look at how their space is used, says Chris Hedley
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Online
George Davies scores with Liverpool One flagship
Retail guru and Reds fan takes his S’porter Liverpool Football Club store into Grosvenor scheme
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Insight
Darwinian mood sweeps stormy MIPIM
‘Sombre, but not catastrophic’ is how the chief executive of one quoted developer summed up MIPIM this week.
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Professional
Hanover cure
After more than 100 years in Hanover Square in London’s Mayfair, Knight Frank is moving to Baker Street. Lydia Stockdale watched
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News
Eaton’s crunch opportunity
Eaton Investment Management is to launch a fund to give private investors the opportunity to take advantage of the fall in UK property prices.
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News
Crest to surf out crunch as landlord
Crest Nicholson is planning a move into the residential landlord market to cope with the impact of the credit crunch.
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News
Driven crazy
Miller Developments’ Neil Johnston had one of those hire car moments the other day in Denmark.
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News
Greek tycoon targets Covent Garden resi
Orion House block to follow St James’s luxury residential revamp