All Property Week articles in 14 May 2004 – Page 2
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Markets
Industrial market overview …
Essex and east London's industrial markets showed growth in returns, capital and rents in 2003, says a report published today by Kemsley Whiteley & Ferris. The east London agency's research shows that Essex outperformed the UK average on all but one variable: rental value growth. Dagenham, Barking and Havering have ...
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News
New home for NAI
NAI Fuller Peiser is moving its head office in London to Whittington House, Alfred Place, next month. The agent has signed for 10,575 sq ft (982 sq m) at the property. Conway Relf acted for landlord Credit Suisse Property Investment Management; NAI Fuller Peiser represented itself.
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High but not mighty
Hemel Hempstead has some of the highest industrial rents in the M1 corridor, but tenants are being turned off.
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Vodafone hangs up Newbury offices
Vodafone has disposed of three offices in Newbury as part of its relocation to a new HQ north of the town in 2002. It has assigned leases on Newbury House and Fairfax House to law firm Penningtons and sold Britannic House to an accountancy firm as part of ...
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Markets
The final whistle for Wimbledon?
Problems on the pitch could mean the end of Wimbledon Football Club, which would also put Milton Keynes' stadium plans in jeopardy.
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Professional
Time is of the essence
Changes to the Landlord and Tenant Act on 1 June will have a big impact on the deadlines that surround lease renewal.
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News
Durham shed investment
CNC Properties, part of Property Acquisition & Management, has bought a 472,000 sq ft (43,833 sq m) industrial estate in Spennymoor, County Durham, for £7m with property investor Nelson Securities. Mason Philips and Collins Stewart Property Fund Management acted for the buyers.
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Insight
Don’t take out retailers’ woes on the property industry
entrepreneurial spirit, with Nick Leslau
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Professional
Dixon West names new partners
North-west property consultant Dixon West has promoted valuation and corporate recovery expert Patrick Whitby and land restoration and estate management specialist Andrew Williamson to partners.
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Markets
More developers to target housebuilders
Mixed-use will become the most important property sector over the next five years as a new generation of developers emerge that are willing to take on the commercial and residential elements of a scheme, predicts Knight Frank . The firm's latest research says commercial developers are targeting housebuilders for takeover ...
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John Lewis shed deal
Department store John Lewis has taken a 161,770 sq ft (15,030 sq m) shed at ProLogis’s Grange Park in Northampton. North Rae Sanders and Burbage Realty are letting Grange Park; Douglas Duff acted for John Lewis.
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Dalgleish to manage McArthurGlen outlets
McArthurGlen, the factory outlet manager, has appointed Dalgleish to boost lettings at its properties. The company finalised the appointment last week after tendering for the contract in a 'beauty parade' of agents. It hopes Dalgleish will improve lettings and attract new names to its centres, which already sell the ...
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Crown Estate listing defiance
The Crown Estate has pledged to push ahead with its proposals to redevelop the southern end of Regent Street in central London despite the government's decision to list one of the key buildings on the site. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced on Tuesday that, on the ...
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Professional
Passing the crash tests
While house prices and borrowing continue to soar, greater economic stability today means that fears of an early 1990s-style crash are largely unfounded, argues Dennis Turner
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News
Inner City: James Whitmore
Christmas 2003 proved to be a watershed for Slough. Not only did the Berkshire town disappear from our TV screens at the end of The Office – it was the location for David Brent’s Wernham Hogg office – but it also marked the beginning of a horrible five months for ...
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Private investors choose commercial
Commercial property returns are poised to rise as occupier and investor demand increases and the global economy continues to improve. The latest economic forecast from the RICS shows that the average rent across all commercial sectors is expected to rise by 0.9% in 2004 and 1.3% in 2005, compared ...
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Discovery in Chiswick Park
The Discovery Channel has confirmed plans to relocate its European headquarters to Chiswick Park. As Property Week revealed, the broadcaster is taking the entire 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sq m) Building 2 at Chiswick Park. It will relocate from 160 Great Portland Street at the beginning of 2005. ...
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DTZ chooses Spanish chief exec
Pedro Ladron de Guevara, a former chief executive officer for global markets at Australian developer Lend Lease , has been appointed managing director of DTZ Spain, which has 65 staff in Madrid and Barcelona.
