All Property Week articles in 15 April 2005 – Page 3

  • News

    Greenwich council sells Sainsbury’s long-leasehold

    15 April 2005

    A private investor client of BCM has bought the long-leasehold interest of Sainsbury’s store on Calderwood Street, Woolwich, for £6.025m.

  • Insight

    Correction

    15 April 2005

    In the feature ‘Midtown Makeover’ in the regional section on Midtown offices, the name of Midtown agent Gerver Freedman was misspelt (regional, Midtown, 01.04.05, p98).

  • News

    Treasury takes control of REO

    15 April 2005

    Treasury Holdings, the property group owned by John Ronan and Richard Barrett, has taken control of Real Estate Opportunities, the listed company it founded as a split-capital investment trust four years ago.

  • Insight

    Great contradictions

    15 April 2005

    Sir, I enjoyed the juxtaposition of Fairbrother’s advertisement, ‘We’re no fools.

  • News

    Prew compresses his words

    15 April 2005

    Citigroup Smith Barney property analyst Mike Prew has a lot to answer for.

  • News

    Fletcher King hits target for second commercial fund

    15 April 2005

    Tax-transparent investor makes first purchases for £40m SHIP2

  • Insight

    Rover collapse sounds death knell for factories

    15 April 2005

    MG Rover’s demise is big news for business, and the future of Longbridge is big news for property (see analysis + opinion feature, p30). Landlord St Modwen has the chance to build on its reputation as the UK’s top regeneration developer, but there may be wider benefits for the ...

  • Flying high: Heron’s Gerald Ronson  is stalking John Callcutt’s Crest Nicholson with a view to a move into residential
    Markets

    City house-hunters

    15 April 2005

    As Gerald Ronson circles Crest Nicholson, Gwyn Roberts asks if we are about to see a wave of takeovers in the housebuilding sector

  • News

    City view: James Whitmore

    15 April 2005

    April may have been the cruellest month for TS Eliot, but it is a great month for nosy journalists such as myself.

  • News

    Five chosen for Macclesfield regeneration

    15 April 2005

    Five developers have been shortlisted to develop a large mixed-use scheme in the centre of Macclesfield.

  • News

    Harman Healy overcomes Stamp Duty changes

    15 April 2005

    Harman Healy’s commercial auctioneers Felix Rigg and Oliver Childs witnessed a resurgence in buying power last Tuesday as private investors continued to recover from the sudden expiry of Stamp Duty relief in deprived areas.

  • Insight

    Howard has cause for optimism as Thatcher’s legacy fades

    15 April 2005

    The politics of property, with Steven Norris

  • Professional

    Case news

    15 April 2005

    Warren Gordon reports on the principle of proprietary estoppel concerning an unregistered right of way, while Jonathan Ross looks at a dispute over a section 106 agreement

  • Court up: 200,000 sq ft Bradwells Court could open in 2007
    Markets

    Zara signs up with Land Securities in Cambridge

    15 April 2005

    Retailer opts for Bradwells Court in the city centre over Grand Arcade

  • Markets

    Cambridge lords it up

    15 April 2005

    Developer Ashwell has announced that Lord Rogers will design Cambridge’s tallest building.

  • Success: Cardiff Bay’s growing number of residents contribute to Mermaid’s draw
    Markets

    A siren’s calling

    15 April 2005

    Cardiff’s Mermaid Quay was meant to draw visitors from the Wales Millennium Centre, but even though that project was delayed by five years, it is challenging the city centre as a nightlife destination.

  • Markets

    A calculated risk

    15 April 2005

    The Welsh Development Agency’s offices programme is prompting some to question why the agency is going into competition with the private sector.

  • News

    Eurocommercial seals France buy

    15 April 2005

    Eurocommercial Properties, the Dutch-listed European investor, has beaten UK heavyweights Pillar Property, Hammerson and Henderson Global Investors to land a 271,250 sq ft (25,200 sq m) retail park in Caen, Normandy.

  • Markets

    Nucleus building completes at Chesterford

    15 April 2005

    Churchmanor Estates and Morley Fund Management completed the construction this week of the Nucleus building on Chesterford Research Park in south Cambridge.

  • News

    L&G snaps up Bristol leisure park

    15 April 2005

    Legal & General is set to add another property to its Leisure Fund in a bid to expand it to more than £300m.