All Property Week articles in 17 December 1999 – Page 2
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Markets
Case study: Bromley
As a business and development location, the London Borough of Bromley must sometimes feel like a forgotten area. Situated between the neighbouring boroughs of Croydon, Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley, it is a surprise to many when they realise Bromley is the largest of these boroughs. After all, Croydon has its ...
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Insight
Brave new world
The property world is now more human , but is bracing itself for the full impact of new technology
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News
H&B poaches Unisys corporate property boss
In another high-profile departure from the world of corporate real estate, Simon O Reilly has left Unisys to head Healey & Baker s corporate services division. O Reilly (pictured) left his position in charge of the telecoms company s business operations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa at ...
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News
Berkeley breaking commercial ground
Commercial property is playing an increasingly important role in housebuilder Berkeley Group's business, contributing 28% of its half-year profits.
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News
Argent breaks Manc duck
Manchester City Council has chosen Argent to develop one of the city s largest office schemes for a decade at Piccadilly Gardens. Argent development director Tony Giddings said the project would be mixed use, which sources suggest will include restaurants, apartments and a hotel. It will be Argent ...
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Professional
Rights-on approach
Human rights The Human Rights Act will almost certainly apply to all individuals, with far-reaching implications for everyone in the property industry
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Markets
Industrial Older sites lose appeal
Rents increase as industrial sites are sold for residential development.
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News
Unfashionable property shares hit all-time low
Another poor week for property shares has left the sector at a new all-time low relative to the All-Share Index.
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News
Partridge blasts ignorant agents
The head of the RICS s rating panel has criticised agents for being ignorant about April s revaluation. Charles Partridge said that so-called rating cowboys have only managed to gain a foothold because local surveyors have failed to market rating services effectively. Partridge, who is also head ...
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News
MEPs’ last-minute bid to save gap funding
A group of Labour MEPs are working on an eleventh-hour plan to save a raft of regeneration projects in the north-east from extinction. Fronted by Alan Donnelly, the north-eastern team of Labour MEPs is attempting to safeguard short-term gap funding for schemes in Teesside and Tyneside from European Commission ...
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News
Leeds’ £24m Danish deal
Danish property fund Bastionen has clinched the £24.1m purchase of No 1 Park Row in Leeds, in one of the city s biggest investment deals of 1999. The fund bought the 7,200 sq m (78,000 sq ft) building from NatWest at a net initial yield of 6.5%. The office is ...
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News
New pact for £200m power station revamp
A powerful Hong Kong-based developer and Taylor Woodrow have teamed up to buy west London s Lots Road power station for a £200m housing scheme. Hutchison Whampoa, the conglomerate headed by Li Ka-shing, and Taylor Woodrow Capital Developments are to carry out the project. The two parties declined to ...
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