All Property Week articles in 19 June 2009 – Page 8
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News
Private eye: Daniel Mendoza
We have carried out two ‘attended exchanges’ – where buyer and seller seal the deal in one meeting – on behalf of clients in a week. Never mind green shoots, the market’s in full bloom – and we’re mad busy for those seeking income
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News
Currys spices up Livingston unit
DSGi will double its space at Land Securities’ Almondvale retail park in Livingston to open a 20,000 sq ft PC World and Currys concept store – the first of its kind in Scotland
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Markets
The curse of Croydon
Croydon council has pulled the plug on Minerva’s Park Place retail scheme, leaving its retail plans up in the air and marking another development failure for the town
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News
Cos comes to Kensington
H&M’s sister brand, Cos, has taken its fifth UK store – 7,000 sq ft at 124-126 High Street, Kensington in west London
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Professional
Haringey in High Court clash
Haringey Council met protestors against a Grainger scheme (pictured) at a High Court hearing this week
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Professional
Persimmon lodges High Court claim
Housebuilder Persimmon lodged a High Court claim against insurer First Assist for £460,000 on 27 May
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News
Queen honours property chiefs
Roger Bright, chief executive of the Crown Estate, Peter Rogers, chief executive of the London Development Agency, Roger Smee of Real Office Group, and Mason Owen chairman Barry Owen were among those honoured in the Queen’s birthday honours list last weekend
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Insight
Sophisticated service charge
Sir, The article about landlords and tenants working together to reduce shopping centre service charges by up to 20% (Property Week, 03.04.09) was interesting
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Professional
Is Gummer’s ‘town centre first’ policy relevant today?
New planning document changes nothing, says Stuart Robinson
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Markets
Raft of lettings at Croydon’s Whitgift Centre
The Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon has relet its former Woolworths unit and has a further 12 in solicitors’ hands
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News
Westfield pushes for shop floors at World Trade Center
But Australian developer’s proposal conflicts with Larry Silverstein’s office-led vision
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Professional
Daddies’ girls: Fathers and daughters with careers in property
To celebrate Father’s Day, Lydia Stockdale meets six dads and their daughters who have followed them into property
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News
Easyoffice to expand to capture start-ups
Stelios uses weak market to open more serviced offices for small businesses
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News
Shore Capital hunts Puma
Puma Brandenburg, the AIM-listed German property investor, is set for an £82.9m takeover by investment bank Shore Capital Group, which floated the company in March 2006 and owns its property adviser
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Insight
Rent restructuring will keep retailers in business
Sir, your front-page article, ‘Lloyds to close 1,000 branches’, (Property Week, 05.06.09) perfectly highlights the severe crisis that still faces the UK’s high street
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Online
Managed business space: good service is key to survival
Success will depend on who can offer the best deals to occupiers, says David Lawson
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Markets
Council proposes larger Shepherd’s Bush Market
Shepherd’s Bush Market could be expanded under new proposals by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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News
Bruton force
Genteel Bruton Place, just off Berkeley Square in the heart of Mayfair, is not a likely location for a thief to be chased by a policeman
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Brown: empty rates are ‘right for the long term’
Prime minister rejects British Property Federation petition against £950m tax
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News
Canmoor poaches Braithwaite for Manchester office
Industrial developer Canmoor has appointed Easter director Mark Braithwaite to set up an office in Manchester