All Property Week articles in 19 March 2004 – Page 3
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News
Lipton’s CABE role probed
The government has launched an investigation into conflicts of interest at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment ( CABE ). The probe comes amid concerns over Sir Stuart Lipton ’s role as chairman of both CABE and developer Stanhope. It follows complaints about CABE’s treatment of the Stanhope ...
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Trio join up to give investors more residential buying power
Private investor acquisition specialist Acquisition Investment Consulting (AIC) is planning to set up a series of tax-efficient partnerships to give private investors greater purchasing power in UK residential property. AIC has joined forces with Portfolio Building Services (PBS) and Gravitas Holdings Limited Partnership (GHL) to establish several £1m limited partnerships ...
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Professional
PWC man calls for built environment code
Barry Gilbertson, senior vice president of the RICS and a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers, has called for the introduction of new, international codes of ethics for organisations working in the built environment. Gilbertson claims the adoption and promotion of such codes would give individuals and companies a competitive edge. He was ...
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Mixed fortunes as Slough slides and Brixton buys
One industrial giant suffers from land writedowns, while the other buys big in Manchester
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Insight
An outsider to take over at British Land?
Chris Gibson-Smith is chairman of the London Stock Exchange and National Air Traffic Services. He is also the senior non-executive director at British Land who has been asked to find John Ritblat’s successor as chief executive at the FTSE-100 company.
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Chesterton loses second Bristol office chief
Chesterton ’s Bristol office chief is to leave the company to join a rival in the city. Richard Coombs is leaving to join Colliers CRE as investment director and was this week on garden leave. It is the second time in 18 months that the firm has lost its ...
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Lyons roars into Bristol
Lyons review of government locations prompts MoD to launch UK’s biggest office requirement
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Trillium driving test deal breaks down
LST contract to run UK centres collapses after publisher Pearson pulls out
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Markets
Breaking with tradition
Progress on two schemes is giving Bath, which is usually frustrated by the slow-moving nature of development, reasons to be cheerful.
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News
Bristol rugby land bought
Bristol-based developer Terramond has bought training grounds belonging to the old Bristol Rugby Club from administrative receivers for a £30m distribution and warehouse park. The developer bought the 22 acre (8.9 ha) site next to the A38 at Filton in north Bristol last week for around £5m. Under a section ...
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BoS tie-up starts Westbury expansion
Housebuilder Westbury has set up an innovative £150m joint venture with Bank of Scotland to fund expansion. The new 50:50 joint venture company, Wescott Holdings, will operate through two subsidiaries. Wescott Homes will develop 'aspirational' houses and flats throughout the UK and Wescott Land will be a land trading company. ...
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Tariffs stay in Planning Bill
planning tariffs have been left in the Planning Bill after peers opposed to them backed down. Proposals to remove clauses relating to the new optional planning charge from the Bill were dropped this week after a debate in the House of Lords. But the Lords stood firm against proposals to ...
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Markets
Funding gap is housing market’s biggest hurdle
Escalating land values compared with house prices could stymie Barker’s supply targets
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News
Brown: Exchequer will not lose out because of REITs
Chancellor launches consultation for long-awaited ‘property investment funds’
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Four battle over QMH
The battle to buy the UK and European parts of debt-laden Queens Moat Houses (QMH) is intensifying, with bids due to be submitted for the group next week. It is understood that four parties are vying for some or all of the group’s assets, which include 32 UK hotels under ...
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News
RICS trio set to lock horns in first presidency battle
John Williams and Tony Towell challenge designated successor Delva Patman
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News
Barker review calls for development tax
Housing review calls for government to benefit from land value uplifts
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Professional
Linklaters rewarded for Deutsche Bank job
Linklaters has been named Real Estate Team of the Year at this year’s Legal Business Awards for its work on the ¤1.04bn (£953m) sale-and-leaseback by Deutsche Bank of 51 properties in nine European countries. The team of nine partners and 13 associates was led by London real estate partner James ...
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