All Property Week articles in 19 September 2003 – Page 3

  • News

    Rigby quits as LSH business overlord

    19 September 2003

    Board executive and retail expert leaves MBO target after 14 years

  • News

    Close Brothers buys Kensington Market

    19 September 2003

    Merchant bank teams up with developer Shepherd in £18m purchase

  • News

    Brixton sells Oxon industrial scheme

    19 September 2003

    Brixton has take another step towards selling its peripheral properties to concentrate on its core west London holdings by selling the long leasehold interest at Nuffield Way Industrial Estate in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. ING Property Income Fund has bought the 1970s property covering 276,000 sq ft (25,641 sq m) of ...

  • News

    New managers in line for British Rail tenants

    19 September 2003

    Residuary board of former rail network appoints Chesterton to advise on 1,300-property deal

  • News

    CLS takes London Bridge stake

    19 September 2003

    CLS Holdings, with Sellar Property, has bought the 131,000 sq ft (12,170 sq m) New London Bridge House, next to their proposed London Bridge Tower development, for £39.5m. CLS said it would enable it to provide more public realm benefits if it gets the go-ahead for the tower. The ...

  • News

    Bracknell plumps for Stanhope

    19 September 2003

    Bracknell Regeneration Partnership has confirmed the appointment of Stanhope as the lead development partner for its £500m retail-led redevelopment of the Town Centre (see ‘Bracknell’s climate change’, Property UK, 12 September, p78-81). London & Amsterdam and architect Richard Rogers Partnership have also been brought in alongside Stanhope. The partnership ...

  • News

    Westminster planner sets up Boxmill

    19 September 2003

    The chairman of Westminster City Council’s planning policy has launched a property advisory and project management business. Tory councillor Danny Chalkley started Boxmill Consultancy after leaving NAP Sherwin earlier this year. The company is carrying out design, planning and surveying work.

  • News

    Bill prompts fear of rise in business rates

    19 September 2003

    Business rates could soar at the next rating revaluation in 2005 because of reforms included in the Local Government Bill. The Bill, which is due to become law this week, will enable the government to increase the uniform business rate, which determines how much tax firms will pay, if rates ...

  • News

    Strong figures leave Hyman in the best of Health

    19 September 2003

    Harry Hyman's Primary Health Properties delivered healthy figures this week on the back of increased government spending on the doctor’s surgeries it provides. The net asset value of the company, which leases new or refurbished facilities to GPs, increased by 25% to 226.8p. Pretax profits rose by 8% to ...

  • News

    Extension for Barking shopping mall

    19 September 2003

    Chester Properties is extending Vicarage Field shopping centre in Barking, east London. A planning application has been submitted to the London Borough of Barking to increase the centre by 30,000 sq ft (2,787 sq m) from its existing 144,000 sq ft (13,780 sq m). A health and fitness club will ...

  • Professional

    Bargain Britain

    19 September 2003

    New research reveals how rent-free periods are reducing occupation costs across the UK.

  • Insight

    Don’t turn your back on LionHeart

    19 September 2003

    The RICS’s benevolent fund is facing a financial crisis, but we can all do our bit to help

  • Insight

    Long Leases under attack

    19 September 2003

    The new Stamp Duty regime is not just about increasing revenue. It also fits neatly into the government’s plans to create a flexible leasing market through the Code of Practice for Commercial Leases. Stamp Duty Land Tax will discourage tenants from taking long leases because it is based on the ...

  • Professional

    Stick or twist: the arbitration gamble

    19 September 2003

    Four points to remember before trying to up the ante

  • News

    US pension fund Teachers set to buy Angel Court

    19 September 2003

    Teachers Insurance Annuity Association is the favourite to buy one of the largest office blocks on the market in the City of London, 1 Angel Court, EC2. Morley Fund Management, which owns the 19-storey tower, last week put it under offer to US pension fund Teachers, one of the ...

  • Markets

    CABE campaign aims to tackle UK's wasted space

    19 September 2003

    Report slams landowners, housebuilders and councils for failing to develop derelict land

  • News

    Tchenguiz in Ahouvi tie-up

    19 September 2003

    Entrepreneurs team up for 40% of £620m NCP deal

  • News

    Mapeley chief Spoerri leaves after strategy row

    19 September 2003

    Differences over international ambitions lead to termination of contract

  • News

    Kier property division adds £25m

    19 September 2003

    Kier Group’s property division contributed £25m to the company’s profits in the year to 30 June, up from £18m last year, the company announced this week. Chief executive John Dodds said last year’s acquisition of Laing Property had ‘provided the critical mass to transform Kier into a major player’. ...