All Property Week articles in 20 February 2004 – Page 2

  • News

    New Wiltshire HQ set in train

    20 February 2004

    Estates & General is to develop a new headquarters facility for train parts manufacturer Westinghouse Brakes at its Hampton Park East industrial estate in Melksham, Wiltshire. Westinghouse is taking a 91,500 sq ft (8,500 sq m) facility on a 20-year lease at about £5.50/sq ft (£59.20/sq m), with a ...

  • News

    Royal Opera House retail sold in latest Irish swoop

    20 February 2004

    Anglo Irish Bank and Clarendon Properties finalise £80m deal for Covent Garden shops

  • Markets

    London resi target hit by land shortages

    20 February 2004

    Government policies for boosting housing supply through high-density development appear to be flawed. The problems look most serious in London, where the government and the mayor, Ken Livingstone , are seeking to build 30,000 homes a year. This is according to a new land shortage indicator being developed by FPDSavills. ...

  • Markets

    Location guide to … Richmond upon Thames

    20 February 2004

    Where: Roughly 10 miles south-west of London the River Thames runs through the borough for 21 miles, from Hampton Court to Kew Gardens. Planning: The borough claims that the 3,600 planning applications it receives each year make it one of the busiest planning authorities in the UK. The ...

  • Markets

    Yorkshire grit

    20 February 2004

    Everard Goodman, chairman of Tops Estates, has been the subject of controversy in the past, but few could doubt his devotion to the city of his birth.

  • News

    SPREFS fund plays it safe

    20 February 2004

    SPREFS, the financial services arm of Strutt & Parker , is launching a low-risk UK commercial property fund aimed at private investors. The fund will act as a feeder to the Deutsche UK Managed Property Fund, which owns a portfolio of £612m of assets. This underlying property portfolio is managed ...

  • Markets

    The Friary: third-time lucky?

    20 February 2004

    After two failed attempts, Westfield has submitted a third application to extend Guildford's Friary shopping centre and revitalise the town centre

  • News

    Hackney flirts with sale of historic town hall

    20 February 2004

    Labour council advertises for partner to solve property dilemma

  • News

    Ex-MEPC man joins JLL

    20 February 2004

    Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed Rankvale Holdings director Mark Routledge as a national director and head of south-east disposals. Routledge, former head of investment and leasing at MEPC , has worked in property for 13 years and was as an agent at CB Hillier Parker and Herring ...

  • News

    Euston Square estate on the market

    20 February 2004

    Hammerson has put the whole of its Euston Square estate on the market, months after a deal to sell two of the four buildings was announced as having collapsed. CB Richard Ellis is the selling agent and is quoting a price of £116m.

  • News

    Delancey gears up for London recovery

    20 February 2004

    Delancey this week advanced all its major schemes in central London as developers continue to prepare for the market’s recovery. The fund manager has taken a surrender of Ernst & Young ’s lease on the 50,000 sq ft (4,650 sq m) York House, by Westminster Bridge, SE1, and ...

  • Insight

    Taxman's Mapeley deal was a step in the right direction

    20 February 2004

    This week, shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin has been promising to cut £35bn in public spending if the Conservatives win the next general election. At the same time, a leak suggests that the Treasury's adviser Sir Peter Gershon has said that 80,000 government jobs can go. In both cases, the cuts ...

  • Insight

    ‘We’re counting on your support’

    20 February 2004

    New Land Aid president Mike Slade is calling on the property industry to get more involved with the homeless charity’s fund-raising efforts

  • News

    Grosvenor retail expert Greenwood lands Crown commission

    20 February 2004

    Grosvenor ’s retail strategist Jenefer Greenwood has been appointed as a Crown Estate Commissioner. Greenwood, who spent 25 years with CB Hillier Parker before joining Grosvenor last year, will be a non-executive member of the Crown Estate board. The board comprises seven part-time members and the full-time chief ...

  • News

    St Modwen founder Clarke steps down

    20 February 2004

    Sir Stan to be replaced as chairman by Anthony Glossop in April

  • News

    Time's changing in New York

    20 February 2004

    The Related Companies' massive Time Warner Center near Central Park is opening New Yorkers' eyes to the potential of 'vertical retailing'. Our US property columnist Steve Cuozzo reports from the Big Apple

  • News

    US organic chain hunts for standalone UK stores

    20 February 2004

    Whole Foods Market, the US organic supermarket group, has appointed Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker to hunt for standalone stores in the UK. The retailer, which has an annual turnover of more than $3bn (£1.59bn), made its first move into this country at the end of last month ...

  • News

    Polish retail centre JV set up

    20 February 2004

    Heitman, the Chicago-based property investment management firm, has set up a joint venture with New York developer Polimeni International to develop ¤135m (£85m) of hypermarket-anchored retail centres in Poland. The JV is developing centres in Kalisz, Poznan, Glogow, Gniezno and Grudziadz, as well as other secondary and tertiary markets for ...

  • News

    LSH’s central London head is latest casualty of failed MBO

    20 February 2004

    Archie Cowan, Lambert Smith Hampton ’s head of central London, has been laid off. Cowan, who was brought in by former chief executive Chris Boulton to beef up the firm’s weak presence in the capital, was given his marching orders by the firm last Friday. The reorganisation also means that ...

  • News

    Elephant & Castle plans get go-ahead

    20 February 2004

    Southwark Council was expected to give the go-ahead this week to a £1.5bn regeneration of the Elephant & Castle in south London. The Framework for Development – the council's masterplan for the 170 acre (69 ha) site that includes 807,300 sq ft (75,000 sq m) of retail and leisure – ...