All Property Week articles in 20 May 2005 – Page 2

  • Simon Fitch
    Insight

    Going places

    20 May 2005

    Who’s moving onwards and upwards.

  • News

    LandSecs goes into overdrive

    20 May 2005

    UK’s biggest quoted property company to take on £180m Shell HQ and buy £640m of retail parks

  • Permission granted: Lenning House in Croydon
    Markets

    Lennig House gets permission

    20 May 2005

    Bridgehouse Capital and Midland City Development won planning permission last month for a 120,340 sq ft (11,180 sq m) mixed-use residential scheme in Croydon.

  • Insight

    Frosty reception

    20 May 2005

    Sir, It troubles me that non-property personalities such as Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir David Frost lend their celebrity to promote property investment syndicates (news, 06.05.05, p1) which are structured so as to leave the investors with 100% of the risk but only 50% of the reward.

  • Markets

    Food on the menu at Spinningfields

    20 May 2005

    Two high-profile food retailers have taken space at Allied London’s Spinningfields development in Manchester city centre.

  • News

    An odd favourite

    20 May 2005

    Property derivatives, which offer an easy way to bet on the sector’s performance, are back in fashion.

  • Markets

    The rise and fall of high-rise

    20 May 2005

    Developers must be well informed if they succumb to the lure of residential towers

  • Looking north: Next moved into the Hub  after it was vacated by Littlewoods
    Markets

    Free enterprise

    20 May 2005

    Occupiers buying small freehold units for their pension funds dominate the market.

  • Hot on his heels: Murray-Holgate finished 264th
    News

    Enter sandman

    20 May 2005

    Surveyors love sport. They play football, rugby and tennis; they climb mountains and run marathons; some even take part in triathlons.

  • News

    Knight Frank and Grubb & Ellis scoop global instruction

    20 May 2005

    Knight Frank and its us partner Grubb & Ellis have been appointed to advise on industrial machinery manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand’s 20m sq ft (1.86m sq m) global property portfolio.

  • News

    Slough plans residential element at Winnersh Triangle

    20 May 2005

    Berkshire business park is latest to join south-east residential bandwagon

  • Family name: son dubbed Wyatt ‘vacant’
    News

    Never a dull moment with Wyatt

    20 May 2005

    Adrian Wyatt chose to remind his audience at last Friday morning’s Property Finance Forum of a saying by Oscar Wilde: ‘Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.’

  • News

    Dont tax overseas investors, says REIT working group

    20 May 2005

    Treasury-appointed committee reports that taxation would ‘make UK uncompetitive’

  • News

    Debt trap

    20 May 2005

    The latest research from De Montfort University shows that lending on commercial property soared by £44.6bn last year to £172bn. John Waples asks if it is sustainable

  • News

    Debenhams in Wakefield

    20 May 2005

    Debenhams is poised to sign next week for an 80,000 sq ft (7,430 sq m) store at Trinity Walk, a £145m mixed-use scheme planned in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

  • Party’s over: Newcastle’s reputation could suffer if licensees miss deadline
    Professional

    ‘Party toon’ under threat from licence deadline

    20 May 2005

    New licensing laws say traders must apply by 6 August or be subject to bureaucratic ordeal BY mark shepherd Newcastle’s status as one of Britain’s top party destinations is under threat because traders have not heeded changes to the licensing laws, claims the city council.

  • Markets

    Databank

    20 May 2005

    This week, EC Harris research into the construction costs of high-quality flats

  • News

    Databank

    20 May 2005

    This week, IPD research into capital and rental value growth in the retail sector

  • New life: once complete, Sedley Place will be home to retail, residential and offices, and already boasts a courtyard
    Markets

    Out of danger

    20 May 2005

    The redevelopment of a once crime-ridden square behind Oxford Street has breathed new life into a much-maligned area of London.

  • All in the best possible taste: the property world’s top tasters gathered in Whitehall for the first Property Week/Aston Rose Wine Tasting Challenge
    Insight

    Property’s premier crew

    20 May 2005

    Distinguishing Pauillac from Margaux is not something for which the average Property Week journalist is well equipped.