All Property Week articles in 20 May 2005 – Page 3
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Markets
Countryside Properties
Countryside Properties has established a joint venture with Trenport Investments to develop a 74 acre (30 ha), £150m mixed-use scheme in Sittingbourne, Kent. Called East Hall Farm, the development will be next to Trenport’s Eurolink business park.
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ProfessionalDiary of... a council property director
John Morris, head of property at East Sussex County Council, takes us through his week
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Markets
Guildford council concedes to Civic Hall legal challenge
Council splits residential and leisure scheme in bid to get back on schedule
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NewsFraserCRE chairman to serve in top role at Queen’s
Alexander Anton, chairman of corporate real estate consultancy FraserCRE, has been appointed chairman of the Queen’s Club.
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ProfessionalCase news
Warren Gordon reports on a failed damages claim against a hotel, while Jonathan Ross warns landlords to respond quickly to tenants’ requests for consent to assign
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News
CBRE establishes global capital markets group
CB Richard Ellis has become the latest property group to set up a dedicated global sales and mortgage banking group.
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Markets
OEA’s mandatory call
The Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OEA) has called for membership of the body to be mandatory for all residential agents in its 2004 report, published last week.
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Professional
Buy-to-let scheme shut down
A buy-to-let scheme that promised investors they would make a killing on the property market has been closed down by the government.
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News
L&G poised for Chesterfield distribution buy
Cheshire-based developer Gladman Developments is to sell its 500,000 sq ft (46,500 sq m) Barlborough Links distribution warehouse in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, to Legal & General for more than £30m.
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News
Kilmartin director defects to Buccleuch
Sandy Smith, director at Scottish property company Kilmartin Property Group, is to join Buccleuch Property. Smith, who has been with Kilmartin for 10 years, will become development director at the Duke of Buccleuch’s property company. He will set up and lead the company’s first office in Sheffield, where he is ...
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NewsReuben brothers double coup
Simon and David Reuben were named ‘Enterpreneurs of the Year’ at the 14th Variety Club ‘Props’ Awards on Tuesday.
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Markets
Brixton sells last office
Brixton has sold its last office property, Dorking Business Park, for £30m to Norwich Property Trust, reflecting an initial yield of 6.8%.
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News
Chande and Myers join forces with Bradman
Trio to bid for £180m sale-and-leaseback of ABN Amro’s City headquarters
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Insight
Neither a borrower nor an excessive lender be
Year after year, bank lending to property rises. And year after year, bankers and investors reassure the market that everything will be fine. The latest rise, revealed today in De Montfort University research (see finance, p24), shows lending has hit £172bn. Bank of England figures issued last week show that ...
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News
DTZ shares boosted
DTZ’s shares rose steadily last week as the firm revealed that its annual profits would exceed expectations.
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News
Buy-to-let boom falters
The growth in the number of novice buy-to-let landlords dropped in the first quarter of 2005, according to a survey by buy-to-let mortgage provider Paragon Mortgages.
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NewsInvestors can take their PIC with a new type of bond
Protego’s Iain Reid invites private investors to join his £200m property derivatives party
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News
Into the wild blue yonder
When Martin Rogers took on the role of heading Knight Frank’s hotel and leisure department in Exeter, little did he know that he would be introducing prospective buyers to a pride of lions in the middle of the rolling hills of Dartmoor.
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News
Who is to blame for the unbuilt Freedom Tower?
Incompetence and conspiracies theories add to the mystery of the still unrestored Ground Zero
