All Property Week articles in 21 November 2003 – Page 4

  • Insight

    If London's two mayors worked together, they could be quite an act

    21 November 2003

    The last word, with Steven Norris

  • News

    Dunloe owners submit £85m Belfast plans

    21 November 2003

    The private investors who bought Irish property company Dunloe Ewart ’s Northern Ireland portfolio have put in a planning application for an £85m scheme on one of the key development sites in Belfast. Publicity-shy investors Frank Boyd and Andrew Creighton have formed a consortium with local developer Brunswick to develop ...

  • News

    Bradford council picks trio for £615m outsourcing bid

    21 November 2003

    Trillium, Mapeley and Carillion shortlisted to buy city council's portfolio

  • News

    Kenmore moves into Scandinavia with £56m deals

    21 November 2003

    Kenmore Properties, the Edinburgh-based property company run by John Kennedy, has increased its presence in Europe by investing £56m in the Swedish and Norwegian retail markets. It has bought a controlling interest in a portfolio of 93 food stores from Axfood, one of the top four grocery chains in ...

  • News

    Edinburgh House targets £500m dream

    21 November 2003

    Edinburgh House Estates has moved into the next phase of its development by expanding its team and aiming to increase the size of its portfolio to £500m 'reasonably quickly'. The company was set up in March 2001 by ex-Bourne End management duo David Roberts (pictured left) and Tony Quayle. Having ...

  • News

    Evolve makes first natural selection for £7.5m

    21 November 2003

    Evolve, a newcomer to the private investor sector, has acquired its first property on behalf of a private syndicate for £7.5m. Headed by former Abbey Life director Simon Hawley and ex-FPDSavills director Hugh Colville, Evolve has acquired St Nicholas Retail Park in King's Lynn, Norfolk, from developer Turnstone Estates. The ...

  • Silver and Burns
    News

    Noé makes £400m play for Derwent

    21 November 2003

    Chairman Ivey thought unlikely to recommend offer of 760p a share

  • News

    Halabi completes £260m Aviva Tower purchase

    21 November 2003

    Syrian investor Simon Halabi's company Buckingham Securities has bought the Aviva Tower in London EC3. Buckingham, acting on behalf of the Halabi family trusts, has paid around £260m for the freehold of the 315,000 sq ft (29,264 sq m) 1960s office building. The 28-storey tower has been sold by the ...

  • Markets

    David Wilson buys 26 acre Bristol site

    21 November 2003

    David Wilson Homes has acquired Frenchay Developments for £24m. The 26 acre (10.5 ha) Siston Common, a prime residential development area east of Bristol, is Frenchay's sole asset, which will help underpin Wilson's expansion in the south-west. Mike Stansfield, chief executive of Wilson, said: 'Bristol has seen major expansion in ...

  • Markets

    Post haste at Access 23

    21 November 2003

    Burford 's recent acquisition of Green Property was big news for the property industry, but a deal at the developer's Access 23 scheme on Purley Way has been bigger news for the Croydon market. In October, Deutsche Post got the scheme under way by taking a 73,000 sq ft ...

  • News

    £100m tech park planned on former Rover site

    21 November 2003

    Regional development agency Advantage West Midlands and developer St Modwen Properties are set to transform the former MG Rover plant at Longbridge, Birmingham, with a £100m hi-tech business park. AWM, which owns 40 acres (16 ha) of surplus land that was part of the MG Rover plant, and ...

  • Online

    Police widen JLL bribes probe

    2003-11-20T13:09:00Z

    The corruption probe in Jones Lang LaSalle’s German operations has widened today with news that the former managing director of the business in Germany is now also under investigation.

  • Online

    Great Portland reports NAV drop

    2003-11-20T12:01:00Z

    Great Portland Estates continues to be affected by the central London office slump, reporting today that its net asset value decreased 4.2% in the six months to September.