All Property Week articles in 22 August 2008 – Page 6
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Online
Sainsbury’s takes it to the Bridge
Retailer makes distribution relocation U-turn in battle to cut costs
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Insight
Georgia’s Brave Face
Russia’s military action in South Ossetia has raised doubts over the future of Georgia’s emerging property sector but optimism remains.
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Online
Job cuts at Wilson Bowden and Kenmore
Wilson Bowden Developments and Kenmore are cutting jobs as both negotiate the tough market with business reviews and corporate sales.
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News
Kurt Geiger to open flagship store at Bluewater
Luxury footwear retailer Kurt Geiger has agreed to open its new concept UK flagship store at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent.
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Markets
Builders’ blocks
Last month a report by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply/Markit confirmed the construction sector is in recession. Meanwhile, the heads of three London Stock Exchange-listed companies share their views of the market and their strategies for the coming year
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Online
Bristol suffers triple whammy as big schemes hit delays
Market downturn slows work on Cabot Gate, One Glassfields and Redcliffe Village
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News
US embassy’s Grosvenor Square base to go on the market
The US embassy’s Grosvenor Square base in central London is about to come to the market, Property Week can reveal.
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Markets
Mira Bar-Hillel’s housing ideas may become policy despite losing out on working for Boris
London mayor Boris Johnson may have favoured Sir Simon Milton over Mira Bar-Hillel for the housing job, but her ideas may still become policy
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News
Property Week columnist Max investigates banks
Former investment banker, Apprentice runner-up and Property Week columnist James Max is to appear on Channel 4’s investigative documentary, Dispatches, on Monday.
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News
London lettings for bankers, nurses and lawyers
Standard Bank will move to Hermes Real Estate’s 20 Gresham Street development in the City of London.
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News
Brixton discovers bad news comes in threes
Shares dive after triple whammy of 18% drop in NAV, fall in portfolio value and escalating void rate
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Markets
Speculative business parks may come back to haunt developers
Developers that are spec-ing ahead with finance secured before the credit crunch may find few takers on completion. Hardeep Sandher reports on the latest GVA Grimley business park review
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News
Avanta takes third Indian office
UK serviced office operator Avanta has signed a lease on 50,000 sq ft at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, India.
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News
Eddisons auction results buoyed by cut-price residential lots
Cut-price residential lots sold well and provided a solid base at Eddisons’ property auction in Leeds last week.
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Professional
Shake-up at Atisreal
Atisreal has reshaped its London development and residential consulting group in response to the departure of Nigel Durman, head of development and residential, at the end of this month.
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News
Knight Frank for Exchange Arcade
Knight Frank MVG has been appointed by CB Richard Ellis Investors to provide leasing and asset management consultancy at Exchange Arcade in Nottingham, an upmarket shopping parade with retailers such as Jaeger, Karen Millen and Crabtree & Evelyn.
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Markets
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust is sourcing funds for apprentice surveyors
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust is looking for new forms of funding
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Professional
Appraising the appraisal
Tom Kennie explains how a ‘performance and development’ review should not be a ‘paper-filling destructive ritual’
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News
Henderson Global Investors to apply for former Bank of England planning
Henderson Global Investors is set to submit a planning application for a £70m redevelopment of the former Bank of England building at 55 Temple Row in central Birmingham following a public consultation that finishes today.