All Property Week articles in 23 June 2000 – Page 2

  • News

    Bloom nips Manx in the bud

    23 June 2000

    Desmond Bloom, the property sector s most colourful operator, has sold his AIM-listed Manx & Overseas company to an internet software developer. Netcentric, founded by husband and wife Keith and Jane Garrett, is to reverse into Manx in a £5m all-share deal, of which £2m is subject to future performance. ...

  • News

    Delancey benefits as Soros lowers sights

    23 June 2000

    But Jamie Ritblat says 'the jury is still out' on the take-private option

  • News

    Commercial market begins to cool off

    23 June 2000

    The commercial property market is starting to come off the boil, according to the latest CBI/ GVA Grimley Survey of Property Trends. The number of companies expecting to increase their property holdings in the next six months fell since the last survey at the start of the year. The ...

  • Markets

    Breaking the bank

    23 June 2000

    The South Bank Centre has long been a problem for London. Three ambitious redevelopment attempts have failed since 1983. Stuart Watson investigates whether the next scheme on the drawing board can break the development duck

  • Markets

    Croydon fights back

    23 June 2000

    Croydon s 1.3 million residents provide customers for many nearby shopping centres, such as Bluewater. So, can two new shopping centres in Croydon retain this custom locally? Or is the demand not strong enough for such an ambitious expansion?

  • News

    BID revitalisation US style is years away

    23 June 2000

    Minister says that Urban White Paper will not commit government to any one option

  • Markets

    Arsenal scheme fires confidence

    23 June 2000

    The Millennium Dome and the Royal Arsenal scheme have improved impressions of the area

  • Professional

    Rules have limited appeal

    23 June 2000

    Appeals A recent appeal case has cast light on the new Civil Procedure Rules. Anthony Tanney of Falcon Chambers assesses the impact of Tanfern Ltd v Cameron-Macdonald

  • Professional

    Taking ownership into account

    23 June 2000

    Accounting When a building is partially occupied by its owner, is it defined as an investment or operational property?

  • Markets

    Kingston’s ransom

    23 June 2000

    With rising demand and impossibly tight supply, rents are being forced skywards.

  • News

    LandSecs eyes £63m opportunity in EC3

    23 June 2000

    Land Securities has paid the German open-ended fund Despa £63m for 49 Leadenhall Street/22 Billiter Street in the City. The 13,940 sq m (150,000 sq ft) office building is let to the Institute of London Underwriters until 2011, but LandSecs has bought the EC3 address with an eye on ...

  • News

    LMS scoops 21% NAV rise with hybrid mix

    23 June 2000

    Investor will stick to unique combination of property and dot com investments

  • News

    US giant Outback plans 160 UK restaurants with Leisureplex

    23 June 2000

    American chain Outback Steakhouse, which has 600 outlets in the US, is planning to open 160 restaurants in the UK. The first two restaurants will open later this year, financed by Leisureplex, which owns mixed leisure centres and restaurants in Ireland. Kingston agent Bonsor Penningtons is understood to have made ...

  • News

    Executive sinks £100m subterranean shop plan

    23 June 2000

    Anti-development campaigners win the first round in a fight over plans for Edinburgh World Heritage Site

  • News

    RREEF determined after £1.5bn blow

    23 June 2000

    RREEF managing director David Hunter this week put on a brave face after the loss of half of his fund management company s business to Prudential . RREEF lost the contract to manage £1.5bn of Scottish Amicable assets, bought by Prudential in 1997, to the Pru s property fund ...