All Property Week articles in 24 March 2005 – Page 3
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News
Manhattan Loft Corporation
Harry Handelsman’s Manhattan Loft Corporation is celebrating tomorrow’s release of Valiant, a $40m (£21m) animation about a wartime carrier pigeon made at its Ealing Studios complex in west London, by Vanguard Animation. Manhattan Loft has also announced that production company Digi-Guys is to take 11,000 sq ft (1,020 sq m) ...
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InsightCrossing continents
US developer Hines is hoping to beat the rest of the investment pack into European property.
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NewsUS man confirmed as next RICS president
Tony Towell to challenge Chase for position of senior vice-president
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City view: James Whitmore
There have some spectacular turns in the property industry, where clever investors have taken advantage of a rising market to make a quick buck. But I can’t think of any as great as the £60m-plus profit, or 2.5 times its money, that two little-known companies, Epsilon Investments and Hilco, will ...
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Rivals circle Chesterton’s top residential offices
Leases on estate agency outlets, such as Kensington and Little Venice, could pass to competitors
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MarketsCheap and cheerful
In recent years discount stores have been the unsung success story of retail. Just don’t mention the ‘D’ word.
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Insight
Charity volunteers sought
Sir, Build Aid is a charity formed to provide construction support services and work with local governments, NGOs, community groups and individuals following the Tsunami in south-east Asia.
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MarketsA change of sales pitch
Mall managers are being encouraged to ditch the salesmen in favour of family-friendly attractions.
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Insight
Prescott clinches victory for town centre retail
Since Labour came to power in 1997 there has been a tug-of-war at the heart of government over out-of-town retail – between the Treasury batting for commerce and John Prescott’s various empires fighting for town centres.
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ProfessionalCase news
Jonathan Ross reports on a battle to determine whether a tenant can initiate a rent review, while Warren Gordon sees that a failure to issue a rent demand does not imply surrender of a lease
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MarketsCandys’ new flavours
Having made their name developing bespoke homes for the super-rich, the Candy brothers are moving on to yachts, hotels and Knightsbridge’s Bowater House. Gwyn Roberts met them. Photograph by Dominik Gigler
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Christian (left) and Nick Candy
Christian (left) and Nick Candy found their niche in residential development, designing homes for the ultra-rich. Following the £150m purchase of Bowater House in London’s Knightsbridge last year from Land Securities , the brothers are preparing to venture into hotels.
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MarketsODPM queries Crests Camberley design
Local council ‘did not act on CABE suggestions’ for Crest Nicholson scheme
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NewsIrish buy at Rossetti Place
Irish investment company Summerise has bought Bauhaus, the second phase of the Rossetti Place scheme in Manchester, for around £16m, at an equivalent yield of 6.9%.
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Reit sells Newbury Business Park
Reit Asset Management has sold Newbury Business Park to Moorfield Group for £47.5m.
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Managed business space: investors start circling as recovery kicks in
Managed business space has finally recovered from the downturn. After a painful couple of years, vacancies are falling and rents rising. The last quarter of 2004 was the strongest period since the heady days of 2001, says Richard Hamilton, managing director of Instant Offices. He adds that a significant number ...
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Brown disappoints investors with pre-election Budget
Chancellor delays authorised investment funds again and tightens tax regime
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Guildhall’s drum break
The Cambridge Land Society, the alumni society for the Department of Land Economy, held a reception at the Guildhall in London last week.
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Insight
...as institution insists its selection policy was by the book
Sir, There is, understandably, interest in who will be the next RICS president, and in the process for selecting him or her. I think it would be helpful if I set out the facts, particularly in view of inaccuracies and misunderstandings which appeared in your magazine on 25 February ...
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MarketsOxford’s blues
After rejections, false starts and postponements, Capital Shopping Centres is determined to get its plans right for Oxford’s Westgate Shopping Centre.
