All Property Week articles in 24 September 2004

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  • Online

    Anschutz buys Manchester arena

    2004-09-28T11:43:00Z

    Vector Investments, the P&O-controlled special purpose vehicle, has sold the Manchester Evening News Arena to Anschutz Entertainment Group for £49m.

  • Online

    Celebrity-backed aAIM takes 100m office portfolio

    2004-09-28T11:33:00Z

    Land Securities Trillium and Norwich Union have sold a portfolio of seven office properties to celebrity-backed investor aAIM for £100m.

  • Online

    Warner takes £27m Aylesbury shopping centre

    2004-09-27T13:03:00Z

    Warner Estate Holdings, the property investment company, has bought the Hale Leys Shopping Centre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire from a client of Henderson Global Investors for £27m.

  • Online

    Teesland makes £34.5m bid for PFM

    2004-09-27T13:01:00Z

    Property fund management company Teesland has made a £34.5m recommended takeover offer for John Sims’ Property Fund Management.

  • Online

    Arlington strikes air traffic deal

    2004-09-24T14:18:00Z

    Arlington Securities, the property services and fund management company, has agreed to develop 127,500 sq ft (11,845 sq m) of office space on behalf of the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) at Solent Business Park near Southampton.

  • Online

    2004 IAS/OAS Awards finalists announced

    2004-09-24T09:44:00Z

    The buildings and companies in line for the prizes at the 2004 IAS/OAS Awards have been announced. The Awards, which are organised by Property Week in association with the Industrial Agents Society and Office Agents Society, will honour the best developments of the last year, and the companies behind them. ...

  • Online

    Europa's German partner taken into custody

    2004-09-24T09:29:00Z

    The German partner of Europa Capital Partners, the property fund manager set up five years ago by Sir John Beckwith, was taken into custody on Thursday as part of an investigation into a massive property scandal.

  • Hard lines: Bernstein is determined to extend the existing tram route
    Markets

    Tram to the slaughter

    24 September 2004

    The cancellation of the extension to Manchester’s tram link caused outrage, but council leader Sir Howard Bernstein is hell-bent on reversing the decision

  • News

    Regeneration south-east

    24 September 2004

  • From pilloried to picturesque: Piccadilly Plaza's City Tower will be transformed, with a new entrance mall and York Street entrance
    Markets

    Pride of Plaza

    24 September 2004

    Can Bruntwood turn Manchester’s biggest eyesore, Piccadilly Plaza, from shunned 1960s scheme into sought-after business destination?

  • Starting up (left to right): Rooney, Buckley, Williams and Hawkins - four of the Lambert Smith Hampton directors who left to form WHR
    Markets

    Trading places

    24 September 2004

    The Manchester agency world was hit by a thunderbolt in June when six LSH directors left to set up on their own. There hasn’t been a dull moment since

  • Complementary: EP uses its powers in tandem with regional agencies, such as SEEDA at Rochester Riverside in the Thames Gateway, and with private companies such as Thornfield, at Feltham, south-west London
    Markets

    Property's sparring partner

    24 September 2004

    While developers complain about being outmanoeuvred by English Partnerships on big sites, they also welcome its help – and money

  • Insight

    Networkers

    24 September 2004

    Who’s worked with whom at Cheetham & Mortimer Founded in 1978, the firm provides retail property advice in the north of England, the Midlands, north Wales and the Isle of Man

  • It takes all sorts: speculative units on Liquorice Park are being snapped up as soon as they become available
    Markets

    Manchester’s sweet success

    24 September 2004

    The popularity of speculative developments at Trafford Park is showing no let-up as there is little available industrial space in the area

  • Pictured proudly holding the spoils of their victory are (left to right) Jim Smith, Rhauri McCafferty and Peter Gallagher, coincidentally of Dunlop Heywood Lorenz. The trio won five races out of a series of nine.
    Markets

    Local knowledge

    24 September 2004

    Essential information, project updates and gossip

  • Good times: 1 Marsden Street and 55 King Street are both examples of the strong occupier demand in Manchester
    Markets

    Inwardly mobile

    24 September 2004

    While lettings remain steady in Manchester’s city centre, there are signs that much sought-after inward investors are beginning to move in

  • Professional

    Inside parliament

    24 September 2004

    Is your building energy efficient?

  • Sir Bryan Carsberg CV
    Professional

    RICS puts its house in order

    24 September 2004

    Having shaken up property valuations, Sir Bryan Carsberg is back with a wide-ranging review of how the RICS regulates its members

  • Professional

    Holding on to tenants

    24 September 2004

    Two customer satisfaction schemes launched this week should help landlords learn how to keep their tenants happy and stop them from leaving

  • Gone to the dogs: dereliction in Salford. Manchester city centre is in the background
    Markets

    From grime to prime

    24 September 2004

    An international design competition to transform Salford closes on Monday