All Property Week articles in 25 February 2000 – Page 2
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More firms going private
The construction and building materials sector was the most active for public-to-private deals by venture capitalists last year, research by Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance reveals.
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Westfield secures UK site in first European offensive
Australian giant takes majority stake in Nottingham s Broadmarsh shopping centre
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Lend Lease in new Euro jv
Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, the investment management arm of Lend Lease, has formed a joint venture to manage European real estate securities for institutional and retail investors and high net worth individuals. The new Brussels-based company, called Lend Lease Houlihan Rovers, is a partnership between Lend Lease and ...
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Grosvenor joins the e-revolution
AIM-listed property investor Grosvenor Land Holdings has made its first investment in a dot com start-up since raising a £1m venture capital fund. The company, chaired by former England cricketer Phil Edmonds, has bought a 5% interest for A$300,000 (£118,000) in Australian quoted resource company Gondwana Resources, which is ...
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Small firms must embrace technology to survive
Small surveying firms will only survive if they break their tradesmen mindsets and invest in the latest IT, according to leading management consultants. The warning came following the publication of exclusive Property Week research into small firms business practices that showed that 30% of small firms do ...
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Energy regulator secures Millbank HQ in ICI deal
British chemicals giant ICI has shelled out £5m to leave its lease at its Millbank headquarters in London. The cash payment was made to Ofgem, the energy regulator, to take on the 18-year lease with the Prudential , the building s freeholder. ICI is leaving Imperial Chemical House, which has ...
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Insight
Silicon cynics
How do you rate a company that has doubled in value in the last year, but has yet to make a profit? This report turns to the United States for tips on accommodating hypergrowth companies
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Markets
Comment Playing the waiting game
Supply of business park space is low and agents eagerly await news of new schemes.
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Markets
Comment: going to town in Liverpool
The growth in urban living in Liverpool began in the late 1980s with the refurbishment of dockside warehouses, and building of new town houses and apartments to the south of the Albert Dock. The former Merseyside Development Corporation assisted much of this development. Growth slowed in the early 1990s but ...
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DevSecs closer to Paddington
Development Securities took another step towards buying the Paddington goods yard development site in west London this week. The property company signed an agreement with landowners Regalian and NFC to buy the site for £84.1m. DevSecs bid is funded by Norwich Union and Equitable Life. The site has ...
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MWB in talks to buy Five Ways leisure scheme
Richardson Developments and Cordwell Properties are in detailed discussions to sell Five Ways leisure scheme in Birmingham to MWB . MWB plans to snap up the £48m scheme for its third UK leisure fund. The deal will be the fourth buy for the fund taking the total invested ...
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Dutch merger builds Euro retail giant
RCE/Amvest investigating merger as European property company consolidation hots up
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RICS builds new merger with IBC
The RICS is in discussions to merge with the Institute of Building Control. Chief executive Louis Armstrong confirmed this week that the institution had been approached by the IBC, which has 3,600 members, mostly employed by local authorities as inspectors checking that buildings comply with regulations. Armstrong said that ...
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Professional
Brownfield points
Brownfield land regeneration has been hindered by the absence of a consistent redevelopment framework, the entrenched attitudes of some regulators and the previous availability of greenfield alternatives. The new contaminated land regulatory regime is finally due to be implemented in April, after nearly a decade of prevarication and delays. But ...
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Markets
Homing in on Bristol
Increased residential development has resulted in Bristol becoming a vibrant and lively night spot as young professionalschoose to live and work in Bristol city centre. Report on the future of further development in this growing sector.
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Bristol retail Broadening horizons
The Broadmead shopping centre must be revamped if it is to beat the competition.
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Property bosses fuming over lease depreciation
Accounting Standards Board proposals provoke fierce opposition from UK property companies
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Markets
Bristol offices Temple of boom
The success of Temple Quay is having a positive knock-on effect on surrounding locations.
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Shaftesbury's banged to rights
West End of London specialist Shaftesbury did something last week that few property companies have been able to achieve in the last few years raise new equity from a rights issue. The two-for-nine issue was priced at 215p a share, which represents a discount of 11% to ...
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