All Property Week articles in 25 February 2000 – Page 3

  • Professional

    A worldly approach

    25 February 2000

    More and more property professionals are trading their briefcases for backpacks. With British qualifications, you can satisfy your wanderlust and continue to build your career.

  • News

    MWB high on Amsterdam buy as first European deal secured

    25 February 2000

    MWB Business Exchange , the serviced office operator, has clinched its first European deal with the acquisition of a centre in Amsterdam. The move is part of an aggressive European expansion plan that will see the company open 15-18 new centres by December 2001. The company will initially target the ...

  • Markets

    Offices An age of renaissance

    25 February 2000

    Liverpool has shaken off its bad reputation and regeneration is having a positive effect.

  • News

    Revealed: the fruits of Alsop’s labours

    25 February 2000

    This bizarre picture is the very start of the design process for what could be London s and the world s tallest building. Developer Malory Clifford wants to build a 1,550 ft tower in Southwark (news, 11 Feb) and has commissioned maverick architect Will Alsop to ...

  • News

    Capital’s councils squeeze tower development plans

    25 February 2000

    City of Westminster and Tower Hamlets forced to rethink tall buildings policies as number of proposed towers increases

  • News

    Pelham’s new Madrid interest

    25 February 2000

    Pelham Partners, the European investment vehicle for the giant US Apollo Real Estate Fund, is planning a $219m (£137m) industrial and leisure scheme on the outskirts of Madrid. This week it bought a 70% stake in a 74ha (183 acre) site at Vicalvaro, 8km outside Madrid city centre, with Pacifica, ...

  • Markets

    Planning: Merseyside’s local authorities must look at a wider picture

    25 February 2000

    Merseyside s planning authorities have a dual role to play. They must assist regeneration in their own areas, but they must also help to realise the aims of the North West Development Agency s regional blueprint A Strategy Towards 2020. This document envisages Liverpool joining Manchester as a beacon ...

  • News

    Agent arrested for ‘child porn’

    25 February 2000

    A property agent at south-east niche surveying firm Freeth Melhuish has been arrested and charged with eight counts of taking indecent photographs of children. John Thorogood, aged 51, was due to appear at Hertfordshire Magistrates Court on Wednesday, as Property Week went to press. He was arrested in January ...

  • News

    C&R NAV jumps 17% but shares stagnate

    25 February 2000

    Retail specialist unveils internet strategy and share buyback plan in bid to improve returns

  • News

    Deutsche and JE Robert link for £138m Allied London bid

    25 February 2000

    Takeover, which is all but sealed, will see Allied London exit public arena

  • News

    Argyll to steer £125m fund

    25 February 2000

    Argyll Property Asset Managers, the fund manager run by David Hunter, has been selected to manage the £125m Guardian Unit Linked Property Fund. The fund, previously managed by Guardian Properties, was bought by Dutch insurance giant Aegon as part of its purchase of the Guardian Life businesses last year. The ...

  • News

    LandSec to offload £100m of offices in new reshuffle

    25 February 2000

    UK s largest quoted property company set to rationalise London office portfolio with sale of 12 properties