All Property Week articles in 26 March 2004 – Page 3

  • News

    Inner City: James Whitmore

    26 March 2004

    Liz Peace, the chief executive of the British Property Federation, had warned before last week’s Budget that the REIT consultation paper was likely to be tough on property companies. She was absolutely right. While the consultation paper is merely a starting point, a basis for negotiation, it is clear ...

  • News

    Discovery tunes in to Chiswick Park

    26 March 2004

    TV channel takes west London park’s biggest letting in more than a year

  • Markets

    Eade on: Cleaning up at the shopping centre

    26 March 2004

    Russia's retail managers are visiting Britain to see how things are done – and to find out how to keep their buildings clean

  • Professional

    Case news

    26 March 2004

    Beware of borrowing on your homePatricia Dixon v Clement Jones Solicitors,3 March 2004, High CourtThe message: although a negligence claim against lawyers, this case is also a salutary lesson of the dangers of a person inexperienced in business using their house as security for a business venture.The case: it was ...

  • News

    Mayfair Capital Partners offers third fund with lower gearing

    26 March 2004

    The choice of property funds on offer to private investors continues to grow after the launch of a limited partnership at Mayfair Capital Partners this week. The structure, MC Income Plus Fund, is the third offering from the fund manager, following the Property Growth Income Fund and the East Anglian ...

  • News

    Canary and Manhattan Loft eye Wood Wharf

    26 March 2004

    Canary Wharf Group has teamed up with Harry Handelsman's Manhattan Loft Corporation to bid for London's most sought after development site. The pair are up against a who's who of commercial property developers to develop the Wood Wharf site on the Isle of Dogs, next to CWG's existing estate. ...

  • Insight

    Time to widen out the CABE ‘in crowd’

    26 March 2004

    Two of the biggest changes in property over the last five years are the resurgence of Stanhope and the growth of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.

  • News

    Triton fund buys Mersey retail park

    26 March 2004

    UBS’s Triton Property Fund has bought St Helen’s Retail Park in Merseyside from Liverpool Victoria for £23.1m. The scheme has an open A1 consent and has planning permission for a further 30,000 sq ft (2,790 sq m) of development. The initial yield is 5.75%. Edgerley Simpson Howe advised the ...

  • News

    Citigroup buys Halifax retail park

    26 March 2004

    ASDA Properties has sold Crossley Retail Park, Pellon Lane, Halifax , to Citigroup Alternative Investments for £8.54m. The scheme includes 46,973 sq ft (4,363 sq m) of open A1 retail warehousing, and tenants include Aldi and Halfords. The initial yield was 6.1%. Asda was advised by FPDSavills and Hill ...

  • News

    Small investors get the right to buy …

    26 March 2004

    Simplified tax system for pensions opens door for property investment

  • News

    LandSecs seals bumper London week

    26 March 2004

    Land Securities has attracted tenants for two of its largest central London office schemes. The developer's 30 Gresham Street has been selected as preferred option by Lloyds TSB for a 250,000 sq ft (23,230 sq m) building in the City. It has beaten Standard Life 's nearby 10 ...

  • Professional

    Building surveyors must face legal risk

    26 March 2004

    Clients deserve the best advice, not the safest option

  • News

    BT and Morley tackle Rugby

    26 March 2004

    Telecoms company and fund manager team up to develop 1,700 acre mixed-use site

  • News

    Brown’s restrictive REIT rules dampen share prices

    26 March 2004

    Disappointment over Treasury’s proposed property investment funds causes share price setback

  • Professional

    A day’s work in the witness box

    26 March 2004

    Mark Jansen meets a surveyor who relishes his appearances in court as an expert witness.

  • News

    Valuation boost for Lok’nStore

    26 March 2004

    Lok’nStore, the self-storage provider, has revealed that its freehold stores have been valued by Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker at £20.1m, compared with their £9.9m historic cost. The company’s results for the six months to 31 January show a cut in pretax losses from £376,722 to £169,237 on ...

  • News

    REIT boon fails to spark shares

    26 March 2004

    Property shares FELL last week despite chancellor Gordon Brown launching a consultation paper on UK real estate investment trusts (REITs), which would be a huge boon for the quoted property sector. The Real Estate Index fell 1% to 2634, in line with the All-Share’s 1% drop to 2210. The market’s ...

  • News

    It's a Shaw thing as CBRE bolsters Manchester office

    26 March 2004

    Former JLL top name appointed to run north-west agency business

  • News

    BIDs timetable comes forward to keep momentum

    26 March 2004

    The government has brought forward the timetable for business improvement districts (BIDs), after pressure from the pilot BID organisations. Consultation on draft regulations for BIDs has been shortened from the standard 12 weeks to eight. Pilot BIDs fear they will lose momentum for transferring to legally binding BIDs if the ...

  • Markets

    Basing reviewed

    26 March 2004

    An ageing office location once described as 'the Dallas of North Hampshire', Basing View is in need of a revamp.