All Property Week articles in 26 November 1999
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Markets
Teesside in turmoil
Healthy retail market but office and industrial sectors remain structurally flawed.
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News
Two in takeover talks
No sooner had Lands Improvement announced it was being taken over in a £42.4m bid from Clerical Medical, than details emerged about talks at two other small companies, Allied London and CNC.
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Professional
The voice of reason
Voice recognition software now comes with specialist vocabularies, ideal for the property professional. What's more, it's now affordable for small firms.
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News
Profits spark LMS share rise
London Merchant Securities , the property investor and venture capitalist, saw its shares soar 33.5p to 152.5p on Tuesday in anticipation of large profits from its share investments. The new price is the highest level for at least a year and compares with an NAV of 183p a share. The ...
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News
Tokyo prices soar on REIT listing news
Tokyo share prices soared to a new two-year high last week in response to reports that the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is planning to allow the listing of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
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Markets
Leisure Tyne
Commercial schemes in Gateshead are being kick-started by lottery-funded arts projects.
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Markets
The Irish see
While institutional investors stall, low interest rates and a booming economy have encouraged private Irish investors with vision to buy up properties in the north of England.
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Markets
Industrial The revolution is under way
Business expansion and the provision of quality stock is encouraging new occupiers to the region.
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News
Regus hits US
Service Office operator Regus has formed a joint venture with US serviced apartment company Oakwood. The global alliance aims to satisfy business clients office and accommodation needs in one fell swoop. Each company will offer discounts for each others products and services, and explore shared operating ...
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Retailers in Italy could be hit hard by new law
Retailers considering opening shops in Italy were warned last week that they may have to pay 10 years' rent in advance to the outgoing tenant in order to secure a unit. Jones Lang Lasalle 's Retail Opportunities report says that the shortage of high street shops has led ...
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Markets
Scouse grouse
Despite a long stream of proposals, big leisure schemes in Liverpool cannot get off the ground. David Thame examines the reasons, and profiles developer Bill Davies, whose Walton Group is involved in three of the city s much fought-over projects
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News
Grantchester results quash slump reports
Grantchester has dispelled theories that the retail warehouse sector is in decline, by revealing impressive year-end results and stating that the sector is in its best shape for a decade. Net asset value rose 15% to 198p in the year to 30 September. More than 55,800 sq m ...
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News
First QS with a regen unit
EC Harris will become the first quantity surveyor to have a dedicated urban regeneration unit when it officially launches its new division this month. The company hopes the new team can exploit the planned 33% increase in DETR spending on urban regeneration over the next three years, ...
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Insight
Fighting fit
Property Week is teaming up with the CBI to alert occupiers to the value that can be gleaned from an effective property strategy. Giles Barrie explains how managing your property can help your company face up to the competition to be fit for the future
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Markets
Fighting for his trophies
Liverpool developer Bill Davies the power behind the Walton Group could be forgiven for thinking politicians have decided to pick a fight. Last month work began on a 27,900 sq m (300,000 sq ft) retail development at the old Post Office site, central Liverpool, after thinly-veiled ...
