All Property Week articles in 26 September 2003 – Page 4

  • News

    Inner City: Giles Barrie

    26 September 2003

    live aid relaunched freddie mercury, Dirty Den made his first visit to Albert Square and Wayne Rooney wasn't even born. It was 1985 and, believe it or not, the last time the Institute of Actuaries provided a detailed update to its members on how to treat real estate as an ...

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    Royal Bank set to buy King's Cross landmark

    26 September 2003

    Royal Bank of Scotland is set to buy the largest office building in London's King's Cross in a bid to offload its surplus space in the development. The bank is in talks to buy 200 Pentonville Road, a 180,142 sq ft (16,736 sq m) office scheme, from private investor Zak ...

  • Markets

    Chester's centre back

    26 September 2003

    Will a planning directive forcing housebuilders to include office elements reignite Chester's flagging office market?

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    Profits up at Ashtenne

    26 September 2003

    Ashtenne reported a 60% leap in profits to £9m in the six months to 30 June. It paid off all its debt by 30 June, enabling it to fund the purchase of Mentmore’s £182m serviced business space division in July. Total property under management rose to £790m from £559m in ...

  • Markets

    Argent's Garden party

    26 September 2003

    A newcomer to the north-west, Argent is hoping to recreate the magic of Brindleyplace at Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens. It's got the building, now it needs a tenant.

  • Professional

    Architect can make or break a scheme

    26 September 2003

    Solid administration skills are as important as creativity

  • Myers
    News

    Myers appointed to South Bank board

    26 September 2003

    Mountgrange chairman to inject property expertise to London arts committee

  • News

    Sellar to appeal over Pompey court ruling

    26 September 2003

    Dispute set to drag on after football club wins case over land payment

  • News

    Sellar agrees to buy Ashton shopping centre

    26 September 2003

    Sellar Property Group has agreed to purchase Ladysmith shopping centre in Ashton-under-Lyne from Everard Goodman's Tops Estates . Irvine Sellar's company has agreed to pay just over £30m for the 145,000 sq ft (13,470 sq m) centre. The price represents a yield of 7%. It comes in the middle of ...

  • News

    JLL on recruitment drive after associate quits

    26 September 2003

    Jones Lang LaSalle has lost a high-flying associate from its West End of London agency team. Andrew Heath has left the company to join Strutt & Parker 's fast-growing West End team which, as well as acting on a range of schemes in the area, runs the Benchmark ...

  • Markets

    HBF accuses councils of guidance misuse

    26 September 2003

    A growing number of local authorities have introduced 'residential development moratoria' in what amounts to a 'deliberate misuse' of planning guidance, according to the House Builders Federation (HBF). The HBF last week accused councils in the north-west of imposing a blanket ban on new homes, and now it claims to ...

  • News

    Northcliffe House sold to DB for £99m

    26 September 2003

    DB Real Estate has paid Teachers and Clerical Medical £99m for the 191,000 sq ft (17,744 sq m) Northcliffe House, London EC4, at a yield of 6.4%. Jones Lang LaSalle advised DB, Invesco Real Estate and DTZ advised the vendors.

  • News

    British Land to issue £80m bonds

    26 September 2003

    British Land is to issue £70m-£80m of bonds secured on increased rent from the 35 supermarkets it lets to Sainsbury’s. The bonds will be issued by Werretown Supermarkets Securitisations, a special-purpose vehicle that issued £575m of bonds secured on the properties in 2001. The bonds were given an AA ...

  • News

    £40m overhaul for Swansea

    26 September 2003

    Dublin-based developer Niall J Mellon is planning a £40m development on the Swansea Waterfront in south Wales. The company has revealed plans for a 25-storey residential tower with 30,000 sq ft (2,787 sq m) of office, retail, bar and restaurant and health club space overlooking the marina between Ferrara Quay ...

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    Croydon set for 40-storey tower

    26 September 2003

    Croydon in Surrey looks set to get its tallest tower with plans for a 40-storey office development. Freshwater Group, the development company run by Benzion Freshwater, plans to build the tower on the site of Suffolk House in George Street. It will be taller than Nestlé’s head office and the ...

  • News

    Occupier found for EC4 refurbishment

    26 September 2003

    Gracemark Investments and Wharton Asset Management have secured Pacific Continental Securities for the seventh floor of their refurbished space at 80 Cannon Street, London EC4. Pacific is paying £40/sq ft (£430.56/sq m) on a 10-year lease without a break for 5,150 sq ft (478 sq m) of space. Andrew Mayer ...

  • News

    Allsop's biggest-ever resi sale raises £42.4m

    26 September 2003

    94% success rate allays fears of housing sector softening

  • News

    LandSecs in £300m Milton Keynes plan

    26 September 2003

    Property company teams up with Gazeley for 3.4m sq ft distribution

  • News

    Cap&Reg NAV soars 11.6%

    26 September 2003

    Capital & Regional net asset value increased by 11.6% to 433p in the six months to 30 June, according to interim results last week. The total return was £36.8m, and the interim dividend will be 4p, up from 3p last year. The shares went up 3% to 378.5p.

  • News

    UBS to develop £100m Newport shopping centre

    26 September 2003

    Swiss bank's Triton Fund will take over redevelopment of Kingsway centre in south Wales