All Property Week articles in 27 January 2006

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  • Online

    Resolution ties up €258m Spanish retail purchase

    2006-01-27T14:40:00Z

    Resolution Property today announced the purchase of the freehold of 893,412 sq ft (83,000 sq m) at a retail park in Spain for 258m (£177m) as part of its European spending spree.

  • Online

    HelioSlough buys Stoke business park

    2006-01-27T11:51:00Z

    HelioSlough, the joint venture between Slough Estates and Helios Properties, has bought a 42.7 acre (17.29 ha) business park in Stoke-on-Trent for £17.7m.

  • Professional

    Sink or swim

    27 January 2006

    Twelve million Britons go swimming at least once a week, but the public pools are on the decline. Ettie Neil-Gallacher reports on the row between the campaigners and local authorities

  • News

    Tiger rejigs UK portfolio

    27 January 2006

    Tiger Developments completed £50m of transactions this week.

  • Markets

    Pointing the way

    27 January 2006

    Coventry council hopes an ‘International Spire of Peace' can inspire the regeneration of the inner city.

  • Insight

    Periodic tenancy

    27 January 2006

    Sir, It is suggested in the advice on business tenancies given by Alison Mould (professional + legal, 09.12.05, p67) that a periodic tenant must have been in occupation of business premises for more than a year before it will gain the protection of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

  • News

    PD Ports and Tees Valley Regeneration

    27 January 2006

    PD Ports and Tees Valley Regeneration have been given the go-ahead for a £500m development at Hartlepool's North Dock. The mixed-use scheme, known as Victoria Harbour, includes 3,430 homes, 183,000 sq ft (17,000 sq m) of retail warehousing and 613,500 sq ft (57,000 sq m) of employment uses, as well ...

  • In the swim: despite a delay of three and a half years, Bath Spa is set to open 18 months ahead of the proposed Gainsborough Hotel and Spa
    Markets

    Sparring partners

    27 January 2006

    Another spa operator is lining up to exploit the underground springs of Bath.

  • Insight

    Overly taxing

    27 January 2006

    Sir, As development profit, as well as the gain on any sale of a development site are liable to tax, it is difficult to see how Gordon Brown's proposal for a development land tax (professional + legal, 06.01.06, p56) can achieve its stated objective of stimulating development. Past experience indicates ...

  • Markets

    Northern plight

    27 January 2006

    The north-west is short of development land, says the Valuation Office Agency's Rob Hughes

  • Insight

    Networkers

    27 January 2006

    Savills is the UK's largest publicly listed property services firms. Its Bristol office covers residential, commercial, agricultural and financial property.

  • News

    Monster tunes for Party Near the Park

    27 January 2006

    Hold on to your frightwigs.

  • News

    Minister reveals planning pilots

    27 January 2006

    The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister this week unveiled a series of pilot projects to speed up the planning process for large developments.

  • News

    West Midlands

    27 January 2006

    Triple 80m sale in West Midlands industrial bonanza NAI Fuller Peiser takes bigger Birmingham office Morley to refurbish DTZ's former Brum offices The market in minutes Villa instinct Pointing the way Doubts hound Baskerville Hard Fort ...

  • Markets

    Regeneration property outperforms market

    27 January 2006

    Almost a year after its launch, English Partnerships' Urban Regeneration Index continues to show that areas in need of regeneration can be good investments.

  • Markets

    The market in minutes

    27 January 2006

    Sean McAllister gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region

  • Markets

    The market in minutes

    27 January 2006

    Anna Goldie gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region

  • Markets

    The market in minutes

    27 January 2006

    Christine Eade gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region

  • News

    Lots to watch

    27 January 2006

    Allsop Commercial Auction, Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, 7 February

  • News

    London prices still on top

    27 January 2006

    House prices across England and Wales, plus commercial and buy-to-let mortgage rates