All Property Week articles in 27 October 2000 – Page 2
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Real estate market's fall now in its second week
Canary Wharf Group 's 8% drop marked a drab week for property shares. The Real Estate Index fell, for the second week in a row, from 2106 to 2077 while the All-Share's rose from 2972 to 3005. Canary Wharf entered the FTSE 100 Index last week on a high but ...
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Will Electric Park spark interest?
Prime industrial sites are in short supply and landlords can negotiate with confidence.
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Game on for the east side
From a featureless wasteland to a no-frills business area characterised by good new transport links, east Manchester is set for regeneration. But will the Commonwealth Games raise the area's profile?
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Norwich disunion
A scrap has broken out over a proposed £200m mixed-use development in Norwich, reports Renée Barnes. One side says the scheme would be out of keeping with the city's medieval character. The other says it would make Norwich the shopping capital of East Anglia
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Deals stoke up West End investment market
The West End investment market continued to defy the UK property slowdown this week with two investment deals totalling more than £75m. Scandinavian property company Asticus has sold the freehold interest in its 15 Great Marlborough Street scheme to Royal & Sun Alliance for £30.7m at a net initial yield ...
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Suffolk council sits on the fens
Norfolk beats Suffolk council hands down in making fast planning application decisions.
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Warnings from top corporate men
Corporate real estate advisers to two of the largest companies in the world have warned that in-house corporate real estate directors are in danger of becoming 'obsolete' if they fail to adapt to the challenges of the 'new economy'. General manager of General Motors, Matthew Cullen, and former head of ...
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Co-operation is key to success
Planners, heritage groups and developers must work together more closely if town centres are to be successfully redeveloped, a major conference in Reading was told this month. The Reading Conference sponsored by Property Week, Hammerson , Hicks Baker, MCI WorldCom, Reading council and Reading Town ...
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Colvin to stay as NHP chief
NHP finance director Bill Colvin is expected to cancel plans to join rail maintenance group Jarvis after being given an offer to stay at the company. NHP is in merger talks with rival Southern Cross Healthcare. Sources suggest a deal will go through before the end ...
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Ken's Croydon call-in
London mayor Ken Livingstone has urged deputy prime minister John Prescott to call in Minerva 's planned 122,540 sq m (1.3m sq ft) Park Place scheme for Croydon Town Centre . In a letter to junior planning minister Beverley Hughes, Livingstone has added his backing to Aberdeen ...
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Bubble starts to squeak
There has been strong, healthy investment growth in the area. So why lose your nerve?
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N Brown hunts for Manc space
Manchester-based home shopping retailer N Brown Group is hunting for almost 14,000 sq m (150,000 sq ft) of offices in two separate requirements. The quoted company has an immediate need for 3,700-4,650 sq m (40,000-50,000 sq ft) in the city centre for its internet retailing arm ...
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Flat broke
Despite having his fingers burnt at the the luxury end of Manchester's residential property market, Colin Shenton is planning new projects. He talks to Steve Brauner about Shenton Court, bankruptcy and bouncing back
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Bracknell warning
Deputy prime minister John Prescott has been warned that efforts to attract retailers back into town centres will be undermined if he turns down a giant shopping centre for Bracknell. The warning is contained in Legal & General 's response to the planning inspector's report recommending Prescott reject the proposal ...
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Property lending boom does not mean an end to caution
Intensive teamwork is the secret behind the growing success of lending giant HVB Real Estate Capital
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Bizspace to double its portfolio
Larry Lipman's industrial Workspace venture, Bizspace, is to snap up five new centres totalling £8.75m, which will more than double its existing portfolio. The company, which floated on AIM this July after a demerger from Safeland , plans to raise £3.06m through a placing of 4m new ...
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Regalian eyes reserve bidder
Regalian is believed to have lined up a reserve bidder to take the company private if its attempt to sell its largest asset, Marble Arch Tower, falls through. The company plans to sell the £70m investment to Greycoat , which is backed by a consortium of institutional backers. Sources close ...
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BID to end Westminster's late opening row
Leading leisure agent David Coffer is proposing that West End bars and nightclubs should pay more for policing and rubbish collection in return for Westminster City Council ending its crackdown on late night opening. Coffer, chairman of Davis Coffer Lyons, and leader of the opposition to the council's stricter ...
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BBC broadcasts final pair
The BBC has shortlisted the 2020 Insight consortium of Land Securities and Trillium, plus the Foresite Consortium of Amey Ventures, Barclays Private Equity and Arrowcroft Group to develop its central London estate. The two rival consortia will battle it out for a contract that will see the ...
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Helical Bar joins internet gold rush
Top UK performer buys in Madrid, following Chelsfield and MWB into booming new internet hotel market
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