All Property Week articles in 27 October 2006

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  • Online

    Tishman buys Nautilus portfolio for €860.5m

    2006-10-31T09:27:00Z

    DIFA has sold a portfolio of German office properties known as the Nautilus properties to Tishman Speyer and IVG for €860.5m (£575m).

  • Online

    New Star buys €150m of Netherlands property

    2006-10-31T09:23:00Z

    New Star Asset Management’s Global Property Fund has bought two properties in the Netherlands for €150m (£100m) at a gross initial yield of 6.24%

  • Online

    Alsop chosen for Croydon masterplan

    2006-10-31T09:19:00Z

    Croydon Council has appointed architect Will Alsop to draw up a masterplan for Croydon town centre

  • Online

    Thomson Scientific rents in EC1

    2006-10-30T15:48:00Z

    Derwent Valley has confirmed the letting of 46,419 sq ft (4,312 sq m) to Thomson Scientific at its Johnson Building, Hatton Garden, EC1

  • Online

    PRUPIM buys in Aberdeen

    2006-10-30T13:56:00Z

    PRUPIM has acquired a 153.2 acre (62 ha) property portfolio from Aberdeen City Council for £59.3m.

  • Proposed redevelopment for Sheffield
    Online

    £600m Sheffield redevelopment plans submitted

    2006-10-30T13:50:00Z

    RREEF submitted a planning application today for the first phase of its mixed use redevelopment in Sheffield.

  • Online

    Propinvest buys Bolton Gate

    2006-10-27T16:29:00Z

    Glenn Maud’s Propinvest has bought the Bolton Gate Retail Park on St Peter’s Way in Bolton for £30.5m

  • Online

    Homeowner wins landmark victory

    2006-10-27T13:02:00Z

    A homeowner has scored a landmark legal victory by stopping a developer from infringing his right to light

  • Online

    New Star goes global

    2006-10-27T10:13:00Z

    New Star Property Unit Trust is venturing into emerging international property markets with the launch of its Global Property Fund.

  • Ivory tower: the CIS tower is the centrepiece of the Co-op Group’s Manchester holdings (see map)
    Insight

    Within these walls

    27 October 2006

    There was intrigue when Co-operative Insurance Society outsourced the management of its £2.3bn portfolio in 2005. Now, the Manchester-based institution opens its doors for the first time and reveals its new strategy. And overleaf, new property director Lynda Shillaw outlines her plans for the Co-op Group’s vast property holdings.

  • Professional

    The Spinnaker Tower

    27 October 2006

    The Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth was named Project of the Year in the 2006 RICS Awards last week.The 170 metre tower, which attracted 120,000 visitors within three months of opening last October, also took the RICS Regeneration Award. It was commissioned by Portsmouth City Council, supported by lottery funding and ...

  • News

    Watching Spurs can send you to sleep

    27 October 2006

    Two weeks ago I challenged you to identify a property body curiously hidden behind a hotel sofa.

  • Professional

    Rent reviews

    27 October 2006

    Question: I occupy offices in north London and the landlord has written that it wants to action a rent review from 2004. Time is not of the essence. Is it reasonable to demand an uplift in rent so long after the review date?

  • News

    Prupim

    27 October 2006

    Prupim has entered the southern Florida office market, buying a 50% share in a building in greater Miami. It has paid $53.8m (£28.8m) in a joint venture with Sam Zell’s Equity Office Properties, for a 388,492 sq ft (36,090 sq m) office building on 1221 Brickell Avenue in Brickell. The ...

  • Parisian chic: plans for Queensgate include an extension to meet St John’s Church
    Markets

    Peterborough pans out

    27 October 2006

    The city centre is at the heart of a £1bn redevelopment project.

  • News

    Norfolk + Suffolk

    27 October 2006

  • News

    Trinitys Mumbai township

    27 October 2006

    AIM-listed Indian property investor Trinity Capital has agreed to part forward-fund development of a £265m township in Thane near Mumbai.

  • Kiss-me-quick: Great Yarmouth council plans cafes on a pedestrianised Golden Mile (pictured), while Miller is revamping Market Gates and looking at proposals for Regent Road
    Markets

    Millers tale

    27 October 2006

    KMiller Developments is kick-starting a much-needed makeover of Great Yarmouth’s shopping district.

  • News

    Meet the parents

    27 October 2006

    It’s not often Bob Kidby, Lovells’ head of real estate, tries to crash a party. But the guitar-obsessed lawyer is bursting for an invite to what could be the party of the year.

  • Good vibrations: St John’s houses Cambridge Radio
    Markets

    The market in minutes

    27 October 2006

    Richard Heap gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region