All Property Week articles in 28 July 2000
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Professional
Sweet resignation
Leaving any job can be tricky. You want to leave because you are unsatisfied, but then again you want to remain in your employers' good books because you might work with them in the future. Kristina Smith talks to those in the know for advice on how best to quit
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News
Slough record-breaker
Reckitt Benckiser has broken Slough s record rent with a deal to take AXA SunLife and Welbeck Land s Turner Building. The company, which is the world s largest manufacturer of household cleaners, is paying £328.30/sq m (£30.50/sq ft) on a 20-year lease. Reckitt Benckiser turned its attention to ...
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Markets
Port in a storm
The Port of Southampton deals with 34m tonnes of cargo a year and this is increasing. To keep apace of demand expansion is needed, but what of the environmental impact? Renée Barnes reports on what is set to be a long and drawn out battle to expand the port
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News
Star performer Solna shines on
CLS Holdings, which is to buy back Citadel Holdings, the French investor it floated on the AIM three years ago, increased net asset value by 16% in the first half of the year. The impressive results came after an interim revaluation of the portfolio. The star performer ...
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News
Oliver twists Teesland
A bluff Yorkshireman and a City wizard are plotting to turn the troubled property sector on its head by creating a property company that sells its skills not its assets.
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Professional
How to be the perfect host
Requirements for internet hosting centre buildings are complex and expensive
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News
Hill Samuel men move to SunLife
The first two high-profile fund managers to leave Hill Samuel since its merger with Scottish Widows last month are joining French fund AXA SunLife. Roger Awford and John Osborn are joining as fund manager and asset manager respectively. Scottish Widows Investment Partnership offered 11 of the 14 Hill Samuel ...
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News
Rating revolution sparks jobs fears
Imminent government overhaul could see fees cut with move to reduce number of appeals
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Markets
Hampshire retail Sector faces phenomenal future
But complacency among existing schemes could see activity falling off. By Phil Partridge, Vail Williams
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News
McCabe seeks Equity focus
Kevin McCabe's Teesland has acquired Equity Partnership, the limited partnership specialist run by Paul Oliver, for £1m in cash and shares. McCabe will restructure the enlarged company to give it an earnings focus. Oliver will take over as chief executive. Teesland will concentrate on property development - it has an ...
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News
Dearth of space sends rents flying
West End rents reached even giddier heights this week with GLG Partners agreeing to occupy space at 1 Curzon Street at a record rent of £807.30/sq m (£75/sq ft). The financial brokers are sub-letting 1,860 sq m (20,000 sq ft) from UBS Warburg at the investment bank s West End ...
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Professional
Diverse culture
Property management is not the simple game it was, so what challenges face today's property managers?
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News
Manchester city plan
Royal London Asset Management has obtained planning consent for central Manchester s largest new office development of the last decade. The scheme at 58 Mosley Street, formerly Eagle Star House, will comprise 9,117 sq m (98,100 sq ft) of office space over seven floors. Royal London aims to start ...
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News
Citigroup launches real estate shake-up
World banking giant aims to whittle down its advisory base to a core few
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News
No chance of landing Liberty
Will British Land launch a hostile bid for Liberty International ? This is the question that everyone in the City is asking following British Land's snub by Liberty's shareholders this week. On Monday, the shareholders voted overwhelmingly to allow the Liberty management to buy back the 29.8% stake held ...
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Markets
Town centres only choice in Hants
Hampshire is in danger of losing out to neighbours with greater out-of-town choice.
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Insight
Boxing clever
When the RICS was offered the opportunity to be involved in a TV programme on careers advice for teenagers, it was only too happy to take the chance to raise the profile of surveying.
