All Property Week articles in 28 November 2003
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Online
British Land's £450m Debenhams swoop
British Land is poised to sign a deal to buy Debenhams' freehold property for at least £450m from Baroness Retail in what would be the biggest retail property deal of the year.
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OnlineGordon to head £4bn life fund portfolio
Helen Gordon, the former managing director of Railtrack Property Developments, is to make her comeback as the head of Legal & General’s £4bn life fund property portfolio.
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Online
LandSecs takes full control of Gunwharf
Land Securities has taken full control of the Gunwharf Quays development in Portsmouth, buying out partner Berkeley Group for £170m.
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Online
Leisure Property Awards winners revealed
X-Leisure's PY Gerbeau was named Leisure Property Personality of the Year at last night's Leisure Property Awards 2003.
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Online
Hammerson’s £42m Brent Cross buy
Hammerson and Standard Life Investments have forward purchased a retail park in Brent Cross, northwest London, from Castlemore Securities for £42m.
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Noe’s third Derwent Valley offer rejected
Derwent Valley Holdings has rejected Leo Noé s third offer for the company as wholly inadequate .
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Online
Chessells stands down as MEPC chairman
Hermes chief executive Tony Watson has taken over from Sir Tim Chessells as chairman of Hermes subsidiary MEPC with immediate effect.
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Online
Noé makes higher Derwent offer
Leo Noé’s Winten this morning announced a third improved approach of 800p a share to take over Derwent Valley Holdings.
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B&Q’s 1m sq ft Nottingham plan
B&Q today announced plans for a 1m sq ft (92,902 sq m) distribution warehouse in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
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Online
Savills hits shares high
Savills shares hit their highest price ever this morning, following a bullish trading statement from the company.
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Markets
Talk of the towns
Nudge nudge, wink wink in Ashford ... the inside dope on Sittingbourne … Kent's PR campaign
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Markets
Talk of the towns
Debenhams anchors cattle market … archaeological dig end frees retail scheme ... leisure deal for Yarmouth …
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Professional
Who's suing whom
Disputed break noticeOn 15 October, Vodafone issued proceedings against Bennet Property. Vodafone is seeking a declaration that it has validly exercised a notice to break its lease of premises at Woodlands, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berkshire, on 10 May 2004. Bennet Property is disputing the validity of the break notice on ...
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Insight
The White Stuff
After enduring a split among its directors, Frogmore's MD Paul White is liquidating the company's portfolio and starting afresh with a small team.
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Markets
Standing still
Having not moved for six years, rents in Norfolk and Suffolk's industrial sector are predicted to remain static for another three years.
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Markets
Roads to ruin
Under its Communities Plan, the government wants more development around Ashford. But that needs transport infrastructure, and has sparked a row over who should foot the bill.
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News
Planners reject Vauxhall resi tower plans
Berkeley group’s plans for A 185 metre-high residential tower on the south bank of the River Thames at Vauxhall are set to go to a planning inquiry after being rejected by Lambeth council last week. Lambeth’s planning committee voted by four to three to turn down the plans, which have ...
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Insight
The perfect vehicle to kick-start regeneration
Last week we started our campaign for real estate investment trusts by making the case for Joe Public to invest in commercial property. This week Polly Mackenzie explores how tax-transparent property vehicles could help regenerate the country's ailing communities
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Markets
Upward-only Kent review
Kent has risen above the problems hitting the UK economy, with good take-up levels and rents in many towns still rising.
