All Property Week articles in 28 September 2007 – Page 6
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News
RICS’s empty rates riposte
The RICS is to object to the government’s removal of empty rate relief in a report to be published next week.
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Insight
‘Rates relief keeps properties empty’, says minister
Sir, Thank you for your letter of 29 August about the government’s reforms to empty property relief, which you also sent to the prime minister and communities secretary Hazel Blears.
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News
Erinaceous emergency
Shareholders force board-level shake-up as adviser enters talks with banks
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News
Green exits Edinburgh Topshop megastore
Sir Phillip Green is selling his Topshop megastore in Edinburgh only a year after buying it.
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News
Nell steps up to manage Norwich Union fund duo
Morley has appointed a new head for its two private investor funds, which together are worth £4.5bn.
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News
Knight Frank lures DTZ’s Scottish quartet
Four DTZ office agents in Scotland have quit to join Knight Frank’s Glasgow and Edinburgh offices.
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Doughty’s Spanish steps
Doughty Hanson has entered Spain with the purchase of a 50% stake in residential developer Grupo Inmobiliario Aranco for an undisclosed fee.
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News
New principal at Doughty Hanson
Doughty Hanson & Co Real Estate has appointed Martin Brendel as a principal.
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German retail results disappoi
German retail results disappointThe German retail market appears to be slowing down.
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Mount Wise ships into Devon
Mount Wise has won the go-ahead from Plymouth City Council for its £60m redevelopment of a 28 acre former Royal Navy base in Plymouth, Devon, into 450 homes.
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News
US shed giant to make UK debut in Dagenham
AMB in talks to buy Graftongate’s Binary Park as it targets London
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Markets
Manc rents defy crunch
The latest research by Colliers CRE claims that prime rents in Manchester’s office market are on course to top £30/sq ft by the end of the year.
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News
French unruffled by ‘le crunch’
French property company Klépierre has signed a €1bn (£700m) syndicated loan facility.
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News
CoStar gets Focused
CoStar group has launched web-based database Focus Agency to provide agents with a comprehensive list of available UK office and industrial space.
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News
Gumball convict faces jail for dodging fines
North-west’s Nicholas Morley charged with perverting course of justice
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Professional
Contaminated land liability
Question: I have heard the House of Lords recently ruled on liability for contaminated land, but the case involved a gas company. Is the case relevant to the property industry? If so, how?
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News
Deloitte consults on Reading
Deloitte is conducting a feasibility study on a move from Abbots House in Reading. The financial services firm is looking for 60,000 sq ft in the area. DTZ is advising.
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Markets
Trio lead Oxon community
Linden Homes, Thomas Homes and English Partnerships claim to be leading the way in community consultation over residential development after 200 people took part in workshops and meetings over their proposed redevelopment of the grade II-listed Fair Mile Hospital in Cholsey, Oxfordshire
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Professional
Commercial developers: size up the zero option
Watch green housebuilding targets for a sign of things to come.
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News
MWB takes comfort from uplifting hotels
After aborted sales Hotel du Vin and Malmaison rise £165m in value