All Property Week articles in 3 December 1999
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Insight
Web wonders
Could internet fever finally be about to shake up the day-to-day business of commercial property sales? Two start-up companies who could be property s very first web millionaires
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Virtual realty
Two would-be web millionaires have announced their first big property/internet deal. Property Internet, the AIM-listed firm launched this summer, paid £10.4m for Home2Home.co.uk which lists 50,000 properties. The company, started by Silver Screen Windscreens-owner Neil McClure and accountant Jonathan Hale, has raised £1.6m to build a network of UK residential ...
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Pre-Christmas planning for Swansea
Meanwhile, MEPC is expected to submit a planning application to develop a £150m shopping centre in Swansea before Christmas. The 46,500 sq m (500,000 sq ft) city centre scheme, known as Castle Quay, is to be developed in joint venture with Simon Estates. The two developers have already ...
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Markets
Planning: UDP process under review
Midtown is covered mainly by the London Borough of Camden, but also in part by the City, Islington and Westminster . The latter three are in the process of reviewing their UDP s, and it is therefore an opportune time to be consulting with the councils. In terms of ...
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Planning
Erica Mortimer, CgMs The East Midlands Development Agency is launching a new initiative to provide tax relief for investment in the poorest parts of the East Midlands. A major investigation has recently been launched into planning decisions being made unlawfully in Newark and Sherwood District Council. ...
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Norris pledges to overhaul planning
Steven Norris, who on Monday is expected to enter the race to become mayor of London, has revealed his plans to transform the system of planning gain. In an interview with Property Week, Norris said that if he was in charge of London he would Unite the ...
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Markets
A night on the Midtown
Midtown in the mid-1990s was a desolate place. Now it is a 24-hour community with an impressive list of occupiers. This report charts the transformation and what the area has to offer
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Office overview Middle of the road
Transport links and low costs have attracted high profile companies to Midtown.
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Insight
Hungary for success
TrizecHahn Europe has just celebrated the opening of its first major European development in Budapest. Phillip Rose, chief operating officer of the Canadian company, talks about its pan-European strategy
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News
How to value a serviced office
The serviced office sector has been battered this autumn, with the postponed flotations of market leaders Regus and HQ Business Centres amid questions about how such businesses should be valued. Research from the University of Reading addresses the issue, which has been hotly debated by industry: are serviced ...
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News
Grimley wins Halifax sell-off
Halifax has selected GVA Grimley to dispose of 180 former building society and estate agency properties in the UK. GVA Grimley is understood to have beaten off competition to win the two-year instruction from DTZ Debenham Thorpe and Healey & Baker . The properties are a ...
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Great Park green light
Newcastle City Council set itself on a collision course with the government this week when it approved the redevelopment of a swathe of greenfield land to the north of the city. On Tuesday, the council’s planning committee voted nine to three to approve the 480ha (1,190 acre) Newcastle Great ...
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Markets
Flight or fantasy?
Development around East Midlands Airport could help transform the region into one of Europe s top economic performers, yet surrounding cities fear it will divert investment away from them.Report on the dilemma facing regional planners
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Shaftesbury gains from strong West End
Buoyant conditions in the West End market helped Shaftesbury to a fourth successive year of above-average growth.
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DTZ increases tiger holdings
DTZ Holdings is about to cement its presence in the emerging Asian market by taking equity stakes in two real estate consultants. The move, which is expected to complete on 1 January, will see DTZ take a 20% stake in CY Leung number three in Hong ...
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Nottinghamshire overview Development tied up in Notts
Growth in office rents in Nottingham is due to a lack of new developments.
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Developing in Notts: a personal perspective
Duncan Weir, Wilson Bowden Developments the lesiure industry isn't shy about announcing the next big thing , and the grapevine is awash with proposals, many of which will never happen. But while the market gasps about non-starters, managing director of Wilson Bowden Developments, Nick Richardson, and I have been ...
