All Property Week articles in 5 March 2004 – Page 2

  • Markets

    Latest thriller

    5 March 2004

    Extreme sports enthusiasts could soon get their thrills indoors if a new leisure centre concept gets off the ground. Tristan McConnell reports

  • Markets

    Since our last visit…

    5 March 2004

    Central perk Vodafone and Merrill Lynch finally moved into Central Park in Leopardstown, as predicted last year (Dublin offices, 28 February 2003, p70). The scheme by Treasury Holdings and David Arnold has proved popular, and only 20,000 sq ft (1,850 sq m) remains vacant. Deals have been done ...

  • Markets

    Local knowledge

    5 March 2004

    Essential information, project updates and gossip.

  • News

    Ireland

    5 March 2004

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    Northern Ireland

    5 March 2004

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    New non-exec for HPUT

    5 March 2004

    Hermes Property Unit Trust (HPUT) has appointed Hammerson ’s finance director Simon Melliss as a non-executive director on its management committee. Melliss has worked at Hammerson for the past 13 years and has joined HPUT, which is managed by Hermes, in a month that saw it become the top ...

  • News

    Hammerson on the up

    5 March 2004

    Property shares rose by a modest 1.4% last week to 2617, as there was little movement in the share prices of the six property majors. Hammerson was the best performer of the six, with shares up 3% ahead of its annual results, which were published on Monday and revealed ...

  • Markets

    Location guide to…Cork

    5 March 2004

    What and where: Cork is Ireland's second-largest city and is situated in the south-west of the country in its largest county, County Cork. The city was founded by St Finbar in the sixth century. It is now home 127,000 people and to Ireland's second-largest port. Capital gains: Cork's proudest moment ...

  • Markets

    Gateway unlocked

    5 March 2004

    Telecoms firm Eircom has got the green light to develop a scheme that will form a new western gateway to Dublin. Unspecified development charges the council is set to levy are the only drawback.

  • News

    Foster’s tower for Manchester

    5 March 2004

    World-famous architect unveils plans for 35 storeys at Allied London’s Spinningfields

  • News

    Task force to focus on planning tariff

    5 March 2004

    Minister establishes working party to work out how tariff will operate

  • News

    Slough lifted by Fiat office letting

    5 March 2004

    Car manufacturer Fiat has taken the whole of Slough Estates ’ 240 Bath Road office development, in one of Slough’s biggest deals since the end of the dotcom boom. Fiat is understood to have taken the 30,279 sq ft (2,812 sq m) office at £25/sq ft (£269.10/sq m), with a ...

  • Markets

    The human factor

    5 March 2004

    The government wants to expand retail in Belfast, but occupier objections to one proposed scheme could thwart the plans.

  • News

    Picton-Jones joins Montagu Evans

    5 March 2004

    Richard Picton-Jones has joined Montagu Evans as a partner in the investment division, specialising in retail and leisure investment and development. He joins from CB Richard Ellis .

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    Henderson goes Euro

    5 March 2004

    Henderson Global Investors has teamed up with designer outlet operator McArthurGlen to create a ¤400m (£266m) European Outlet Mall Fund. The fund, which is the first of its kind in Europe, is aimed at institutional investors and is targeting an average net total return of 13% a year over ...

  • News

    Morley’s Edinburgh sale

    5 March 2004

    Morley Fund Management has sold Clarendon House, at 114-116 George Street in Edinburgh, for £13.7m, at a net initial yield of 6.23%. The 34,632 sq ft (3,217 sq m) building is let to the secretary of state for the environment at £900,000 a year, expiring in April 2021. King ...

  • Markets

    Eade on:Finding a way out of the Maze

    5 March 2004

    Could the former prison become Northern Ireland's Guggenheim?

  • Markets

    Debenhams lured to Lewisham’s Riverdale

    5 March 2004

    Retailer will kickstart Slough Estates regeneration scheme

  • Professional

    Cracking down on partnerships

    5 March 2004

    Property-owning companies will be key in new Stamp Duty regime