All Property Week articles in 5 November 1999
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Insight
The real Ronson
Gerald Ronson s last big challenge is to return Heron International to its former glory. At the same time, he intends to clear his name in the European Courts. We talk to the entrepreneur about loyalty, risk and pride
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Markets
Research Making the West of it
As investment activity picks up, lack of West End stock isn t slowing turnover
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News
Home Office plan hit by premature withdrawal
A controversial competition to provide the Home Office with a £250m headquarters has suffered a new blow with the withdrawal of one of three bidders. Contractor Jarvis said this week that it will not be taking part in a re-bid for the project, which will involve redeveloping the ...
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News
Surveyors need higher salaries
Surveyors attitude to teamwork could change as they expect better pay, former Healey & Baker senior partner Paul Orchard-Lisle claimed this week. Giving the annual Hamptons Lecture at the ISVA on Tuesday, Orchard-Lisle, now chief executive of Healey & Baker Investment Advisors Inc, said: The ...
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News
Total returns hit year high
Annual total returns for all property on the Richard Ellis St Quintin Monthly Index rose from 11.2% to 11.6% in October the highest level since November last year. The index, which is the earliest measure of property investment performance, shows that annual capital growth increased ...
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Markets
Victoria Go (south) west
Occupiers are currently enjoying Victoria s relatively low rents, but for how long?
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Markets
Planning Looking to the future
With West End councils reviewing their policies, there s never been a better time to influence planning .
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Markets
The Heron flies west
Four major West End schemes are set to reinforce Gerald Ronson s comeback.
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News
Static property fails to follow stock market rise
The property sector had one of its flattest periods last week as the stock market soared. The Real Estate Index was up a paltry few points to 1868, while the All-Share jumped 4.5% to 2904 in response to highly encouraging economic news from the US. There was little to get ...
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News
Great Portland lines up a second sniff of the Pollen Estate
Great Portland Estates has confirmed that it is likely to make a bid for the 10% stake in the Pollen Estate offered to the market by Greenwich Hospital two weeks ago for £12m. In a rare interview, Great Portland s Paul Gittens told Property Week that the ...
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Insight
Dream schemes
The industry turned out in force at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London this Tuesday to recognise the outstanding office and industrial buildings of 1999.
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Markets
Occupier demand Upwards and onwards
Continuing need for West End space has implications for all of London.
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News
Soros poaches PRICOA dealmaker for Euro drive
International financier George Soros has poached one of the most highly rated property bankers to bolster his aggressive push into Europe. Richard Mully, head of merchant banking at PRICOA , the European arm of Prudential Insurance Company of America, was this week clearing his desk before moving ...
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News
Former Cowboy plans touchdown with DTZ
US property broker Staubach Company this week entered the race to link up with DTZ Debenham Thorpe. The 500-strong Dallas-based company is understood to be focusing its merger talks on the quoted surveyor after abandoning discussions with FPDSavills and Knight Frank a fortnight ago. Staubach was set ...
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Professional
Court's expert expectations
Legal Since the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules, it has become imperative for expert witnesses to adhere to strict standards.
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Markets
Paddington: Conditions right to facilitate development
Mat Oakley, FPDSavills Among the areas of London tipped as the next big thing Paddington is the most likely to be developed first. The question is whether it will succeed in becoming the Canary Wharf of the new millennium. But its success will partly depend on whether past ...
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Markets
Comment: Groundhog Day as pre-lets soar
Charles Okin, Edward Charles & Partners Any developer which has an office scheme under construction in the West End, or has managed to jump all the planning hurdles and is about to start one, is a lucky one. With a severe shortage of sites, or suitable buildings, and the ...