All Property Week articles in 6 October 2000 – Page 2

  • News

    Sheffield shoppers stick to cars leaving buses empty

    6 October 2000

    Meadowhall retail park attracts on average fewer than one shopper per bus, according to MORI research

  • News

    Drive staff to use buses says Tory

    6 October 2000

    A former tory environment secretary John Gummer told out-of-town retail park bosses that they should insist that staff use public transport rather than drive to work. The Tory MP and chairman of the international commission on sustainable consumption, said at the annual conference of the British Council for Out for ...

  • Markets

    Retail Bidding in a big way

    6 October 2000

    A large amount of store space is due to come on to the starved West End market.

  • News

    London mayor puts homes before cars

    6 October 2000

    The Greater London Authority s spatial development plan began to take shape this week as mayor Ken Livingstone pushed for up to 50% of brownfield land to be dedicated to social housing. The GLA s Transport Policy and Spatial Development Policy Committee interim report, launched on Tuesday, also ...

  • News

    Court battle decision on Newport holding

    6 October 2000

    Court battle decision on Newport holding Richmount s involvement in property firm to be decided in two weeks

  • News

    BAA moves Jurenko up

    6 October 2000

    Andrew Jurenko has stepped down as managing director of BAA Lynton , the property development arm of airport operator baa . Jurenko, who has been promoted to run BAA s retail operation World Duty Free, has been replaced by his number two, asset management and investment director, John O Halloran. ...

  • News

    Sephora scents success at Brent Cross and assigns Disney store

    6 October 2000

    Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are bidding farewell to Brent Cross after eight years and assigning the Disney Store lease at the north London shopping centre to the French cosmetic company, Sephora. The perfume specialist, which is looking to expand its UK presence, will pay the market rent, but not ...

  • Professional

    When it all falls apart

    6 October 2000

    How can tenants and landlords settle their differences over dilapidations without lengthy and expensive litigation? Easy. Just use a pre-action draft protocol, or even mediation, to work through the issues and solve the problem

  • News

    Near-full Glasgow aided by Taylor Woodrow park plan

    6 October 2000

    Taylor Woodrow has submitted an initial planning application to develop a new business park outside Glasgow city centre. The developer has an option to buy the former hospital site at Phillipshill in March 2001, to build a 30,660 sq m (330,000 sq ft) scheme. The scheme, which has been ...

  • News

    Andersen agrees Brindleyplace deal

    6 October 2000

    Accounting giant s decision to leave Birmingham city centre may spark more moves

  • News

    Helical Bar joins NCP for £90m Soho job

    6 October 2000

    Developer wins race to help transform Brewer Street car park into mixed-use development

  • News

    Bowden’s £9m Bracknell brownfield hectare

    6 October 2000

    Wilson Bowden has beaten akeler and Development Securities to buy one of the last Thames Valley brownfield office sites. The Midlands-based developer has stunned the M25 market by offering around £9m/ha (£3.5m/acre) for the former Corrugated Products site in Bracknell. The 1ha (2.5 acre) site was placed ...

  • Insight

    What’s in a name?

    6 October 2000

    How far down the road is the anticipated Colliers CRE management buyout? It s a tough deal to do, but the key players are looking forward confidently to a new name, new building, new business and improved profit margins

  • News

    Inspector slams ‘greedy’ council

    6 October 2000

    Confidential inquiry report criticises Bracknell for neglecting duties as £500m retail battle ends in farce

  • News

    Joint venture Apsley pensions off £34m offices

    6 October 2000

    Frogmore Estates and Equitable Life s joint venture, the Apsley Property Limited Partnership, has sold two properties for £34.5m. Ashby House, Staines, has been sold to hsbc Pension Trust for £23.9m, and Clarendon House in Edinburgh has been sold to the CGU Staff Pension Fund for £11.59m. Clarendon ...

  • News

    WestLB joint venture frees £300m for British Land

    6 October 2000

    British Land will get £307.5m cash back to help fund its City development programme after forming a joint venture with German bank WestLB to hold four of its City of London investment properties. British Land will retain a 50% stake in the joint venture, which will hold 57,040 sq ...

  • Markets

    Hotels: 21st-century London evolves as the West End stands still

    6 October 2000

    In 1906, Ceasar Ritz opened his West End hotel The Ritz, a new breed of exciting, sumptuous hotel and regarded as one of the happening places to stay in London. Almost 100 years on, the West End is still home to London s established luxury hotels scene such as the ...