All Property Week articles in 8 November 2002
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Great Portland to start acquisitions
London property investor Great Portland Estates today pledged to start buying properties, after announcing disposals worth £75.5m, the latest step in a disposal spree of nearly £1bn.
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Chartwell Land to sell £500m retail parks
Retail property company Chartwell Land today announced plans to sell off a fifth of its portfolio, with the disposal of £500m of retail parks.
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City lettings down 27%
Take up in the city of London crashed 27% in October, falling to one of the lowest levels recorded since December 1980.
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Isis sells Merry Hill stake
Friends Provident has sold nearly all its buildings at the Merry Hill retail park to Legal & General for nearly £20m.
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Motcomb to buy Millbank
Private property company Motcomb Estates is set to buy Millbank Tower in London.
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MarketsToo tall for the Toon
For developers in Newcastle, land is now so tight that the the only way to build is up. But planners are picky about allowing towers on to the Tyneside skyline.
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Urban retreat
Britain's inner cities continue to lose residents and last week's Urban Summit did little to reassure the private sector that the government is serious about regeneration.
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MarketsNorth-east – Talk of the towns
Colliery regeneration ... alternative medicine ... RIBA prize ... football failure ... panoramic parking ... solar-powered offices
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MarketsIndustrial: West side story
West London has proved fertile ground for industrial developer Chancerygate.
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Professional
How to... Make your property and people as safe as possible
Floods, fire, crime, personal injury, legal liability, terrorism – all come under the building security tag. The business of security is becoming a huge profession in itself, and the case for every commercial property company adopting a corporate building security strategy is huge. So why do so many ignore ...
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High income for IRE parent
Insignia Financial, the US property services firm that owns Insignia Richard Ellis, achieved healthy net income of $4.1m (£2.6m) in the third quarter, while revenue increased 28% to $187.8m (£120m).
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MarketsMixed-use scheme for Hampton Wick Riverside
Howard Holdings is developing a mixed-use scheme around a new 18-berth private marina at Hampton Wick Riverside, beside the River Thames in south-west London. The scheme, designed by Barlow Henley Architects, has 1,530 sq m (16,500 sq ft) of office space in a self-contained three-storey building, with restaurant/bar space ...
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Offices: The waiting game
Despite a flat market, west London agents remain optimistic that things will pick up when the economy recovers.
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MarketsResidential: Flexible friends
Housebuilders are finding that west London councils have a pragmatic approach when it comes to social housing.
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InsightRetail's feel-good factor
It was particularly grim weather up in Manchester earlier this week. But the delegates to the British Council of Shopping Centres' annual conference were far from gloomy.
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Expense is part of the service
Property management professionals at ATIS Real Weatheralls predict that service charges are about to soar because of spiralling energy and maintenance costs.
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NewsJLL faces tough year as earnings fall short
Third-quarter revenue down 5%, year-end profits hit
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NewsDevelopers gamble on north London
Bidders pay premiums for low-income lots at Felix Rigg's Harman Healy debut
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Government's developer plea
The government says developers will have to fund public transport systems and has urged local authorities to include the nature and scope of the contributions they will expect in their development plans.
