All Property Week articles in 9 July 1999
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Professional
Team spirit
If you're looking for a way to improve communications between you and your clients, teaming could be the management approach for your small firm.
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News
Petchey raises Newport stake
Jack Petchey raised his stake in Newport Holdings to nearly 30% this week, increasing the pressure on Newport chief executive Peter Lewin. Richmount, which has taken over from Trefick as the vehicle for Petchey s share-buying, bought an initial 25.7% holding in Newport last week from Eaglet Investment Trust. ...
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Nando's to spread wings north
South african fast food retailer Nando's Chickenland has signed its first three deals outside of London and the south-east at Richardson Development schemes in Birmingham and Manchester. The chain, with 23 outlets in the south-east, has signed up at the Printworks, Star City and Fiveways Leisure on 25-year leases at ...
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Sound Stockbourne is on the move
Three years after taking control of ailing Harmony Property Group, David Williams and Michael Rickards have finally got the company, now called Stockbourne , moving in the right direction. This week they revealed annual profits of more than £1m, a 32% increase in net asset value and a first dividend ...
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Markets
Setting up in the West Midlands
With the West Midlands market vibrant, agents and developers are rushing to set up offices in the region. But starting from scratch in a new part of the country is a complex business
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Markets
Niche market
Dudley More than 18,580 sq m (200,000 sq ft) of new retail space is planned for Dudley Town Centre when its southern bypass opens next year. The development is likely to see the return of a big supermarket to the town, as well as a significant reshaping of ...
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Nursing is out for Lend Lease
Lend Lease has ended its investment in nursing homes, by selling its 50% stake in a joint venture with sector specialist NHP . The stake has been bought by NHP for £1.55m, together with repayment of Lend Lease s initial investment of £2.76m. The joint venture s finance ...
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Professional
No licence can be judge-proof
Legal Does a lease have to be shown to be proprietary before it is defined as a tenancy?
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News
Gieves & Hawkes to target tykes
Posh Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes is planning to make its northern debut in the cloth cap and whippet county of West Yorkshire. The retailer will open a 280 sq m (3,000 sq ft) flagship unit at 98 Briggate at the front of Prudential s Victoria Quarter shopping ...
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Takeover talk galvanises shares
Takeover talk continued to be the major point of interest among property shares last week, with the market suffering from post-March year-end lethargy. Tops Estates had a second good week, rising 9% to 187.5p, after the previous week's 29% increase. The reason, of course, is the prospect of a ...
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HBF slams task force's figures for new homes
Brownfield land can provide for only a third of the homes Lord Rogers and his Urban Task Force believe possible, claims the House Builders Federation. The HBF challenges Rogers' conclusions and says that there is only enough brownfield space for 712,970 new homes, rather than the 2.087m Rogers called for ...
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Hull picks L&A for Ferensway
London & Amsterdam has been selected as the preferred developer for a 12ha (29 acre) site at Ferensway, near Hull city centre. The scheme, influenced by Lord Rogers objectives, will be designed by architect Foster & Partners to include a transport interchange, câfés, theatre, health & fitness, retail ...
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Ernst & Young targets management market
The latest player to enter the increasingly high-profile property management services market is likely to be drawn from the accountancy 'big five'. Ernst & Young , whose 130-strong real estate group mainly offers consulting-style services, is eyeing up the management of corporate property portfolios. Head of the real estate group, ...
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West End rises to the occasion
Retail rents in the West End of London rose faster during the last three years than anywhere else in the country, according to research published on Monday by Donaldsons . Its figures show that rents in areas such as Oxford Street and Bond Street rose by an average of ...
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Professional
East meets west on the farm
Rural Farmland values – as well as economies – in Europe are beginning to converge.
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News
Studley sets sights on DTZ as US firms plot UK pacts
New York-based real estate broking firm Julien J Studley has begun a drive to form an Anglo-American alliance, with DTZ Debenham Thorpe already tipped as the front-runner. The company's chairman, Julien Studley, held meetings with three UK surveying firms last month and, according to sources close to Studley, DTZ ...
