All articles by Claer Barrett – Page 4
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Markets
The heat is on
India’s emerging office and outsourcing market has as many twists and turns as a Bollywood movie. Claer Barrett reports from the world’s second fastest-growing economy
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Markets
To boldly go
By opening Regus centres in all corners of the world, Mark Dixon is going all out to prove that his serviced office specialist can be recession-proof after all. Illustration by David Lyttleton
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Shopping mad
Claer Barrett tours a chaotic Delhi suburb that typifies the Indian mania for malls
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The lions share
Could the 15 million shopkeepers that make up 97% of Indian retail ever be happy in modern malls? Claer Barrett reports from Bangalore
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Insight
The surveyor of Kabul
Richard Scarth has set up his own practice in one of the most dangerous countries on earth. Claer Barrett went to Afghanistan to meet …
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India’s new shrines
Indian developers and foreign investors hope to lure young shoppers into new monster malls. Claer Barrett reports from Mumbai
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Industrial occupiers want to do Own thing, proves developer
Own Your Own launches nationwide expansion drive following record demand.
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David: I told Alex to go for it
I've known Alex for years, as a friend of the family. Over time, I've become something of a big brother to him or so I like to think. I set up Ereira Mendoza in 1990, but Alex didn’t start working in property properly until 1997, when he joined Allsop.
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Alex: David should definitely come and visit
David was so excited when I told him I was moving out to Mumbai.
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Insight
Snow patrol
Exemplar and more than 80 guests took to the slopes at Isola 2000. Claer Barrett went with them
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A twist in Tiger’s tale
Tiger Developments has scrapped office and retail plans for Edinburgh’s Haymarket in favour of a scheme led by the city’s hot new subsector: hotels.
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Family values
Claer Barrett meets David Smith, 45, Land Securities’ regional director in Glasgow, and his sister, Val Hunter, 40, a senior property surveyor at Strathclyde University. Both are chartered surveyors.
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Markets
Buy-to-let ghetto
There has been an explosion in housebuilding in north Edinburgh. All it needs now are residents.
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Online
20-30-40-50
Each week we meet a property character from a different age bracket. Today, Claer Barrett meets Tony McGough, 39, head of forecasting and the economy (EMEA) at Jones Lang LaSalle
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Online
Brankin calls for 'change of culture' at SPF launch
Scottish communities minister Rhona Brankin last night urged the property industry to voice its views on regeneration and the planning system to bring about 'a change of culture' in government
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News
Glasgow to host huge spec office scheme
Tritax and Bank of Scotland to fund 1m sq ft out-of-town development
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Markets
Family values
Claer Barrett meets Jeremy Greenland, 37, managing director, south, at Astral, and his brother, Tim Greenland, 36, an associate director in the office and industrial team at Colliers CRE
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The market in minutes
Claer Barrett and Mark Shepherd give you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region