All articles by Claer Barrett – Page 6

  • Markets

    The extra Mile

    15 September 2006

    Hammerson plans to redraw the map of the Square Mile with a Lord Foster-designed scheme in Northgate.

  • Leadenhall Street: for sale with a £105m guide price
    Markets

    City investment market

    15 September 2006

    The City investment market is set for a sizzling Indian summer with £2bn of properties up for grabs. Following the quieter summer months, a host of new properties are about to be marketed for sale. Already, half of the £2bn of properties are thought to be under offer, allaying fears ...

  • Not cheap: Cheapside is one of the areas where developers are busiest in the Square Mile and rents are rising
    Markets

    Banks add interest

    15 September 2006

    Large requirements at higher rents, particularly in the financial sector, are fuelling hopes of a boom.

  • Unhappy customers: Bal Dardi (left) and Winston Douglas bought flats in Beetham Tower on the basis of the original brochure specification but are now threatening
    Markets

    Five-star row

    08 September 2006

    Investors who bought flats off plan in Birmingham’s Beetham Tower are refusing to complete the purchase, claiming the flats do not live up to the promised luxury.

  • News

    Southern Cross creditors receive victory payout

    11 August 2006

    ‘Initial investor’ Davenport agrees multimillion-pound settlement with liquidators

  • John Barnett
    Online

    20-30-40-50-60

    2006-07-27T13:49:00Z

    Each week we meet a property character from a different age bracket. This week Claer Barrett meets John Barnett, 67, joint founder and principal of London-based auctions firm Barnett Ross

  • In vino veritas: Balfour-Lynn with Dalmatian Liberty in his vineyard in Kent. Photo: David Levene
    Insight

    Life of leisure

    21 July 2006

    Richard Balfour-Lynn has run leisure parks, Malmaison and Hotel du Vin. Now he has splashed out £750m for De Vere Hotels.

  • Steve Lewis
    Online

    20-30-40-50

    2006-07-19T19:10:00Z

    Each week we meet a property figure from a different age bracket. This week Claer Barrett meets Steve Lewis, 52, chief executive of specialist retail and leisure developer Oak Holdings

  • Insight

    Board meeting

    14 July 2006

    Last month, more than 100 property people donned wetsuits for the annual Alder King Surf Challenge in Wollacombe, Devon. And for once, there was some surf!

  • Mickey Fiori
    Online

    20-30-40-50

    2006-06-30T10:11:00Z

    Each week we meet a property figure from a different age bracket. Claer Barrett meets Mickey Fiori, 22, a graduate surveyor at London-based Aston Rose

  • Insight

    Crystal gazing

    23 June 2006

    Beetham has unveiled plans for Trinity, a £700m office complex glazed like a ‘cluster of crystals' on the site of Aldgate bus station.

  • Markets

    Asda pulls out of £75m east London market revamp...

    23 June 2006

    ...prompting local pressure group to call for St Modwen scheme to be scrapped

  • Insight

    Property in 2016

    23 June 2006

    DTZ and Property Week have researched how developers, bankers, investors and occupiers envisage the property market of the future. Claer Barrett explains our findings

  • Tony Joyce
    Online

    20-30-40-50

    2006-06-14T16:58:00Z

    Each week we meet a property figure from a different age bracket. Here Claer Barrett meets Tony Joyce, 51, a partner at GVA Grimley

  • Markets

    Not a pretty site

    09 June 2006

    New owner Henderson aims to turn the St James complex from one of Scotland's worst eyesores into a retail-led destination. Claer Barrett reports

  • Markets

    The market in minutes

    09 June 2006

    Claer Barrett gives you the lowdown on all the sectors across the region

  • Markets

    Forward thinking

    09 June 2006

    With continuing occupier demand for Glasgow offices, forward funding of schemes appears increasingly likely.

  • Markets

    Back with a bang

    09 June 2006

    After two quiet years, the head of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, Tom Laidlaw, has blasted back into action.

  • Markets

    Cause celebre

    19 May 2006

    Property Week’s campaign to clean up residential estate agency is gathering support from outside and inside the property industry.

  • Markets

    Diamond light

    London supplement 2006

    Derwent Valley aims to change the image of Midtown's Hatton Garden from a jewellery quarter to a prime office location.