All articles by David Lawson – Page 18
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Insight
Oldest swingers in town
The experienced hands behind Dennis Beadle s new venture, Denvale, think trade parks could be as successful as retail warehousing.
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News
Bids for top property firms finally accepted
The long-awaited winnowing of listed property firms continued this week, as bids for Greycoat and Chesterfield Properties were finally settled. But further trimming of the overloaded sector may be around the corner as companies such as Evans of Leeds are squeezed by tough new accounting rules. Greycoat chief ...
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News
LandSec development rockets above £1bn
Land Securities has shaken off its staid image with a 60% jump in its development programme to more than £1bn. Managing director Ian Henderson denied this was a response to City criticism that the UK's biggest property company had fallen behind more exciting rivals. And he predicted even ...
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Professional
Chaos theories
Despite widespread publicity about the threat posed by the millennium bug, small businesses are still complacent about its potential impact.
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Markets
Best of breed
Canary Wharf has been getting all the headlines but the market on the rest of the Isle of Dogs is hotting up nicely.
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Markets
Empire strikes back
Institutional money is once again bankrolling estate agencies. But this time Winterthur Life has learned the lesson of past mistakes.
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News
Brownfield site plans scuppered by red tape
Bureaucracy, ignorance and rising taxation could stifle demands for more housing on brownfield sites, according to Britain s top builders. Planning must be streamlined and planners educated about contamination and land assembly problems to encourage sustainable development, says a study of the industry by the College of Estate Management. It ...
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Insight
Value judgement
Globalisation and the launch of the euro will affect all firms involved in valuations, regardless of their size. David Lawson discovers how two Allsops partners are pushing valuation to the top of the agenda
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Markets
The serviceman
US backing has given Arlington head Patrick Deigman the funds to put his full-service philosophy into action.
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Insight
Lofty ambition
US giant Security Capital surprised everyone when it chose investor-developer London & Henley to handle its European residential strategy including L&H director Kerry Kearton-Gee.
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News
Regalian joins with US partners in flat venture
Regalian is to provide around £20m worth of central London flats for a serviced apartment joint venture it launched with US partners this week. The move, revealed last October in Property Week, could herald a major advance in the residential investment market, which is still struggling to attract UK fund ...
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Insight
The human touch
When a computer giant chooses its new location based on staff childcare requirements, it may signal the start of a revolution in estate management.
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News
Merger baffles rivals due to duplicated London strengths
Richard Ellis is likely to pay close to £25m in cash and shares for the 320-strong St Quintin and has rubbished speculation that it was prepared to pay up to £40m. St Quintin's 14 equity partners will receive the largest pay-out from the cash and shares deal with Richard Ellis, ...
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News
Euro brings pressure to UK lease structure lead here
The effects of the euro s launch took hold this week with calls for lease reform and moves to allow rent payment in the new currency. Head of property at BT Alan White said that a single currency will make occupation costs comparable across Europe, which will lead to ...
