All articles by Helen Thomas – Page 2
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Insight
Leisurely pursuits
With the UK leisure market seemingly at overcapacity, developers are looking to continental Europe as their salvation.
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Markets
Power of Scotland
Little-known Scottish company Kilmartin Property Group made the headlines by snatching the prime Edinburgh Royal Infirmary site from the big hitters. Now the Scottish developer has plans south of the border.
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Markets
Flood warning
In the next few years, a wave of speculative business park developments will hit the Greater and central Manchester market. Is there the demand to soak up the 9m ft of offices in the pipeline?
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Markets
Steamrollering
BMW is threatening to take the manufacturing of a new model of Rolls-Royce overseas, unless it gets permission to build a new factory on greenbelt land.
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News
Railtrack's £25m ransom demand
Hard-up infrastructure giant's valuation is £23m above developer's for Park Royal access rights
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Markets
The skyline's the limit
The race is on to build Frankfurt's tallest tower. We report on the banks and corporations for whom size really is everything
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Markets
Back to the wall
Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, there was a frenzy of speculative development. But it has not been simple to fill more than 6m sq ft of space a year, or forget the legacy the Wall left behind
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Markets
Track record
The construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link will help the UK's largest planning consent become a reality. Some say it will encourage a regional revival in Kent, while others think the regeneration hopes are over-optimistic.
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Insight
Stars and their buys
Celebrities pour billions of pounds into property investments each year and consultancies, banks and websites are queuing up to get a slice of the star-studded action
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Markets
New BID on the block
Holborn Business Partnership wants Holborn's identity to be as strong as the West End's. We talk to Business Improvement District members who hope to create a vision of vibrant enterprise and culture
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Markets
Switching rolls
In less than a year, US broadband companies have gone from aggressively pursuing UK landlords and their property portfolios to abandoning their ambitious roll-out plans. What went wrong?
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Markets
Irish stew
As the Celtic Tiger braces itself for a US economic downturn and lenders turn their backs on speculative development, is the party over for Ireland's property market?
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Markets
Social engineering
The name Ballymun used to be synonymous with every social ill. Now, it's taken a new identity as Europe's largest urban regeneration project. We chart the rise of an underdog that is coming through against the odds
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Markets
Leaving the Valley
A new study shows that investment in the Thames Valley may be on the wane, as creeping costs and problems with staff retention send some corporates elsewhere. We ask whether the region has enough to retain its occupiers and what the implications for property might be
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Insight
Flexible friend or foe?
There is no doubt that serviced offices are more flexible, but at what cost? We investigate the pros and cons
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Markets
Two can play that game
Two adjacent retail and leisure schemes have been given the go-ahead in Camberley town centre. Will their close proximity cause friction, or can the two schemes work in harmony?
