All articles by Helen Thomas – Page 2

  • Markets

    Local knowledge

    19 March 2004

    Essential information, project updates and gossip.

  • Markets

    Clearing the pipeline

    19 March 2004

    Castlemore and SecondSite have big plans for the giant, long-neglected Southall Gas Works site.

  • Markets

    Newbury’s new start

    6 February 2004

    Shoppers are overlooking Newbury in favour of larger and better-known retail centres, but it is planning to fight back.

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    Dare we predict an upturn?

    6 February 2004

    Berkshire's office agents start 2004 wondering if this will be the year the market picks up.

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    American booty

    6 February 2004

    The small Newbury developer Highcross has exceeded all expectations by persuading US investors to back its £500m fund.

  • Markets

    Road warriors

    16 January 2004

    Rival shed schemes around Gloucester's M5 junction 12 are set for a scrap over occupiers.

  • Markets

    Local knowledge - Since our last visit ...

    16 January 2004

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    In for the long haul

    5 December 2003

    The south-west is England's largest region, but its RDA is determined that neither economic imbalances or physical distances will restrict its development.

  • Insight

    D-Day for landlords

    28 November 2003

    Next week the government invites the property industry to a top-level meeting on the lease code, which could have serious repercussions

  • New Look - High Street Bank
    Insight

    Branching out

    24 October 2003

    Imminent reform of use classes will put banks where they want to be in modern, glass-fronted units on the high street.

  • Markets

    Too much information

    10 October 2003

    Information provider Experian has outgrown its Nottingham headquarters and is investing £50m in a new HQ and data centre.

  • Insight

    The full Monte

    10 October 2003

    Martin Landau may live in Monte Carlo, but he is throwing his full weight behind his latest property venture in the UK. Helen Thomas talks to Dutch developer MAB's UK chairman

  • Markets

    Chainbow's pot of gold

    19 September 2003

    Standing in the shadow of Lakeside, the tiny Grays shopping centre is a vital part of the area's retail mix says its new owner Chainbow. But it will have a job convincing retailers.

  • Markets

    Twilight of the god

    5 September 2003

    Wagnerian overtones would provide a fitting backdrop to the German economy, which is showing little sign of improving

  • Markets

    The great leap forward

    5 September 2003

    The 2003 Expo Real conference in Munich is broadening its horizons away from Germany with a day devoted to property investment in China

  • Markets

    Losing momentum

    29 August 2003

    Plans to redevelop Causeway Farm in Hereford and continue the regeneration that began with the Left Bank are in danger of foundering

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    Home economics

    29 August 2003

    Gloucestershire's office market is coming to the realisation that small occupiers are just as important as larger ones

  • Markets

    Hi-tech money belt

    29 August 2003

    Worcestershire council and Advantage West Midlands are rebranding a stretch of the A38 in a bid to attract hi-tech occupiers

  • Insight

    Cracking the bank code

    1 August 2003

    The lengthy, jargon-ridden New Basel Capital Accord categorises property as a high-risk sector and will encourage banks to take a far more cautious approach to property lending

  • News

    RICS objects to bank valuation standard

    1 August 2003

    New Basel Capital Accord methodology leaves banks overexposed, says institution