All articles by Helen Thomas – Page 3

  • Markets

    In the ring

    25 July 2003

    Ahead of its opening in September, Property Week takes a tour of Birmingham's Bullring

  • Markets

    What a difference a decade makes

    25 July 2003

    Birmingham's office market is vowing not to repeat the mistakes of the 1990s recession

  • Markets

    Phoenix from the ashes

    25 July 2003

    It survived assaults by Henry VIII and wartime bombs. Now Coventry is out to reclaim its place as a vibrant regional centre

  • Markets

    Trading places

    11 July 2003

    The exodus of manufacturers from Swindon led to a slump in the industrial market. But changes of use to trade counters could bring it back to life

  • Markets

    Red hot Redcliffe

    11 July 2003

    Office development in Bristol is focusing on the district of Redcliffe. It has more than location to attract investment

  • Markets

    Landscape's Western front

    11 July 2003

    Developer Landscape Estates is fighting Bath council to realise its vision for Western Riverside. But the odds appear stacked against it

  • Markets

    Bristol's change of art

    11 July 2003

    The Bristol Alliance is to unveil radical new designs for its Broadmead retail scheme

  • Markets

    Swindon swings into action

    11 July 2003

    The pressure is on for the New Swindon Company to turn its regeneration promises into reality

  • Markets

    Now we are 5

    11 July 2003

    Prudential's Mall at Cribbs Causeway faces its first round of rent reviews after five years at the top of the Bristol retail sector

  • Markets

    Cape crusader

    20 June 2003

    Wealthy South African developer Venter Odendaal has arrived in Surrey to create a hi-tech business park with a little bit extra

  • Markets

    Taking the rough with the smooth

    6 June 2003

    West London offices guru Alistair Elliott, from Knight Frank, has seen the good times and the bad. And he can even find a silver lining in today's gloomy market

  • Markets

    Great flight hope

    6 June 2003

    The construction of Terminal 5 is giving the Heathrow industrial scene a new lease of life. Property Week finds developers queuing up for a slice of the increased warehousing action

  • Markets

    Peace dividends

    6 June 2003

    Agents hope engineering firms based in west London will secure large contracts to help rebuild Iraq – and in the process rebuild the local office market

  • Markets

    Welcome to the concrete jungle

    6 June 2003

    A run-down town centre and a reputation for crime and concrete – Feltham is a challenge for any developer

  • Markets

    Insult to industry

    23 May 2003

    Industrial occupiers are no longer welcome in Cambridgeshire as the county woos fashionable hi-tech business

  • Markets

    Laboratory experiment

    23 May 2003

    Cambridge-based Wrenbridge is taking a leap into the unknown by speculatively developing laboratories with DevSecs

  • Markets

    Crisis of identity

    23 May 2003

    After failed attempts to improve its image, Ipswich is a town that is still trying to find itself

  • Markets

    Kingston upon Hull: Deep impact

    2 May 2003

    The aquatic leisure attraction the Deep continues to have a profound effect on Kingston upon Hull's property market.

  • Markets

    Smaller businesses fail to tackle terrorism threat

    Property Direct April 2003

    Business continuity measures come under the spotlight as small to medium-sized businesses back away from the cost of back-up procedures.

  • Insight

    Self-assured

    17 April 2003

    As news emerges of a bid approach for Selfridges from entrepreneur Tom Hunter, Peter Williams, the group's new chief executive, explains how the retailer has reinvented itself.