All articles by Kristina Smith
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MarketsHUB hopes it will be third time lucky for landmark Maidenhead project
HUB’s scheme is third attempt to develop key site within the Thames Valley town.
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MarketsPoole sets out big regeneration project ahead of council merger
Plans are afoot to boost development after years of inactivity.
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MarketsBrighton FC’s plans for Ikea store kick off traffic debate
Brighton Hove Albion FC has come a long way in the past 20 years.
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InsightRegeneration projects: revival instinct
In the wake of the financial crisis, local authorities have had to adopt a more creative approach to regeneration. Property Week assesses how they are tackling it and what they are working on.
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MarketsBudget gyms go from strength to strength
Ten years ago, no one had ever heard of a ‘budget gym’. Now there are close to 60 operators of every size, accounting for 10 per cent of the UK’s £43bn gym market.
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MarketsCheap isn’t always cheerful – Manchester’s surge in upmarket shops and restaurants
Manchester’s surge in upmarket shops and restaurants shows that value retailing is not the only success story.
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MarketsThe small shed craft beer boom
The UK’s craft beer sector is burgeoning - and it needs bigger properties in which to brew more beer.
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MarketsSelf-storage snuggles up to resi and retail
Big Yellow is hoping to build a site in Battersea, south London, with residential and possibly retail space in a move that would mark a major shift in strategy for the self storage operator as it seeks to fulfil ambitious growth plans.
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MarketsHigh Street evolution in inner London boroughs
Changing demographics mean changing high streets, as retailers follow their customers into new areas.
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Birmingham transport link
When Argent bought its BrindleyPlace site back in 1993, it expected its first tenants to be commuting on the Midland Metro
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Heir raising
NAI Gooch Webster's new managing director, Lesley Mason (pictured), was recruited from Mobil to bring a management brain to the business. Now she is developing the management talent within the firm.
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Markets
Give PPPs a chance
After worries about the future of the old private finance initiatives, institutional investors are now showing an interest in the Labour government's incarnation: public-private partnerships.
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Notes of caution
Sixty per cent of Property Week readers would vote 'no' to the euro now, but if, as seems inevitable, we adopt the single currency, what are the implications for property?
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Coming on strong: sector performance
The slowing economy and its effect on property is, however, starting to show in the performance of surveying firms.
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The web builders
The internet has become faster and more reliable over the past few years, and solely electronic document distribution is on the horizon. LandSecs is trialling one system on Portman House.
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Why won't the government allow pension holders to trade property like shares?
In the second part of our exclusive MORI survey of pension holders, commissioned by Insignia Richard Ellis and Property Week, we reveal what they think of securitised property vehicles, like the US REITs, property-heavy pension funds and tall buildings and out-of-town shopping centres.
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Why are investment funds only investing 5% in property?
73% of pension holders want over 10% of their money invested in property. So why are funds only investing 5%?
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Better the devil you know
Three years after being set up, Red Devil Storage has exceeded all expectations. We talk to the company's founder, Anthony Burnett, about his hands-on approach
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Pizza the action
Pizza Hut is making a comeback with a massive expansion and refurbishment plan and a new website to help target sites. We get the lowdown on the Hut's new strategy from business development manger Nick Graham
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Stepping out of the shadows
Dr Eckart John von Freyend, IVG's publicity-shy CEO, is finally stepping into the limelight. Property Week talks to the man behind Germany's biggest listed property company
