All articles by Mark Jansen – Page 2
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LandSecs clashes with London Underground in Victoria
Planning inquiry will determine whether developer’s land can be compulsorily purchased
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Ways to buy time as the end approaches
Developers whose permissions are due to expire before the economy recovers have two courses of action open to them.
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Ministry of Justice fights for rates rebate
Battle for £600,000 could be significant for empty rates
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Too close for comfort
Rules governing development near fuel tanks will be tested in a planning enquiry at cricket’s Brit Oval this week.
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The new house rules
Leasehold occupiers are exploiting the laws of enfranchisement that allow residents to buy their freeholds.
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Hermes primed for carbon trading plan
Company launches energy reduction simulation scheme
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Lawyers in the dock
Two big law firms are embroiled in litigation with activist investor Christopher Mills. Mark Jansen reports
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Glass war
Developers are stoking up climate change trouble with their addiction to glass.
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Display energy certificates are the new way to think green
Display energy certificates shift the onus of thinking green on to public sector occupiers.
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Commercial property chiefs hit the road to zero carbon
ProLogis, Lend Lease, Legal & General and Segro join sustainable buildings task group
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The passivhaus standard could hold the key to low energy bills
A highly efficient German housebuilding standard could ease the pain of the UK’s spiralling energy bills.
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BPF launches planners manifesto
Federation calls for planner shortage reversal and training for councillors
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Retailers round on landlords again
Monthly rent row continues at Responsible Retail Property conference
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Retailers hit by massive rates hike
Hard-pressed retailers in England face a massive 16% average increase in their rates bills from April 2010, according to new research from GL Hearn and Investment Property Databank (IPD) published today.
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Eversheds to cut 33 property lawyers
Eversheds is to make up to 33 property lawyers, plus related support staff, redundant.
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High noon for the high rises
A planning inquiry starts next week to decide the fate of two towers planned for Blackfriars. Mark Jansen reports
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The climate crusader
Adair Turner, the man charged with guiding the government’s strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, believes the property industry has a key role to play.
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The credit crunch is affecting property lawyers as well as surveyors
The credit crunch is forcing many property property lawyers into insolvency work – or face redundancy.
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BREEAM’s green credentials are not what they seem
You may think that a building with a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating has watertight green credentials, but you’d be wrong.
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Part two of our quarterly series on maximising the value of your assets
This is the time for getting back to the basics of asset management. In the second of our quarterly series on maximising the value of your assets, Mark Jansen reports on how four landlords are squeezing more out of their portfolios