All Property articles – Page 329
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Victorinox to unveil Bond Street flagship
Luxury Swiss brand Victorinox is to open its European flagship store on London's Bond Street.
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Opinion
Investment market lives on
There aren't many retailers in the nice position of being able to sell a £605 million property portfolio but still own the bulk of their freeholds.
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Aldi becomes latest BRC member
German discount giant Aldi is the latest retailer to become a member of the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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BRC urges Chancellor to ease retail pressure
The British Retail Consortium has today written to Chancellor Alistair Darling urging him to reduce retailers’ price pressures to restore consumer confidence.
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Analysis
Back on the map
Dublin is starting out on a transformation that will give the city centre the prominence it deserves. Ben Cooper profiles the two big schemes set to light up the Irish capital.
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Charles Tyrwhitt takes four shops
Menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt has continued its aggressive expansion in the UK by signing four more stores.
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Tesco lines up property deals worth £500m
Tesco is seeking to continue its sale-and-leaseback programme with a wave of deals that could be worth 500 million to the retailer.
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Kurt Geiger snaps up space at Bluewater
Luxury footwear retailer Kurt Geiger has signed for a store at Bluewater.
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Opinion
Retailers are landlords too
Whether it be monthly rents or upward-only rent reviews, there are always tensions between landlords and retailers. What tends to be forgotten is that retailers are often landlords too.
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Analysis
Grand ambition
Size and architectural constraints made Cambridge’s Grand Arcade a difficult project and, five months after opening, it is still only 85 per cent let. Ben Cooper weighs up the centre’s success.
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Tough times for British Land
British Land today reported a fall in underlying first quarter profits but that rents on its retail portfolio are still rising.
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Hammerson suffers £421m loss
Property giant Hammerson has reported a loss of 421 million in the six months to June.
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Analysis
Olympic hopefuls
As the London 2012 Olympics nears, British retailers need to prepare themselves for a once in a lifetime opportunity. Lisa Berwin reports.
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NewsHollister close to signing for its next three units
US fashion brand Hollister is understood to be closing in on its next three stores in the UK as part of a first-phase roll-out.
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Bitter blow for Oxford as Westgate scheme delayed
Liberty International’s decision to reconsider its Westgate development will hold Oxford back from climbing up the rankings of the UK’s best shopping destinations, according to research organisation CACI.
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Opinion
Westgate – a taste of things to come?
Buried in Liberty International’s interim results last week was a phrase that nobody wanted to hear. The innocuous-looking statement “on hold”, next to the property giant’s Westgate scheme in Oxford, should not be underestimated.
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Co-op to sell 107 Somerfield stores
The Co-operative Group is understood to have appointed Credit Suisse to manage the sale process of 107 Somerfield stores.
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BRC ups the ante as rent battle hots up
The British Retail Consortium has thrown down the gauntlet to landlords by demanding that retailers should be able to switch to monthly rent payments on existing leases, not just new ones.
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B&Q property chief lambasts landlords for being ‘unrealistic’
B&Q property director Terry Hartwell has slammed landlords for failing to respond to retailers’ needs and said that it will be on their heads if more companies go bust before the year is out.
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Derbyshire town gets the nod for £20m scheme
An application to develop the Hepworth Retail and Leisure Park in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, has been given the go-ahead by the local council.