Claer Barrett

  • Features

    Salmaan Hasan: Minerva’s city battle

    2008-06-06T00:00:00

    Having taken a battering on the stock market, Minerva chief Salmaan Hasan is ready for a new fight – against a possible takeover.

  • John Plender
    Features

    The economist

    2008-06-06T00:00:00

    John Plender, Financial Times sage and chairman of Quintain, predicts the future of the market at this year’s BCO conference.

  • Features

    Double trouble

    2008-06-06T00:00:00

    Analysts predict a double or even triple dip for the UK’s office market as the credit crunch deepens. Claer Barrett reports

  • Gerald Ronson
    Features

    ‘If you are offering a six-star product, you can't deliver three-star service …'

    2006-05-12T00:00:00

    … so says property tycoon Gerald Ronson on his plans for London's first luxury office tower. He talks exclusively to Claer Barrett about his ambition to create a Savoy among offices.

  • Abbey Mill House: Morley has agreed the £40m forward-funding of PMB Holdings’ 15-storey tower in Reading. It will be the city’s tallest office building.
    Features

    Put your specs on

    2006-05-12T00:00:00

    The speculative office funding market is back, and more players are getting in on the action than ever before. But success will rely on a clear, realistic vision of occupational demand and rental prospects.