PARIS-Voies Navigables de France, the state body responsible for France's inland waterways, is looking to learn from UK experience in promoting development along the 20-km Roubaix Canal which straddles the Franco-Belgian border in north-east France.
LONDON-The level of vacant industrial space across Great Britain rose 7.8% in the final four months of 2001 to stand at 176 million sf at the year end. And vacancies are 20.9% higher than at the start of 2001.
LONDON-The level of vacant industrial space across Great Britain rose 7.8% in the final four months of 2001 to stand at 176 million sf at the year end. And vacancies are 20.9% higher than at the start of 2001.
LONDON-Six months on from 11 September, more than two-thirds companies with a central London headquarters say security fears may prompt them to move elsewhere. And half of all companies say they would now be unhappy about relocating into tall buildings, according to a survey by GVA Grimley.
GLASGOW-Edinburgh-based Esk Properties has been selected by West Lothian Council to develop a 5.2-acre strategic site in Livingston town centre with a 160,000-sf mixed use scheme.
LONDON-Global Call centre operator ICT Inc has taken over 26,000 sf in Beaufort House, Uxbridge, North-West London in the second substantial office letting in the suburban office centre in recent months.
VIENNA-Several key ex-Jones Lang LaSalle executives have formed a new consultancy to cover Austria and central Europe after JLL decided to close its office in the Austrian capital.
LONDON-UK Government urban regeneration initiatives are failing to deliver, the, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has told the House of Commons Select Committee on Urban Affairs.