Food for thought
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Drive-thru fast food restaurants in the UK are usually located on sites of around 2,200 sq ft in retail or leisure parks. Kentucky Fried Chicken has plans to open over 100 new drive-thru operations in the UK during 1997-2000. They are looking for sites of about 2,500 sq ft in size. The competition for suitable drive-thru restaurant locations has resulted in rents increasing in some areas from 18 pounds sterling per sq ft to 25 pounds sterling per sq ft. Many developers welcome drive-thru outlets and place them in prominent positions on their developments to encourage custom onto the site.
Publication Name: Estates Gazette
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0014-1240
Year: 1997
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Wherever I lay my hat
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The regeneration of Docklands has meant that people are working and living there and the Tower Bridge region is seeing the creation of a permanent community, with the vast majority of buyers being owner-occupiers, according to Tom Marshall of Cluttons. Schemes are being sold rapidly and house prices in parts of Docklands have risen 15% over the past 18 months, with some rising by as much as 50%. Far East buyers are rapidly buying flats in Docklands and the City, and there is activity in the office-to-residential conversion.
Publication Name: Estates Gazette
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0014-1240
Year: 1996
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City slickers: urban slum clearance left city-dwellers out in the cold, but the latest batch of chic metropolitan apartments is putting a desirable face on city centres everywhere
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It has been estimated that Britain will need 4.4 million new homes by 2016, and research shows that the number of people choosing to live in city centres is growing. New schemes are underway in Manchester with developments taking the form of new-build and refurbishment. There are similar patterns occurring in Birmingham and Leeds. Urban dwelling could help to meet environmental targets through the reduction of commuting.
Publication Name: Estates Gazette
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0014-1240
Year: 1997
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