Article: United States: Hotel deal close to completion.

Article: Explosion destroys Napier house
The Press;  August 21, 1998 ;     307 words ...A Napier neighbourhood was rocked by a big bang in a suburban house last night. Senior Sergeant Malcolm Lockrie said several calls reporting an explosion were received from people in the Napier Hill area about 7.30pm. He said the house was ``a write-off ``Our initial concern was that the people who

Article: The Queen's property fortune soars to [pound]4bn; Crown ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  July 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Christopher Howes, the retiring boss of Crown Estates, the Queen's property business ... billion under his tenure. Last year, Crown Estates chalked up a surplus of [pound]133 ... Buckingham Palace's treasurer includes Crown Estates' income when calculating the Royal ...

Article: RIGHT ROYAL RIP-OFF; Crown Estates chief gets 46 ...
The Mirror (London, England);  August 22, 1998 ;     593 words ... ... Mr Howes, chief executive of The Crown Estates, received a 33 per cent increase under ... old father of three the use of a Crown Estates property in London's wealthy Pimlico ... of two commissioners who manage the Crown Estates which made record pounds 113million ...

Article: Crown Estates take axe to ancient trees at Windsor
The Independent - London;  August 4, 1995 ;     512 words ... ... that it regretted a decision by the Crown Estates to fell more ancient oak and lime trees ... have been working closely with the Crown Estates and we gave them advice about the trees ... in the storm of 1987. In 1992, the Crown Estates announced that age and disease had ...

Article: Crown Estates hit by fall in value of assets.
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  July 9, 2009 ;     394 words ... ... taxpayer will benefit from a net surplus of pounds 226.5m, up 6.1% on the previous year after revenues rose by 7.1%. Crown Estates had to contend with "a number of difficult circumstances", including tenant defaults, which affected income flow. THE ...

Article: GREENPEACE: Greenpeace welcomes Crown Estates ...
M2 Presswire;  January 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-12 January 1999-GREENPEACE: Greenpeace welcomes Crown Estates agreement to further offshore wind studies (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:110199 Greenpeace today welcomed the announcement ...

Article: Call to speed up Crown Estates law revamp
Evening News - Scotland;  January 15, 2001 ;     420 words ...HERITAGE bodies in Edinburgh today urged the Government to speed up its plans to hand control of development at Crown Estate properties to local councils. Under current law, a Crown building does not need planning permission from the local council. One major development which enjoys the current