Examines town centre management styles using Ilford town centre as an illustration of a town centre management initiative. Discuss the background to the Ilford town centre management initiative, the role of local authorities, the traders′ association, the customers, and liaison with the police...

Discusses the problems and characteristics in providing cleaning services for difficult sites, using examples of a small shopping centre and an urban housing estate. Considers the specification of cleaning services, cleaning times and attendance levels, prescribing equipment and materials,...

Assesses design and management criteria for new sports stadia. Considers location, capacity and orientation, viewing, access and egress, lavatories and refreshment bars, hospitality, commercial ventures, safety, crowd management and segregation, cleaning and maintenance, catering facilities, and...

Highlights the elements of research into multiple retailers′ attitudes that relate to retail management with reference to shopping centres. Considers location, day‐to‐day management, and portfolio management. Concludes the retailers prefer high‐street locations, and have a space demand...

Discusses the management aspects of the successful use of high‐rise accommodation in the United Kingdom, with particular reference to the large number of multi‐storey flats in Birmingham. Considers the case of the conversion of Manton House to very sheltered accommodation, examining the...

Concentrates on those provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 which directly affect the property manager in general practice. Discusses the background to the Act, Part I: Integrated Pollution Control, Part II: Waste disposal on land, Part III: Statutory nuisance, and further...

Considers some of the existing legal principles which might be applied to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) cases in the absence of specific SBS rules. Defines SBS. Lays down the building occupier′s position regarding statutory responsibilities and duties. Discusses the shared legal responsibility...

Reviews the implications of the Landlords and Tenants Acts of 1985 and 1987. Argues that it is the onus of managing agents of residential properties to ensure that they, their landlords and the auditors who audit the service charge accounts understand the Acts; the law encourages parties...