All Property Week articles in 05 March 2010
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OnlineKing Sturge Office Markets 2010
"In the most difficult 12 months for the economy in decades, office markets performed much better than expected a year ago. The long slowdown in letting activity and enquiries has been reversed in many markets and there are signs of a recovery in rents in London."
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Newcastle and Plymouth too public sector
Newcastle and Plymouth are unattractive for developers because they are too reliant on public sector jobs, a conference in London heard today.
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OnlineCity Living Beyond the Boom: Leeds Survey 2010
"Until 2007, the market was driven by the strong buy-tolet phenomenon. Although the delivery of schemes into this market has now virtually dried up (see later sectionon thesupply pipeline), the existing 125 city living schemes, comprising around 9,527 apartments, are mostly well-occupied."
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Derby takes powers for £1bn regeneration in-house
Derby City Council is to close regeneration body Derby Cityscape and bring its powers in-house under a new structure to deliver £1bn regeneration in the town.
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OnlinePWTV: Hatchet Harry on why he'll carry a shot gun in his golf bag at the Sparks Golf Challenge.
P. H. Moriarty, aka Hatchet Harry from Guy Ritchie's Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, spoke to PWTV about why he will be attending the Sparks Golf Challenge in Portugal this summer.
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Government plans overhaul of green planning
The government plans to overhaul three planning policies to help councils deal better with planning applications for sustainable developments.
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Committee blasts HMRC private finance property deal
HM Revenue & Customs faces a financial backlash from a 20-year property contract signed with Mapeley in 2001, according to a report from the Treasury Committee released today.
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Politicians warned "wake up to housing crisis"
Politicians were warned today that they need to “wake up to the mounting housing crisis” as the shortfall in supply approaches one million homes.
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First tenant signs at Ealingcross
Standard Life Investments’ Life Property Fund and Neptune Land have signed the first tenant at the Ealingcross office scheme at 85 Uxbridge Road, in Ealing, London.
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OnlineMcCabe ditches Flood for new development company
Kevin McCabe has set up a company to develop food store schemes but has ditched a plan to work with Brendan Flood, the former managing director of Modus Ventures.
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Laurence launches OGC property asset management campaign
Vice Admiral Tim Laurence has launched an Office of Government Commerce campaign to improve property asset management across the public sector.
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Hatfield Philips enforces €159m securitised loan
Hatfield Philips has enforced a €159m loan that was part of a pool held in the Credit Suisse originated Titan Europe 2006-1 commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) vehicle.
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New retailers sign at Cardiff’s Capitol Shopping Centre
Local surfwear specialist Lobster Bob and luggage retailer Departures have agreed to open units at Moorfield’s Capitol Shopping Centre in Cardiff.
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Housing supply outstripping demand says RICS
Housing supply is outstripping demand as new sales instructions outpaced buyer interest for the second consecutive month, according to the RICS.
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Dubai World chief in London debt talks
Aidan Birkett, the chief restructuring officer of Dubai World, met the conglomerate’s bankers in London yesterday to outline proposals for settlement of its $22bn (Dh80.80bn) of debt to those lenders.
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General Growth investors inject $3.93bn
General Growth said its biggest debt and equity holders offered to jointly invest $3.93bn in the company, bolstering a plan with Brookfield Asset Management Inc. to bring the mall owner out of bankruptcy.
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Emaar aims to proceed with $600m Indonesian scheme
Emaar Properties said it is still planning to proceed with a $600m island resort project in Indonesia and is awaiting a response from an expression of interest it has submitted to the Bali tourism authority, the Dubai-based master developer said today.
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Farkas buys mortgage firm
New York real-estate investor Andrew Farkas has closed a deal to buy Centerline Holding, one of the USA's largest commercial-mortgage-servicing specialists, putting in $100m in new equity and assuming about $180m of Centerline's debt.
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Warning after strong China property growth
Beijing's super-loose monetary policy and unprecedented stimulus measures boosted investment in the China property to a record 3.6tr yuan (HK$4.1tr) last year, up 16.1% year on year. Sales soared 42.1% to an unprecedented 930m sq m, according to a report by the Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Investment in property has ...
