All Property Week articles in 08 April 2011
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Online
Peel makes takeover bid for Pinewood
John Whittaker’s Peel Holdings has made a full takeover bid for Pinewood Shepperton, the listed film studio company.
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Online
LaSalle in £150m junior loan push
LaSalle Investment Management has raised £150 million for a new junior loan programme targeting newly originated loans secured against UK properties.
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Online
PWTV: Theo Paphitis on his new lingerie brand
Entrepreneur and star of Dragons’ Den Theo Paphitis took a break from his packed schedule of store openings last week to tell Property Week TV about his new lingerie brand.
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Online
John Lewis confirms Newbury shopping At Home store
John Lewis has signed to open its ‘At Home’ shop at the new 475,000 sq ft Parkway shopping centre development in Newbury.
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Professional
Withhold temptation to self-instruct
The Message: Commercial property agents have to be sure who their client is
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News
TNT Post receives Swift package
TNT Post, the direct mail supplier, has signed a 10-year lease with a five-year break at £3.50/sq ft for 115,000 sq ft at Swift Valley Industrial Estate in Rugby. Strutt Parker advised TNT.
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News
Pressure mounts
The first dispatches from Everest have been sent by Bywater Properties’ founder Richard Walker
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Insight
Prime yields unchanged in March
Prime yields were unchanged in March at 5.68%, which was 199 basis points higher than 10-year government bonds
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News
Six refinancings that prove there is life in lending
Since the beginning of the year, property lending conditions – apart from some increases in pricing – appear to have stabilised
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Markets
London leaseholders lose out in management
Thousands of residential leaseholders in central London risk losing money by failing to exercise their right to manage their apartment blocks, claims surveying firm Ringley
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Professional
Need to know: light obstruction notices
What is a light obstruction notice?A neighbour can obtain a right of light after enjoying light unobstructed for 20 years. A light obstruction notice can stop that right of light becoming active without actually having to build.Why is this significant now?Developer Highcross and neighbour Marcus Heaney settled their right of ...
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News
Great Portland is top of the REITs
Great Portland Estates was the best-performing listed property company in the last six years, groundbreaking new research reveals
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Grange plans Tower Hill hotel
Grange Hotels has placed the 100 Minories site in London’s Tower Hill under offer for around £20m. The site was put up for sale by London Metropolitan University. Grange is expected to create a 250-bed hotel. Drivers Jonas Deloitte advised London Met. All parties declined to comment.
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Insight
The Tower and The Glory
Gerald Ronson gives Mike Phillips a guided tour round his newly completed Heron Tower, the City’s tallest and most eagerly anticipated office building
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Insight
Obituary: George Walker
Former professional boxer enjoyed highs and lows with Brent Cross, Trocadero and Brighton Marina
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Professional
Time for self-storage to realise net gains in secondary locations
A young industry born out of a booming property market and entrepreneurship are commonly held perceptions of the self-storage sector
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Insight
Obituary: Sir Frank Lampl
Lipton praises life-president of Bovis Lend Lease who survived concentration camps before defecting to UK
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Professional
Take five ... tips for interviewing for senior staff
Mark Bailey, director of service delivery at recruitment firm Holtby Turner gives his top five tips for interviewing senior executives
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News
Three Olympic finalists in running
Delancey with Qatari Diar, Hutchison Whampoa, and Wellcome Trust have been shortlisted by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to buy and manage the £500m Olympic Village in east London after the 2012 games. The three parties were picked on Wednesday to make final detailed offers and deliver 2,818 homes, which ...