All Property Week articles in 08 December 2006
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Online
JLL buys Australian firm
Jones Lang LaSalle has beefed up its exposure to the booming Western Australia property market with the acquisition of NSC Corporate, creating the state's biggest commercial property services firm.
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OnlineTargetfollow in battle to buy £400m Earls Court
Private property company Targetfollow faces competition to buy London’s Earls Court and Olympia exhibition centres
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OnlineBahrain Bay reveals $2.5bn waterfront project
Bahrain Bay Development today launched a masterplan for a $2.5bn (£1.3bn) waterfront project in Bahrain.
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Government measures to speed up planning
The government today unveiled a number of initiatives to deliver a faster, more efficient planning system, which it claims will provide an estimated savings of £124m to business.
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Former HSBC man launches investment advisory service
Max James, former global head of real estate at HSBC, has launched an investment advisory service, it was announced today.
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Hilton alliance to develop Chinese portfolio
Hilton Hotels Corporation, RREEF and private equity firm H&Q Asia Pacific today announced an alliance to develop serviced hotels across China
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OnlineTargetfollow to buy £400m Earls Court
Private property company Targetfollow is in advanced talks to buy London’s Earls Court and Olympia exhibition centres for £400m
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Babcock & Brown and General scrap €1.5bn fund flotation
Australian heavyweights Babcock & Brown and General Property Trust have scrapped the flotation of a E1.5bn (£1bn) European retail property fund.
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Rugby Estates plans £27.5m share placing
The developer today announced plans to boost its financial firepower by way of a share placing.
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JER and Catalyst buy €90.5m of Brussels
JER Partners and Catalyst Capital have agreed to acquire eight mixed-use properties in Brussels for E (£61.3m)
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Quinlan buys Eircom HQ
Quinlan Private has bought the Eircom Headquarters in Dublin in one of the biggest sale and leaseback deals this year
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OnlineSainsbury's reviews office costs
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is carrying out a benchmarking exercise to compare how moving hundreds of its staff away from central London would compare with keeping them at its London headquarters.
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News
Yoo
UK developer Yoo is entering the US residential market in Dallas, Texas. It has teamed up with German fund initiator US Treuhand and US developer Hillwood to develop the House, a 28-storey property comprising 147 flats and 30,000 sq ft (2,787 sq m) of commercial space. German bank HSH Nordbank ...
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Insight
A utopian vision
Sir, Having worked in property in the West End of London for many years, I was pleased to see Utopia, the restaurant and conference centre on Broughton Hall Business Park in Skipton outshine the finest new building Hanover Square has to offer (ludgate, 10.11.06).
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ProfessionalSustainability
Question: We’ve been advised to consider sustainability issues within our plans for a new office development to help secure planning. What should we include?
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InsightRitblat's riposte
As Sir John Ritblat prepares to leave British Land, he gives Sinead Cruise a parting shot on the City, his arch opponent, Laxey, and property company rivals who may soon have an intriguing new name on their share register. Photographs by Gautier Deblonde
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MarketsStudent reunion
St Martins, alma mater to Britain’s cultural cream, is to move in a property shake-up of London universities. Mike Phillips reports
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NewsSpurs of the moment
Malcolm Dalgleish is known for his bolshy business manner and straight-talking hard-nosed style.
