All Property Week articles in 12 September 2008
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APC Advice - Week 10: Three-month supervisor review (part 1)
Jon Lever goes into more detail about what you should expect from your three-month review, and Ben Elder writes about the competency in conflict avoidance and dispute management
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Markets
Native lands funding for Albert Embankment
Bank of Scotland commits £56m for mixed-use scheme on south bank of the Thames
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Wall Street in turmoil after Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy
Wall Street is in turmoil after Lehman Brothers said it would file for bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch agreed a $50bn takeover by Bank of America (BofA)
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BT submits plans for Ipswich resi development
BT has submitted a planning application for redevelopment of Adastral Park in Ipswich.
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News
Offices 08 underway in front of packed house
The office market event of the year is underway at the luxurious Celtic Manor resort in Wales.
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Palmer ventures into agriculture with €300m fund
Palmer Capital Partners is to invest in the burgeoning agriculture market with the launch of a €300m (£238m) pan-European farmland fund.
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From the archive: Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy protection
European stock markets plunged this morning as the financial sector was thrown into turmoil after US investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Residential developer goes into administration
Asquith Properties, a West-Yorkshire based residential developer, has gone into administration.
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Deka buys Moorhouse office scheme
Hammerson and partner Pearl Assurance have sold their £230m Moorhouse office scheme to German fund Deka Immobilien Investment.
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Invista and Atlantic portfolio deal collapses
Invista Real Estate has cancelled its deal to sell a £190m portfolio to Atlantic Property Partners.
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From the archive: Propinvest completes €1.9bn Banco Santander deal
Glenn Maud’s Propinvest has completed its €1.9bn (£1.5bn) deal to buy the Banco Santander headquarters complex in Madrid – the largest single-property European acquisition ever completed.
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Tesco express store to open at Barking Central
Tesco has signed up for a new 4,618sqft store at Barking Central, a mixed-use scheme in Barking town centre, east London.
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King restates opposition to mortgage guarantees
Mervyn King yesterday stepped up his campaign against taxpayer guarantees for mortgage funding, saying they would impede necessary restructuring in banks, prove expensive and were likely to be long-lasting.
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Eco-town protest heads for courts
Campaigners against a new wave of “eco-towns” are to take their case to the High Court after a judicial review ruled in their favour.
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Ritblat rebuilds position in Plantation Place
Delancey has been quietly buying debt behind one of the largest buildings in the City.
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News
Galliford Try slashes prices
Galliford Try, the hybrid housebuilder and construction group, maintained annual profits in spite of having to cut 20% off new house prices in an attempt to preserve volumes.
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Banks taking tougher line
Banks are taking a tougher line with commercial property investors and could foreclose on underperforming loans in the sector, according to Drivers Jonas.
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Nationwide to close mortgage processing centres to cut costs
The Nationwide is planning to close five mortgage processing centres with the potential loss of just over 100 jobs as part of an efficiency drive by Britain's biggest building society.
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Online estate agents hit hard by crunch
Home owners are choosing to improve their homes rather than move as figures show online visits to DIY and furniture stores overtaking those to estate agents.