All Property Week articles in 12 September 2014
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OnlineBauer Media buys Absolute Radio HQ
Absolute Radio’s parent company is under offer to buy its West End headquarters.
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OnlineSouth East office market prepares for bumper autumn
Take-up in the South East office market is expected to jump dramatically by the end of the year.
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OnlineRio Tinto to sell St James’s Square HQ for more than £250m
Rio Tinto has hoisted a £250m for-sale sign over its revamped St James’s Square headquarters, Property Week can reveal.
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Kensington's Harrington Hall Hotel sold for £89m
Carey Property has sold the Harrington Hall Hotel in South Kensington, south-west London, for €112m (£89m) to an investment group in the Middle East.
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OnlineIM Properties closes in on £100m deal for business park
Warwickshire-based developer IM Properties is on the cusp of sealing a deal for a 2m sq ft business park in Solihull for around £100m in an off-market deal.
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OnlineKier launches FOUR alongside strong results
Kier Property has started marketing FOUR, its new 250,000 sq ft office development at St Peter’s Waterside, Northampton, through Lambert Smith Hampton.
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OnlineBank of Cyprus sells £289m UK loan portfolio
Bank of Cyprus Group has agreed to sell its UK loan portfolio of mostly commercial and residential property-backed facilities to mortgage lenders Mars Capital Finance and Camael Mortgages.
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OnlineFour Seasons hotel for Trinity Square
Chinese investment Reignwood Group and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts have confirmed their plans to turn 10 Trinity Square, overlooking the Tower of London, into a luxury hotel and residential development.
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OnlineFirst Base hires Berkeley land man
Specialist London developer First Base has recruited Simon Benton as head of land from Berkeley Group, where he was senior land manager.
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OnlineICG buys remaining Longbow stake
Intermediate Capital Group has bought the outstanding stake in Longbow Real Estate Capital it did not already own.
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Online£13.5bn of public assets fit for redevelopment before 2019
Public assets worth £13.5bn are set to be redeveloped in the next five years, according to think tank Localis.
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OnlineUnited House plans London expansion
United House Group is gearing up for a major expansion of its private residential business.
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OnlinePremiere deal for Cardiff cinema
Moorfield Group and Plus Shops Retail have agreed a deal with Premiere Cinemas to re-open the five-screen cinema at Cardiff’s Capitol Shopping Centre.
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OnlineHeineken brews deal to sell 111 pubs
Dutch brewer Heineken has agreed to sell 111 of its Star Pubs Bars venues to Admiral Taverns for an undisclosed sum.
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OnlineLaw firm signs at 6 Bevis Marks
Axa Real Estate Investment Managers has signed a new 15-year lease with law firm Browne Jacobson for the top two floors of 6 Bevis Marks in the City of London.
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OnlineWilliams ordered to pay confiscation order
Disgraced Mayfair entrepreneur Alexander Williams, who was convicted of property fraud last January, has been ordered to pay a confiscation order of £477,474.25 within six months, or serve a default sentence of three year’s imprisonment.
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OnlineMorrisons appoints group property director
Gordon Mowat has been appointed as the new group property and strategy director at supermarket Morrisons.
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OnlineBoris picks developers for GLA sites
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has selected preferred bidder for two sites which are earmarked for more than 1,200 new homes.
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OnlineGrosvenor seals £201m fund refinancing
Grosvenor Fund Management has clinched a £201m loan to refinance its Grosvenor London Office Fund, which owns prime offices in the capital.
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OnlineDevelopers strengthen call for business rates reform
Land Securities, Hammerson and Westfield are among major property companies that have signed up to a call for political parties to commit to fundamental reform of business rates.
