All Property Week articles in 13 January 2017
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Impact Healthcare completes sale and leaseback of £149m care homes portfolio
Impact Healthcare REIT has acquired 56 care homes comprising 2,479 beds for £149m.
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PRS Finance bond listing celebrated on stock exchange
Venn Partners opened trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning with housing and planning minister Gavin Barwell following the launch of its first PRS Finance bond issue.
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Housebuilding on rise amid UK construction struggles in 2016
Housebuilding was the leading sector in construction for 2016 showing an 11% rise year-on-year despite a 5% overall drop for the market as a whole.
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Hunter completes three retail lettings in Bristol
Hunter Real Estate Investment Managers has let three retails spaces at Union Gate retail and leisure parade in Bristol city centre.
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M7 Real Estate enters Irish market
M7 Real Estate has entered the Irish market with the acquisition of a mixed-use office and residential development on Fumbally Lane, Dublin, on behalf of M7 European Real Estate Investment Partners IV.
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Workspace benefits from continuing London demand
Workspace, the London-focused flexible office space group, has posted a rise in rent roll in the third quarter as occupancy also edged higher.
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Rise in e-commerce and limited supply boosts Tritax
Tritax Big Box REIT is expecting strong rental growth to continue through 2017, despite the uncertain economic backdrop in the UK.
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Axa raises €1.4bn for new fund
AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has raised €1.4bn (£1.2bn) for its latest commercial real estate senior debt fund, Commercial Real Estate Senior 10.
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British Land warns of ‘potential headwinds’
British Land has reported a slight fall in retail footfall, but growth in sales, as it also warned of ‘potential headwinds going forward’ in its latest update to the markets this morning.
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Watkin Jones shares soar
Shares of Watkin Jones climbed 5.26% after the student accommodation group posted strong full year results.
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Crosslane to build 583 bed student accommodation in Coventry
Crosslane Student Developments, part of the Crosslane Group, has submitted plans to develop a 583 bed student accommodation development on Friar’s Road in Coventry.
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Blackstone to embark on European urban logistics push
Private equity giant Blackstone is planning an assault on the European urban logistics sector after acquiring a portfolio of French assets managed by M7 Real Estate.
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Niall Brown joins Laxfield
Laxfield Group has announced the recruitment of Niall Brown to its lending team.
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High business rates putting off 75% of international retailers opening UK stores
Almost three-quarters of international retailers are being put off opening stores in the UK because of high business rates, claims a new report.
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HCA expands construction fund to £8bn
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has expanded its developer partner panel to accept contracts with a value of up to £8bn ahead of re-tendering the panel.
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Rettie appointed for Scottish PRS
Rettie Co has has been appointed on a prime residential development site at Edinburgh’s Western Harbour with the potential for over 300 private rented sector (PRS) units.
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Bericote secures council approval for a £150m development in St Helens
Bericote Properties has secured planning permission for its £150m logistics development in the North West.
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Hines and Universal-Investment acquire prime Copenhagen properties for €119m
Hines, along with German investment company Universal-Investment, has completed the acquisition of five prime high street retail assets in Copenhagen from Avignon Capital for €119m (£98.04m) on behalf of the German pension fund scheme, Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK)’s €1.3bn (£1.13bn) separate account.
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Over €50bn anticipated for real estate investment in 2017
A minimum of €52.6bn (£45.6bn) of capital is expected to be invested in global real estate during 2017 and Brexit has forced London’s office market down to fourth place from first in the preferred investment table, according to a new study.
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Savills’ Bates joins McKay board
McKay Securities has appointed Savills director Jeremy Bates to its board as an independent non-executive director and as a member of the audit, remuneration and nomination committees.