All Property Week articles in 18 March 2011
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PWTV: Young stars win big at Norwood's annual dinner
A Franc Warwick surveyor and a city fring consultancy were the big winners at charity Norwood’s annual property dinner.
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First enterprise zones named - Liverpool, London, Nottingham, Manchester
The first of the UK’s new enterprise zones, following yesterday’s Budget, have been revealed today.
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Goodman to develop second 1.2m sq ft German logistics hub for Amazon
Godman has signed its second contract in the last month to develop a logistics centre in Germany for online retailer Amazon.
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Residential experts dismiss £250m FirstBuy Direct as "negligible"
Residential property experts have dismissed FirstBuy Direct, the £250m Budget measure for first-time buyers, as a negligible boost to the market and a questionable use of taxpayers’ money.
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Stenham trio set up Riverside
A new property investment and asset management company has been spun out of hedge fund group Stenham
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Powerleague pitches up at Wembley
Anyone for a game of five-a-side football in the shadow of Wembley Stadium?
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Rothschild to rework O’Flynn
Irish group plans to recapitalise to break away from National Asset Management Agency
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A wizard new scheme
Warner Bros has begun work on the £100m redevelopment of the Leavesden Studios site near Watford and will open its first public attraction, a walkthrough Harry Potter-themed tour, in the spring of 2012
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Meeting of minds for Reading mentors
Reading Real Estate Foundation has celebrated the third year of its mentoring scheme
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Oxford innovation spreads knowledge
Oxford Innovation, an operator of centres for “innovative” start-up companies, has opened a 25,000 sq ft innovation centre in the centre of Oxford
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International House offer
Gerald Ronson’s Heron International is poised to buy International House in London’s Marylebone for around £63m
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Oxfordshire is home of residential recovery
The downturn has brought the development of new homes to a standstill across much of the country
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Lloyds to jettison HBOS loans
Apollo, Blackstone, Lone Star, Delancey and Goldman Sachs among likely bidders for loan portfolio
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It’s hard to make head or tail of sustainability policy, says Jon Lovell
Pin the tail on the donkey: a childhood classic. Sustainability consulting seems like it some times
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Southside signs up five retailers
H M Kids, Paperchase, Accessorize, Costa and Robert Dyas have signed for units at Southside shopping centre in Wandsworth, south London, which is owned by Land Securities and Delancey in the Metro Shopping Fund joint venture. Lunson Mitchenall and CWM advise Metro.
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UK REITs feel the impact
The increasingly volatile global economy, which is being affected by events in Japan and the Middle East, will have a dampening effect on UK REIT growth, Mike Prew, Nomura’s chief property analyst, said this week
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Raven’s feathers ruffled by valuation
Raven Russia, the Russian shed developer, achieved a 6% increase in net asset value last year, but once again questioned the valuation of its portfolio
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Tax-increment finance faces ‘serious loss of momentum’
Plans to introduce tax-increment financing (TIF) in the UK have become mired in proposals for wider business rates reforms, the British Property Federation (BPF) warns
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Tesco Express moves on to offices in Newcastle
Tesco Express is to open its first store on an office park