All Property Week articles in 18 October 2013
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MIPIM UK launches in London
Reed MIDEM – the organiser of the MIPIM property conference in the south of France – has announced plans to launch MIPIM UK in London in October 2014, and unveiled a high-profile advisory committee.
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OnlineGreen light for 600,000 sq ft Leeds scheme
Planning permission has been granted for Town Centre Securities’ 600,000 sq ft mixed-used development at Whitehall Riverside in Leeds’ west end.
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OnlineCornerstone snaps up Nexus Building
Cornerstone, a subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, has completed its purchase of the Nexus Building at 25 Farringdon Street, London, for £128m, reflecting a 5.14% yield.
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OnlineSoft drinks group takes space at Stockley Park
CarVal Investors and Chester Properties have let around three-quarters of 2 Longwalk, Stockley Park to a subsidiary of Suntory Beverage Food.
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OnlineSunley buys Harcourt House
Sunley Group has exchanged contracts to buy Harcourt House on Cavendish Square for around £75m from LaSalle Investment Management for a residential scheme.
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OnlineM&G to buy Coca Cola HQ
M G Investments is poised to buy Coca Cola’s European headquarters in west London from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership for around £52m.
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OnlineVOA ordered to pay up in empty rates case
The Valuation Office Agency has been ordered to pay £50,000 in legal costs after losing a landmark business rates case against Aviva and PPG Southern.
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OnlineMansion Group suspends student fund
Student housing provider Mansion Group has suspended its student accommodation fund and closed it to redemptions.
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OnlineDate set for Kallakis confiscation hearing
The Court of Appeal has set a date for confiscation proceedings against convicted property fraudsters Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams.
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OnlineLegal & General sells Strand office-to-resi scheme
Legal & General Property has sold the long leasehold interest in the upper floors of 406-408 Strand in London’s Covent Garden to developer English Rose, for £11.6m.
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OnlineManchester launches city-wide "open data" drive
Three Greater Manchester councils have teamed up with a group of technology-focussed think tanks to pilot an “open data” project across the city.
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OnlinePocket wins London councils
The Greater London Enterprise Group has taken a 10% stake in London developer Pocket.
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OnlineDTZ: secondary property to outperform prime in 2014
Secondary property will outperform prime on total returns by next year, new research shows.
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OnlineZizzi and Nando's sign at Bracknell
The Bracknell Regeneration Partnership – a joint venture between Legal General Property and Schroder Property – has signed restaurant operators Zizzi and Nando’s to its Bracknell town centre redevelopment.
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OnlineQuintain opens London Designer Outlet
Quintain’s London Designer Outlet in Wembley opened to shoppers today.
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OnlineResolution secures first letting at Alphabeta
Resolution Property is in advanced talks to sign its debut tenant at its Alphabeta building at 14 Finsbury Square in the City of London.
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OnlineAberdeen Asset Management makes approach for Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
Aberdeen Asset Management has proposed an all-share offer to buy fund manager Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.
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OnlineFirst Property Group forms office-to-residential vehicle
First Property Group has established a £40m investment vehicle to convert UK office buildings in to residential.
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OnlineKPMG takes new Leeds office
KPMG has agreed to take a new 28,500 sq ft office in Leeds, as tipped by Property Week (4.10.13).
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OnlineLand Securities to sell £125m centre
Land Securities is to sell the Overgate shopping centre in Dundee.
