All Property Week articles in 2 August 2013
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OnlineBritish Land primes Northampton retail park for £54m sale
British Land is looking to sell its St James Retail Park in Northampton for a price thought to be around £54m.
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OnlineAsk Developments chief executive steps down
The long-standing chief executive and co-founder of Manchester’s Ask Developments is standing down from the role “with immediate effect”.
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OnlineGWM Group buys €130m Italian retail park
Funds managed by GWM Group have acquired the Da Vinci Market Central retail park in Rome for €130m.
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Online£50m deal to rebuild London fire stations
A clutch of crumbling fire stations in London are set to be rebuilt after a £50m private finance initiative contract was signed today.
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OnlineM&G narrows down hunt for 300,000 sq ft City HQ
M G Investments is close to sourcing a property in the City of London to relocate its headquarters.
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OnlineJack Wills takes first non-city centre store
Popular fashion brand Jack Wills has opened its first non-city centre store at Bluewater shopping centre.
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OnlineBuy-to-let market continues to grow
Lenders advanced mortgages worth £5.1bn to buy-to-let investors in the second quarter of 2013, the most since 2008, according to data published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders today.
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OnlineIsos Housing appoints new executive director
Isos Housing has appointed Michael Farr as its new executive director of development and property.
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OnlineCLS confirms Project Neo talks
The board of CLS Holdings has confirmed it has signed an exclusivity agreement with the receivers of the Project Neo portfolio.
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OnlineKnight Frank: Prime global cities index Q2
The average price of luxury homes in the world’s key cities increased by 2.4% in the second quarter of 2013, a marked improvement on the 0.4% fall recorded in the first three months of the year. Kate Everett-Allen examines what’s behind the index’s recovery.
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OnlineBlackstone & Sovereign Land to buy £190m Scottish mall
Blackstone and Sovereign Land are understood to have fought off competition to be selected as the preferred bidder for the St Enoch shopping centre in Glasgow, Property Week can reveal.
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OnlineSavills sees profits surge by 25%
Savills reported a 25% rise in group profit before tax to £21.4m in its half year results this morning.
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OnlineSavills sees profits surge by 25%
Savills reported a 25% rise in group profit before tax to £21.4m in its half year results this morning.
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OnlineAviva and Queensberry unveil Manchester Corn Exchange revamp plans
Aviva Investors and Queensberry Real Estate have unveiled the first images of their planned restaurant revamp of Manchester’s Corn Exchange, as more details of the proposed scheme emerge.
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OnlineBlackstone and Sovereign Land to buy £190m Scottish mall
Blackstone and Sovereign Land are understood to have fought off competition to be selected as the preferred bidder for the St Enoch shopping centre in Glasgow, Property Week can reveal.
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OnlineHenderson GI announces £265m refinancing of UK shopping malls
Henderson Global Investors has refinanced three of its UK shopping malls with a new £265m debt finance package with MetLife, Bayern LB and Santander.
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OnlineJ Crew to open two new London stores
J.Crew has signed a deal to open two new stores, a separate women’s wear and separate men’s wear shop.
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OnlineArley Homes founder steps down in restructuring
Arley Homes founder John Cosgrave has stepped down as managing director of the housebuilder, following a management restructuring by its creditors.
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OnlineEasygroup buys Croydon block for easyFoodstore
Easygroup has completed the purchase of a building in Croydon that it plans to use as a pilot for its new easyFoodstore chain.
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OnlineClive Dutton hired to tackle “one of the world’s greatest inner city challenges”
Regeneration guru Clive Dutton has been appointed by Irish language development agency Forbairt Feirste to focus on the transformation of Belfast’s Gaeltacht Quarter, considered “one of the world’s greatest inner city challenges”.
