All Property Week articles in 22 June 2012
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Westbrook aims for full control of O Twelve
Westbrook, the private equity real estate investment management firm, is aiming to take full control of a £154m portfolio of properties in the Thames Gateway.
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Revealed: List of 60 Staples stores at risk of being disposed of, downsized or relocated
Staples, the world’s largest office products retailer, is considering disposing of, downsizing or relocating just under half of its UK store portfolio.
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Lights, camera, action for Crown Estate at BAFTA HQ
The Crown Estate is under offer to buy the iconic Princes House on Piccadilly, the headquarters of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The group is paying around £86m for the building.
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Ford speeds into Bristol industrial park
Ford Retail has signed the first pre-let for a 14,405 sq ft showroom at Goodman’s Northfield Park industrial estate in Bristol.
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Nairobi tops global prime residential rent growth list
Prime residential rents across the world rose by less than 2% in the year to March, the weakest annual rate of growth since the final quarter of 2009, a report by Knight Frank has found.
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Former Sound nightclub in Leicester Square put up for sale
The former Sound nightclub on Leicester Square in London has been put up for sale.
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Lloyds agrees terms with Co-op on branch sale
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it has agreed terms with the Co-operative Group on the sale of 632 of its high street branches.
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Picton secures two new debt facilities
Picton Property Income has secured two separate debt facilities from insurers Aviva and Canada Life,it announced today.
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BNP Paribas Real Estate's hiring spree
BNP Paribas Real Estate’s new chief executive John Slade has told staff he plans to double turnover by carrying out a massive hiring spree, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
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Olympic Park receives planning consent
The London Legacy Development Corporation has been granted outline planning permission for its master plan of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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London & Stamford completes Surrey office acquisition
London Stamford has acquired Unilever House on Leatherhead Office Park in Surrey for £61.15m, as revealed by Property Week .
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BNP Paribas Real Estate’s Slade reveals aggressive expansion plan
BNP Paribas Real Estate’s new chief executive John Slade has told staff he plans to double turnover by carrying out a massive hiring spree, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
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Eurohypo team ponders management buyout
The management of Eurohypo’s UK lending arm is weighing a management buyout of the division following the parent company’s decision to close down the business yesterday.
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Eurohypo UK team ponders management buyout
The management of Eurohypo’s UK lending arm is weighing a management buyout of the division following the parent company’s decision to close down the business yesterday.
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Land Securities' head of retail leasing quits
Land Securities’ head of retail leasing has quit the firm.
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Westfield Stratford to close early ahead of Olympic opening ceremony
Westfield Stratford is likely to have to shut early on the day of the Olympics opening ceremony following a request from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).
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Transfer of NAMA debt to Barclay brothers valid, Court of Appeal rules
The billionaire Barclay brothers today won an appeal over whether or not their acquisition of £660m of debt from Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) was valid.
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European property giant to stop new lending
One of the largest lenders to commercial property in Europe is to stop all new lending, after its parent company decided it was not a business it wanted to continue.
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Savills and Carbon Trust to help slash occupier energy bills
Savills and the Carbon Trust have teamed up to help commercial property occupiers reduce carbon emissions from their buildings.
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European property giant to stop new lending
One of the largest lenders to commercial property in Europe is to stop all new lending, after its parent company decided it was not a business it wanted to continue.