All Property Week articles in 23 April 2010
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Cornish ‘eco-community’ takes shape
Eco-Bos, the Egyptian-French-Cornish joint venture to develop 1,715 acres of clay works into an eco-town, will present its strategy framework to Cornwall Council today.
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ICSC CONFERENCE: London remains top retail city
London remains the most dominant retail city in the world, according to research released by CB Richard Ellis today.
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F&C agrees £53.6m acquisition of Thames River Capital
F&C Asset Management, the owner of property fund manager F&C Reit, has entered into a conditional agreement to buy Thames River Capital, which manages the TR Property Investment Trust, for £53.6m.
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JLL reports first quarter $0.2m profit
Jones Lang LaSalle returned to the black in the first quarter thanks to the bounce back in global property markets.
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Moody's raises concerned over Emaar unsold units
Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday assigned a corporate family rating and a probability of default rating of B1 to Emaar Properties, saying it had concerns about the number of unsold units the property giant had on its books.
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Sands Macau sale may Raise $12bn
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson said the planned sale of the casino operator’s Macau malls and apartments may raise as much as $12bn and recoup their construction costs.
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Beijing cancels land auction as prices get too hot
An auction of land in Beijing was cancelled after bidding exceeded a price ceiling set for the lot as the Chinese government expands efforts to rein in the nation’s property market.
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Smart capital 'targeting US commercial property'
Principal Financial Group chief executive officer Larry Zimpleman, whose firm holds more than $30bn of real estate assets, said new buyers are entering the US commercial market and pushing up prices.
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Quintain scores at Wembley with Barclaycard
Quintain has sold the naming and promotional rights to London's Wembley Arena to Barclaycard.
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Goldman primed sales force to sell risky bonds
Goldman Sachs Group, seeking to reduce assets tied to the declining US housing market, urged its sales force in 2006 and 2007 to sell those products to clients, newly disclosed internal e-mails show.
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US housing showing recovery signs
US housing prices are showing signs of recovery after a slide that sent values to levels last seen in 2003 and left almost a quarter of homeowners with properties worth less than their mortgages.
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Ronson and Leslau star at 2010 Property Awards
Gerald Ronson and Nick Leslau were the big winners at the Property Awards at a packed Grosvenor House Hotel in London last night.
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Liverpool Vision appoints new chief exec
The chief executive of Regenerate Pennine Lancashire, Max Steinberg, has been appointed as chief executive of Liverpool Vision.
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UK Coal to sell land and appoint JV partners
UK Coal to sell farming land and appoint joint venture partners for development sites
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Dragon-Ukrainian revises external management agreement
Dragon-Ukrainian Properties & Development has changed the management agreement between it and its external manager, Dragon Capital Partners in order to “better align the interests of the manger with the company’s performance”.
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Parties accused of “misleading” on efficiency savings
Labour and the Conservatives have “misled” voters on efficiency savings, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has said today.
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Morbaine plans “store on stilts” in Fort William
Morbaine has submitted a planning application for a “store on stilts” supermarket in Fort William to Highland Council.
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PW LIVE: Bob Neill hits back at Labour claims
Conservative minister Bob Neill has rebutted Labour accusations that scrapping regional development agencies will lead to a void in local planning.
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NewRiver Retail to raise new equity to fund expansion
NewRiver Retail, the listed real estate investor and asset manager headed by David Lockhart, is raising up to £10.5m before costs through a sale of up to 4.2m new shares at 250p each.