All Property Week articles in 30 April 2010
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Shell oils wheels with JLL for vast EMEA portfolio
Shell has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle as its primary provider of real estate support services across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA).
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Derwent's West End scheme wins BCO award
Derwent London’s Charlotte Building in London’s West End has been hailed as the best commercial workplace in London and the south East at the BCO annual regional awards.
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Banks' property lending up in Q1, JLL says
Bank lending to real estate increased by £3.2bn in the first quarter of the year, research from Jones Lang LaSalle has shown.
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Saudi firm eyes Beirut property
Saudi Arabia's Al Khozama Management Company is in talks with Lebanon's Solidere to partner or acquire a mixed-used property in Beirut, its chairman has told Arabian Business.
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China house prices could fall by a third on crack down
China’s home prices may slump 30% as local authorities implement government measures to crack down on property speculation, according to brokerages including China Jianyin Investment Securities.
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India's Manhattan loses tenants as builds show age
UBS and JPMorgan Chase are leading an exodus of finance companies from Mumbai’s Nariman Point financial district as they balk at paying double midtown- Manhattan rents for crumbling four-decade-old buildings.
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Area and F&C Reit in LTV breach on St Katherine Docks loan
The owners of the St Katherine Docks site near the Tower of London have breached the LTV covenant on the £170m loan against the property.
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Japan's Commercial Re goes down $160m of debt
Commercial RE, a Japanese real estate management company whose largest stakeholder is Goldman Sachs Group, filed for bankruptcy protection today.
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Swire Properties delays $2.7bn IPO on poor demand
Swire Properties Ltd., landlord to Time Warner Inc. and Societe Generale SA in Hong Kong, delayed a plan to raise as much as HK$20.8bn ($2.7bn) in an initial share sale, said two people briefed on the matter.
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Commercial Estates and Praxis swoop for Kenmore assets
Two investors have swooped on the property assets formerly owned by Kenmore.
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Drivers Jonas Deloitte wins Imperial War Museum job
Drivers Jonas Deloitte has been appointed to project manage the refurbishment of the Imperial War Museum in London by 2014.
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Grainger agrees £34.25m takeover to boost equity release dominance
Grainger has agreed to pay £34.25m to take over AIM-listed property finance company Sovereign Reversions.
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Barrie blogs on his vote
I voted Labour in 1987, 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005 for a fairer Britain.
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Arson hits Junction retail park in Kent
Police are investigating a series of apparent arson attacks on retail units in Kent earlier this week.
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PWTV: There was no retail armageddon but market still fragile, says JLL's Grainger
“Armageddon” seems to have been averted but there are still reasons to be cautious about the market, Jones Lang LaSalle’s UK head of retail, Guy Grainger, told Property Week this week.
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Wolverhampton closes £370m schools deal
Wolverhampton council has achieved financial close with a Carillion-led consortium on its £370m Building Schools for the Future programme.
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PWTV: Industry heads give their views on the election
Hermes chief Rupert Clarke and Capital Counties managing director Ian Hawksworth gave their views on the election tomorrow at the Movers Shakers breakfast this morning.
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Redevco unveils French shopping centre extension
Redevco opened its extension to La Part Dieu shopping centre this week in France.
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Midlands and north residential fund raises £3m
Residential Property Recovery Fund, which will buy distressed and mispriced residential property in the Midlands and the north, has raised £3m at its first closing from individuals, corporates and pension investors.
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Primary Health swoops for stake in rival AH Medical
Primary Health Properties, the primary healthcare property company, has bought a 3% stake in rival AH Medical Properties.