All Property Week articles in 5 August 2011
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OnlineShop owners condemn Tottenham riots
The British Retail Consortium has today condemned the weekend’s London rioting, claiming that community difficulties would not be helped by torching shops.
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OnlineFive ING staff transfer to Picton
Picton Capital has today announced it will hire five staff from ING Real Estate Investment Management, as it continues with the internalisation of its management.
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OnlineFocus on quality companies, JP Morgan says
Investors were today urged to buy “quality” shares in companies such as British Land, Land Securities, and Shaftesbury, as the markets react to the downgrading of the US’s AAA credit rating.
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OnlineBarratt confirms £170m loan book sale talks
Barratt Developments has today confirmed that it is in talks to sell some of its £170m portfolio of shared-equity loans.
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Two new tenants at British Land's Giltbrook Retail Park
British Land has doubled its catering offer at Giltbrook Retail Park, Nottingham with Pizza Express and Nando’s both signing new leases.
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Axa Real Estate sells Grosvenor Shopping Centre
AXA Real Estate has sold the Grosvenor Shopping Centre in Macclesfield, on behalf of its client Friends Life Company to Eskmuir Securities for £20.86m.
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MarketsTottenham’s Transfer Request Rejected
Spurs seek funds for Haringey stadium as Arsenal develop area around Emirates
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News
Raising a titter
Ping! In comes a press release from Aussie fund manager Valad, trumpeting a clutch of new lettings at Portmanmoor Road Industrial Estate in Cardiff Bay, on behalf of the Industrial Trust.
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InsightProperty’s silent victims
Syndicates set up to help private individuals buy property during the boom are collapsing and investors now face a double hit of losses
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ProfessionalProperty Tweets
As Twitter’s popularity increases, Property Week teams up with PeerIndex to bring you the sector’s most powerful tweeters
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Insight
Valuation Tribunal process is scandalous
Dear Sir,Following Jerry Schurder’s article “Valuation Office Agency’s selective approach will lead to more tribunals” (professional, 03.06.11), the reply from Paul Sanderson, “Show us the evidence and we will explain our reasons for valuation” (professional, 01.07.11), and the letter “In defence of disclosure”, (15.07.11) from Peter Scrafton - the great ...
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InsightThey work for peanuts
Unpaid interns are being exploited and ripped off by unscrupulous employers. Hardeep Sandher reports, in the latest in our series of monthly 1st Friday articles for young people in property
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Professional
New policy puts pressure on planners
Councils will need local plans in place to benefit from simplified planning
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Museum of Scotland reopens
On Friday, 29 July, the National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street in Edinburgh was reopened after a £46m refurbishment lasting three years
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MarketsNeed to know: retailers’ lease valuations
Retail companies have won huge concessions on how their leases will be valued on their balance sheets after 2015
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Need to know: Women in Property winners
Women in Property, now in its fifth year, has announced the 10 regional winners of the National Student Award – two in the south-east
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InsightSimple-minded REITs could risk their investment
Albert Einstein once wrote to his son: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Property also needs momentum, and a dose of inflation can help
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MarketsPancras Square work imminent
A detailed planning application will be submitted for BNP Paribas Real Estate’s new London headquarters before the end of the year
