All Property Week articles in 5 July 2013
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OnlineAgents hired to sell £11m Conduit Street block
Agents have been appointed to sell a “virtual freehold” on Conduit Street for offers exceeding £10.8m.
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OnlineDTZ’s West End team recruits Montagu Evans director
DTZ has hired James Pargeter as a director in its West End investment team.
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OnlineGoing Green: How cities are leading the next economy
A global survey and case studies of cities building the green economy.
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Keepmoat wins £198m Leeds regeneration contract
Keepmoat has won a £198m contract to regenerate three areas of inner city Leeds, in the developer’s first contract through a private finance initiative.
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OnlineCouncil challenges government over “reckless” plans to turn offices into flats
Islington Council has become the second authority in the country to issue a planning rule to block the government’s office-to-resi plans.
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OnlineNorthern Ireland government department agrees 90,000 sq ft Belfast letting
Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance and Personnel has entered into an agreement to take 90,000 sq ft of office space at Lanyon Plaza in Belfast.
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OnlineEuropean investment volumes surge
European commercial property markets posted the best second quarter rise for five year, as jitters in the global stock and bond markets drove investors to take on more risk.
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OnlineAviva Investors appoints Innes England to Nottingham scheme
Aviva Investors has appointed Innes England to let the remaining space at a 190,000 sq ft Nottingham city centre mixed-use scheme.
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OnlineJCB to let Gazeley’s Blue Planet shed
Tractor manufacturer JCB will create a new logistics hub at Gazeley’s Blue Planet shed in North Staffordshire.
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OnlineM&G Real Estate withdraws Guildford judicial review
M G Real Estate has withdrawn a judicial review of the Bellerby theatre site in Guildford, following its purchase of the Friary Centre.
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OnlineUS healthcare REIT to buy £300m retirement home portfolio
A US healthcare REIT has agreed to buy a retirement homes portfolio for £298.5m from Myriad Healthcare.
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OnlineLegal & General in £200m City deal
Legal General Property is thought to be close to buying 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London for less than £205m.
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OnlineMediacom takes Manchester prelet
WPP subsidiary Mediacom is close to preletting an entire four-storey office block in Manchester that received planning consent last week.
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OnlineBonmarché preparing to float
Fashion retailer Bonmarché is said to be preparing to float on the stock market, less than two years after going into administration.
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OnlineLegal & General in £200m City deal
Legal General Property is thought to be close to buying 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London for less than £205m.
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OnlineAvanta to be acquired for £15m by Serviced Office Group
Avanta Managed Offices is set to be acquired by Serviced Office Group for £15m.
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OnlineBoris Johnson pledges support for London retail
The mayor of London has insisted he is committed to tackling the rising number of vacant shops, launching a ‘Pop Up Summit’ and considering expansion of a business rates relief pilot in Croydon across London.
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OnlineCushman appointed property manager for World Trade Center
Cushman Wakefield has been appointed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to undertake the property management of the World Trade Center.
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OnlineRockspring buys third Swedish asset
Rockspring Property Investment Managers has bought a 270,000 sq ft mixed use scheme in Sweden on behalf of its TransEuropean Property Limited Partnership (TransEuropean V).
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OnlinePWC signs at One Reading Central
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Kier have completed the letting of 22,584 sq ft of offices at One Reading Central.
