http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/ubs-launches-investment-fund-with-£43m-retail-purchases/5031829.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/ubs-launches-investment-fund-with-£43m-retail-purchases/5031829.article UBS Global Asset Management has launched a £200m investment fund, seeded by two retail properties. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/thames-hub-cleared-for-take-off-or-flight-of-fancy?/5031379.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/thames-hub-cleared-for-take-off-or-flight-of-fancy?/5031379.article Prime minister David Cameron announced in January that a consultation for a sustainable framework for UK aviation would happen in March, in order to “set out long-term plans for the sector” and to “retain the UK’s hub status”. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/hub-can-create-jobs-and-connect-industry-not-just-passengers/5031385.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/hub-can-create-jobs-and-connect-industry-not-just-passengers/5031385.article Our reason for undertaking this study and sharing our idea now was catalysed by the realisation that the population is going to increase by 20% to 10 million over the next 20 years, creating enormous pressure for jobs and for homes. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/glades-extension-provides-locals-with-food-for-thought/5031386.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/glades-extension-provides-locals-with-food-for-thought/5031386.article A 15,000 sq ft extension to the Glades shopping centre in Bromley is expected to be given the go-ahead at the end of the month. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/prepacked-jane-norman-joins-wolsey-place-line-up/5031387.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/prepacked-jane-norman-joins-wolsey-place-line-up/5031387.article Woking shopping centre extension will now open fully let. Sarah Stewart reports Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/industrial/medway-timetables-railway-regeneration-route/5031391.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/industrial/medway-timetables-railway-regeneration-route/5031391.article Now that a new station is about to open in Gillingham this month, attention is turning to its neighbour further along the line, Rochester. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/surrey-county-council-deploys-dambuster/5031377.article http://www.propertyweek.com/surrey-county-council-deploys-dambuster/5031377.article Search for space reveals no suitable site anywhere within county boundary. Sarah Stewart reports Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/industrial/vestas-blows-life-into-sheerness-site/5031389.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/industrial/vestas-blows-life-into-sheerness-site/5031389.article Sarah Stewart reports on Vestas Offshore’s proposal for a 227 acre Isle of Sheppey plot Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/hotels-and-leisure/livingstone-brothers-complete-cliveden-buy/5031447.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/hotels-and-leisure/livingstone-brothers-complete-cliveden-buy/5031447.article Richard and Ian Livingstone have completed their purchase of the Cliveden House Hotel, the hotel made famous in the Profumo affair. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:09 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/office-take-up-in-the-south-east-up-by-6/5031445.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/office-take-up-in-the-south-east-up-by-6/5031445.article The South East office market saw a 6% increase in take up in 2011 compared with 2010, with space transacted in the region totalling 4.38m sq ft, research from Strutt & parker has shown. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:43 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/pmb-to-build-£35m-milton-keynes-data-centre/5031333.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/pmb-to-build-£35m-milton-keynes-data-centre/5031333.article Peter Beckwith’s PMB Holdings is to build a £35m data centre in Milton Keynes on the Maxwell House site once owned by disgraced ex-media tycoon Robert Maxwell. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:49 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/blackberry-manufacturer-moots-new-hq/5031238.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/blackberry-manufacturer-moots-new-hq/5031238.article Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion has appointed CBRE to do a feasibility study for a potential 120,000 sq ft European HQ. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:42 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/middle-eastern-investor-buys-£36m-nama-mansion/5031204.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/middle-eastern-investor-buys-£36m-nama-mansion/5031204.article The sale of a mansion put into receivership by Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency completed this week, with the buyer paying £27m less than the level of the building’s debt. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:39 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/industrial/lg-to-splash-£112m-on-reading-tesco-shed/5031127.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/industrial/lg-to-splash-£112m-on-reading-tesco-shed/5031127.article Distribution hub sale will be UK industrial property’s most expensive Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/councils-take-on-stalled-shopping-centre-schemes/5031134.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/councils-take-on-stalled-shopping-centre-schemes/5031134.article Aylesbury Vale and Ealing step in to progress projects left in limbo by Palmer Capital and Glenkerrin Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:15 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/south-east-offices-surge-sparks-speculative-schemes/5031035.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/south-east-offices-surge-sparks-speculative-schemes/5031035.article Office take-up in the south east rose by 42% in the final six months of 2011, prompting a tentative return to speculative development, according to research conducted by CBRE. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:22 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/investment/cbre-global-investors-buys-across-the-uk/5030927.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/investment/cbre-global-investors-buys-across-the-uk/5030927.article CBRE Global investors has bought four properties across the UK for £36.3m. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:02 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/investment/stobart-enters-agreement-to-buy-portfolio-from-chief-executive/5030555.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/investment/stobart-enters-agreement-to-buy-portfolio-from-chief-executive/5030555.article Stobart Group has entered into a conditional agreement to buy a portfolio of properties from its chief executive. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:16 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/threadneedle-completes-£30m-marlow-deal/5030518.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/threadneedle-completes-£30m-marlow-deal/5030518.article Threadneedle Property has completed a deal to buy a 100,000 sq ft office scheme in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, from Invista Real Estate Investment Management for £30m. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:26 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/prupim-begins-se-spree-with-reading-and-woking-buys/5030145.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/prupim-begins-se-spree-with-reading-and-woking-buys/5030145.article Prupim has started spending the cash raised by its sale of the £400m Green Park business park with nearly £40m of acquisitions in Reading and Woking, PropertyWeek.com can reveal. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 09:10 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/swip-buys-brighton-retail-park/5030083.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/swip-buys-brighton-retail-park/5030083.article Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has bought Brighton Retail Park from Legal & General Property. Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:45 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/nestle-confirms-croydon-exit/5030068.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/nestle-confirms-croydon-exit/5030068.article Nestle has today confirmed its head office relocation to Legal & General’s 1 City Place in Crawley. Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:11 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/loknstore-wins-maidenhead-green-light/5030056.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/loknstore-wins-maidenhead-green-light/5030056.article Lok’nStore has received planning consent for a self-storage development in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Thu, 5 Jan 2012 08:49 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/nestle-to-leave-croydon-for-lg-crawley-scheme/5029991.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/nestle-to-leave-croydon-for-lg-crawley-scheme/5029991.article Nestle has signed a deal to move out of its headquarters in Croydon to Legal & General’s 1 City Place in Crawley. Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:12 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/mepc-secures-basingstokes-biggest-letting/5029953.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/mepc-secures-basingstokes-biggest-letting/5029953.article MEPC has secured Basingstoke’s biggest letting of the past six years at Chineham Park. Wed, 4 Jan 2012 10:44 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/investment/swip-to-sell-reading-asset/5029746.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/investment/swip-to-sell-reading-asset/5029746.article Scottish Widows Investment Partnership is to sell a 110,000 sq ft office building and a development site for a further 400,000 sq ft of offices in Reading. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:42 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/orchard-street-completes-cambridge-acquistion/5029588.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/orchard-street-completes-cambridge-acquistion/5029588.article Orchard Street Investment Management has completed the acquisition of St Andrews House and Radio House in Cambridge from AXA Real Estate for £15.15m. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/legal-and-general-secures-godalming-letting/5029580.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/legal-and-general-secures-godalming-letting/5029580.article Legal & General Property has let its entire Friary House building at Station Road, Godalming, to Hotelplan, the parent company of specialist tour operators Inghams, Inntravel, Esprit Holidays and Ski Total. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:17 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/data/data-by-sector/retail/bm-targets-middle-class-bargain-hunters/5029468.article http://www.propertyweek.com/data/data-by-sector/retail/bm-targets-middle-class-bargain-hunters/5029468.article Liverpool value chain expands southwards Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/clyde-and-co-doubles-space-at-goodmans-oxford-business-park/5029071.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/south-east/clyde-and-co-doubles-space-at-goodmans-oxford-business-park/5029071.article Clyde & Co has doubled the amount of space it occupies at Goodman’s Oxford Business Park. Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:18 GMT