http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.propertyweek.com http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/berkeley-becomes-principal-player-at-hammerson-scheme/5037221.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/berkeley-becomes-principal-player-at-hammerson-scheme/5037221.article Pidgley pounces on another prime London residential site, becoming frontrunner for City fringe tower Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/great-portland-clear-for-take-off-after-rights-of-light-deal/5037269.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/great-portland-clear-for-take-off-after-rights-of-light-deal/5037269.article REIT makes multimillion-pound settlement with Ryanair boss O’Leary over Fetter Lane scheme Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/carlyle-floats-1m-sq-ft-blackfriars-makeover/5037230.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/carlyle-floats-1m-sq-ft-blackfriars-makeover/5037230.article Private equity firm to create more than 1m sq ft in schemes at south of bridge Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/british-land-results-pack-a-punch-thanks-to-prelets/5037272.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/british-land-results-pack-a-punch-thanks-to-prelets/5037272.article Portfolio value up 2.6% to £10.3bn after CEO’s London office development drive Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/occupiers/pioneering-low-carbon-trust-signs-green-friendly-winton/5037245.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/occupiers/pioneering-low-carbon-trust-signs-green-friendly-winton/5037245.article Hedge fund to pay £35/sq ft for 60,000 sq ft in Hammersmith, proving sustainability can also be profitable Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/telford-seeks-western-promise/5037104.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/telford-seeks-western-promise/5037104.article Housebuilder remains committed to east London but wants to cash in on capital’s traditional prime pitches as well. Emma Haslett reports Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/occupiers/byron-flips-on-to-londons-strand/5037122.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/occupiers/byron-flips-on-to-londons-strand/5037122.article Restaurateur Tom Byng’s hamburger chain Byron has taken a unit at Enstar Capital’s mixed-use development on London’s Strand. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/tantrums-in-shopping-centres-across-the-uk/5037253.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/tantrums-in-shopping-centres-across-the-uk/5037253.article Teenage beauty salon to open in Stratford City ahead of national expansion Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/london-square’s-nine-lives/5037113.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/london-square’s-nine-lives/5037113.article London Square has bought its ninth site in the capital, on Waldegrave Road in Teddington, south-west London. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/aviva-ponders-local-authority-housing-funding-model/5037109.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/aviva-ponders-local-authority-housing-funding-model/5037109.article Aviva Investors has entered into talks with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham about funding council housing, in a sign of the sector’s increasing attractiveness to institutional investors. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/jeans-brand’s-sister-tests-uk/5037209.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/jeans-brand’s-sister-tests-uk/5037209.article US denim retailer 7 For All Mankind is in talks to take a new store on Regent Street, paving the way for sister brand Napapijri to open its debut UK store in its existing shop. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/battersea-bids-scrutinised/5037213.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/battersea-bids-scrutinised/5037213.article Sales agents for Battersea Power Station were this week whittling down bids from investors and developers. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/hellmann-in-st-james’s/5037225.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/hellmann-in-st-james’s/5037225.article German luxury retailer Patrick Hellmann has signed to open its debut UK store at one of Lord Sugar’s properties in London’s St James’s. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/diesel-revs-up-expansion-at-westfield/5037236.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/diesel-revs-up-expansion-at-westfield/5037236.article Fashion retailer Diesel is in talks to open a store at Westfield London in west London, as part of a UK expansion strategy. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/occupiers/max’s-st-katharine-refurb-at-maximum-capacity/5037244.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/occupiers/max’s-st-katharine-refurb-at-maximum-capacity/5037244.article Max Property Group has let the last space at International House at St Katharine Docks in London. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/tenants-must-exit-centre-point/5037247.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/tenants-must-exit-centre-point/5037247.article Almacantar is ploughing on with plans to convert Centre Point into luxury flats, after informing tenants it wants vacant possession by March 2013. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/occupiers/skype-calls-for-third-floor-at-waterhouse-square/5037252.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/occupiers/skype-calls-for-third-floor-at-waterhouse-square/5037252.article Skype is close to agreeing a 90,000 sq ft deal at Prupim’s Waterhouse Square office building in London’s Midtown, having placed the third floor under offer. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/residential-plans-for-shell-centre/5037260.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/residential-plans-for-shell-centre/5037260.article Qatari Diar and Canary Wharf Group plan to create around 800 homes at their redevelopment of London’s Shell Centre, and are consulting the local community on the proposals. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/shaftesbury-swinging-back-into-action-in-carnaby-village/5037270.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/shaftesbury-swinging-back-into-action-in-carnaby-village/5037270.article Shaftesbury is to begin construction within the next year of two schemes in its Carnaby “village” in London. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/german-bank-pulls-out-of-uk-property-lending/5037299.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/german-bank-pulls-out-of-uk-property-lending/5037299.article A German bank has become the latest lender to pull out of the UK property sector, PropertyWeek.com can reveal. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:36 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/clarges-estate-deal-falls-through/5037281.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/clarges-estate-deal-falls-through/5037281.article One of Mayfair’s largest development opportunities is to be remarketed for £150-200m, after plans to sell it to Chelsfield Partners officially fell through today. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:56 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/valuation-losses-hit-quintain-results/5037210.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/valuation-losses-hit-quintain-results/5037210.article Valuation losses contributed to a net asset value decline of 7.6% at Quintain last year, caused by falls on its secondary property and its Wembley estate.  Thu, 24 May 2012 09:54 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/bco-2012-parris-says-london-too-successful/5037223.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/bco-2012-parris-says-london-too-successful/5037223.article Times columnist and former MP Matthew Parris set the cat among the pigeons at Manchester’s British Council for Offices conference today by saying London is ‘too successful’. Thu, 24 May 2012 11:06 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/great-portland-enjoys-bumper-financial-year/5037087.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/great-portland-enjoys-bumper-financial-year/5037087.article Great Portland Estates enjoyed a bumper 2011, generating net asset value growth of 11.9 %. Wed, 23 May 2012 07:34 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/cbre-appointed-to-sell-oxford-street-receivership-block/5037181.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/cbre-appointed-to-sell-oxford-street-receivership-block/5037181.article Receivers to an island block opposite Selfridges, owned by David Pearl and his Middle Eastern partners, have appointed CBRE to sell the asset. Wed, 23 May 2012 15:48 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/shaftesbury-continues-to-impress-with-solid-first-half-figures/5037098.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/shaftesbury-continues-to-impress-with-solid-first-half-figures/5037098.article Shaftesbury this morning posted another good set of financial results, showing London’s West End is still a ‘different world’. Wed, 23 May 2012 09:46 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/quintain-and-wellcome-secure-shoreditch-finance/5037099.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/quintain-and-wellcome-secure-shoreditch-finance/5037099.article Quintain and the Wellcome Trust have secured a £70m financing for their iQ Shoreditch student accommodation scheme. Wed, 23 May 2012 09:55 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/burberry-to-grow-stores-as-sales-and-profits-jump-24/5037102.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/burberry-to-grow-stores-as-sales-and-profits-jump-24/5037102.article Burberry has reported a 24% leap in total revenue to £1.9bn and plans to open 15 stores in the next year. Wed, 23 May 2012 10:50 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/macmillan-starts-a-new-chapter-at-kings-cross/5037029.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/macmillan-starts-a-new-chapter-at-kings-cross/5037029.article Henderson Global Investors and Istithmar P&O Estates have let the final phase of their Regent Quarter Development in London’s King’s Cross. Tue, 22 May 2012 10:27 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/hotels-and-leisure/mash-to-open-at-crown-estates-quadrant-3-scheme/5037000.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/hotels-and-leisure/mash-to-open-at-crown-estates-quadrant-3-scheme/5037000.article MASH, the Modern American Steak House, has signed to open a restaurant at the Crown Estate’s £300m Quadrant 3 development which fronts on to Brewer Street. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:45 GMT