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-region/london/malaysians-line-up-£290m-woolgate-buy/5031826.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/malaysians-line-up-£290m-woolgate-buy/5031826.article Malaysian wealth fund PNB Holdings is in exclusive talks to buy the Woolgate Exchange in the City of London for almost £300m. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:51 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/boris-triumphs-at-london-vs-new-york-debate/5031833.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/boris-triumphs-at-london-vs-new-york-debate/5031833.article London claimed an overwhelming victory over New York at the LandAid “Battle of the Giants” debate last night as Boris Johnson faced off against the deputy mayors of New York. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:22 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/berkeley-first-seals-£80m-city-student-accommodation-deal/5031794.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/residential/berkeley-first-seals-£80m-city-student-accommodation-deal/5031794.article Berkeley First has agreed to forward sell a 617-bedroom student accommodation development in the City for over £80m. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:12 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/devsecs-gets-go-ahead-for-£150m-shepherds-bush-scheme/5031795.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/devsecs-gets-go-ahead-for-£150m-shepherds-bush-scheme/5031795.article Development Securities has been given the green light for a £150m redevelopment around Shepherd’s Bush market. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:19 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/juicy-couture-takes-regent-street-flagship-store/5031727.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/juicy-couture-takes-regent-street-flagship-store/5031727.article US fashion retailer Juicy Couture has agreed to open a new flagship store on London’s Regent Street. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:55 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/podcast-riot-clean-up-organiser-on-the-uks-empty-shops/5031716.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/podcast-riot-clean-up-organiser-on-the-uks-empty-shops/5031716.article Self-proclaimed anarchist Dan Thomson, the man behind the Clean-Up campaign following London’s riots last summer, joins LBC’s James Max to discuss empty shops, social unrest and Mary Portas. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:40 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/mayor-takes-over-olympic-park-legacy/5031678.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/mayor-takes-over-olympic-park-legacy/5031678.article The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced he will create a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) that will be responsible for the regeneration legacy from the London 2012 Games, and that Baroness Margaret Ford will step down as its chair this summer. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:12 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/pears-and-devsecs-win-nama-portfolio/5031642.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/pears-and-devsecs-win-nama-portfolio/5031642.article Pears Group and Development Securities have teamed up in an innovative partnership to buy a £100m plus portfolio from the Irish National Asset Management Agency. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:14 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/devsecs-confirms-nama-talks/5031661.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/devsecs-confirms-nama-talks/5031661.article Development Securities has confirmed it is in discussions to buy “a number of” assets from Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:13 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/canadians-negotiate-over-landsecs-£150m-victoria-stake/5031591.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/canadians-negotiate-over-landsecs-£150m-victoria-stake/5031591.article Land Securities is in talks with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to fund its £1bn Victoria Circle development. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:35 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/one-hyde-park-£60m-apartment-sold-and-luxury-retail-on-the-market/5031628.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/one-hyde-park-£60m-apartment-sold-and-luxury-retail-on-the-market/5031628.article One Hyde Park’s last five bedroom apartment has been sold, bringing the total volume of sales in the London luxury residential scheme to more than £1.5bn. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:01 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/investment/bruce’s-resi-bonus-£320m-private-rented-venture-secures-backing/5031449.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/investment/bruce’s-resi-bonus-£320m-private-rented-venture-secures-backing/5031449.article Apollo and Canada’s Ivanhoé Cambridge to back Ritchie’s £320m private-rented venture in London Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/welcome-to-glastosea/5031546.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/welcome-to-glastosea/5031546.article B1 Events, the company of Simon Broackes, son of Sir Nigel Broackes, is in talks with administrators to hold a three-day festival at Battersea Power Station in June. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/labour-party-finds-new-hq/5031456.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/labour-party-finds-new-hq/5031456.article The Labour Party plans to relocate its headquarters to Victoria, paving the way for British Land to revamp the party’s current offices nearby. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/columbus-fishes-for-new-lease-in-city/5031459.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/columbus-fishes-for-new-lease-in-city/5031459.article Columbus Capital Management has completed a £26m restructuring of the head lease of Lombard House at 33 Gracechurch Street with the Fishmongers’ Company that could increase the building’s value by a third. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/design-squad-in-place-for-international-quarter/5031464.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/design-squad-in-place-for-international-quarter/5031464.article Lend Lease and London & Continental Railways have drawn up a design panel of top architects for their £1.3bn International Quarter development next to the Olympic Park in Stratford City, east London. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/massimo-dutti-fit-for-king’s-rd/5031466.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/massimo-dutti-fit-for-king’s-rd/5031466.article The Cadogan Estate has remodelled part of its Duke of York Square development on King’s Road in Chelsea to attract a new fashion anchor and another entrant to the UK retail market. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/councils-meet-their-developer-match/5031471.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/councils-meet-their-developer-match/5031471.article Ealing council has launched an initiative intended to kickstart development at 120 stalled sites across the capital. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/hotels-and-leisure/nobu-joins-shoreditch-set/5031472.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/hotels-and-leisure/nobu-joins-shoreditch-set/5031472.article Michelin-starred restaurant group to open follow-up to Las Vegas hotel, near Silicon Roundabout Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/silicon-implant-for-resolution/5031474.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/silicon-implant-for-resolution/5031474.article Resolution Properties has bought 15 Bonhill Street near London’s Old Street roundabout from Land Securities for £33m, reflecting a yield of 6.6%. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/rocket-to-remake-old-street-block/5031475.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/rocket-to-remake-old-street-block/5031475.article An unloved block off Old Street roundabout is to be redeveloped into a 150,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/calvin-klein’s-great-eastern-odyssey/5031476.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/offices/calvin-klein’s-great-eastern-odyssey/5031476.article Calvin Klein parent Warnaco Group has preleased an office block in London’s Shoreditch at around £36/sq ft. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/professional/legal/kallakis-retrial-follows-illness/5031477.article http://www.propertyweek.com/professional/legal/kallakis-retrial-follows-illness/5031477.article Co-defendant hospitalisation leads to dismissal Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/new-bond-street-record-rent/5031480.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/new-bond-street-record-rent/5031480.article British fashion brand Belstaff has set a record rent on London’s luxury thoroughfare, New Bond Street, after signing for a flagship store. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/hotels-and-leisure/radisson-leicester-square-treble/5031483.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/hotels-and-leisure/radisson-leicester-square-treble/5031483.article Radisson Edwardian has bought the 0.47 acre Odeon Leicester Square site and plans to more than triple the size of its existing hotel at the popular central London tourist destination. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/londons-silicon-rally/5031507.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/londons-silicon-rally/5031507.article David Cameron has a vision for a “Tech City” stretching from Old Street to the Olympic Park. But as Nick Johnstone discovers, the geeks and creatives have already beat him to it Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/peakside-launches-80-hammersmith-road/5031574.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/peakside-launches-80-hammersmith-road/5031574.article European private equity house Peakside Capital has launched 80 Hammersmith Road, a 41,700 sq ft Grade A office redevelopment in London’s Hammersmith. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:39 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/saudi-pins-hope-on-pinnacle-sale/5031452.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/saudi-pins-hope-on-pinnacle-sale/5031452.article Developer to sell stake in attempt to resume construction. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:30 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/nav-surge-at-great-portland-estates-shows-londons-strength/5031444.article http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/nav-surge-at-great-portland-estates-shows-londons-strength/5031444.article Great Portland Estates showed the benefit of a central London portfolio this morning as it reported net asset value per share had risen 18.4% over 2011, despite the economic turbulence. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:38 GMT http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/recession-hit-london-scheme-goes-back-before-committee/5031457.article http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-region/london/recession-hit-london-scheme-goes-back-before-committee/5031457.article One of London’s most high-profile schemes to be mothballed during the credit crunch will go before a planning committee tonight. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:11 GMT