All Property Week articles in Global March 2008
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Mission Capital loses £1.8m after disastrous joint venture with Chelsfield
Mission Capital, the AIM-listed property company subject to a boardroom rift, suffered a share plunge this morning after revealing a huge fall in its net asset value.
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OnlineProperty owners' last ditch effort on ‘ill-conceived’ budget plan
Property owners have made a last ditch effort today to make Alistair Darling shelve the abolition of rate relief on empty property.
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Sovereign Territory
Government-backed sovereign wealth funds are turning the world of investment upside down. But will the property market benefit?
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NewsIt’s the real thing for ProLogis in Japan
The ProLogis Parc Tosu development in south-east Japan has secured a brace of lettings, including a lease to Coca-Cola.
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A great leap forward?
Last year private property ownership was enshrined in Chinese law, but restrictions on owning land could trip up foreign investors. Lovells’ Andrew McGinty explains
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London offices ‘worst in Europe’
The City of London will be the worst-performing European office market over the next five years, and Berlin, Lisbon, Warsaw and Budapest will also trail behind as rental growth stalls, according to Aberdeen Property Investors.
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NewsElectric Qatar
Qatar Islamic Bank has billions to spend overseas. Richard Heap met its boss in Doha
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It pays to head out east
This year’s Asia-Pacific and Middle East salary surveys conducted by MacDonald & Company in partnership with Property Week Global, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and market intelligence service Cityscape show how the east offers attractive salaries and a hotbed of experience
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Union makes Japan debut
German asset manager Union Investment Real Estate has bought its first office property in Japan with a ¥20bn (£97m) investment in Tokyo.
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Culture: New York
For sheer luxury and style it has to be the IM Pei—designed Four Seasons hotel (1), which rises over Manhattan’s premier shopping district between Park and Madison Avenues, writes Laura Chesters.
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Dubai makes offer for Spain’s Colonial
Sovereign wealth fund tables €3bn non-binding offer for troubled Spanish property group
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The difference is clear
Dubai is heading up the global transparency rankings, and is bringing the rest of the Middle East with it.
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Singapore’s GIC buys stake in Helsinki mall
GIC Real Estate, the property investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, has bought a 40% stake in a Finnish shopping centre for €132m (£101m).
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Segro pulls out of talks to buy Marcol’s bumper industrial portfolio
UK REIT shelves plans to buy three-quarters of Marcol’s €750m of sheds
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Atlantic records
US investors are flocking to Europe like never before, and making the continent a key part of their diversification strategies.
