Jennifer Rigby Editorial
Property Week
Jennifer is a news correspondent at Property Week and has recently taken over coverage of the West End in London, and also spends a lot of time on Virgin trains covering the regions from Birmingham upwards: Scotland, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, etc...
She also covers corporate real estate.
Stories by this contributor.
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Don’t allow administration to cause conflict
06 August 2010
Managing conflicts of interest is an age-old issue for agencies. But recently, another issue has reared its head: what happens when administration or receivership is involved? Jennifer Rigby asks two experts
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European banks undergo stress tests
23 July 2010
Hypo Real Estate likely to fail, but more government capital available
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Retail shells may be schools’ site solution
23 July 2010
Plans could save millions following cuts to Building Schools programme
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KiFin to turn up heat over Minerva disclosure
23 July 2010
Kirsch vehicle to call for EGM over terms of refinancing agreement
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LaSalle prepares to play European recovery game
23 July 2010
New funds planned following the firm’s success with “countercyclical investment”
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Former Prologis MD joins Chapco
23 July 2010
Former ProLogis managing director Alan Curtis has joined facilities management company Chapco Group as non-executive chairman.
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NSPCC appoints Savills
23 July 2010
Children’s charity the NSPCC has appointed Savills to join its panel of UK property advisors.
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Invista buys Sheffield office building
2 July 2010
Invista Property Foundation Trust has bought the Portergate, an office building in Sheffield, for £10.2m.
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Egan Lawson parts company
02 July 2010
Founders split into agency and asset management
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Law firm Halliwells cites "property obligations" as factor as it faces administration
30 June 2010
Law firm Halliwells has filed a notice to appoint an administrator and suggested that high operating costs are a factor in its difficulties.
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Lloyds to sell major Edinburgh site
30 June 2010
Lloyds Banking Group is set to sell a site in Edinburgh which was once earmarked as a new headquarters for part of the bank in the Scottish capital.
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Tesco loses appeal over Liverpool regeneration scheme
30 June 2010
A legal challenge by Tesco, which was blocking a major regeneration scheme in Liverpool, has been rejected by the High Court.
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Fund takes space at Glasgow's Capella
28 June 2010
Strathclyde Pension Fund is set to open a new office in Glasgow’s Capella building at Atlantic Quay.
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Blackrock buys £58m Covent Garden building
28 June 2010
Blackrock UK Property Fund has bought the freehold of 25 Bedford Street in London’s Covent Garden for £58.8m.
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Land Securities HQ back on market
25 June 2010
Land Securities’ headquarters at 5 Strand, close to Trafalgar Square in London, is up for sale for £53m.
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Tesco sees light at Sunderland Vaux site
25 June 2010
Ten-year deadlock at brewery site ends after supermarket decides to sell
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Henderson shows off plans for Bishop's Stortford
23 June 2010
Henderson Global Investors has opened its pre-application consultation for its planned £105m redevelopment scheme in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire.
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Liverpool student housing scheme makes the grade
23 June 2010
Liverpool-based developer EHA Developments has won planning permission from Liverpool City Council for a 354-bed student accomodation scheme at Chatham PLace in Edge Hill, Liverpool.
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Stately home owners plan development on wider estate
22 June 2010
The trustees of the Chatsworth Estate are looking at development opportunities for its land holdings across the north Midlands.
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West End chiefs make plea for Crossrail
22 June 2010
Cutting or scrapping Crossrail would be “short sighted”, West End business leaders, including Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose and chief executive of Great Portland Estates Toby Courtauld, have warned the government ahead of today’s emergency budget.
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Great Portland Estates buys 35 Portman Square
22 June 2010
Great Portland Estates has bought an office in London’s West End at a net initial yield of 7.7%.
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Shortlist for Middlesex Hospital site drawn up
18 June 2010
One of China’s largest property companies, Soho China, is on the shortlist to buy the former Middlesex Hospital site in London’s Noho for around £130m.
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Barclay in Belgravia
18 June 2010
Publishing entrepreneur linked to purchase of former mansion near Buckingham Palace in a sign of continuing strong market
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Ipswich Police join forces with council
18 June 2010
Total Place concept reflected by Wrenbridge deal
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Musgrave means to leave Hines
18 June 2010
UK managing director steps down to spend time with the family
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Ask Developments appoints ex-airport man as non-exec chairman
16 June 2010
Ask Developments has appointed outgoing Manchester Airports Group chief executive Geoff Muirhead as non-executive chairman.
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CIT buys Kings Reach Tower
16 June 2010
CIT has bought the King’s Reach Tower on London’s south bank for £60m.
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MORNING AFTER: Central St Giles launch
15 June 2010
The Japanese Ambassador Mr Shin Ebihara and “starchitect” Renzo Piano were among the hundreds of guests at the launch of Legal & General and Mitsubishi Estate Company’s Central St Giles building in London
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GE Capital to shrink for safety
11 June 2010
Property portfolio to be cut from $80bn to $40bn
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Bruntwood closes in on Leeds purchase
11 June 2010
Company in talks to buy city centre scheme for 130,000 sq ft redevelopment
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National Grid lights up 1m sq ft Manchester business park plans
11 June 2010
National Grid Property Holdings has won planning permission for a 1m sq ft business park at its Common Lane site in Partington, Greater Manchester.
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Shell seals deal at Canary Wharf
9 June 2010
Shell International has taken 187,000 sq ft of temporary space at 40 Bank Street in London’s Canary Wharf and has confirmed it is looking for a development partner for its existing London base.
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Green light for Doncaster Council’s 157,500 sq ft HQ
9 June 2010
Plans have been approved for a 157,500 sq ft office building that is a key part of the proposed £300m Civic and Cultural Quarter in Doncaster.
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BNP Paribas Real Estate consults on future of Glasgow office
8 June 2010
BNP Paribas Real Estate has entered into consultation over a proposal to close its Glasgow office.
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London & Stamford buys Battersea residential
8 June 2010
London & Stamford Property has bought 57 residential units at Bridges Wharf, including car parking spaces, on the south bank of the River Thames next to Battersea Heliport in London.
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Cannon recruits head of national investment
21 May 2010
Former Strutt & Parker and NB Real Estate investment surveyor William Wynn-Williams has joined James Cannon’s Cannon Capital as head of national investment.
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Aviva seals Manchester deal
21 May 2010
Aviva Investors has bought Direct Line House in Manchester city centre for around £23m, in one of the biggest deals in the city this year.
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Ads giant brings colour to Central St Giles
21 May 2010
WPP subsidiaries close to becoming first big tenants at central London scheme
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Colliers drafts in duo in time for new era
21 May 2010
Firm recruits from DTZ and JLL for public sector and investment growth
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Euro ministers vote on ‘damaging’ directive
21 May 2010
Property funds and companies could be swept up in hedge funds clampdown
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Scottish Widows toys with Bury letting
20 May 2010
Scottish Widows has let a 200,000 sq ft shed in Bury to toy distributor Sambro International.
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London's West End retail sales steady
18 May 2010
Retail sales in London’s most famous streets remained steady in April, despite the impact of the ash cloud closing UK airspace.
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Landmark Investments Group buys ground rent portfolio
18 May 2010
Bolton-based ground rent management and investment company Landmark Investments Group has increased its national ground rent portfolio with the purchase of residential units in St Austell, Cornwall.
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Turley Associates takes space in Bruntwood scheme
17 May 2010
Planning consultancy Turley Associates has signed to move offices in Manchester to Bruntwood's No.1 New York Street development.
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Milton Keynes development in receivership
17 May 2010
Fixed charge receivers have been appointed to a Milton Keynes-based residential development, Platinum Homes.
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Blackpool gives green light to £220m regeneration scheme
17 May 2010
Blackpool Borough Council has given outline planning permission for Muse Development's £220m Talbot Gateway scheme.
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Four tenants take former Cadbury space in London
14 May 2010
Cadbury has let 22,714 sq ft of its former headquarters at 25 Berkeley Square in central London to four separate tenants.
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Hedge fund signs at London's 23 Savile Row
14 May 2010
US hedge fund Eton Park Capital Management has signed up for 16,500 sq ft at D2 Private’s 23 Savile Row in London’s West End, in the biggest deal in the building so far.
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David Cameron is new PM in Con-Lib Dem alliance
12 May 2010
Conservative Party leader David Cameron has taken up the role of prime minister and will today work on finalising the key members of his government, which will be an alliance between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.
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Kraft plans UK headquarters move
11 May 2010
Kraft Foods, which has recently completed the takeover of Cadbury, is planning to consolidate its research and development facilities and headquarters in the UK.
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Manchester tower scheme developer in administration
10 May 2010
The developer of a planned 44-storey hotel tower block in Manchester city centre has been put into administration.
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Election uncertainty continues as Gordon Brown quits as PM
10 May 2010
Prime minister Gordon Brown has signalled his intention to step down as Labour and the Liberal Democrats begin formal talks over a potential coalition.
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Studley appoints Sykes for London expansion
10 May 2010
Studley has appointed corporate occupier specialist Richard Sykes as a principal, with primary responsibility to promote the firm's expanding London office.
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HDG Mansur appoints acquisitions professional
10 May 2010
HDG Mansur Investment Services has appointed Thomas Storgaard as acquisitions professional in its London office.
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London & Stamford buys Radial portfolio for £208.5m
10 May 2010
London & Stamford has exchanged contracts with Warner Estate Joint Ventures and Lloyds Banking Group's Uberior Ventures to buy the Radial Distribution fund for £208.5m.
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Terrace Hill lets space in Victoria
7 May 2010
Terrace Hill has let 24,352 sq ft to conference organiser IQPC at its mixed-use Victoria development 129 Wilton Road.
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Shell oils wheels with JLL for vast EMEA portfolio
7 May 2010
Shell has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle as its primary provider of real estate support services across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA).
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How meanwhile can be worthwhile
7 May 2010
In the latest instalment of our campaign to bring sites back into use, we tackle the costs
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Lloyds banks £150m in Murray International
7 May 2010
Debt-for-equity swap eases pain after torrid 2009
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DTZ promotes Jason Winfield to UK head of investment agency
6 May 2010
DTZ has appointed Jason Winfield as its UK national head of investment agency.
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Commercial Estates and Praxis swoop for Kenmore assets
6 May 2010
Two investors have swooped on the property assets formerly owned by Kenmore.
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Former RBS cash centre up for sale in Glasgow
5 May 2010
Dale House, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland's cash centre in Glasgow city centre, has been put up for sale by Jones Lang LaSalle.
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PPG prepares for future after Murray International restructures
5 May 2010
Premier Property Group (PPG) said today that it had completed a review and restructuring following a £150m debt for equity swap by its parent, Murray International Holdings, with its bank and equity partner Lloyds Banking Group.
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Edgbaston Cricket Ground's new stadium gets funding
5 May 2010
Advantage West Midlands has provided funding for the new stadium at Warwickshire County Cricket Club's Edgbaston Cricket Ground.
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W.P. Carey seals £22m TDG deal
4 May 2010
Global investment firm W.P.Carey has bought eight cold storage facilities from UK logistics company TDG for £22m.
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CBRE appoints JLL West End director
4 May 2010
CB Richard Ellis has poached Phillip Howells, Jones Lang LaSalle West End director, to be an executive director in its central London team.
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CB Richard Ellis promotes Hancox to head of regional office agency
4 May 2010
CB Richard Ellis has promoted Ashley Hancox to be its head of regional office agency.
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Conflict forces team to leave DJ Deloitte …
30 April 2010
Affordable housing valuation team of 16 moves to King Sturge after merger
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Global view: Jennifer Rigby
30 April 2010
Churchill is star space planner at occupiers’ Mardi Gras
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Royal Mail to sort out prime West End site
30 April 2010
Postal operator appoints JLL to advise on Rathbone Place sorting office
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Liverpool Vision appoints new chief exec
28 April 2010
The chief executive of Regenerate Pennine Lancashire, Max Steinberg, has been appointed as chief executive of Liverpool Vision.
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English Cities Fund gets green light for £180m Canning Town
27 April 2010
English Cities Fund has got planning permission for its £180m Rathbone Market scheme, part of the redevelopment of Canning Town centre in London.
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Segro buys BAA's 50% stake in Airport Property Partnership
27 April 2010
Segro has exchanged conditional contracts to buy BAA's 50% interest in the Airport Property Partnership for £111.3m.
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Barclays banks on DTZ
23 April 2010
Firm to generate up to £6m in fees for giant retail and office portfolio
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Slump is ‘changing the way we work’
23 April 2010
CoreNet Global’s New Orleans summit hears of new strategies
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Victory for campaign as ‘Wastefield’ becomes park
23 April 2010
Property Week initiative claims first big win, as developer starts work on site in Bradford
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British Land in £100m West End play
16 April 2010
Property company re-enters development fray by buying Baker Street site from McAleer & Rushe
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Saudi investor makes £540m bid for Knightsbridge estate
16 April 2010
Olayan partners Chelsfield in attempt to buy Avestus Capital Partners' site in central London
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Top of the pop-ups
16 April 2010
Support for Property Week’s Site Life campaign is flourishing as landowners release dormant sites for innovative temporary uses
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Co-op Bank backs boutique Cambridge hotel
15 April 2010
A boutique hotel development in Cambridge has agreed £6m of funding from the Co-operative Bank.
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Plans submitted for Cheshire listed property
15 April 2010
Bell Meadow Property Developments has submitted a planning application to restore the Grade II listed Somerford Booths Hall in Congleton, Cheshire.
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St Modwen gets green light for £1bn Newport scheme
14 April 2010
St Modwen has signed a section 106 agreement with Newport City Council for its £1bn redevelopment of the former Corus Llanwern steelworks near Newport in Wales, and will now go on site with the first phase of the vast scheme.
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St Modwen gets green light for £1bn Newport scheme
14 April 2010
St Modwen has signed a section 106 agreement with Newport City Council for its £1bn redevelopment of the former Corus Llanwern steelworks near Newport in Wales, and will now go on site with the first phase of the vast scheme.
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Vodafone picks agents for international property advice
14 April 2010
Vodafone has picked Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, DTZ and Jones Lang LaSalle as its preferred suppliers to advise on its international property portfolio.
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ProLogis signs host of European deals
13 April 2010
ProLogis has signed two ‘build to suit’ agreements in Europe, including one in the UK, totaling 920,000 sq ft.
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GlaxoSmithkline sells Cumbria canal
12 April 2010
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has sold a canal it owns in Cumbria to a company which is part of land management firm NPL Estates.
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Portman Estate’s plans for Edgware Road approved
9 April 2010
Westminster City Council has granted planning permission for the Portman Estate to develop three sites near the Edgware Road, including a landmark building of more than 100,000 sq ft.
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Forest of Dean development plans get green light
9 April 2010
Forest of Dean District Council has given MMC Developments the go-ahead for a major mixed-use scheme near Lydney.
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“Wastefield” Bradford to become green oasis
9 April 2010
Work to develop a temporary park on the stalled site of a £320m shopping centre development in Bradford owned by Westfield is due to begin on Monday.
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Leeds building goes into receivership
7 April 2010
West Riding House, a mixed use block in Leeds city centre, has gone into receivership.
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Property bounces back nine months earlier than expected
7 April 2010
The strength of London’s economy has led to a recovery in commercial property rental values nine months earlier than expected, according to research from Cluttons.
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UK commercial property market loses nine Westfield Londons
6 April 2010
The total amount of commercial property in the UK has fallen by 1.2m sq m in the first year since the introduction of empty rates, according to NB Real Estate.
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General election called for 6 May
6 April 2010
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finally confirmed that the general election will be held on the 6 May.
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Premier Inn signs for new hotel in Glasgow
1 April 2010
Whitbread has signed a deal with ING to convert a former office block on Glasgow’s West Nile Street, just off Sauchiehall Street, into a new 210-bedroom Premier Inn hotel.
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Brum Cube developer in administration
01 April 2010
Birmingham Development Company (BDC), which developed the Mailbox, has gone into administration after failing to agree funding for its Cube scheme in the city
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Segro returns as frontrunner for BAA’s airports share
01 April 2010
Three weeks after pulling out, BAA’s preferred bidder is back at the table with an offer of about £250m
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Standard Life to seize on London’s upturn
01 April 2010
Fund manager appoints advisers for three central London schemes
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Anish Kapoor unveils new Olympic Park tower
31 March 2010
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi Mittal and selected artist Anish Kapoor have today unveiled the design of a new visitor attraction in the Olympic Park – set to be the UK’s largest sculpture.
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Santander gives some dough for Krispy Kreme expansion
30 March 2010
Doughnuts retailer Krispy Kreme is planning to open 40 new stores in the UK over the next five years after agreeing a £12m facility with Santander Corporate Banking.
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Kilmartin receivers sell two sites to Dandara
30 March 2010
The receivers of Kilmartin Property Group have sold 310 acres of land across two development sites to Dandara.
