15 June 2012

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£220m South Bank sale

15 June 2012

One of the South Bank’s most iconic buildings has been put up for sale.
Argent: the next generation

15 June 2012

Following the developer’s restructuring in May, Nick Johnstone examines where its next mega-project may lie. Photograph by David Levene
French retail invasion continues on Bond Street

15 June 2012

Tara Jarmon takes assignment of Porsche Design store and two others, to open this summer
‘Suck it and see’: community infrastructure levy experiment will test viability

15 June 2012

This is not a sentiment expressed much in the property press, but I will state it anyway: pity the poor planning officers working on a new development plan.
Administrators of Clinton Cards close another 122 stores

15 June 2012

The administrators of Clinton Cards have announced the closure of a further 122 stores which were not included in the sale earlier this month to the subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation.
Allders enters administration

15 June 2012

Croydon department store, Allders has collapsed into administration.
Allders in crisis talks in Croydon

15 June 2012

Croydon’s Allders department store is in crunch talks with its landlord to try to reduce its rent bill to avoid collapse.
Altman to step down from Olympic Park legacy body

19 June 2012

Andy Altman, head of the company responsible for the legacy of the 500-acre Olympic Park in east London, is stepping down after the Olympic Games this August.
Animal feed firm plans 200-acre development

14 June 2012

Animal feed manufacturer BOCM Pauls has put forward plans for a 200 acre development to the east of Selby, North Yorkshire, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Apollo switches on to data centre sector with £60m debut dabble

15 June 2012

Apollo Global Real Estate has made its debut in the increasingly popular data centre sector.
Aviva flies flag for Mall Fund’s shopping centres

15 June 2012
Aviva Investors to sell £105m student digs portfolio

15 June 2012

Aviva Investors has put up for sale a 2,400 bed student accommodation portfolio.
B&M Home signs Paisley pre-let

19 June 2012

B&M Home has signed a pre-let to anchor a new retail park development in Paisley, near Glasgow.
Bank of England charts tough path ahead

15 June 2012

The Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive and former British Land boss Stephen Hester said: “An abiding fact is that every single economic downturn has had a real estate element to it.”
Bertasi’s space odyssey

15 June 2012

Deutsche Bank’s Rick Bertasi was the guest speaker at the launch of Property Week Analytics’ Corporate Occupiers 2012 last month. Rachel Hunter reports. Photographs by Jean Goldsmith
Big baskets are getting smaller: it’s all a matter of convenience

15 June 2012

Another week has gone by with the food retailers expressing just how tough life is out there.
Billionaire brothers battle £1bn of boom-time bond debt

15 June 2012

Livingstones and Gertners restructure to reduce pressure on portfolios. Mike Phillips reports
Blackstone cries off on Yodel

15 June 2012

Blackstone has ended talks with Yodel to buy £33m of the parcel delivery service’s sheds.
Boris calls in Exemplar's city planning application

21 June 2012

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called in the planning application for Exemplar’s redevelopment of the Fruit and Wool Exchange.
Boris calls in Exemplar's planning application

21 June 2012

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called in the planning application for Exemplar’s redevelopment of the Fruit and Wool Exchange.
Bremont drops into Mayfair

15 June 2012

The British watchmaker founded by brothers Nick and Giles English in 2007 is to open a store of just fewer than 1,000 sq ft at 29 South Audley Street next month.
Bring business rates back to 2005

15 June 2012

Sir, Whether the Office for National Statistics is correct that the UK has fallen back into recession or not, businesses are squeezed from every angle (analysis, 01.06.12).
British Land’s Grigg paid £1.9m

15 June 2012

British Land’s Chris Grigg was remunerated to the tune of £1.9m, the company’s annual financial report revealed this morning.
Bromley hits ‘G’ site

15 June 2012

Bromley Town Council is to start a search for an investor in its town centre redevelopment, in a bid to bring life back into the high street, proving that regeneration in the county will not stop at Mary Portas’s pilot towns.
Brookfield buys £520m Hammerson offices

15 June 2012

Brookfield Office Properties is buying most of Hammerson’s London office portfolio for £520m, as revealed by Property Week (news, 15.6.12).
Brookfield buys £520m Hammerson offices

19 June 2012

Brookfield Office Properties is buying most of Hammerson’s London office portfolio for £520m, as revealed by Property Week (news, 15.6.12).
Brookfield hammers on

15 June 2012

US developer closes in on Hammerson’s £500m London office portfolio
Brookfield hammers on

15 June 2012

US developer closes in on Hammerson’s £500m London office porftolio
Bruntwood agrees Plaza deal with Bosch

20 June 2012

Bruntwood has agreed a deal to let 16,500 sq ft of space at its Plaza building on Old Hall St to business process outsourcing company Bosch Communication Center, as reported by TheBusinessDesk.com
Building disputes explode in the UK

15 June 2012

The average value of UK construction disputes leapt from £4.8m in 2010 to £6.5m in 2011.
Caffé Concerto rent hits Piccadilly high note

15 June 2012

Caffé Concerto has signed to open its third Piccadilly outlet at 73 Piccadilly in London’s West End, setting a record rent for the street.
Central London lettings boost

12 June 2012

Central London leasing activity picked up “significantly” in May as take-up increased by 96% on the previous month to reach 811,000 sq ft, according to CBRE research.
Chelsfield to sell two London hotels for £160m

18 June 2012

Chelsfield Partners is looking to sell two London hotels for around £160m.
Chichester Butter Market awaits Bill’s

15 June 2012

Chichester Butter Market in West Sussex is one occupier away from being fully let, and cafe chain Bill’s is expected to fill the gap.
CIT and Green win Nine Elms resi consent

15 June 2012

Fund manager CIT and Green Property last night received consent for its twin-tower mixed-use scheme in Vauxhall.
City Corporation hunts new developer on London Wall Place

20 June 2012

The City of London Corporation is to market the St Alphage House development site, known as London Wall Place, following Hammerson’s option as preferred developer lapsing.
Cluttons: West End Office Update - Spring 2012

21 June 2012

Safe haven in turmoil
CMS seeks Glatman’s counsel

15 June 2012

Mark Glatman’s Abstract Securities has been hired as a corporate adviser for law firm CMS Cameron McKenna, as it searches for a new central London headquarters.
Colliers head of retail to quit

21 June 2012

Colliers International’s head of retail is leaving the firm after just one year to pursue other opportunities.
Cordea Savills raises £25m for prime resi fund

20 June 2012

International property investment manager Cordea Savills has raised £25m in the first tranche of funding for its Prime London Residential Fund.
Crown Estate posts another set of stellar results

21 June 2012

The value of the Crown Estate exceeds £8bn for the first time after the monarch’s property company delivered a stunning financial performance in the year to 31 March.
Crown Estate posts another set of stellar results

21 June 2012

The value of the Crown Estate exceeds £8bn for the first time after the monarch’s property company delivered a stunning financial performance in the year to 31 March.
CSC to redevelop Charter Place in Watford

19 June 2012

Capital Shopping Centres has teamed up with Watford Borough Council to redevelop the Charter Place shopping centre.
CSC to redevelop Charter Place in Watford

19 June 2012

Capital Shopping Centres has teamed up with Watford Borough Council to redevelop the Charter Place shopping centre.
Cube Capital’s Asia Frontier

15 June 2012

Cube Capital has launched the $150m Cube Asia Frontier Fund (CAFF), to invest in property in Myanmar, Mongolia and Vietnam.
Curtain up at Shoreditch Stage

15 June 2012

Plough Yard Developments has unveiled plans for the Stage, a mixed-use tower in Shoreditch, east London.
Decathlon teams up with Fashion Hub for Olympics media centre

15 June 2012

Sports retailer Decathlon has joined forces with rival bidder UK Fashion Hub in a bid to occupy the Olympics media centre.
Deutsche and Guggenheim end RREEF sale talks

20 June 2012

Deutsche Bank has ended exclusive negotiations with Guggenheim Partners over a sale of RREEF, its global real estate investment management business.
Developers await Household Cavalry’s manoeuvres

15 June 2012

Hyde Park Barracks could be the most prime patch of real estate in the land, but only if a new home can be found for its troops. Emma Haslett reports
DevSecs board member departs for housebuilder

19 June 2012

Development Securities finance director Graham Prothero is leaving the company to join Galliford Try.
Do not guarantee what you cannot control

15 June 2012

The message: Chickens are coming home to roost for guarantors of leases.
Drivers Jones Deloitte: Crane Survey London Sports Facilities - 2012

21 June 2012

Since the announcement in July 2005 of London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, Drivers Jonas Deloitte have tracked the development of new sports facilities available to the public across London
Earl’s Court row heads for the High Court

20 June 2012

Residents of the estates that are to be demolished as part of Capital & Counties’ regeneration of Earl’s Court have launched legal proceedings opposing the plans in the High Court of Justice.
Exemplar’s Spitalfields exchange plans bear no fruit

15 June 2012

Exemplar hopes to appeal Tower Hamlets Council’s decision to reject Exemplar’s proposed redevelopment of the Fruit and Wool Exchange in Spitalfields, east London.
Fass lasses raise £860

15 June 2012

Property Week’s Fass Runners successfully traversed the treacherous and unforgiving terrain of London’s Hampstead Heath to complete Cancer Research’s 5 km Race For Life in 34 minutes (although some naysayers allege the time is closer to 40 minutes.)
First prelet signed for Walkie Talkie

18 June 2012

Land Securities Group and Canary Wharf Group have agreed terms with Markel International on the first prelet at the Walkie Talkie, in central London.
Foreign cash dominating London office investment

14 June 2012

Foreign money continues to dominate the central London investment market, Jones Lang LaSalle said today, but is being limited in the West End by a lack of supply.
FSA wakes up to ‘slotting’ risk

15 June 2012

Talks ongoing to ensure new loan classification regulation will not cripple lenders
Generation Techs

15 June 2012

Since the decline of the financial sector, the property industry has a new best friend: TMT. Property Week reports from the CBRE Spotlight event on a rare growth story. Photographs by Paul Burroughs
Germans still love property

15 June 2012

Sir, Regarding your article last week “Investors throw in their hand — and blame their fund manager”, the problem with German open-ended funds is not really connected with fund managers per se, but to sales teams — or lack thereof (finance, 08.06.12).
Glanmore portfolio plummets by £200m

15 June 2012

Private investor fund brings in CBRE to manage property and find new debt
Goldman makes $100m European comeback

15 June 2012

Whitehall property fund buys 11 Paris offices in first purchase on continent in three years
Goodfords' feelgood tweet

15 June 2012

Three cheers for Knight Frank’s head of south-east offices Emma Goodford, property’s much-admired “queen of the M25”, who last Friday received good news about her battle with cancer
Goodman enters US market with $1.5bn JV

20 June 2012

Goodman has entered the US industrial market with a $1.5bn joint venture with California-based developer Birtcher.
Government to force companies to reveal emissions

20 June 2012

Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange must publish their greenhouse gas emissions from next year, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
Growing funds for Santon in Lewes

15 June 2012

The development of Santon Group’s Malling Brooks scheme in Lewes, East Sussex, has been accelerated after being awarded £1.2m from the Growing Places Fund.
H&M sales hike fuels plans for new stores

15 June 2012

H&M plans to open 275 new stores this year, after reporting a rise in like-for-like sales last month.
Hadid sketches out gallery plans at Design Museum site

15 June 2012

“Starchitect” to buy Thameside landmark to showcase unseen drawings
Hand-outs for Hastings’ speculative offices

15 June 2012

Work will begin next month on the next phase of Priory Quarter in Hastings, following a successful bid for funding from a new development agency and planning permission granted last week.
Helical Bar chairman to step down

21 June 2012

Giles Weaver is to step down as chairman of Helical Bar after seven years, the group announced today.
I Am Rockstar host’s club-owning ambitions

15 June 2012

Former nightclub creative director Roger Michael, who operates the “I Am Rockstar” night at high-end London club Boujis (pictured), plans to launch a portfolio of luxury clubs.
Innox Riverside scheme turned down

21 June 2012

Wiltshire Council turned down plans for the Innox Riverside leisure scheme in Trowbridge last night.
Internos wins German spezialfonds licence

20 June 2012

Internos, the pan European real estate fund manager, has been granted a KAG licence by the German Financial Regulator BaFin to manage German spezialfonds, the preferred investment vehicle for German institutional investors.
IPD: property returns slump to June 2009 level

18 June 2012

UK commercial property values in May suffered their largest monthly drop since the eurozone debt crisis started to bite last autumn.
IPF advises on how to simplify protracted property deals

15 June 2012

Source: Patryk CosmiderShake it up: lawyers could avoid long-winded “ritual dance” to save procrastination later on
IPF advises on how to simplify protracted property deals

15 June 2012

Protracted property deals are a frustrating feature of a tough economic climate, as cautious investors weigh up their options, and think long and hard about whether or not to commit themselves.
Is your jolly corporate folly?

15 June 2012

Get best value from summer season. David Hatcher reports
It's a royal knockout

15 June 2012

From solemn civic duties to beacon lighting with Keith Chegwin, it has been a non-stop four weeks for John Izett, partner at Montagu Evans.
IVG formula calculates German Euro win

15 June 2012

Germany will win Euro 2012, predicts high-level research by a property fund manager from, er, Germany.
Jomast wins casino licence for Gurney House revamp

15 June 2012

Jomast Developments is preparing a planning application for a £25m leisure development in Middlesbrough after being awarded a casino licence for the scheme.
Knight Frank: UK Market Outlook - June 2012

21 June 2012

The IPD April digest recorded a sixth consecutive monthly fall in capital values (- 0.3%).
Landlords approve Fitness First CVA

20 June 2012

Landlords and creditors have voted in favour of a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) for struggling leisure operator Fitness First.
Landlords mull Fitness First CVA challenge

20 June 2012

A group of landlords are considering challenging the Fitness First CVA vote today calling it “entirely inequitable”.
LandSecs’ Akers paid £1.13m last year

20 June 2012

Richard Akers was the biggest financial winner among Land Securities’ directors last year.
LandSecs’ director Akers paid £1.13m last year after retail outperformance

20 June 2012

Richard Akers was the biggest financial winner among Land Securities’ directors last year.
LendSecs checks into regional hotels

15 June 2012

Land Securities is to add two regional hotels to its leisure portfolio.
Let’s hope Malaysians can rescue this Battersea dog

15 June 2012

Another decade, another owner for the derelict Battersea Power Station site on the south bank of the Thames.
Lettings lift for Lille mall

15 June 2012

Harper Dennis Hobbs has been appointed by French commercial developer Vicity as letting agent for the €140m Lillenium shopping centre in Lille.
London’s three-tier investment market evolution

15 June 2012

Prime office yields in London remain stable at around 5% in the City and 4% in the West End, but yields on secondary property are as much as 500 basis points higher, depending on the amount of capital that needs to be spent and the letting risk.
Lunson Mitchenall joins forces with niche retail agent

18 June 2012

Lunson Mitchenall and niche retail specialist Keenan & Co have announced they will join forces, further strengthening Lunson Mitchenall’s tenant representation, agency, and investment teams.
M7 jets into £105m Lear sheds

15 June 2012

Multi-let industrial portfolio with £104.5m debt from Nationwide will be managed and sold over 10 years
Max wins approval for St Katherine Docks

19 June 2012

Max Property Group has won 16 separate planning applications at St Katherine Docks, as a it looks to drive up the value of the estate.
May house prices flourish

15 June 2012

House prices increased on a like-for-like basis in May for the first time in 13 months, according to figures by LSL Property Services and Acadametrics.
Mayfair businesses up in arms over Crossrail chaos

15 June 2012

Retailers demand rates reductions to compensate for trading disruption. Sarah Townsend reports
Mayfair businesses up in arms over Crossrail chaos

15 June 2012

Retailers demand rates reductions to compensate for trading disruption. Sarah Townsend reports
McCabe’s latest China Growth

15 June 2012

Property entrepreneur spends just £200,000 on 28.6% stake of AIM-listed investment company
Mentors and management: Young Surveyors hear tips from the top

15 June 2012

Members of the Young Surveyors networking group took the opportunity to grill two industry leaders on how to get ahead in the property business at a breakfast Q+A session last week.
MEPC sells £127m Granta Park

15 June 2012

MEPC has agreed to sell Granta Park in Cambridge to a US REIT for around £127m.
MOD seeks developer for 2,000 home Thames Valley scheme

21 June 2012

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is hunting for a development manager for a 359 acre site in the Thames Valley.
Monks Cross scheme gets green light

21 June 2012

How Planning has won outline planning approval for a £90m retail led, mixed-use scheme at Monks Cross in York, one of the city’s biggest ever developments.
MORNING AFTER: LandAid's Party at the Tower

15 June 2012

Monarchs, jesters and a beheading all featured at a Tudor-themed party at the Tower of London last night.
Mortgage lending plummets in April

14 June 2012

Lending to first time buyers was slashed in half in April this year, following the end of the stamp-duty concession.
NAMA loans ‘should be sold’

15 June 2012

The Irish economist who helped to design NAMA (Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency) this week said the Irish government should consider selling off a big chunk of the agency’s loans to a private equity firm.
Need to know: Savills reveals big lenders

15 June 2012

What is the lending picture this year?
New Covent Garden gets planning consent

19 June 2012

Three key sites in Nine Elms on the South Bank, London, including New Covent Garden Market, have been approved by Wandsworth and Lambeth Councils’ planning committees.
No way back for the high street

15 June 2012

Colliers International’s Midsummer Retail Report 2012 paints its bleakest picture yet: if shops stay boarded up, bulldozing may be best bet. David Hatcher reports
No way back for the high street: Colliers International's Midsummer Retail Report 2012

15 June 2012

Colliers International’s Midsummer Retail Report 2012 paints its bleakest picture yet: if shops stay boarded up, bulldozing may be best bet. David Hatcher reports
Norwegians go exclusive on Meadowhall

20 June 2012

Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund has entered into exclusive talks to buy a prized stake in one of the UK’s largest shopping centres, Meadowhall in Sheffield, Property Week can reveal.
Norwegians go exclusive on Meadowhall

20 June 2012

Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund has entered into exclusive talks to buy a prized stake in one of the UK’s largest shopping centres, Meadowhall in Sheffield, Property Week can reveal.
Ocon to deliver £65m Liverpool student scheme

18 June 2012

Liverpool University has submitted plans to build more than 1,200 new en-suite student bedrooms, as reported by TheBusinessDesk.com
Olympics fuels gym drive

15 June 2012

More than 350 sports and fitness facilities have opened in London since it was awarded the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
One Kingsway secures 25,000 sq ft letting

13 June 2012

UK & European has secured a 25,000 sq ft letting at No. 1 Kingsway, the 130,000 sq ft prime Central Londonmixed-use development.
Palmer Capital makes £40m takeover offer for Invista

18 June 2012

Palmer Capital has made an offer to buy Invista Real Estate Investment Management at just under 15p a share, valuing the company at £40m.
Peakside plans €90m German resi scheme

20 June 2012

Peakside Capital, the European real estate private equity firm, has bought a residential and commercial development site in Berlin.
Peakside plans €90m residential scheme in Berlin

20 June 2012

Peakside Capital, the European real estate private equity firm, has bought a residential and commercial development site in Berlin.
People Moves: 15 June

15 June 2012

PointPark Properties has appointed Franziska Jegenhorst and Semir Selcukoglu to its logistics real estate team in Frankfurt.
People Moves: Quastel Midgen, Cordea Savills, Greenwich Hospital and more...

15 June 2012

PointPark Properties has appointed Franziska Jegenhorst and Semir Selcukoglu to its logistics real estate team in Frankfurt.
Portas goes to town in Kent

15 June 2012

Kent’s Portas pilot towns receive their project funds this week. Sarah Stewart reports
Prime restaurant lurks in basement of terror

15 June 2012

The site of the former Pasaje del Terror attraction in the basement of the famous Trocadero building in London’s Piccadilly is being marketed for a restaurant.
Property Week Digital Edition - 15 June 2012

15 June 2012
Property Week wins top prize at publishing 'Oscars'

21 June 2012

Property Week was last night named `Business Media Brand of the Year’ at the publishing world’s biggest awards ceremony.
Q+A: Dunsfold’s Jeremy Philp reveals wishlist

15 June 2012

Kent’s commercial property market has improved over the past three months (graph, below), which is no mean feat considering the region is often viewed as London’s poor relative because of its lack of new space.
Q+A: RICS Service Charge Code group

15 June 2012

A pilot benchmarking study to measure service charge costs at more than 400 central London offices, shopping centres and retail parks is being launched by IPD and a steering group comprising the RICS, Aviva Investors, British Land and others.
Q+A: Russell Loveland on Bluewater’s Olympic Glow

15 June 2012

Bluewater shopping centre faces tough competition. Westfield Stratford is expected to snag most of the Olympic custom, and events such as the jubilee draw huge crowds into London this summer.
Quintain secures Greenwich partner

18 June 2012

Quintain has agreed a new joint venture agreement for its Greenwich Peninsula development with Hong Kong investor Knight Dragon.
Quintain secures Greenwich Peninsula partner

18 June 2012

Quintain has agreed a new joint venture agreement for its Greenwich Peninsula development with Hong Kong investor Knight Dragon.
Quintain unveils new Greenwich Peninsula images

18 June 2012

Quintain has unveiled new images of its proposed Greenwich Peninsular development, after announcing a new joint venture agreement to develop the scheme with Hong Kong investor Knight Dragon.
REO delists and receives NAMA judicial review date

19 June 2012

The former owner of Battersea Power Station has delisted from the Channel Islands Stock Exchange to save money, and is awaiting a judicial review relating to its row with NAMA.
Report: Eurozone crisis "to hit Milton Keynes and Coventry the hardest"

21 June 2012

Milton Keynes, Oxford, Telford and Swindon have topped a list of the UK towns and cities likely to be worst affected by the Eurozone crisis.
Resolution ties up Triton Court deal

15 June 2012

Resolution Property has exchanged contracts to buy the 210,000 sq ft Triton Court building in the City of London for a reported £43m.
Revealed: details of £623m Lloyds loan sale

15 June 2012

Project Harrogate portfolio contains three regional shopping centres, valued at a total of more than £110m. Mike Phillips lifts the lid
River Island accessorises Aberdeen

15 June 2012

River Island is to open its first accessories store in Scotland, at Union Square in Aberdeen.
Scarborough reveals 1.2m sq ft Leeds development

21 June 2012

Scarborough Development Group has revealed its plans the next stage of development at Thorpe Park in Leeds.
Schroders clinches Matrix appointment

15 June 2012

Schroder Property Investment Management has won its first major mandate since appointing Duncan Owen as head of property funds in January.
Sellar's The Place in London Bridge tops out

19 June 2012

Sellar Property Group has celebrated the topping out of its 600,000 sq ft The Place scheme in London Bridge.
SFO drops Vincent Tchenguiz investigation

18 June 2012

The Serious Fraud Office is no longer treating Vincent Tchenguiz as a suspect in its investigation into the collapse of the Icelandic bank Kaupthing.
'Silicon Valley' of technology to be created

19 June 2012

A multi-million pound technology hub, which is set to create a centre of excellence for businesses within the sector, is to open in Yorkshire, as reported by TheBusinessDesk.com.
Surrey shoppers bag development double

15 June 2012

Councils prepare extensions for Camberley Mall and Guildford’s Friary Centre
SWIP buys Argyle Street property in Glasgow

21 June 2012

SWIP (Scottish Widows Investment Partnership) has bought 78/92 Argyle Street in Glasgow on behalf of Halifax Investment Fund Managers for £14.18m reflecting a net initial yield of 7%.
TA Global gets key to Kingdom

15 June 2012

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal’s Kingdom Hotel Investments has sold its Mövenpick Resort & Spa hotel on Karon Beach in Phuket, Thailand, for $90m.
Tesco to exit Japan following deal with Aeon

18 June 2012

Tesco will exit the Japanese market after having agreed a deal with Japanese retailer Aeon.
The Property Lexicon

15 June 2012

Gopping /?gap-I?/a. Undesirable or ostentatious. Origin unknown. Unaccountably popular term used by residential property types in particular: “I know the developer is getting £5,000/sq ft for that scheme, but with Swarovski chandeliers and gold Versace cutlery, the interior is absolutely gopping”
The Wheel Deal: the sixth Jones Lang LaSalle Triathlon

15 June 2012

The sixth Jones Lang LaSalle triathlon was a record-breaker, but Newsflash must try harder. Property Week’s resident triathlete David Doyle reports. Photographs by Nick Cunard
Two BNPPRE city directors resign to form niche agency

19 June 2012

Two city leasing agents from BNP Paribas Real Estate have left the business to form a new niche agency.
Vacant green Kilburn campus for sale at £8m

15 June 2012

The College of North West London has put its former campus in Kilburn up for sale for £8m.
Victoria sale offers resi scope

15 June 2012

A 70,000 sq ft residential redevelopment opportunity has been put up for sale in London’s Victoria.
WELPUT buys in Farringdon

15 June 2012

The West End of London Property Unit Trust has exchanged contracts to buy 143-157 Farringdon Road from Threadneedle.
WELPUT makes £25.8m Farringdon Road purchase

21 June 2012

The freehold interest in 143-157 Farringdon Road, EC1 has been bought by The West End of London Property Unit Trust (WELPUT), managed by Schroders and advised by Grafton Advisors.
When will they ever learn? We need U-turn on community infrastructure levy

15 June 2012

And then along came the community infrastructure levy. As if life ain’t tough enough!