25 May 2012
Property Week
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12 “Portas Pilot” towns named
26 May 2012
Local government minister Grant Shapps has announced the 12 town centres to receive a share of £1.2m to revitalise their high streets.
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Agents splash cash in duel
25 May 2012
Today property’s competitive streak comes out, at Jones Lang LaSalle’s triathlon at Dorney Lake in Eton, but south-east office agents had a “dry run” last week at the launch of Scottish Widows’ and Exton Estates’ Huntercombe Park scheme.
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Airport partner hunt takes off with CBRE appointment
31 May 2012
The search for a development and funding partner to deliver Airport City, Manchester Airports Group’s £650m development, has picked up pace as CBRE has been appointed to assist it in procurement.
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Al-Jazeera in Shard first letting talks
30 May 2012
Al-Jazeera is in talks to move its London bureau to The Shard, in what will be the first letting in the skyscraper.
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Al-Jazeera in talks to become first Shard tenant
30 May 2012
Al-Jazeera is in talks to move its London bureau to The Shard, in what will be the first letting in the skyscraper.
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Allied Irish prepares loan sale
25 May 2012
Allied Irish Bank is expected next week to launch the sale of a portfolio of UK property loans with a face value of around £500m.
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American retailer to make European debut in Covent Garden
30 May 2012
American fashion retailer Opening Ceremony is making its UK and European debut in London’s Covent Garden.
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Argent of change
25 May 2012
“Old guard” Madelin and Partridge set up limited liability partnership so younger generation can take over
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Argent of change: development company restructures
25 May 2012
“Old guard” Madelin and Partridge set up limited liability partnership so younger generation can take over
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Ask brings forward Manchester planning application
28 May 2012
Ask Property Developments is bringing forward a planning application for the southern end of its First Street site in Manchester city centre, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Aviva ponders local authority housing funding model
25 May 2012
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.
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Battersea bids scrutinised
25 May 2012
Sales agents for Battersea Power Station were this week whittling down bids from investors and developers.
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Beecham sells trendy Hoxton Hotel for £65m
29 May 2012
The trendy Hoxton Hotel in London’s Shoreditch has been sold by its founder, Sinclair Beecham, and backer, private equity firm Bridges Ventures, to private equity fund manager Ennismore Capital for £65m.
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Berkeley becomes Principal player at Hammerson scheme
25 May 2012
Pidgley pounces on another prime London residential site, becoming frontrunner for City fringe tower
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Big Yellow’s big year for income
25 May 2012
Big Yellow’s annual results showed a strong improvement in income, at a time when store openings slowed but self-storage demand was maintained.
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Birmingham Jewellery Quarter BID backed
29 May 2012
The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter’s business community has given a firm thumbs up to the proposals for its own business improvement district, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Blackstone buys $1.9bn hotels chains
25 May 2012
Accor has agreed to sell its United States Economy Hotels Division to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII, for $1.9bn.
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Blackstone secures massive Chiswick Park letting
31 May 2012
Blackstone celebrates one of UK’s largest prelets in five years
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BNPPRE hires two investment directors
30 May 2012
BNP Paribas Real Estate has hired two directors to its UK investment team, following the appointment of its new chief executive John Slade last month.
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British Land results pack a punch, thanks to prelets
25 May 2012
Portfolio value up 2.6% to £10.3bn after CEO’s London office development drive
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Brooks MacDonald looks to reap benefits of farming
30 May 2012
Brooks MacDonald Funds has set up a new business to invest in farmland.
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Byron flips on to London's Strand
25 May 2012
Restaurateur Tom Byng’s hamburger chain Byron has taken a unit at Enstar Capital’s mixed-use development on London’s Strand.
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Caan business completes Siemens buy
28 May 2012
The new home for Siemens’ gas turbine business in Lincoln has been sold to a Middle East buyer, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Cala and Barratt tap into Edinburgh waterworks
25 May 2012
Cala Group and Barratt Homes are close to buying a 26 acre site on the outskirts of Edinburgh, for the development of hundreds of homes.
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Carlyle floats 1m sq ft Blackfriars makeover
25 May 2012
Private equity firm to create more than 1m sq ft in schemes at south of bridge
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Caterpillar spreads wings in Durham
25 May 2012
Expansion planned as production returns to pre-recession rates. Stuart Watson reports
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CBRE’s Queen introduces property to Saudi women
25 May 2012
Firm to roll out property investment education concept across Middle East. Sarah Stewart reports
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CBRE’s Queen introduces property to Saudi women
25 May 2012
Firm to roll out property investment education concept across Middle East. Sarah Stewart reports
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Chatham next port of call for Peel
31 May 2012
Peel has won planning permission for its £650m Chatham Docks scheme, Chatham Waters.
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Chelmer plans 40-storey Manc tower
30 May 2012
London-based Chelmer Developments has embarked on an ambitious scheme to transform a part-finished concrete frame in Manchester into a 40-storey tower containing 600 serviced apartments, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Chinese giant to buy £285m Drapers Gardens
29 May 2012
A Chinese investment company backed by a state sovereign wealth fund has agreed a deal to buy Drapers Gardens in the City for £285m.
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Chinese giant to buy Drapers Gardens
29 May 2012
A Chinese investment company backed by a state sovereign wealth fund has agreed a deal to buy Drapers Gardens in the City for £285m.
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Clinton closure list: high-void towns are hit hardest
25 May 2012
Half of the 350 Clinton Cards stores being closed by administrators are in towns with above-average vacancy rates, Local Data Company research shows.
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Cluttons appoints new managing partner
25 May 2012
Cluttons has appointed John Wood, the former head of its commercial division, as its new managing partner.
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Commerz Real puts £124m Birmingham block up for sale
30 May 2012
Commerz Real has put its One Snowhill office block in Birmingham up for sale for £124m, reflecting a 6.25% yield.
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Compulsory resolution to Croydon face-off
25 May 2012
Embarrassment continues to spread in the property industry over the antics of the freeholder and leaseholder of Croydon’s Whitgift Centre — the big shopping destination in the 1970s for anyone growing up in the south-east.
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Consortium pulls out of Pfizer negotiations
22 May 2012
London and Metropolitan has confirmed that it is no longer in discussions with Pfizer to develop the former 325 acre pharmaceutical plant in Sandwich, Kent.
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Corporate occupiers need flexible friends
25 May 2012
Sir, Property Week Analytics’ report, Corporate Occupiers 2012, on how occupiers approach property in a recession, makes important reading.
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Crawley shortlists three for town centre regeneration
25 May 2012
Crawley Council has shortlisted three developers for a proposed redevelopment of the town centre.
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Cross- selling Canary Wharf
25 May 2012
Retail space above the Crossrail station will expand the shopping element at the Docklands estate to 1m sq ft. Hardeep Sandher reports on the leasing strategy
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Crow of delight as Texans take helm and increase revenue at CBRE
25 May 2012
CBRE’s $1.9bn debt-financed, top-of-the-market acquisition of Texas firm Trammell Crow in December 2006 initially caused considerable financial pain post-credit crunch.
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Croydon plagued by exodus
25 May 2012
Ping! A letter to Croydon occupiers from agency Maxwell Brown appears in Ludgate’s inbox.
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Culture shock for developers in Kensington and Chelsea
25 May 2012
Developers seeking to work in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will be required to make culture a key strand of their proposals, under plans unveiled this week.
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Deal-hungry Max posts NAV rise
28 May 2012
Nick Leslau and Mike Brown’s Max Property today said it had £90m to spend on new deals, as it reported a net asset value rise of 2.6% per share.
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Delancey and Landid poised to win NOMA
28 May 2012
Delancey and Landid have entered exclusive talks to joint venture with the Co-Operative Group to develop NOMA in Manchester City Centre after a 15-month selection process.
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Delancey and Landid poised to win NOMA
28 May 2012
Delancey and Landid have entered exclusive talks to joint venture with the Co-Operative Group to develop NOMA in Manchester City Centre after a 15-month selection process.
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Developers need access
25 May 2012
An open letter to housing and planning minister Grant Shapps
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Diesel revs up expansion at Westfield
25 May 2012
Fashion retailer Diesel is in talks to open a store at Westfield London in west London, as part of a UK expansion strategy.
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Drought warning for shedlands
25 May 2012
Despite a starved market, developers are cautious about new projects. Stuart Watson reports
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First stage of £25m Waterloo revamp complete
29 May 2012
The first stage of a £25m redevelopment project at London’s Waterloo railway station completed today, with a new balcony and escalators easing congestion for 300,000 daily passengers.
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First tenant under offer at The Walbrook
25 May 2012
Insurance firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co is under offer to become the first tenant at The Walbrook building in the City of London.
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Fitness First to drop units through CVA
29 May 2012
Gym operator Fitness First will this week put a plan to landlords proposing to offload a swathe of stores through a company voluntary arrangement.
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Fitness First to drop units through CVA
29 May 2012
Gym operator Fitness First will this week put a plan to landlords proposing to offload a swathe of stores through a company voluntary arrangement.
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Fitzroy Place completes over £170m of sales
31 May 2012
Aviva Investors, Exemplar and Kaupthing, the team behind Fitzroy Place at the site of the old Middlesex hospital, have sold almost half of the flats at the much-vaunted development.
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Fitzroy Place completes over £170m of sales
31 May 2012
Aviva Investors, Exemplar and Kaupthing, the team behind Fitzroy Place at the site of the old Middlesex hospital, have sold almost half of the flats at the much-vaunted development.
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Gatwick solar power project takes off
25 May 2012
The developer that installed 212 solar panels at Gatwick airport earlier this year is preparing a planning application to expand the facility.
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Gazeley adds new dimension to site design
25 May 2012
Holographic tool enables customers to request real-time changes. Stuart Watson reports
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Getting green light to rebuild from scratch can be challenging
25 May 2012
It has been a bad time for insurers lately, with significant worldwide losses caused through natural disasters, such as the New Zealand earthquake last February.
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Government fund launched for empty homes
29 May 2012
Communities minister Andrew Stunell has invited councils to bid for a share of a £145m fund aimed at bringing empty homes back into use.
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GPE buys on Piccadilly
31 May 2012
Great Portland Estates has bought two properties off-market from Henderson Global Investors, unlocking a potential 200,000 sq ft redevelopment on London’s Piccadilly, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
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Great Portland clear for take-off after rights-of-light deal
25 May 2012
REIT makes multimillion-pound settlement with Ryanair boss O’Leary over Fetter Lane scheme
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Helical Bar returns to profit
25 May 2012
Helical Bar returned to profit last year, but saw its net asset value decline by £1.7m.
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Hellmann in St James’s
25 May 2012
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.
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Henderson alights in China
25 May 2012
International line-up of investors for $500m China designer outlet mall joint venture
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Henderson throws hat in ring with duo of debt funds
25 May 2012
Henderson Global Investors is aiming to launch its debut property debt funds to take advantage of a retreat from real estate lending by European banks.
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Housebuilders expect starts to increase but outlook remains gloomy
25 May 2012
No bank funding for developers, no mortgages for homebuyers — the outlook for the residential sector is not good, suggests Knight Frank’s Housebuilding Report, released today.
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I am currently running my APC presentation at 11 to 12 minutes... Will I fail?
14 January 2013
Question: “I am currently running my presentation at 11 to 12 minutes. Will I fail if it goes over the 10 mins. Should I cut my presentation down as I am covering the two key issues?”
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Industrial Scale: Prologis chief Hamid Moghadam
25 May 2012
Prologis chief Hamid Moghadam talks to Patrick Gower about the creation of the world’s biggest property company by portfolio size. Photographs by Trent McMin
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Jeans brand’s sister tests UK
25 May 2012
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.
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Jeweller takes Burlington Arcade unit
28 May 2012
Meyer Bergman has completed its eighth letting at London’s Burlington Arcade to a British jewellery designer since acquiring the scheme in 2010.
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JLL bets on France boss to drive industrial growth
25 May 2012
Jones Lang LaSalle’s new European logistics boss will aim to develop close links with occupiers, in a bid to offer co-ordinated services across national boundaries.
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JLL poaches from DTZ and RBS
30 May 2012
Jones Lang LaSalle has poached two new directors for its residential team from DTZ and Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Jon Hunt's £34.5m Victoria Street sale
25 May 2012
Ocubis, the property investment business run by Foxton founder Jon Hunt, has sold 77-95 Victoria Street to a high net worth overseas investor for £34.5m, resulting in a net initial yield of 5.47%.
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Junction Fund approaches end of the road
25 May 2012
Owners prepare £287m vehicle for sale ahead of closing in 2013. Kat Spybey reports
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L&G Property does its research
25 May 2012
Legal & General Property has promoted the head of its research team to the board and appointed performance analyst Barbora Melezinkova, as part of a raft of changes to its analysis department.
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Landlords hit as unsecured Game creditors get just 0.3%
31 May 2012
Unsecured creditors, including landlords, of collapsed retailer Game Group are likely to receive just 0.3% of funds owed to them.
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Last of One Hyde Park retail units sold
25 May 2012
The freehold interest for the final retail unit at luxury residential scheme, One Hyde Park has been sold to an international investor for over £17m, £4m short of the asking price.
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Lenders confirm £535m Citypoint debt talks collapse
22 May 2012
The lenders to the Citypoint tower in the City today confirmed that talks to restructure the debt had collapsed, as revealed by Property Week (news, 27.4.12).
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London & Stamford to cash in on central London residential
30 May 2012
London & Stamford is to launch a £200m central London residential venture with two partners.
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London Square’s nine lives
25 May 2012
London Square has bought its ninth site in the capital, on Waldegrave Road in Teddington, south-west London.
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Make no mistake: expertly drafted leases can’t be rewritten
25 May 2012
The message: The court will not readily correct documents drafted by experienced and skilled solicitors.
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Malaysian bid would see power station saved
30 May 2012
The Malaysian developer on course to buy Battersea Power Station would not knock the famous building down as part of its regeneration plans, removing the spectre of the wrecking ball that has been hanging over it.
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Malaysians preferred bidder for Battersea
30 May 2012
A Malaysian developer has been chosen as the preferred bidder to buy Battersea Power Station out of administration, in a deal which would see the famous building retained.
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Malaysians preferred bidder for Battersea
30 May 2012
A Malaysian developer has been chosen as the preferred bidder to buy Battersea Power Station out of administration, in a deal which would see the famous building retained.
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Malaysians take pole in Battersea sale process
28 May 2012
Billionaire brothers David and Simon Reuben have withdrawn their backing for veteran developer Godfrey Bradman’s bid to buy Battersea Power Station, leaving a Malaysian conglomerate in pole position.
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Max’s St Katharine refurb at maximum capacity
25 May 2012
Max Property Group has let the last space at International House at St Katharine Docks in London.
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McKay enjoys NAV rise
29 May 2012
McKay Securities enjoyed a net asset value increase of 2.8% in its 2011 financial year, despite no increase in the value of its property portfolio.
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McKay renews Glasgow lease for Student Loans Company
25 May 2012
McKay Securities has re-let a 100,270 sq ft office property in Glasgow to the Student Loans Company.
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Metric does deals in Cornwall and Ireland
31 May 2012
Metric Property Investments has bought a retail park in Ireland and and is planning a major scheme in Cornwall for separate joint ventures.
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Minister’s prepack pledge
25 May 2012
The government is to “bring to account” insolvency practitioners that abuse prepack administrations.
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Ministry of Defence launches search for property partner
28 May 2012
The Ministry of Defence has begun a formal process to select a property partner to manage its £23bn estate.
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Morning After: Jones Lang LaSalle Triathlon raise £1m for charity
28 May 2012
More than 2,300 competitors sweated it out through Friday’s heat wave to compete in the sixth Jones Lang LaSalle Property Triathlon.
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Morrisons helps fund Romford leisure centre
25 May 2012
A new leisure centre will be built in Romford following a ‘land-swap’ deal between supermarket chain Morrisons and the London Borough of Havering.
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Muffin Break 48 outlets in UK
25 May 2012
Australian chain Muffin Break has revealed plans to open another 36 units in the UK.
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NAMA wins consent for Tees Valley site
30 May 2012
Planning permission has been granted for a residential redevelopment of the 115-acre Allens West logistics park in the Tees Valley, which is owned by Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency.
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Need to know: crunchtime for PFI
25 May 2012
This summer, the government will issue its response to a consultation on the future of the much-criticised private finance initiative (PFI) funding model. What are its chances of survival?
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Need to know: lease renewal test case
25 May 2012
The latest decision in a protracted case between UK ports operator Associated British Ports (ABP) and its tenant, Humber Oil Terminals Trustee, will make it easier for a landlord to stop a commercial tenant renewing its lease if it plans to occupy the premises for its own purposes. Sarah Townsend reports
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Need to know: sector braced for infrastructure levy
25 May 2012
The community infrastructure levy came into force last month. It is intended as a partial replacement for developers’ section 106 contributions to local infrastructure. We find out what it means for industrial schemes
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NewRiver suffers 5.5% NAV drop
29 May 2012
NewRiver Retail suffered a net asset value decline of 5.5% in its 2011 financial year, caused by the costs of its equity raising and purchases.
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People Moves: 25 May
25 May 2012
CBRE has appointed Neil Blake as head of EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and UK research.
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People Moves: Lunson Michenall, Lee & Priestley, DPP and more...
25 May 2012
CBRE has appointed Neil Blake as head of EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and UK research.
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Pinewood Shepperton completes £50m refinancing
29 May 2012
Pinewood Shepperton, the film and TV studios business owned by John Whittaker’s Peel Group, has completed a £50m refinancing, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Pioneering low-carbon trust signs green-friendly Winton
25 May 2012
Hedge fund to pay £35/sq ft for 60,000 sq ft in Hammersmith, proving sustainability can also be profitable
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Planning secured for Howard de Walden West End upgrades
25 May 2012
Howard de Walden last night won a series of planning approvals that will help it remodel around 235,000 sq ft of property in its West End estate.
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Positivity in store for self-storage sector
25 May 2012
Self-storage operators are reporting continued resilience in the sector, despite the challenging economic conditions.
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Prologis to purpose build for short-term commitments
25 May 2012
In a bid to revive big shed development, Prologis has pledged to offer purpose-built warehouses for occupiers that are only willing to commit to short-term leases.
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Property heads on block
25 May 2012
What do Guy Fawkes, Anne Boleyn and five of the industry’s biggest names have in common? They all share a morbid association with the Tower of London.
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Protestors Unite against Savills
25 May 2012
For Savills’ genteel workforce, trade union icons Arther Scargill and Bob Crow usually belong in another world.
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Q+A: bullish developer takes on speculative challenge
25 May 2012
Few developers have the cash or confidence to build speculatively at present, but Goya Developments this month began construction of 191,000 sq ft at schemes in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and at Park Royal in London
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Rain takes the blame as Kingfisher posts sales drop
31 May 2012
Kingfisher today blamed poor weather for a drop in total sales in the UK and Ireland by 6.9% to £1.1bn in the first quarter of this year.
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Reading Council sides with Aberdeen
30 May 2012
Reading Council has confirmed it will move its headquarters to Aberdeen Asset Management’s Plaza West building in Bridge Street, Reading.
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Real Estate Development makes Abingdon Street sale
23 May 2012
Real Estate Development Partnerships, has sold 47/53 Abingdon Street, Blackpool for £705,000reflecting a net yield of 8.05% to Solid Investments.
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Regeneration champion renews interest in energy
25 May 2012
Dagenham Dock sustainable park clustering is best model for councils. Sarah Townsend reports
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REITs view occupiers as ‘customers’, reports survey
25 May 2012
Developers are investing more money in providing a better service to tenants and conducting independent surveys to identify areas for improvements, a Real Service Best Practice Group review shows.
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Relax the rules so resi REITs have a fighting chance
25 May 2012
The 12-week consultation on social housing REITs does not close until 27 June, yet already there is a plan for the first social housing REIT to list on AIM in September.
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Residential plans for Shell Centre
25 May 2012
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.
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Revealed: Empty government buildings available to SMEs
31 May 2012
Twenty empty government buildings were today made available to aspiring entrepreneurs and start-up businesses.
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RICS unveils landmark residential policy
31 May 2012
The RICS has today published a wide-ranging new residential policy urging the government to increase access to land and finance in order to stimulate the housing market.
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Shaftesbury swinging back into action in Carnaby village
25 May 2012
Shaftesbury is to begin construction within the next year of two schemes in its Carnaby “village” in London.
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Sheffield brewery to become charity HQ
30 May 2012
A former brewery in Sheffield is to become a charity’s headquarters, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Sims’ new-look IO hopes to reap recession rewards
25 May 2012
IO seeks individual industrial estates shunned by other investors. Stuart Watson reports
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Skype calls for third floor at Waterhouse Square
25 May 2012
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.
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South-east goes social with first public sector REIT
25 May 2012
Ten housing associations from across south-east England are clubbing together to create the first social housing REIT.
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Squatting criminalised
25 May 2012
Squatting in residential premises is now a criminal offence, as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill gained royal assent this month.
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Standard Life Investments buys in Glasgow
30 May 2012
Standard Life Investments has bought a city-centre Glasgow office building for £4m.
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Steinhoff gazumps Network Rail at giant Magna Park shed
25 May 2012
Furniture retailer trumps track operator’s £25m bid. Stuart Watson reports
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Stoke council to anchor its central business district
28 May 2012
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is hoping to stimulate interest in its Central Business District (CBD) scheme by taking the first 160,000 sq ft itself, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Stringent financial controls leads to City portfolio squeeze
25 May 2012
Reforms mean banks must cut costs and seek more efficient space. Rachel Hunter reports
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Struthers & Causer blows into wind farm sector
25 May 2012
Former Savills and JP Morgan director Andrew Causer has set up his own equity-raising business for the property and wind farm sectors.
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Tantrums in shopping centres across the UK
25 May 2012
Teenage beauty salon to open in Stratford City ahead of national expansion
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Taskforce launched to crack down on property tax dodgers
25 May 2012
HM Revenue & Customs will create a new taskforce to crack down on property tax dodgers.
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Tchenguizs hammer SFO
25 May 2012
Serious Fraud Office admits that Vincent may no longer be considered suspect in Kaupthing investigation
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Telford seeks western promise
25 May 2012
Housebuilder remains committed to east London but wants to cash in on capital’s traditional prime pitches as well. Emma Haslett reports
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Telford seeks western promise
25 May 2012
Housebuilder remains committed to east London but wants to cash in on capital’s traditional prime pitches as well. Emma Haslett reports
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Tenants must exit Centre Point
25 May 2012
Almacantar is ploughing on with plans to convert Centre Point into luxury flats, after informing tenants it wants vacant possession by March 2013.
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The Property Lexicon
25 May 2012
Jurolympics /’d???r?’limpiks/n. Two-month period encompassing the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Euro 2012 and the London Olympic Games, during which the UK property market is expected to slow to the pace of France at the height of summer. A time in which the market is likely to be dead, as property bods swap their offices for stadia and grandstands, or flee the madness altogether in search of regular haunts on the French Riviera.
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Top-flight tenant at Segro's X2
25 May 2012
Segro has signed a second letting on the top deck of its two-storey X2 distribution building (pictured) near Heathrow airport.
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UK property at euro abyss
25 May 2012
JP Morgan Cazenove this week warned that the eurozone crisis had pushed the property sector past a “tipping point” that could severely impact on prices in the UK and Europe.
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Westfield’s gift to the people of Croydon
25 May 2012
Late last year we partnered with the Whitgift Foundation to begin the work on a retail and leisure scheme at the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London, which we hope will replicate and even surpass the success of our Westfield London and Stratford City schemes.
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Women have more chance of becoming an Italian gondolier than UK board director
25 May 2012
The recent Women In Property debate raised the issue of the “gender agenda” and whether quotas are the necessary evil we require to ensure more talented women make it to the boardroom (professional, 18.05.12).
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Yorvale and Maple Grove savour first shed purchase
25 May 2012
Yorvale and Maple Grove Developments have purchased a first industrial development site for their new joint venture partnership.
