All Property Week articles in 02 March 2012 – Page 6
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Boris unveils developer "speed-dating"
Mayor of London Boris Johnson is today unveiling a speed dating-style event that brings together councils in London with potential developers of the vast amounts of land they own.
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Blackstone plans fifth Center Parc
Center Parc owner Blackstone is to start construction on a fifth site of the holiday village in Woburn, Bedfordshire it announced today.
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Unite sees 8% NAV rise
Unite Group, the student accommodation provider, saw its net asset value increase by 8% to 318p a share in 2011 on the back of good rental growth and development profits.
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Grosvenor and Derwent complete Hyde Park Corner JV
Grosvenor and Derwent London have formalised their joint venture to redevelop the 168,000 sq ft 1-5 Grosvenor Place into a luxury mixed use scheme.
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DevSecs' secures Morrisons for Oriental City site
Development Securities has secured supermarket chain Morrisons for a major store at 399 Edgeware Road, London.
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Miller Group completes £160m Blackstone equity deal
Miller Group, the UK’s largest private housebuilder, has completed a financial restructuring which will see £160m of new equity pumped into the business.
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London recovery boosts Derwent's NAV
Derwent London enjoyed a 15.4% increase in its net asset value over 2011 as the recovery of London’s commercial property values continued.
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MIPIM 2012 DATA: New entrants unlikely to plug European debt gap
New entrants to the European lending market are “unlikely” to plug the gap left by banks retreating from real estate, Henderson Global Investors has warned.
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Independents open three times as many shops as chain retailers
Independent retailers opened three times as many high street shops as the chain retailers last year, research by the Local Data Company has found.
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Wetherspoon wins damages against agent in Fraud case
JD Wetherspoon has been awarded damages from the beneficiaries of five of the property transactions in which the value pub chain was the victim of “fraud and dishonest breach of duty” by its property agents.
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Liberty Living secures £300m debt package
Student accommodation provider Liberty Living has secured a comprehensive financing package of £300m from HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Tristan raises €420m for fund
Tristan Capital Partners has completed a fourth and final capital close for its CCP III LP Fund, raising €420m.
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Wood Wharf could become 'tech hub'
Canary Wharf Group’s Wood Wharf scheme could become a hub for technology and media companies to contrast the company’s financial behemoth next door.
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MORNING AFTER: Property Week and Canary Wharf Group Tweet Up
Property Week and Canary Wharf hosted a “Tweet Up” last night at Canary Wharf restaurant Iberica
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Government launches Portas town team pilot workshops
The government will launch a series of workshops to help advise town centres on how to apply to become one of Mary Portas’ town team pilots.
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Residential investment property returned 11.3% last year
Residential investment property has continued to perform better than commercial property, delivering returns of 11.3% last year, driven by the strong London market.
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Next doubles its space at Cardiff Capital Shopping Park
Fashion retailer Next has agreed to double its presence at Cardiff’s Capital Shopping Park, adjacent to the Cardiff City Stadium.
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Kerslake: NPPF “presumption in favour” is here to stay
Sir Bob Kerslake, head of the civil service and permanent secretary to the Communities department, confirmed last night that the government would offer a default “yes” to new development that it defines as “sustainable”, as part of the new planning system.
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Hammersmith Palais sold for student accommodation
London Regional has sold the Hammersmith Palais, one of London’s best-known concert venues, to a joint venture led by US private equity group Carlyle.
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Five fund managers team up for sustainability study
Five of the most dominant fund managers in the UK property market have started pooling data on more than £10bn of property in a bid to chart how the green attributes of buildings affect rental growth and capital values.