All Property Week articles in 02 October 2009 – Page 11
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News
Prologis company delays SICAF vote after shareholder concerns
Prologis European Properties (PEPR) has postponed an extraordinary general meeting to approve the conversion of its legal structure, which would have enabled it to raise new equity by selling shares at below net asset value
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News
Kingsley Evans to head NAI Apollo Valuation Advisory's London arm
Former Jones Lang LaSalle valuation director Charles Kingsley Evans has been appointed as international director of NAI Apollo Valuation Advisory.
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Markets
Extra-curricular activity at Cambridge
The university’s head of estates is preparing for expansion and a new prospective tenant, Microsoft
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News
Take-up rises across London
Office take-up in the third quarter of 2009 rallied considerably across central London, says Knight Frank
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News
McCabe accepts Valad pay-off
Valad Property Group has avoided handing over 19.9% control to Kevin McCabe by raising money from a sale of shares to pay him off
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Professional
Empty rates bill tops £800m
Abolishing rates relief on empty properties saved the government more than £800m in its first year
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Markets
Ashwell’s £800m smashing time
Developing anything at the moment is a tall order, but embarking on one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the Cambridge property market must be especially daunting
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News
Investors book into €500m hotel fund
Livingstone brothers among investors in new European hotel fund
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Insight
Colliers’ share placing rains on its 50th anniversary parade
When Neville Conrad and John Ritblat set up a property agency above a Greek restaurant in Wigmore Street 50 years ago, they took the London market by storm
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News
City of London in squabble over 5 Cheapside consent
Planning committee members unhappy about vote of consent for St Martins scheme
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News
Commerz buys €43m Frankfurt shed
Commerz Real has bought a 23,000 sq m development at the Cargo City Süd logistics park near Frankfurt airport for its HausInvest Europa open-ended fund
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News
Rates hike means some businesses face 25% rises
BNP Paribas Real Estate names retail and London’s Mayfair as main rates bill casualties
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Online
Landmark Partners Real Estate Brief: September 2009
"The upsurge in primary commitments from 2001 to 2008 created a base of real estate assets in private funds and partnerships that is unprecedented. A portion of this pool of private investments is currently turning over on the secondary market as investors address their changing portfolio requirements and elect to ...
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Markets
Nissan’s £200m plan to recharge Sunderland’s batteries
North-east plant to form centrepoint of company’s Leaf electric car
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Online
Maria De Heaver looks at the OFT's £130m fines for construction companies
On 22 September, the Office of Fair Trading fines construction companies almost £130m for illegal bid rigging activities including 'cover pricing'. Here, we look at how they came to their decision and what construction companies need to do now.
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Professional
OFT fines contractors £129m for rigged bids
The Office of Fair Trading has landed a blow against the recession-hit construction industry over bid rigging. On 22 September it fined 103 companies a total of £129.5m for illegal practices such as “cover pricing”. Now, contractors are preparing their retaliation
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News
Investors splash out £100m on south-east offices
Threadneedle and Legal & General among those flocking to Weybridge, Reading and Southampton
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Markets
Power of 10
Wrenbridge is marketing the remainder of its Space 10 scheme in Papworth for sale or lease.
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News
HSBC £1bn HQ sales in sight
Bank close to sale and leasebacks of New York and London properties to American-Israelis and Koreans
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News
DTZ and Clearbrook plan £1bn index-linked fund
Inflation-linked property venture ties up £400m purchase and leaseback with Tesco