All Property Week articles in 02 October 2009 – Page 4
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Scottish housing associations snap up cheap land
Housing associations are making the most of cheaper land prices and snapping up development sites abandoned by private builders hit by the property slump.
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Construction output 'set to fall'
Output in the construction industry will experience its sharpest fall since 1948 this year and is not expected to return to significant growth for more than a decade.
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Taylor Wimpey considers North American sell-off
Taylor Wimpey will explore the sale of its troubled North American housing business this autumn in a move that could raise more than £560m.
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Tesco sounds out US push
Tesco has embarked on the first significant advertising campaign for its Fresh & Easy stores as Britain’s biggest retailer fights to make a success of its foray into the US.
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Anglo Irish Asset Finance issues High Court claim against former Modus Ventures directors
Anglo Irish Asset Finance, part of Anglo Irish Bank, has issued a claim in the UK High Court against Brendan Flood and Mike Riddell, former Modus Ventures directors, over personal guarantees made against loans from Anglo to their company.
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CBRE appointed on Bluewater
Lend Lease has appointed CB Richard Ellis as joint leasing agent for Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. CBRE will work with existing agency DTZ.
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Former Woolworths at Farnborough and Elephant & Castle leased
St. Modwen has let two former Woolworths stores at its Elephant & Castle shopping centre and Farnborough town centre scheme.
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Travelodge green light at Covent Garden
Travelodge has received planning permission for a 249-room extension to its Covent Garden hotel in Drury Lane.
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BPF appoints director for real estate
The British Property Federation’s Ian Fletcher has been appointed to a new expanded role as director of real estate.
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USS buys in Solihull
Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has bought a high street block in Solihull town centre for £11.45m.
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SWIP and Cushman & Wakefield Investors launch Euro retail fund
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) and Cushman & Wakefield Investors have joined forces to launch a €500 European retail property fund.
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BPF calls for regulation of buy-to-let mortgages and investment clubs
The British Property Federation (BPF) is calling for all buy-to-let mortgages and property investment clubs to be FSA regulated.
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PW Podcast: Joanna Embling, Simon Camamile and Debt Wizard Michael Collins
This month we are visited in the Property Week Podcast studio by Simon Camamile – European Director – National Investment, Industrial at Jones Lang LaSalle, who talks about the road to recovery and loooks back on some of the highlights from his years in the business.
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Industrial lettings falls 75% in first half of the year.
Industrial take-up in the first half of the year was down 75% on the same period in 2008 according to figures from Jones Lang LaSalle’s UK Logistics Market Report.
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Deep Heat for Centralpoint
The Mentholatum Company has taken 64,635 sq ft at TAL CPT Land Development’s Centralpoint at the Eurocentral junction of the M8, near Glasgow.
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LaSalle in talks to buy Bexleyheath shopping centre from Mall fund
LaSalle Investment Management is in talks to buy the Mall Fund’s Bexleyheath shopping centre in Kent.
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Canadians take major stake in Colliers CRE
The fourth largest real estate advisor in the world and the largest member of Colliers International has made a ‘substantial’ equity injection into Colliers CRE.
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Multi and Aviva sign three more in Bath
Multi Development and Aviva Investors have signed up another three retailers, following six that signed last week, at its Southgate scheme in Bath.
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Government allows developers to extend planning permissions
The government has allowed developers to extend their existing planning permissions to give them more time to weather the economic downturn.