All Property Week articles in 03 August 2012 – Page 4
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Developer wins Dagenham scheme by a Countryside mile
The London Borough of Barking Dagenham has selected Countryside Properties as the preferred developer to regenerate Goresbrook Village in Dagenham.
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DTZ appoints head of EMEA retail
DTZ has appointed Adrian Powell, formerly its head of retail development, as head of EMEA retail.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Your Olympics photos
We asked the property industry to send in pictures of their Olympic experience.
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Lloyds picks buyer for £625m distressed loan sale
Lloyds Banking Group has picked a preferred bidder in the sale of a £625m distressed loan portfolio, propertyweek.com can reveal, as the bank continues to reduce its boom time property legacy.
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OBI Property wins Bureau Veritas mandate
OBI Property has won a contract to manage the UK portfolio of Bureau Veritas.
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Planning consultant enters administration
One of the UK’s largest planning consultants has gone in to administration.
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Propinvest hits back over £950m administration
Propinvest today criticised the decision to put a portfolio it manages, which has an outstanding £950m loan, into administration.
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SWIP boosts fund by 65% since grabbing Invista mandate
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has increased the size of its HIFML UK Property fund by 64.9% since winning the mandate in May last year.
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Hammerson retail chief departs
Hammerson’s managing director of UK retail has handed in his resignation citing “family reasons”, and will leave the retail REIT at the end of September.
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Hammerson retail chief departs
Hammerson’s managing director of UK retail has handed in his resignation citing “family reasons”, and will leave the retail REIT at the end of September.
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Deichmann a shoe-in at The Mall Walthamstow
German shoe retailer Deichmann has opened a 4,500 sq ft store at The Mall Walthamstow.
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Grim 12 months for HMV as sales slide
Beleaguered retailer HMV today reported a drop in like-for-like sales of 12.1%, and a loss of £38.6m in the year ended 28 April.
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Property bankers rebrand as “lenders”
The Association of Property Bankers has changed its name to the Association of Property Lenders, in a bid to reflect the “changing shape of property finance”.
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Green light for University of Cambridge to develop £1bn scheme
The University of Cambridge has been granted planning permission for its proposed mixed-use development in north-west Cambridge, which has an estimated end value of up to £1bn.
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Grainger ramps up sales drive
Listed residential landlord Grainger sold £202.1m of property in the 10 months to July 2012, up 13% on the previous year, as it continued to pay down debt and decrease the size of its portfolio.
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Savills' fee income drops
Lower transaction income led to a 4% drop in profits at Savills for the first half of 2012, as increased revenues from property management went some way to plugging the gap.
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British Land to offload Ropemaker Place
Agents have been instructed to sell Ropemaker Place, the £500m former headquarters of Merrill Lynch near Liverpool Street Station, on behalf of British Land.
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Savills' transactional income drops
Lower transactional income led to a 4% drop in profits at Savills for the first half of 2012, as increased revenues from property management went some way towards plugging the gap.
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Lenders pull plug on £950m loan
A £950m loan secured against a distressed secondary property portfolio has been called in by its lenders, in one of the biggest property insolvencies since the downturn, propertyweek.com can reveal.
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Midweek Bulletin: Fitness First's CVA challenge
With the announcement today that landlords affected by the collapse of Fitness First in May had ditched plans to challenge the gym operator’s CVA vote, Property Week explores the ins-and-outs of the process.