All Property Week articles in 05 April 2012 – Page 2
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Online
HCA exceeds targets for 2011/12
The Homes and Communities Agency has brought 450 acres of brownfield land back into use this year, against a target of 395 acres, the authority said today.
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Online
Wainbridge in £38m debut residential buy
Newly-established residential venture Wainbridge Estates has teamed up with luxury homes specialist Finchatton to complete its first UK purchase, a £38m site in Knightsbridge.
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Online
Retail administrations increase by 15% in first quarter
The number of retail administrations in the first quarter of 2012 has increased by 15% to 69 compared, according to research by Deloitte.
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Online
Carlyle launches student accommodation brand
US private equity firm Carlyle has launches a new student accommodation brand as it looks to increase its exposure to the student living sector.
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Online
Mitsui Fudosan plans European property fund management arm
Japanese property giant Mitsui Fudosan is planning a new European property push, which will include the creation of a new property fund management business.
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Online
Cushman 2011 profit hit by hike in income tax but revenue jumps to $2bn
Cushman Wakefield suffered a 26% drop in net profit last year but achieved its second highest-ever revenue.
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Online
Threadneedle frontrunner for Segro regional sheds
Threadneedle is the frontrunner to buy a portfolio of Segro’s multi-let regional trading estates for around £170m.
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Online
Terrace Hill secures funding for Sunderland supermarket
Terrace Hill has completed the forward funding of a £35m supermarket development at a site in Sunderland. The 97,729 sq ft site has been pre-let to Sainsbury’s on a 25 year lease, and will include a six pump petrol filling station and 517 parking spaces. The development has been forward ...
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Cabot Properties buys £23m Leicestershire warehouse
Orchard Street Investment Management has sold a 362,000 sq ft distribution warehouse in Logix Park in Hinckley, Leicestershire to Cabot Properties for £23.2m.
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Peakside in talks to buy Allied Irish property subsidiary
Peakside Capital has confirmed it has entered into agreements to acquire Allied Irish Bank’s Polish property fund management subsidiary AIB PPM, as revealed by Property Week in October.
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Online
DevSecs sells Telford plot
Development Securities subsidiary Henry Davidson Developments has sold a 1.1 acre site at its scheme in Lawley Village Telford to housing and care provider Sanctuary Group it announced today.
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Insight
Rates: a missed opportunity
Sir, The coalition has made a virtue of being “pro business”. The chancellor’s pro-business Budget measures offer lower taxation on business profits and greater access to debt.
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Insight
Prepack predictions for LSH are premature
Lambert Smith Hampton was the name on everyone’s lips this week when the question: “Which agency will be next to attempt a prepack administration?” was raised.
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News
New: the Property Lexicon
If, like Property Week’s “adopted” Reading students, you are bamboozled by real estate jargon (workplace, p55), help is at hand.
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Professional
Manchester progresses with tax redistribution initiative
TIF funding and infrastructure on other councils’ wishlists. Sarah Townsend reports
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Professional
Manchester progresses with tax redistribution initiative
TIF funding and infrastructure on other councils’ wishlists. Sarah Townsend reports
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News
Whitgift revamp reaches impasse
The redevelopment of Croydon’s Whitgift Centre has reached a deadlock after the owners picked different development partners.
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Insight
Property funds now need to price green risk
The increasing requirement to measure energy use, water consumption and waste output has spawned a new industry of environmental accounting.
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News
Tesco subtracts first Homeplus
Tesco has agreed to assign the lease on one of its Homeplus stores to homewares retailer Dunelm Mill, following disappointing sales acrossits non-food stores.