All Property Week articles in 05 March 2010 – Page 2
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Qatar's Barwa denies $2bn sell-off
Qatar's Barwa Real Estate has denied reports that it was in talks to sell off its $2bn Barwa City project.
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Morgan Stanley man relaxed over China 'bubble'
Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, said he saw a “false alarm” in tales of asset bubbles or an imminent banking crisis in China. Roach, who commented in an e-mailed note, said that Chinese authorities recognize that stimulus must be tempered and “have been among the first to implement ...
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Liberty International to demerge
Liberty International is to split its company into two separate businesses – Capital Shopping Centres and Capital & Counties – which will trade on the London Stock Exchange.
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Dubai World’s Birkett held London talks with HSBC, national says
Dubai World’s Chief Restructuring Officer Aidan Birkett held talks with HSBC Holdings Plc in London yesterday to outline proposals for the state-owned holding company’s debt restructuring, The National reported, without citing anyone.
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U.K. house price gauge shows fewer gains in February, RICS says
A U.K. house price gauge showed fewer increases in values last month than economists forecast as more people tried to sell their homes, a sign the property market may be running out of steam.
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General Growth investors add $3.93bn to Brookfield plan
General Growth Properties Inc. said its biggest debt and equity holders offered to jointly invest $3.93 billion in the company, bolstering a plan with Brookfield Asset Management Inc. to bring the mall owner out of bankruptcy.
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Hundreds of petrol stations at risk from business rates
Hundreds of petrol stations could be forced to close, following substantial increases in their business rates, it has been claimed.
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“Youth panel” to assist in Olympic Legacy design
Twenty-two young people from the five Olympic boroughs have been appointed to a panel to help shape the future of the Olympic Park.
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BNP Paribas Real Estate Scottish Office Market: Winter 2010 Review
"The recession has been much deeper than was anticipated. Total GVA (Gross Value Added) for Scotland contracted sharply by 4.4% in 2009, broadly in line with the national average. This year will see a slow recovery for the Scottish economy as output growth for the financial and business services is ...
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CB Richard Ellis Marketview: Leeds Offices 2009
"At the start of the year, the outlook for the Leeds investment market was relatively bleak with investor confidence low as a result of the economic problems, weak occupationaldemand and noticeable scarcity of debt. Yet despite these prevailing conditions the market improved over the course of the year and by ...
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Six councils get £420m for school projects
Six councils have today sealed funding from the government's Building Schools for the Future programme to rebuild or refurbish schools.
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PWTV: Ezra Nahome on the banks and recovery in advance of our live video webcast
Ezra Nahome, chief executive of Lambert Smith Hampton, spoke to Property Week in advance of its innovative live video webcast on recovery in 2010.
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Sharing public property could save Lewisham £15m a year
Public bodies in Lewisham could save up to £15m annually through jointly managing their property, a report has shown.
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PWTV: Property Come Dine With Me, Edinburgh - Episode Two
Scandal erupted on the second night of Property Come Dine With Me as Victoria Silver, hit by faulty freezers and broken crockery, failed to provide her diners with part of the billed meal at her home.
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CIT buys London residential site for £51m
CIT Group has bought a residential site in London overlooking Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill in St John’s Wood for £51m.
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Gala Bingo bets on Farnborough
Gala Bingo has signed up to anchor St Modwen’s town centre regeneration scheme in Farnborough, Hampshire.
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Premier Inn signs with Westfield at Olympic site
Whitbread-owned Premier Inn hotel has signed up with Westfield, the Australian shopping centre developer, to open a 267-bedroom budget hotel at Stratford, next to the Olympic Stadium.
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General Growth bankruptcy plan extended
The judge hearing mall owner General Growth Properties's bankruptcy case gave it another four months of exclusive control over its fate, a shorter reprieve than the company had requested but longer than some of its suitors and creditors had wanted.
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Brookfield Multiplex may list office assets
Brookfield Multiplex has not ruled out that the company plans to list $4bn worth of office property in 2010.
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Former HK government quarters attract little interest
High investment risk has kept most developers away from the tender for the former government quarters in Caldecott Road near Piper's Hill in Kowloon.