All Property Week articles in 07 August 2009 – Page 10
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News
Derivatives trades inch up
The volume of Investment Property Databank (IPD) index property derivatives traded in the second quarter nudged up on the previous quarter to £708m
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Professional
Savings for a rainy day
The recession has brought greater impetus to the government’s drive to encourage councils to make £70bn of savings through improved asset management
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News
Darfield pounces on St James’s
Darfield Investment, a joint venture between Investec GLL Special Opportunities Fund and Armstrong Management Holdings, has bought the 90,720 sq ft 20-24 Carlton House Terrace in London ’s St James’s from Hermes for around £70m, as tipped by Property Week (news, 12.06.09).
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Insight
Will the crunch kill Crossrail?
Work has finally begun on London’s east-west rail link, but the scheme’s future under both Labour and the Conservatives is by no means certain
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News
Mac expands at Liverpool’s Metquarter to create its largest store in Europe
Cosmetics retailer Mac is expanding at Liverpool’s Metquarter to create its largest store in Europe
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Markets
Grosvenor takes Liverpool's One Park West three to court
Developer could seek damages against private investors attempting to pull out of purchases
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Insight
Councils' litany of shame
Sir, May I add to the litany of local authorities’ legalised theft (Pay and pay and pay as you go, 03.07.09), the vogue of planning departments to charge for pre-application meetings, and indeed any contact prior to submission
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Professional
The companies they keep
Aditi Shah talks to two young entrepreneurs about their start-up ventures, and speaks to one young ‘old hand’ about how to get ahead
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News
Five Paul Green companies collapse
Five companies owned by entrepreneur Paul Green were put into administration or receivership last month: Elementary Property Company, Premier Markets, Elementary Holding Company, Thorotat and Quest Investments
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News
Goodman gets dose of Chinese medicine
China Investment Corporation to invest A$500m in Australian developer
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News
Readers unhappy with RICS chief's package in online poll
RICS chief executive Louis Armstrong’s £406,000 remuneration package has triggered strong opinion with 89.4% of Property Week readers polled stating: ‘It’s too much in a recession’
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Markets
The right chemistry?
In Harwell, Daresbury and Aberdeen, joint ventures with science councils are putting the UK’s reputation for world-class research facilities into developers’ hands
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Professional
Spending 'health check' to hit local government property
Total Place initiative will force councils to capitalise on rise in values in the public estate
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News
Warner chief: 'reasonable' chance of refinancing
Warner Estate Holdings’ chairman, Philip Warner, said last week he had ‘a reasonable expectation’ of refinancing the company’s £238m of net debt, after the property crash virtually wiped out its net asset value
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Professional
LandAid funds new London homeless centre
Residents at a centre run by homelessness charity Centrepoint explained what the opening of a Foundations for Life centre meant to them at a launch event attended by supporters of LandAid last month
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Professional
Time for tenants to cash in on tough market
Owners offer incentives to keep occupiers for the long haul, says Anthony Lorenz
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News
Lebanese investors buy Credit Suisse’s Canary Wharf office
Former Lebanese prime minister-backed M1 Real Estate in pole for Credit Suisse block
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News
DevSecs and Ellandi buy mall loan
Development Securities and Ellandi have paid £10m for a senior loan secured on a community shopping centre in the south-west of England