All Property Week articles in 08 August 2008 – Page 2

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    Property fund manager warns of 25% exit price cut

    2008-08-15T12:51:00Z

    Schroders has warned investors looking to exit one of its open-ended property funds that doing so could see their units devalued by up to a quarter.

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    Last chance to play in our free Fantasy Football League

    2008-08-15T12:13:00Z

    Join more than 400 hundred other fantasy managers in our completely free league and be in for a chance to win VIP tickets to the FA Cup Final.

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    Healthy expansion

    2008-08-15T10:55:00Z

    Health food retailer Holland & Barrett is continuing its expansion scheme with five new openings around the UK, despite a tough forecast for the retail sector.

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    Individual Restaurant Company plans UK expansion

    2008-08-15T09:25:00Z

    Manchester-based Individual Restaurant Company has secured £18.5m from Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets to fund its national expansion plans.

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    US group to buy ING's 88 Wood Street in City of London

    2008-08-15T08:50:00Z

    Atlantic Property Partners is under offer to buy ING Real Estate’s 88 Wood Street in the City of London for around £190m.

  • News

    Slowdown threatens 8m sq ft of development

    2008-08-15T08:08:00Z

    Plans for more than eight million sq ft of speculative office buildings could be shelved as the financial sector retrenches and cuts its demand for space in the City of London.

  • News

    British Land confirms Cheesegrater halt in gloomy statement

    2008-08-15T08:07:00Z

    British Land confirmed it will halt development on its landmark City skyscraper known as the Cheesegrater as demand for office space in the financial sector continues to decline.

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    B&B has hopes for better luck than HBOS

    2008-08-15T08:05:00Z

    Bradford & Bingley is hoping its £400m rights issue, which closes this morning, will attract greater shareholder support than the disastrous capital raising of rival HBOS, though a large chunk of shares is still expected to end up in the hands of underwriters.

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    Tesco scheme caught in Turkish bribery case

    2008-08-15T08:04:00Z

    Tesco has become embroiled in a Turkish political scandal after the development of its largest store in the country was caught up in bribery allegations.

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    Eurozone edges towards recession

    2008-08-15T08:03:00Z

    The eurozone moved closer to recession yesterday after it emerged that the economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time since the euro’s launch.

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    Goodman seals UKAEA partnership

    2008-08-15T08:02:00Z

    the international property group, has formed a public private partnership with the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the Science and Technology Facilities Council that will see the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus develop into one of the world’s principal locations for scientific, academic and business collaboration. The partnership will run ...

  • News

    Tesco targets Chicago

    2008-08-15T08:01:00Z

    Tesco is set to open an office in Chicago ahead of launching Fresh & Easy convenience stores there, as it seeks to expand its fledgling convenience store chain beyond the west coast.

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    Offer pricing adds £20m to New

    2008-08-15T07:59:00Z

    More than £20m was added to the value of New Star International Property yesterday when the £678m fund reverted to pricing its units on an offer basis.

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    Bellway posts gloomy outlook

    2008-08-15T07:58:00Z

    Bellway added more gloom to the housing market as it announced that reservations had fallen by about 45% for the second half of the financial year, compared with the same period in 2007. It added that completed sales had fallen by 14.2% on last year as lenders restricted their finance ...

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    US foreclosures jump 55%

    2008-08-15T07:57:00Z

    The number of American households sinking into the foreclosure process rose by 55% in July with 272,000 receiving a notice of default or its equivalent. One in every 464 US households faces the risk of losing its home, according to RealtyTrac, the property market research group.

  • Online

    Gulliford joins CBRE

    2008-08-14T17:50:00Z

    James Gulliford will join CB Richard Ellis this month as national head of out-of-town retail investment within its retail capital markets team.

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    Shelley Sandzer to let Portobello Dock

    2008-08-14T16:13:00Z

    Agent Shelley Sandzer has been appointed by Derwent London to let part of the former home of Virgin Music at Portobello Dock.

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    Greggs joins Trinity Walk

    2008-08-14T16:10:00Z

    Modus has signed Gregg’s bakers to its Trinity Walk scheme in Wakefield.

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    Café Nero comes to Hammersmith

    2008-08-14T16:08:00Z

    Café Nero has agreed to take a lease on a site on the Hammersmith roundabout in London.

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    IPD reveals July property total returns fall to -1.3%

    2008-08-14T15:59:00Z

    IPD has revealed the UK Monthly Property Index for July showed all property total returns fell to -1.3% which was slightly less than June where total returns stood at -1.5%.