All Property Week articles in 09 March 2012 – Page 3
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News
Time for a Dollar
Londonewcastle and UK & European Investments have obtained planning permission for their Dollar Bay residential scheme in London’s Docklands.
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Markets
Yorkshire pins industrial hopes on distribution
Leeds Containerbase signed two tenants last month, taking the industrial warehouse complex off Wakefield Road to full capacity. Global freight handling company Yusen Logistics has taken 26,500 sq ft within D Shed, while French-owned car component manufacturer Treves UK will occupy the 28,000 sq ft C Shed on a 10-year ...
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Dirty protest at GVA
Ludgate is often accused of taking the piss, but allegations today are somewhat more, erm … solid.
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Markets
London flies flag for housing development
Residential development in the UK’s regions has been sluggish ever since the onset of the credit crunch in mid-2007, but values in many areas of London have barely taken a knock and schemes continue to shoot up at a rate of knots. David Hatcher looks at four of the capital’s ...
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Need to know: Lone Star takes Deutsche Post distress
US private equity firm teamed up with Canadian asset manager Dundee for Toronto flotation of German portfolio. Mike Phillips reports
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Markets
Westfield Derby is five down
The post-Christmas retail failures have resulted in Westfield Derby going from being fully let to having five vacant units.
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Yodel to shout down two depots in sale-and-leaseback strategy
Yodel, the parcel delivery group owned by the Barclay Brothers, wants to sell and lease back several of its depots to raise funds following their purchase of DHL Express.
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Professional
Debt markets remain tight, but REITs may ride to rescue
Writing in Property Week six months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, I suggested that, given the banking crisis, equity might need to replace debt as a means of funding, as in the 1980s (professional, 13.03.09). We are in the middle of a European sovereign debt crisis.
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Mayor to offload Dagenham dive
Mayor of London Boris Johnson is preparing to sell one of the largest brownfield sites in east London.
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Crest Nicholson floats on southern wave
Housebuilder wants to double output in south-east ahead of potential flotation
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FirstService creates new credit line
FirstService Corporation, the Canadian company that is considering a takeover bid for Colliers International UK, has increased its financial firepower.
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Threadneedle eyes Staples Corner Retail Park
Threadneedle Investments is poised to buy Staples Corner Retail Park in north London for a price thought to be just less than £60m.
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Markets
Lincoln’s Teal Park is cooking on gas
Siemens consolidates gas turbine overhaul facilities at 87 acre park. Christine Eade reports
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Professional
Despite eviction, protestors continue to occupy headlines
What can landowners do to protect themselves from squatters? By Caroline DeLaney
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Insight
The Shard and pylons: two tall tales of conservation lobbies
Last week’s cover story charted Irvine Sellar’s “epic struggle” to build the Shard, the new Tower of London.
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Chinese jeweller takes shine to UK
Neoglory Jewellery to launch Europe expansion ahead of Olympics
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Professional
Q + A: Prince's Regeneration Trust chief Ros Kerslake
The Regeneration Leaders’ Network, an initiative launched last month by national charity the Prince’s Regeneration Trust, examines how cash-strapped organisations can help to regenerate deprived areas. Trust chief executive Ros Kerslake explains the network’s aims.
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Markets
Hilton checks out of Newark over community levy
Newark, in Nottinghamshire, will be deprived of one of Hilton’s budget brands of hotel unless its developer, Manorcrest, can persuade Newark and Sherwood District Council to forgo the community infrastructure levy.
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Markets
Q + A: Michael Ingall's challenge at Clarence Dock
After the success of Spinningfields in Manchester, Allied London has taken on the underperforming Clarence Dock scheme in Leeds. Rachel Hunter quizzed chief executive Mike Ingalls on his plans
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Insight
Still going strong: An interview with CBRE's Mike Strong
“I’ve always felt that the market was likely to be dominated by four or five big players, like in accountancy. It hasn’t quite happened in property agency yet, but it’s now starting to move that way.”