All Property Week articles in 1 December 2017 – Page 4
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Insight
Retail outlook: shutting up shop
The collapse of BHS sent shockwaves through the retail sector last year. Property Week assesses the current landscape and asks if more failures are in store for 2018.
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Logistics at a tipping point
Some of the biggest names in industrial and logistics gathered at Property Week ’s recent Logistics Spotlight event to debate the challenges and opportunities at a critical juncture for the sector.
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Could construction slowdown be good for London market?
Deloitte’s latest London crane survey shows construction activity down almost 15% over the past year.
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News
Clipstone recruits SEGRO’s Priestley
Clipstone Investment Management has appointed SEGRO’s Paul Priestley as head of asset management.
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News
Everyman cinema to open in Lincoln scheme
Everyman Cinemas has signed to take a 12,000 sq ft cinema at Lincolnshire Co-op’s £70m retail and leisure scheme, the Cornhill Quarter, in Lincoln.
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Chancellor chooses cheap crowd-pleasers over vital planning system reform
The standard definition of an economist is a man who knows 50 ways to make love but has never met a woman.
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Budget is just part of the solution to the housing crisis
The chancellor’s Budget last week focused heavily on housing, with a cut in stamp duty for first-time buyers being a helpful boost for those already possessing the means and will to step on to the housing ladder.
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Britain is doing better than the naysayers make out
It is worth recalling that David Cameron, doing much better than expected, won a 12-seat majority in the House of Commons in May 2015 and we all looked forward to five years of strong and stable business-friendly government.
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LondonMetric chief exec flags ‘almost desperate search for yield’
LondonMetric chief executive Andrew Jones highlighted investors’ “almost desperate search for yield” in interim results this week, which showed strong growth in NAV and earnings.
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The big affordability question #PWSAdebate
Property Week and CBRE took to Twitter last week to ask if affordable student housing is possible.
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ARC de triomphe: £500m agritech business park planned for Cambridge
New £500m business park will “put the UK at the forefront of global innovation and productivity” in the agricultural sector.
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UBS targets £100m for long-income fund
Firm has already lined up a portfolio of supported living assets for the fund.
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Information
Property Week Digital Edition - 1 December 2017
London construction - Retail outlook - Shamil Thakrar interview - Ports, airports & rail freight focus - Sustainability tool
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Regions need new incubator space if they’re to retain talent
Developers urgently need to deliver new incubator and accelerator space in the UK’s regional cities if there is to be any chance of stemming the regional brain drain, warns Savills in its latest Skills, Talent and Labour Mobility report.
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Take-up of large industrial units continues to fall in Q3
Take-up of 100,000 sq ft-plus industrial units has fallen sharply this year – slumping in the third quarter to 23.6% below the 10-year quarterly average, reveals the latest BNP Paribas Real Estate industrial and logistics review.
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Professional
Q&A: Online calculator makes quick work of assessing green credentials of developments
Scorecard for professionals and the public alike promises to shed light on the sustainability of developments.
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News
Final auction of 2017 for LSH
Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) will offer 53 lots at its fifth and last auction of 2017 – where it is set to smash last year’s total.
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Mixed response to council tax hike on vacant homes
Policy aims to bring vacant homes back to use but won’t have effect on wealthy landlords, say critics.
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PDR allowing demolition is back on the political agenda
But experts say any new PDR is unlikely to give residential developers carte blanche to build what they like.
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Historic Leeds mill up for sale
One of the most recognisable historical buildings in Leeds will be sold at auction next week.