All Property Week articles in 1 June 2018
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Make sure your views are heard in 2018's logistics census
Industrial and logistics is the best performing real estate sector at the moment. Driven by insatiable demand from online retailers, the sector has attracted investors in their droves and the sector has gone from strength to strength.
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New head of pan-European retail in BNP PRE resuffle
BNP Paribas Real Estate has reshuffled its pan-European team with Patrick Delcol taking over the retail brief within the International Investment Group (IIG) and Marcin Klammer taking over as chief executive for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
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BL eyes Fizzy Living acquisition to target BTR
British Land is in the early stages of talks to buy Fizzy Living, the build-to-rent (BTR) development company, owned by Thames Valley Housing.
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New director general for housing appointed at MHCLG
Jeremy Pocklington will take over the position of director general for housing at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in September.
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Shojin secures £2.1m in six months via crowdfunding
Shojin Property Partners has secured over £2.1m for development projects with predicted annual returns between 20-25%, six months after launching its property crowdfunding platform.
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Sotheby's secures new resi development director with trio of senior hires
Auction house giant Sotheby’s UK realty business has made a trio of senior hires from Savills, CBRE and Knight Frank.
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Capital & Centric unveils £50m plan to convert Littlewoods building into film complex
Developer Capital Centric has teamed up with a major UK film studio for plans to convert the former Littlewoods building in Liverpool into a £50m filming complex.
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BPF calls for urgent review of CVAs
The British Property Federation (BPF) has called on the government to conduct an urgent review of CVAs arguing that their miss-use “risks undermining the UK’s global reputation”.
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House prices up but growth slows
House prices in the three months to May were 1.9% higher than at the same point last year, but growth is slower than the 2.2% annual growth in April, the latest Halifax survey has shown.
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House of Fraser set to close 31 stores
House of Fraser is set to close more than half its 59 department stores, which could lead to the loss of 6,000 jobs, as another CVA hits the UK high street.
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Workspace shares fall after new offering
Workspace share price ended 2.92% down on Wednesday at 1,131.00p after the company reported its annual results and completed a share placing raising £179.5m
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OnTheMarket reveals heavy losses and a fall in listings for 2017
OnTheMarket has revealed an operating loss of £10.8m in its annual results following a lack of cash and a costly litigation battle in the run up to its float on the junior stock market earlier this year.
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NewRiver buys Grays shopping centre
NewRiver has paid £20.2m for Grays Shopping Centre in Essex, and has unveiled plans to add a hotel, flats, gym, and supermarket to the scheme.
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Inland Homes sells Ashford site in £95m land and development deal
Inland Homes has sold its Brooklands College site in Ashford, Middlesex, to housing association A2 Dominion in a £94.7m deal.
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Clarion heads north with £47m site acquisition in Sandbach
Clarion Housing Group’s private development company Latimer has made its biggest acquisition in the North West to date by agreeing to buy a 165-home site in Sandbach, Cheshire, with a £47m gross development value.
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Instant's Beer arrives to head up workplace brand CBRE 360 in EMEA
CBRE has appointed former Instant Group director Josh Beer to head up the EMEA division of its recently launched workplace-focused business, CBRE 360.
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Aprirose makes first move into aparthotels with Dalston acquisition
Aprirose has acquired a site in Dalston, London with planning permission for a £40m aparthotel development, marking its first foray into the sector.
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Workspace raises £179.5m through share placing
Workspace Group raised £179.5m on Wednesday from a share placing announced earlier in the day.
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RO brings on Kier's Casey as real estate projects director
RO has appointed former Kier Property senior project manager Mark Casey as a projects director within its real estate division.
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Noé-backed Goldacre launches RElab to boost proptech start-ups
Industry heavyweight Leo Noé’s boutique investment house Goldacre has launched a new accelerator programme to support proptech start-ups to grow through partnership and investment.