All Property Week articles in 10 August 2007 – Page 6
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Markets braced for more turmoil – Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent
The fallout from the US sub-prime crisis is expected to continue this week.
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WSP Group takes 70 Chancery Lane
The construction and design company WSP is under offer to take the whole of the office element at Ebble Developments’ 70 Chancery Lane scheme.
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July sees auction totals fall
The amount of money raised at auction in July was down on last year
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Bee Bee and Buccleuch submit Kettering plan
A joint venture between Bee Bee Developments and Buccleuch Property has submitted a planning application to build 5,500 homes as part of the eastern expansion of Kettering.
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Margate developer shortlist announced
Kent and Thanet councils have drawn up a shortlist of four developers for the regeneration of the seaside town of Margate.
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Cushman stars at Media City
Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed to advise Peel Holdings on its £400m Media City development in Salford Quays, near Manchester city centre.
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Dobbies recommends Tesco to shareholders
Garden centre chain Dobbies today recommended shareholders to accept Tesco’s takeover bid.
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Westfield goes shopping in Florida
Westfield has bought two shopping centres in Miami, Florida, for $400m (£197m) and has agreed to reduce its exposure to four shopping centres in St Louis, Missouri, for around $1bn (£490m)
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Regeneration areas outperform market
Total returns for shops, offices, industrial and housing in regeneration areas have outperformed their respective sectors in more established locations over the past five years, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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ABN Amro in new talks with RBS – Financial Times
The Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium vying to buy ABN Amro is again holding detailed talks with the Dutch lender, underlining a thawing in relations between the sides.
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Bush calls for transparency in home loans – Financial Times
President George W. Bush yesterday called for measures to increase financial literacy among Americans, acknowledging that many US homeowners had signed up for mortgages they did not fully understand.
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Istithmar poised to win fight for Barneys – Financial Times
Dubai state-controlled investment company Istithmar appeared to have won the battle to buy Barneys, the New York department store, after raising its offer to $942m. Rival bidder, Japan’s Fast Retailing, withdrew.
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Icahn seals $810m consolidation – Financial Times
Carl Icahn, the US activist investor, yesterday struck an $810m deal to take his investment funds public by folding them into American Real Estate Partners, a listed real estate partnership he controls.
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Schroders makes strong gains from investments – Financial Times
Private equity investments and helped lift interim profits at Schroders by 40%.
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Study shows higher returns from run-down areas – Financial Times
Research suggests that property investors can get the highest long term returns in regeneration areas.
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Investment funds rocked by market turmoil – Financial Times
BNP Paribas has frozen three funds exposed to the US subprime mortgage market.
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Equity markets suffer more losses from 'credit crunch' - Daily Telegraph
US and European equity markets suffered another day of losses on signs of a worsening ‘credit crunch’.
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Central banks inject emergency funds to aid markets - Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Independent
The European Central Bank yesterday made an emergency injection of €94.8bn (£64bn) of funds into the continent’s money markets.
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White Youngs transport tie-up
Building consultant White Young Green has bought transport adviser Savell Bird & Axon, which has offices in London, Manchester and Cardiff , and has worked on the Stevenage Town Centre regeneration, Croydon Gateway and the Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham.