All Property Week articles in 10 August 2018 - Digital only RESI preview special – Page 4
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OnlineNetwork Space nets Tameside leisure scheme approval
Totally Wicked Stadium developer Network Space has received the green light to deliver a £14m leisure scheme in Tameside including a swimming pool and ten-pin bowling alley.
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OnlineMike Ashley buys House of Fraser
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct has agreed to buy the House of Fraser department store chain for £90m.
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OnlineBlackstone refinances London’s St Katharine Docks
Allianz Real Estate and Brookfield have refinanced Blackstone’s St Katharine Docks, London.
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OnlineWeWork reveals huge losses despite revenue leap
WeWork, the coworking giant, has released its first set of financial results showing second-quarter sales more than doubled from a year earlier, but that losses rocketed more than four-fold.
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NewsSavills shares continue to tumble
Savill’s share price continued to fall on Friday after the company reported a 10% fall in underlying profit on Thursday.
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OnlineHouse of Fraser falls into administration
House of Fraser has appointed administrators after talks with potential suitors failed.
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InformationProperty Week Digital Edition – 10 August 2018 [ONLINE ONLY EDITION]
Digital-only issue: RESI, steady, go
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NewsSouthern secures housing approval for Shoreham regeneration scheme
Southern Housing Group has received planning permission from Adur Worthing Council for a mixed-use housing development at Free Wharf on the River Adur.
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InsightDigital-only issue: RESI, steady, go
Has there ever been a more exhilarating – or terrifying – time to be working in the residential sector? I can’t think of one. The sector has had to deal with challenge after challenge this year: the fourth housing minister in 12 months, the chaos caused by Brexit, the ailing ...
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InsightBuilding quotas put communities at risk
The pressure is on housing developers like never before. The government is calling for 300,000 new homes to be built every year until at least 2025. This would be the fastest rate of building since the 1950s.
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InsightWhat do the 'silver generation' want in retirement?
Retirement and elderly care residences are in demand in the UK. Between the turn of the millennium and 2016, life expectancy jumped from 77.7 years to more than 80 years old.
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InsightWe should aim to meet growing demand for high-tech, collaborative retirement living
Much has been written about the housing needs and desires of millennials, but I would argue that, with our ageing population, the sector should also be paying attention to how innovation in technology and design can be applied to providing better housing options for seniors.
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InsightWhat can we learn from the Emoov story?
There’s something special about the number 100. In sports, an American football field is 100 yards long. In science, 100 degrees Celsius is the boiling temperature of water. And, in finance, most currencies are divided into 100 sub-units. So, when a start-up I invested in five years ago increases in ...
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OnlineBuy-to-let squeeze set to send rents higher
The RICS has predicted that the squeeze on buy-to-let landlords will cause rents to rise by around 15% over the next five years.
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OnlineInvesco buys Irish student development for £47m
Invesco Real Estate has agreed to forward fund a new student accommodation scheme in Ireland for £47m.
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OnlineSavills sees significant profit fall in H1
Savills has reported a double digit drop in profits in the first half of the year as lower commercial property deal volumes in the UK and Asia hit the firm’s bottom line.
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OnlineBellway's share price falls on trading update
Bellway’s share price fell on Wednesday ever though the housebuilder reported double-digit revenue growth in a trading update ahead of its annual results in October.
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ProfessionalTerrorism-proofing should be a pre-requisite for all workplaces
Darren Wood talks about terrorism-proofing in the UK’s workplaces and his experience as a security consultant
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NewsMayfair’s PITCH buys warehouse for £16.9m
Mayfair Capital’s The Property Income Trust for Charities (PITCH) has purchased The Big Berry, a 203,442 sq ft distribution warehouse, in Droitwich for £16.9m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.44%.
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OnlineSharp fall in EMEA EBITDA for JLL
JLL has reported a sharp drop in profitability for its business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in the second quarter.
