All Property Week articles in 10 March 2017 – Page 6
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Welcome to Sarajevo: the green shoots of a property recovery
It has been a long time coming, but Sarajevo is finally seeing green shoots of recovery.
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City questions £11bn merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen
Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management have claimed their £11bn merger will create a “formidable player” and is “excellent” for their clients. But the market did not appear to agree.
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Candys trial: Christian defends private investigator links
Christian Candy defended his links to a scandal-hit private investigator while denying allegations that he intimidated former debtor Mark Holyoake in the High Court this week.
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‘Staycation’ trend boosts UK holiday park market
Toronto-based private equity firm Onex Corporation completed a £1.35bn acquisition of camping and caravan holiday park operator Parkdean Resorts this week, underscoring growing interest in the holiday park market on the back of the ‘staycation’ trend.
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New order: North West powers up
Sir Howard Bernstein’s shoes will not be easy to fill. In his near-20-year tenure as chief executive of Manchester City Council, he has co-ordinated the regeneration of the city core following the IRA bomb blast of 1996 and been hugely successful in attracting investors to what is now the beating ...
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Spring Budget: Hammond makes no mention of punitive stamp duty regime
The industry has turned on chancellor Philip Hammond for failing to address the government’s damaging stamp duty regime in today’s budget.
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Sellar’s Noah’s Ark legacy
Charity Noah’s Ark has praised the “invaluable contribution” it received from legend Irvine Sellar right up until his shock passing last weekend.
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Spring Budget: Property reacts to 'pathetic' business rates changes
Property experts have slammed chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget for failing to help companies facing huge business rates hikes.
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Everton stadium: new blue horizon?
As the old saying goes, ‘good things come to those who wait’. If that’s true, then fans of Everton FC, who first saw designs of the ‘new Goodison’ back in 1997, have every right to expect a stadium on a par with Wembley.
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Neo office building: the future is flexible
North West developer Bruntwood made something of a departure from the norm when it embarked upon its latest office development, Neo.
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New German director for Savills
Savills has appointed Philipe Fischer as a director in its German investment team.
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Separated at birth: Jason Biggs and Peter York
If anyone leaves a pie out in CBRE’s national office agency department, colleagues may find out whether it’s more than just a likeness that surveyor Peter York shares with American Pie’s Jim Levenstein (AKA actor Jason Biggs).
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Abstract Securities lets 17,000 sq ft at St Vincent Plaza to Wood Group
Abstract Securities has let 17,249 sq ft at its St Vincent Plaza office scheme in Glasgow to oil and gas services company Wood Group, as tipped by Property Week .
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Iceni Projects hires Dan Jestico for sustainable development team
Planning consultancy Iceni Projects has appointed Dan Jestico as its director of sustainable development team.
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Madison International Realty appoint co-chief investment officers
Madison International Realty has appointed current managing director Carey Flaherty and Derek Jacobson as co-chief investment officers.
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Parkdean Resorts snapped up by Canadian private equity firm for £1.35bn
Toronto-based private equity firm Onex Corporation has bought Britain’s biggest holiday parks business, Parkdean Resorts, in a £1.35bn deal.
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Matalan reduces store size Pallion Retail Park by 20,000 sq ft
Matalan has reduced their floor space at Europa Capital and Ediston Real Estate’s Pallion Retail Park in Sunderland from 50,000 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft.
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A northern soul: Eamonn Boylan interview
In 1979, Eamonn Boylan came to Manchester to study English and American literature. And but for a brief sojourn across the Pennines, Cumbria-born Boylan has stayed in the city that has become his spiritual home ever since.
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Social housing enterprise: home is where the heart is
Think of Liverpool’s residential stock and the unfortunate picture that comes to mind is row after row of derelict red-brick terraced houses with boarded-up windows.
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Five minutes with: Dan Davies of Metis Real Estate Advisors
Metis Real Estate Advisors’ director of leisure on lateness, DIY and the joy of a crisp sandwich.