All Property Week articles in 10 October 2008 – Page 7
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Deals in peril as Kaupthing UK is forced into administration
Purchases by Candys and Richard Caring threatened by demise of Icelandic bank’s UK arm
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Hammerson to dine in Aberdeen
Hammerson has secured four restaurants at its £250m Union Square in Aberdeen.
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Telereal in talks to buy Trillium for £950m
Land Securities notifies other bidders of exclusivity agreement
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BPF applauds PPS6 changes
The British Property Federation has welcomed proposed changes to PPS6, the planning policy that regulates in-town development.
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Unite third closing nets 58m
Unite third closing nets £58m Unite, the student accommodation provider, has raised £58m of equity from institutional investors at the third closing of its Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund.
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Shares in CB Richard Ellis plunge 37% in a week
Market jitters and fears over $2.5bn debts wipe more than a third off firm’s value
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The Prague office market, H1 2008
The Prague office market saw very strong leasing activity in the first half of 2008, with take-up of almost 135,000 sq m, nearly double the total recorded in the same period of 2007.
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Investors circle £1bn UK property remains
Progress on sale of Dawnay Day UK and Dunedin Industrious portfolios
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Case news: Waltham Forest v Leaseholders of Right-to-Buy (26.07.08) and Chilton-Merryweather v Hunt (19.09.08)
Warren Gordon looks at a case where a council failed to consult on service charges, while Jonathan Ross examines an appeal for a Council Tax rebate because of traffic pollution
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Olympic funding for journalists’ space in jeopardy
‘A cashflow problem’ has hit London’s Olympic Village, forcing plans for the 2012 media centre to be scaled back by £100m, according to Hackney major Jules Pipe.
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London mayor defends delay on railway expansion plans
Boris Johnson and Transport For London have decided to delay the expansion of the Docklands Light Railway towards the outer London borough of Dagenham.
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Community Land Trusts to be expanded
Housing minister Iain Wright has announced new powers to help keep homes affordable for communities in rural areas.
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High-street gift card group, Celebrations Holdings goes into administration
Celebrations Holdings Group, the high-street gift card retailer which trades under the names Card Warehouse and Cardfair, has gone into administration.
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David Hebditch named interim Humberts MD
David Hebditch has been named interim managing director of estate agency, Humberts.
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Rhenus Logistics pre-lets 70,000 sq ft in Birmingham's Gallan Park
Rhenus Logistics has pre-let the warehouse space at Gallan Park, Cannock as part of a a speculative, mixed-use scheme.
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Icelandic bank Kaupthing nationalised
Iceland’s largest lender, Kaupthing Bank has been nationalised and the board of directors has resigned.
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Centros's Bury St Edmunds shopping scheme signs three more retailers
Centros’s new scheme ‘arc’ has signed Paperchase, Clarks and Crew Clothing.
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House prices fall by 12.4% in a year, finds Halifax index
But there are signs of stability, as September’s prices fell by 1.3%; the smallest drop in seven months.
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Collingwood Rigby lets 77,500 sq ft in Birmingham
Hartlebury Trading Estate, part-owned by Birmingham-based asset managing agent, Collingwood Rigby has let a 77,500 sq ft industrial space to Forest Larchlap.