All Property Week articles in 11 April 2008 – Page 6
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News
Project Blue
The joint venture between Christian Candy’s CPC Group and Qatari Diar, has submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks in west London . A total of 638 flats will be developed at the site, half of which will be affordable housing, as well as a boutique hotel, ...
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Insight
Mortgage malaise must bite property
‘What have been built across Britain aren’t just one-bedroom apartments. They are one-bedroom apartments for people with no possessions.’
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Online
Environmental services: beware of what lies beneath
David Lawson on a landmark House of Lords ruling on long-term site contamination
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Professional
The latest Total Office Cost Survey reveals the real rents behind the headlines
The latest Total Office Cost Survey, published this week, reveals the gap between headline rents and what tenants are actually paying.
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Online
Private investor funds begin fightback
Private investor property funds benefited from a turnaround in fortunes in the first quarter of 2008, and some posted positive total returns.
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Online
Danish chain to become part of UK furniture
Danish furniture retailer Jysk plans to open 500 stores in the UK over the next 20 years.
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Insight
Beckham‘s luxury Move
Sir, Cabo Sao Roque is in no way a regeneration scheme, but a luxury resort development on the Atlantic coast in northern Brazil (‘Beckham signs for Brazil regeneration scheme’, news, 20.03.08).
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News
Baker kneads up City lease
Le Pain Quotidien has taken a 3,750 sq ft, ground-floor unit on a 15-year lease at an undisclosed rent at Mitsubishi Estate Company and Mitsubishi Corporation’s 142,535 sq ft office scheme at Bow Bells House on Bread Street in the City of London.
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Parkwood bags German brace
Parkwood Asset Management, the property company of UK investors John Lorimer, Derek Lucie-Smith and Robert Maxted, has bought a brace of German properties, bringing its portfolio to €110m (£86.8m) in value.
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Markets
Back for seconds
The government should be more sympathetic to second-home owners, says Lucian Cook
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Speymill back in black
Speymill, the property investment manager and contractor chaired by Jim Mellon, returned to the black last year.
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Professional
Axe your tax
The Budget has moved the goalposts for this tax year. Here are our experts’ top 10 tax tips for entrepreneurs.
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News
JLL auction warns of ‘double dip’
Jones Lang LaSalle’s commercial property auction on Tuesday achieved a success rate of 70% a steep drop from the 92% achieved in February.
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Scottish stalwarts Henderson and Herd to leave Atisreal
Two Atisreal directors and senior figures in the Scottish property market are leaving the company to set up on their own.
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Crown Estate touts Pall Mall assets
The Crown Estate has put up for sale the 125-year long leaseholds of 67-68 and 69-70 Pall Mall in London ’s St James’s for £31.5m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5% and 5.01% respectively.
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Baugur to continue retail assault
Baugur boss Jon Asgeir Johannesson says the Icelandic company is still looking to buy retail business, despite a tougher financial climate.
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Swiss retailer Jelmoli announces two-way split
Jelmoli Holdings, the Swiss department store owner and operator, is to split into two separately listed companies.
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Alix Partners expands in Mayfair
Global financial advisory firm Alix Partners has taken 24,000 sq ft at Morley’s 20 North Audley Street in London’s Mayfair.