All Property Week articles in 11 December 2020 – Page 5
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OnlinePenguin Random House completes £67m sale and leaseback
Penguin Random House has completed a £67m sale and leaseback of one of its London offices to French real estate fund management company Sofidy.
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OnlineRegal London submits plans for mixed-use Docklands scheme
Regal London has submitted plans for a £500m mixed-use scheme in London’s Docklands.
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OnlineCanmoor appoints agents for Lowry Park scheme
Canmoor has appointed joint agents to market Lowry Park in Manchester ahead of construction starting on new accommodation at the industrial site.
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OnlineLease lengths tick up towards pre-Covid levels
Average commercial lease lengths in the UK have seen five months of consecutive growth since June, which recorded an 18-month low, according to CREDIA, the commercial real estate index by Re-Leased.
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NewsBritishvolt scraps Welsh electric battery ‘gigfactory’ plans
Britishvolt has scrapped its plans to build an electric battery “gigafactory” in Wales, opting for a site in Northumberland instead.
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OnlineLSL posts strong sales figures but revenue falls
Estate agency group LSL has posted its best sales figures in a decade despite the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on the residential market.
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OnlineBellway reveals strong rise in order book
Housebuilder Bellway has forecast a 25% rise in annual volumes after revealing home orders rose in the first few months of its fiscal year as the temporary stamp duty holiday boosted demand.
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InformationProperty Week Digital Edition – 11 December 2020
Jason and Brett Oppenheim, stars of US reality show Selling Sunset, on the art of selling homes to LA’s super-rich – Guy Harrington, CEO of Glenhawk, on the challenger lender’s new bridging product and wider expansion plans – Housing sector’s stars shine at last week’s virtual RESI Awards ceremony celebrating ...
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ProfessionalLet’s strive for greater inclusion
During lockdown, I found myself pondering why so often in a Zoom meeting I was the only person of colour in the room.
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ProfessionalEnd-users must be consulted on the workspace of the future
Post-Covid-19, office-space providers will need to shape their offer around what office workers want.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Maria Cheung, director and head of interior design at Squire & Partners
Maria Cheung, director and head of interior design at Squire Partners, on how she got started in property, the project she’s proudest of, her advice for young people and her cultural recommendations.
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ProfessionalYoung professionals look to change the property industry
NextGen Committee survey finds main issues are barriers to entry, workplace attitudes and line management.
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NewsRESI Awards celebrate the sector’s shining lights
The stars of the UK residential sector were celebrated last week at the glittering virtual RESI Awards.
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InsightVR and AR tech is a real game changer
Last month, Property Week and Freeths assembled an expert panel for a digital think tank on augmented reality (AR) versus virtual reality (VR), and how the property industry can harness these technologies.
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ProfessionalTest case appeal judgment looms
The Supreme Court’s judgment is eagerly awaited on an appeal of the test case brought by the FCA against a number of well-known insurers who have denied cover to their policyholders for Covid-related business-interruption insurance claims.
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NewsAgent P: Festive cheer
Friday 11 December, virtual Christmas drinks: I’d rather drink hemlock in hell, but the rest of Team P pinged ‘Yay!’ when Young Thruster suggested we should “bling up and drink up!” on Zoom at noon. Up the oik pops in an Eminem T-shirt, clutching a Becks. Is that a chromed-up ...
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NewsThere are many actors in this tragedy
It is all too easy to blame larger than life retail ‘tycoons’ like Sir Philip Green for the devastation that has been wrought across our high streets in the past few weeks and years.
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NewsThis week in… 2019
Shares in UK property stocks surged on the morning after the Conservatives secured a large majority in the general election.
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NewsUK property share prices start to bounce back from Covid-19
Diversified REITs expected to start increasing dividends, which are currently at 66% of pre-pandemic levels
