All Property Week articles in 11 July 2008 – Page 8
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Markets
Decision day looms on Trehaven’s Bedfont plan
No objections anticipated at public inquiry into 300,000 sq ft ‘green belt’ industrial scheme
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Professional
LandSecs and Fladgate in court battle
Law firm Fladgate has gone to court to halt a 316,000 sq ft scheme on its doorstep – and Land Securities has hit back with a £10m damages claim.
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News
Waitrose wins Islington battle
Waitrose has won a fierce battle to buy the leasehold of a foodstore in Islington, north London.
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Online
JP Morgan’s Barbican brawl escalates
US investment bank’s top brass hit back at resident association accusations
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Insight
Wrecking ball destroys route to recovery
You will find few examples of how out of touch this government is with the whole of business than the sight of the wrecking ball swinging across Britain.
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News
Baguley takes Meinl role
Sainsbury’s property director, Peter Baguley, is to join Austrian listed property company Meinl European Land as a non-executive director.
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News
Ex-Ask man’s Vision has Irish backer
Former Ask development director Stephen Cliff has set up a property company with backing from Irish investor Morgan Leahy.
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Markets
Bonnington Group’s plans for Gillette Corner scaled back
Bonnington Group’s luxury hotel plans for Gillette Corner have been scaled back because of the credit crunch.
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News
HBOS returns to auctions, but HSBC makes rapid withdrawal
Halifax puts 13 branches under hammer, but HSBC pulls sale and leasebacks days before auction
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Online
Auctions: surviving the collapse of Erinaceous
Mike Phillips speaks to ex-Harman Healy man Felix Rigg about being snapped up by King Sturge
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News
Nakheel and Auchan’s Dubai tie-up
Dubai developer Nakheel has teamed up with French retailer Auchan to open a series of hypermarkets across the emirate.
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News
London & Associated in new HBOS venture
London & Associated Properties, the listed retail property investor, has signed a £74m joint venture with the Bank of Scotland Corporate to invest in shopping investments across the UK.
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Online
MANCAT on the prowl at Ask’s Boddington Brewery
University ponders consolidation that could signal start of Ask and Realty’s £250m redevelopment
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News
Ashford to go green
Zed Homes has won its planning appeal to build a green housing scheme of more than 1,000 flats in Ashford, Kent.
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News
Aseana’s Vietnam venture
Aseana Properties has bought a minority stake in Vietnamese company Nam Long Investment Corporation for $18.03m (£9m) Nam Long is a private developer that was founded in 1992 and is one of the leading developers in the Vietnamese capital, Ho Chi Minh City.
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News
Asda rolls back property personnel
Supermarket chain Asda has made up to four people redundant in its property team as part of a wider restructuring of its planning and property teams.
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News
Tchenguiz’s Arkmile calls for EGM
Arkmile, the company controlled by Vincent Tchenguiz, has called for an extraordinary general meeting to address the winding-up of the Australian-listed Challenger Infrastructure Fund.
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Online
Manchester buzzing with Argent and council Hive deal
Northern Quarter arts hub project flies again after council agrees to back it
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News
GE appoints Euro investment head
Thierry Leleu has been appointed as managing director, Europe, for GE Real Estate’s new global investment management business.
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News
Gleeds appointed in Qatari capital
Gleeds has been appointed to manage the $3.2bn (£1.6bn) mixed-use Al Wa’ab City scheme in the Qatari capital, Doha.