All Property Week articles in 12 May 2017 – Page 4
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InsightResi sector continues to fight the good fight
What a difference a week makes. This Wednesday, the great and the good of the residential sector gathered at Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane for the RESI Awards 2017.
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InsightIt’s time for a reality check — REITs are stuck in a rut
In The Matrix , Neo is offered a red pill that, if swallowed, will transport him to the harsh “truth of reality”, ie the real world, or a blue pill, which would take him back to a fantasy world of comfort and denial.
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NewsCBRE launches new online investment platform
CBRE has launched a new online platform across its EMEA business that will list properties for sale.
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NewsDuo quit CBRE to form retail investment firm
Two retail agents have left CBRE to create an independent investment firm, becoming the latest in a slew of agents from big firms to set up on their own.
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InsightSilver bullet: James Silver interview
It is rare for the development director of a property company to admit to “over-speccing” offices, but Landid’s James Silver does just that when we meet at the developer’s HQ off Carnaby Street to discuss its joint venture with Brockton Capital in the Thames Valley.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Dr Torolf Hamm and Edward Brown on how the real estate industry is tackling climate risk
Last month, a major new report on climate risk by insurance broker Willis Towers Watson called for tougher stress testing, among other measures, in order to tackle what it called the growing global climate resilience gap.
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NewsBlackstone to sell St Katharine Docks scheme
Blackstone has put a £435m for-sale sign over its St Katharine Docks scheme near Tower Bridge, London.
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InsightA beacon of hope for shopping centres
Imagine you have the next great product idea, the next great retail brand. What would you do? Thirty years ago, you would have opened a store.
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NewsLloyds Bank enters BTR lending market
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has provided its first loan for a standalone build-to-rent (BTR) scheme - supporting one of Aprirose’s most significant developments to date.
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NewsLothbury to convert London assets into PRS developments
Lothbury Investment Management is working up plans to convert several of its office and retail assets in London into private rented sector (PRS) developments of at least 150 units each, Property Week can reveal.
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NewsPalmer Capital secures £225m of equity for biggest-ever fund
Palmer Capital has launched its biggest fund to date - securing £225m of equity for the latest vehicle in its value-add fund series with CBRE Global Investment Partners (CBRE GIP).
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NewsGarage sales help LSH to raise more than £12m at latest sale
Lambert Smith Hampton’s (LSH’s) third auction of the year was boosted by a portfolio of garage assets that almost trebled their combined guide price.
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InformationProperty Week Digital Edition - 12 May 2017
JLL remuneration - WeWork - James Silver interview - PRS focus
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NewsSeparated at birth: Shia LaBeouf and Jamie Lester
When Metropolis heard the new Aitch Group director had appeared on the box we were not expecting a bona fide movie actor in the form of Shia LaBeouf. Our mistake. It was a star of the small screen: former Apprentice star Jamie Lester.
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NewsBasingstoke charity runners rock the retail route
Fast fashion took on a whole new meaning last weekend, as 300 runners raced through AEW’s Festival Place shopping centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
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NewsWhen planning is not so easy
It’s red - or should that be orange? - faces all round at easyHotel. Back in 2012, the budget hotel brand acquired a building at 80 Old Street, London, for a 92-bedroom hotel.
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NewsSDL sales down in Birmingham
SDL Auctions’ latest sale in Birmingham has fallen short of its year-on-year total.
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NewsAllsop markets £5m car park
A number of big-ticket properties will go under the hammer at commercial auctions in London this month, including a car park valued at more than £5m.
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MarketsAre amenities key to the success of build-to-rent in the UK?
The only thing everyone says they know for sure about the build-to-rent (BTR) sector is that no one knows for sure what works. BTR is a “fledgling sector”, according to experts. There are no right answers.
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InsightMacron victory is welcome boost for the French property market
The French real estate market is expected to rebound strongly following the victory of centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election.
