All Property Week articles in 12 November 2010 – Page 2
-
Online
Wadham & Isherwood: Blackwater Valley Industrial Market Report - October 2010
A survey of industrial property transactions in the Blackwater Valley towns, undertaken by Wadham Isherwood, reveals that a total of 232,886 sq ft (21,635sq m) of industrial property of over 1,000 sq ft (92 sq m) was let or sold between April 2009 and September 2010.
-
Online
IPD: values rose just 0.1% in October
UK commercial property delivered a 15th consecutive month of positive capital growth in October, albeit at just 0.1%, according to the latest IPD UK Monthly Index.
-
Online
Green light for Manchester digs
Developer Marcus Worthington Properties has secured planning permission for a £22m student accommodation scheme in Manchester.
-
Online
Aerium launches €100m French retail fund
Fund manager Aerium has launched its Aerium Vendome I Fund to invest in prime retail real estate in France.
-
Online
MEPC sells Leavesden studios to Warner Bros
MEPC has completed the £22m sale of part of its 300-acre Leavesden Park near Watford to Warner Bros.
-
Online
H2SO launches iPhone app for occupiers
Central London property consultancy H2SO has launched an iPhone app to help businesses calculate how much office space they need.
-
Online
Government launches New Homes Bonus
Housing minister Grant Shapps has today pledged nearly £1bn of funding for councils that give planning permission for new housing development.
-
Online
Minerva shares slump on lack of letting news
Minerva’s shares dropped 8% yesterday following the publication of its first quarter interim management statement.
-
Online
Prime pulls IPO
Prime, the Worcester-based primary healthcare property company, has pulled its London stock market flotation.
-
Online
British Land and Blackstone to refurbish 199 Bishopsgate
Bluebutton Properties, a joint venture between fund manager Blackstone and developer British Land, is to undertake a £35m refurbishment of 199 Bishopsgate.
-
Online
Matrix launches first commercial property debt fund
Matrix Group has launched the Matrix Commercial Mortgage Fund which will focus exclusively on UK commercial investment property.
-
Online
REO's Battersea Power Station granted consent by Wandsworth
Wandsworth Council last night granted consent for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
-
Online
Pembroke set to buy 41 Lothbury
Pembroke Real Estate, the company that invests in property on behalf of the owners of giant fund manager Fidelity Investments, is under offer to buy 41 Lothbury in the City from Glenn Maud’s Propinvest.
-
Professional
Public Property Summit
Almost 1,300 property professionals in the private and public sectors attended Property Week’s Public Property Summit
-
News
Pound stretches
Value retailer Poundstretcher plans to “aggressively” expand to 500 stores in the UK by the end of 2012
-
Professional
Private sector to plug skills shortage
Speakers at last week’s Public Property Summit agreed that the public sector needs to runs its property more efficiently. But they questioned whether it has the skills to do so. And cuts of 30% to most public bodies’ budgets will make this worse.
-
Markets
Timely rent payments signal stability
Office occupiers paid rent on time for the first time in 12 months, in the third quarter ending September 2010, analysis by DTZ shows
-
Markets
Segro piecing together Trafford Park
Rent-slashing policy has resulted in jump in take-up but there is still work to do
-
News
Valad in third-party talks over sell-offs
Valad Property Group has held talks with third parties over asset sales or divestments of parts of its business
-
Professional
Turn public sector threats into an opportunity
Halfway through Sir Philip Green’s report on central government efficiency, published in October, there is a recommendation that gives food for thought: “A property strategy must be written and implemented”