All Property Week articles in 12 October 2012
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US retail giant sells CSC & CapCo stakes
Simon Property group today sold its stakes in Capital Shopping Centres and Capital & Counties, marking an exit from the most acrimonious UK takeover battle in recent years.
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OnlineStrutts' Howard to join BNP Paribas Real Estate
Charles Howard is leaving Strutt & Parker to join BNP Paribas Real Estate as a director in the West End team.
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OnlineSimon Property Group sells CSC and CapCo stakes for £200m
US retail giant Simon Property group today sold its stakes in Capital Shopping Centres and Capital & Counties, marking an exit from the most acrimonious UK takeover battle in recent years.
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OnlineUnion Investment launches €500m German real estate fund
Union Investment Real Estate is preparing to launch a second open-ended real estate fund worth an anticipated €500m.
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OnlineM&S completes Bracknell prelet
Marks Spencer has signed a prelet for an 80,000 sq ft store at the Bracknell town centre redevelopment, as tipped by Property Week last month .
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OnlineWaitrose wins planning for Chester store
Waitrose has secured planning permission for a 30,000 sq ft store near Chester city centre.
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OnlineExperts lambast "perverse" rates decision
The property industry has hit out at the government’s decision to postpone the next business rates revaluation from 2015 to 2017, claiming it strikes a further blow to the UK’s troubled high streets.
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OnlineUrban Splash director to leave
The deputy chief executive of Manchester-based developer Urban Splash will leave the company at the end of the month, it confirmed today.
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OnlineNisa signs up Sanderson Weatherall
Convenience store group Nisa has signed up Sanderson Weatherall to provide property services to the 1,080 independent operators of its 4,000 stores.
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OnlinePlanning reforms unveiled as Land Secs starts Victoria scheme
Developers will be able to amend “economically unrealistic” section 106 planning commitments, under new legislation unveiled today.
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OnlineARINC takes whole of Pegasus Place
The aviation, communications and engineering company, ARINC, will take more space at Pegasus Place.
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OnlineGrigg calls for fresh approach to planning and infrastructure
British Land’s chief executive has criticised the government’s approach to a range of planning issues, including change-of-use and major infrastructure.
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OnlineLongchamp to open Regent Street flagship
Luxury handbag retailer Longchamp has signed to open a flagship store on Regent Street.
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OnlinePortion of Kensington High Street up for sale
Prupim is marketing a parade of retail, office and residential space on Kensington High Street for an asking price of £28.5 m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.33%.
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OnlineHammersmith & Fulham to make Shepherd’s Bush CPO
The London Borough of Hammersmith Fulham this week signed a resolution to make a compulsory purchase order that will allow work to begin on the £150m regeneration of Shepherd’s Bush Market.
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OnlineIpsos chief: intergenerational equity is "huge issue"
The chief executive of leading pollster Ipsos Mori today said that equity between generations was a “huge issue” and that 61% of Londoners believed they would never own their own property.
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OnlineItsu signs in Southwark
Itsu, the sushi restaurant, will be the first to take space at the Harlequin Building at 65 Southwark Street.
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OnlineSainsbury’s chugs into Daventry
Prologis has signed a deal to build a 1m sq ft distribution centre at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, known as DIRFT II, for Sainsbury’s.
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OnlineServiced Office Group's £9m placing
Serviced Office Group has embarked upon a £9m fundraising exercise through the issue of 450m new ordinary shares at 2p.
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OnlineTicketmaster rocks up at Pentonville Road
Ticketmaster has signed a 12-year lease to occupy 47,700 sq ft of office space at 10-4 Pentonville Road in North London, recently renovated by Derwent London.
