All Property Week articles in 12 October 2012 – Page 6
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Markets
Tesco-backed Harris & Hoole filters on to high streets
Sibling-run coffee shop plots expansion, with a little help from Tesco. Rachel Hunter reports
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Professional
Gas exchange is no laughing matter
As the deadline looms for outlawing the use of R22 gas in air conditioning and other systems, the question of when and how to replace it is becoming a hot topic (professional, 31.08.12).
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Insight
Why everything matters in fund and sporting performance
Olympic fever has subsided, but we still feel good with those memories of success, of uplifting performances, of pride in nation and capital.
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Markets
Dolphin Square demolition imminent
The last retailers are about to leave Dolphin Square shopping centre in Weston-Super-Mare in preparation for the demolition of the 1960s precinct that will leave the town centre with a 275,000 sq ft development site.
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News
Lord Kirkham in DFS store debt dilemma
Furniture magnate in talks with lenders over breached sale-and-leaseback loan
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Professional
Experts debate: ‘where will we live in future?’
Industry leaders address housing demand and possible solutions. Sarah Townsend reports
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News
Frogmore’s Cornish staycation project
Frogmore has bought a 20 acre “eco-retreat” development in Cornwall to tap into the “staycation” market.
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Professional
Landlords should take steps not to paint themselves into corner
The message: Landlords have duties to protect their tenants from injury.
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Markets
City law firms get that shrinking feeling
More than 80% of law firms in London intend to reduce their property overheads and 45% plan to dispose of surplus space, a CBRE report seen by Property Week has found (graphs, below).
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News
LaSalle checks into Edinburgh
LaSalle Investment Management has forward-purchased the Cowgate Edinburgh hotel development for £30.6m (pictured).
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Insight
Does property offer protection from monetary catastrophe?
Central banks to the rescue has been the overriding theme in capital markets this autumn: the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank have all announced further asset-purchasing programmes.
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Markets
Q+A: Tech City champion’s Canary Wharf challenge
Erik Van Der Kleij started his role as a specialist adviser at Canary Wharf Group this month, after stepping down as chief executive of David Cameron’s Tech City Investment Organisation.
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News
Conservatives’ greenfield call-up
Planning minister tells party to stop “irresponsible” protectionism
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Professional
Q+A: IBM’s Claire Penny helps buildings get smart
Technology provider IBM’s Smarter Buildings paper sets out how “smart” computer systems can help to improve the way buildings are managed.
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Professional
Lease our building ... or else
A campaign has been launched in an attempt to save a former Ministry of Defence building in Telford from demolition.
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News
Morgan Stanley’s Brussels out
An open-ended fund managed by Morgan Stanley is to sell a large Brussels office tower as part of its liquidation plan.
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News
Broker likely to remain at Broadgate
British Land and Blackstone are close to agreeing a key deal at their Broadgate office complex in the City of London, which would mean tenant ICAP would remain on the estate.
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Markets
Bristol’s Galleries shows off
InfraRed Capital Partners and the Hark Group implemented the first part of their plan to restore the fortunes of the Galleries, Bristol’s 21-year-old city centre mall on 21 September by opening a relocated food court.
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Markets
Row erupts over ‘impractical’ Bristol warehouse conversion
Office agents harangue council for”expensive” plan. Christine Eade reports
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Markets
Bristol, by George
Anti-establishment architect George Ferguson is standing as an independent to become mayor of Bristol. Christine Eade met him