All Property Week articles in 12 September 2008 – Page 6
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Markets
‘Rent to own’ launch in East Anglia
An East Anglian developer has launched what it claims is a pioneering – and more attractive – alternative to shared-equity schemes for first-time buyers.
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News
... as analyst upgrades property shares to ‘positive’
Lehman Brothers has called the bottom of the UK property share market.
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Markets
Deutschland über alles
German funds are driving the City investment market, as the credit crunch drives other buyers away.
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Online
Software and technology: the unkindest cut of all
When times are tough, it’s tempting to scrimp on IT , but don’t be too hasty
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Online
Medsea to lose its AIM listing
Medsea Estates, the Mediterranean holiday home developer, plans to quit the stock market.
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News
Ahern on Irish property board
Ireland’s former prime minister Bertie Ahern has been appointed to the international advisory board of Northern Irish property company Parker Green International.
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News
Agnelli merges companies
Italy’s Agnelli family this week announced the merger of two companies that control most of its businesses, including global property adviser Cushman & Wakefield.
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Online
Homes plan endangers agencies
Regional development agencies will have to foot the bill for up to £300m of the government’s £1bn housing rescue package, leaving regeneration projects across the country in jeopardy.
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Professional
Retailers round on landlords again
Monthly rent row continues at Responsible Retail Property conference
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Professional
Addleshaw advises MoD
Law firm Addleshaw Goddard has advised on a 30-year, £2.3bn public-private partnership agreement between the Ministry of Defence and the Holdfast Consortium to invest in new and refurbished accommodation for the Royal School of Military Engineering, in addition to training services.
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News
Spain’s top two abandon scheme
The frailties of the Spanish property market were exposed again this week as the country’s two largest developers, Metrovacesa and Inmobiliaria Colonial, cancelled their joint plans to develop what would have been Spain’s biggest shopping centre.
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News
Axa nets €90m for Barcelona HQ
Axa Real Estate Investment Managers has sold its 60,367 sq ft Spanish headquarters in Barcelona to an undisclosed buyer for about €90m (£72.2m) – a yield of 5.65%.
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News
Lanebridge’s £65m buy
A property investment firm backed by investment bank Rothschild has bought the long leasehold of 21 Tudor Street in London’s Midtown for £65m.
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Online
Spazio to give €45m to shareholders after asset sales
Spazio Investments, the Italian industrial property investor, is embarking on a series of measures designed to improve its share price.
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News
Peel’s Michael Phelps swims 36 miles
The Whittakers of Peel Holdings are a sturdy lot – perhaps none more so than development director James, who has earned a reputation for being a fitness fanatic.
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Professional
Eversheds makes 33 redundant
Eversheds it is to make up to 33 property lawyers redundant, in addition to related support staff as a result of the downturn.
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Online
Lehman in $30bn spin-off rescue plan
US investment bank to reparcel portfolio in bid to survive
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Professional
Cluttons to lay off around 25 staff
Employees in regions will be worst affected by cuts
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Online
Tall buildings could boost London output by £206m a year, says BPF
Tall buildings in London’s city centre offer ‘clear economic benefits’, a British Property Federation report has found.
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Online
Retailers face 16% rates bill rise
Retailers in England face a massive 16% average increase in their rates bills from April 2010.