All Property Week articles in 13 April 2012 – Page 5
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News
Spot of yachting up for grabs
Fancy taking the helm of Mike Slade’s huge and rapid yacht, Icap Leopard?
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Professional
Need to know: Smith review of government’s London
Recent figures show progress has been made in the rationalisation of the civic estate, but the government has disregarded many other recommendations from the 2010 review of public service relocations, published alongside the 2010 Budget by former Reed Elsevier chief executive Ian Smith. Sarah Townsend reports
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News
LandSecs sells out to partner Gazeley
Land Securities has sold a 50% stake in the Magna Park industrial park in Milton Keynes to its joint venture partner Gazeley for around £20m.
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News
Hammerson's gaff pane
It is almost three years since a window pane fell from 125 Old Broad Street in the City of London.
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News
Government pushes forward plans for social housing REITs
Consultation launched to encourage providers to convert or launch by next year
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News
US pension fund reaps Festival harvest
US teachers’ pension fund TIAA-CREF is understood to be leading the race to buy Grosvenor’s Festival Place shopping centre in Basingstoke , for a price of just less than £300m.
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How Hammerson will disentangle itself from London offices
REIT’s £600m portfolio is likely to be sold piecemeal. Mike Phillips reports
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Insight
Harry Potter and the Development Manager
Landid co-founders Trevor Silver and Stephen Morgan were tasked with working their development magic on the creation of Warner Bros’ glossy Harry Potter film studios visitor attraction in Watford. Sarah Stewart reports. Photographs by Tim Foster
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Markets
Inside the deal … GVA finds new niche
The acquisition of niche agency Dixon Webb by GVA in March is the latest agency consolidation in the region. Paul Unger reports
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News
Game to plead with landlords for rent cuts
Harvey Spack Field and Lunson Mitchenall appointed by new owner OpCapita
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News
Home win for Cushman
Italy was Cushman & Wakefield’s top-performing European country last year, despite it being at the centre of the eurozone debt crisis.
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Insight
UK confidence is justified but southern Europe could drag it down
The performance of the British economy last year was frankly depressing.
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Professional
Inside the deal: GL Hearn and Philip Long & Co
Last week, professional services firm GL Hearn bought ratings specialist Philip Long & Co. Property Week spoke to Brian Sloggett, GL Hearn’s managing director, to find out more.
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News
KanAm to regear City lease
German fund manager KanAm is in talks with tenant Deutsche Bank to regear the bank’s lease at Winchester House in the City of London and aims to bring the building back to the market this autumn.
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Markets
Take two … Cheshire housing problems
The National Planning Policy Framework will “catch out” Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester Councils, warns Dan Mitchell, director of planning consultancy Barton Willmore. Both already suffer from a lack of a five-year housing land supply and neither have a core strategy in place.
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Markets
Even two is a crowd for Cheshire West
The retail property community is waiting to see if Cheshire West & Chester Council follows through with plans to develop two large retail schemes on its own, following the termination of agreements with Wilson Bowden Developments and ING Real Estate.
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Markets
Change of use could be class idea to grace Liverpool
Poor office figures suggest famous waterfront offices are ripe for conversion. Paul Unger reports
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Professional
Dispute cases rocket
The number of High Court landlord and tenant disputes has leapt 18-fold since the credit crunch, new figures reveal.
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Professional
Why now is the time to carry out a residential conversion
Central London residential property boom needs new recruits. Emma Haslett reports
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Professional
Why now is the time to carry out a residential conversion
Central London residential property boom needs new recruits. Emma Haslett reports