All Property Week articles in 13 April 2012 – Page 6
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News
Carlyle takes student course
Carlyle has launched a student accommodation brand as it seeks to increase its exposure to the sector.
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Professional
People moves: Prologis, Henderson Global Investors, Roebuck Capital, Carter Jonas and more...
Dennis de VreedePrologis has appointed Thomas Karmann from Gazeley as senior vice-president and regional director for northern Europe and Dennis de Vreede from Redevco as senior vice-president and European finance director.Glenstone has recruited Ben Green from Kitchen La Frenais Morgan as property director and appointed Chris Powell of Jones Lang ...
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News
Welbeck team lands buyout
Five managers take equity partnership out of Howard de Walden’s control
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News
Boris and Ken outline plans
London’s mayoral candidates outlined their election manifestos this week.
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News
Tishman on spec for San Fran boom
Tishman Speyer plans to speculatively develop a San Francisco office block to take advantage of the boom in demand from technology companies.
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Insight
Tech boom lights up flat first quarter for property
Quarter one 2012 is over. How has UK property fared?
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Insight
Focus, people — specialised property companies produce bigger returns
Market watchers will be keeping a close eye on Hammerson following its bold decision to focus entirely on the retail sector. Giving up a lifetime of diversification will not have come easily.
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News
Ludgate scores big
Ludgate returned from a short holiday this week to angry emails from the post room, which had no space to store a giant yellow package, sent by CBRE and Savills.
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News
London cafes to get star treatment for big bucks
Starbucks is investing £8m in the renovation of some of its top London cafes ahead of the Olympics.
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Insight
Valuers: you are way behind on market rents
British commercial property values have been flat — just like the British economy — for the past two years. It’s been a battle between high yields, which are juicier by far than those from equities and bonds, and falling rents.
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Markets
Budget hotels give bang for buck
Travelodge takes steps to refinance debt as rival Premier Inn advances and new names enter sector. Rachel Hunter reports
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News
West Register buy marks Ballymore’s Birmingham exit
West Register, the Royal Bank of Scotland’s internal property company, has bought the long leasehold interest on 2 Cornwall Street in Birmingham from Ballymore.
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Professional
Spring awakens property job market
Most sectors are recruiting, although, as Hardeep Sandher discovers, only for junior roles
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Markets
Need to know: surgery developer’s Assura footing
Assura began life in 2003 as Medical Property Investment Fund to invest in GP surgeries and pharmacies
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Professional
Don’t rely on the market: asset managers need to be proactive
I read two quotes recently, which I felt had some resonance to the commercial property sector: the first was from Peter Lynch, a renowned US fund manager.
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Markets
Progress report: Ashtenne and NWDA’s JV
Space Northwest was set up to sell NWDA assets. Paul Unger reports on the joint venture
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News
Argent chiefs push towards Battersea finish line
They have turned King’s Cross from dodgy London backwater into a des res location. Now Argent’s chiefs are, quite literally, pushing south of the Thames.
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Insight
Architectural gems enrich Square Mile, but more must be done
The interest and concerns of a City of London property owner are many and varied. He or she is interested in macro-economic issues and regulation. It was, after all, deregulation in the 1980s that prompted the biggest change in the City office market for decades.
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Insight
City, financial services and regulation key to UK’s survival: City Property Association's annual luncheon
The City Property Association teamed up with Property Week for its annual luncheon, at the City’s Guildhall Great Hall on 27 March.
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News
Pidgley among bidders for Fortress Wapping
Residential grandee Tony Pidgley is among the bidders vying to buy News International’s “Fortress Wapping” site in east London.