All Property Week articles in 13 December 2013
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OnlinePeel loses landmark planning case
Peel Holdings has lost an important Court of Appeal ruling over its plans to redevelop an out-of-town retail park in Lancashire.
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OnlineWhitbread wins planning for five hotels
Whitbread Hotels Restaurants has secured planning consents for five new hotels - adding 465 bedrooms to its new hotels pipeline.
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OnlineTwitter lands at Air W1
Microblogging site Twitter has landed at the Crown Estate’s Air W1 near Piccadilly Circus, after fleeing British Land’s 10 Brock Street last month.
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OnlineRowan Asset Management completes third retail sale
Rowan Asset Management has completed the sale of its third retail property in six months to raise a total of £11.6m.
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OnlineWestfield starts work on £260m Bradford Broadway
Westfield has been given permission to start work on its £260m Bradford Broadway development, having sold its interest to investment manager Meyer Bergman last year.
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OnlineDarlington leisure development gets go-ahead
Terrace Hill has been given the green light to build Feethams Leisure, a £30m regeneration project in Darlington.
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Ground Rents Income Fund acquires three major freeholds
Ground Rents Income Fund has acquired the freeholds of three developments, including Bézier, a pair of curved 14-storey apartment towers at London’s Old Street roundabout.
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OnlineTroubled DFS portfolio bought for £175m
LondonMetric Property has exchanged contracts for more than 900,000 sq ft of buildings occupied by sofa company DFS in a £175m deal.
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OnlineJack Wills seeks to sell stores to realign portfolio
Jack Wills is looking to dispose of a small portfolio of stores as it attempts to realign its portfolio, Property Week can reveal.
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OnlineSavills director joins Candy & Candy
Luxury residential developer Candy Candy has appointed Savills’ Simon Stone as a director.
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OnlineManchester United agrees office move
Football club Manchester United has taken 12,550 sq ft of office space near its Old Trafford stadium.
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OnlineLand Securities nears deal for £125m Dundee mall
Legal General Property is the frontrunner to buy Land Securities’ Overgate shopping centre in Dundee for a price understood to be around the £125m asking price.
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OnlineLXB's Banbury Gateway retail park gets judicial review decision
LXB Retail Properties’ proposed Banbury Gateway retail park development has fought off a judicial review submitted by landlords of nearby in-town retail schemes.
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OnlineLondon developers promise to sell resi to UK buyers
Residential developers working in London have signed up to a new voluntary commitment to ensure UK nationals can buy homes in the capital.
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OnlineWest End office rents highest in the world
London’s West End has overtaken Hong Kong-Central as the world’s highest-priced office market, according to a survey by CBRE, though Asia continues to dominate overall.
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OnlineRBS appoints ‘bad bank’ chief
RBS has appointed Rory Cullinan as head of its internal “bad bank”, the newly created Capital Resolution Group.
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BC Retail restructures ahead of an expansion
Niche retail agency BC Retail has undergone a restructuring with Richard Beim having left the firm.
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OnlineSWIP exchanges to buy £105m Windsor mall
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has exchanged contracts to buy the King Edward Court shopping centre in Windsor for £104.7m, as first revealed by Property Week .
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OnlineWhittaker’s Peel Group pulls off £325m MediaCityUK refinancing
Peel Group has agreed a £325m refinancing of the MediaCityUK campus in Salford Quays, Property Week can reveal.
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OnlineGaleries Lafayette in talks to buy House of Fraser
French department store chain Galeries Lafayette is in exclusive talks to buy House of Fraser.
