All Property Week articles in 13 July 2007 – Page 2
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Planning application submitted for Wirral leisure scheme
Neptune Developments has submitted an outline planning application to Wirral Council today for the second phase of its New Brighton scheme in Wirral.
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Livingstone to protect views of the Tower of London
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has published its Supplementary Planning Guidance today and has added a view of the Tower of London from the south bank as a protected view.
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Dublin retail scheme gets green light
Dublin City Council has granted planning permission for the €700m (£476m )redevelopment of Arnotts shopping centre in North Dublin.
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Greene King fishes for Loch Fyne
Green King is believed to be weighing up a £70m offer for Loch Fyne, the seafood restaurant chain. Sunday Times
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Saudi Kingdom wins Cambodian Raffles
Kingdom Hotel Investments, which is owned by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi Arabian billionaire, has made its first foray into Cambodia with a double purchase. Sunday Times
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Ritblats enlist big guns for £4bn fund
Sir John Ritblat, former chairman of British Land, and his younger son, Jamie, have assembled a board of business veterans for a new £4bn property fund for Delancey. Sunday Times
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Snooker group cues sale and leaseback
The owner of Rileys snooker clubs and Tenpin bowling centres is in detailed talks for a £70m property sale and leaseback. Sunday Times
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HBOS angles £1.2bn for Quintain
HBOS is considering a £1.2bn bid for Quintain Estates & Development, the owner of Wembley Arena land on Greenwich Peninsula. Sunday Times. The Times
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London rents rocket
Office rents in central London are soaring at their fastest rate for seven years, according to research published today by Knight Frank. Financial Times
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Empty Threat: charity and ‘bubblewrap’ loopholes
Landlords could end up paying charities to move into their buildings to avoid paying rates on empty property. Sunday Telegraph
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Quinlan eyes MWB hotels
Irish property investor Quinlan Private has emerged as an early frontrunner to buy Marylebone Warwick Balfour’s chain of boutique hotels, Malmaison and Hotel du Vin. Sunday Telegraph
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Kingfisher to make a splash in Russia
Kingfisher, the UK-based do-it-yourself group, plans to open 50 stores in Russia at a cost of about £250m over the next 10 years. Financial Times
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Tesco heads for Hollywood
Sir Terry Leahy and his fellow Tesco directors are to decamp to Hollywood for a board meeting in a show of support for the retailer’s embryonic assault on the US grocery market. Daily Telegraph
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Yields move out for first time in six years
Equivalent yields moved out for the first time in six years, according to the latest Investment Property Databank figures.
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CB Richard Ellis poaches JLL's China head
Jones Lang LaSalle's Guy Hollis is leaving to head up CB Richard Ellis’s Irish business.
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Tchenguiz advises £40m Bramdean investment
Vincent Tchenguiz has advised an investment company buying a stake in ‘superwoman’ Nicola Horlick’s Bramdean Alternatives fund.
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UBS forward sells Watermark Place
UBS Global Asset Management has forward sold its Watermark Place development in the City of London to a Canadian Pension Fund
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Derwent London sells assets from its LMS portfolio
Derwent London has sold £175m of non core assets from its LMS portfolio.
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Kemsley sells share in Quintain
Entrepreneur Paul Kemsley sold his stake in Quintain Developments to HBOS last night in a move that has prompted speculation of a bid for Quintain
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aAim make €90m European retail purchase
Celebrity-backed private investor syndicate aAim has made two European retail acquisitions for a total of €90m (£61m), including its first German acquisition.