All Property Week articles in 14 January 2022 – Page 7
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Details of ‘world-class’ surf lagoon revealed
The £35m surf wellness resort would be located at Betteshanger Country Park.
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Starz funds Dublin office-led deal
Starz Real Estate has provided Mm Capital and RoundShield Partners with a €17m (£14.2m) loan to fund the acquisition of a mixed-use Dublin scheme, Property Week can reveal.
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Is end of the CVA road in sight?
Recent statistics show that only 20 CVAs were sanctioned in Q3 of last year – a record low for any quarter in the last decade – leading many industry experts to ask whether the CVA has become obsolete.
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Office stock shrinks hugely as Covid drives a flight to quality
Some 18m sq ft of space taken out of use as amenities and ESG become top priorities for office occupiers.
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Workplaces should foster team spirit and collaboration
Employers will need to offer more than a pre-pandemic approach to offices to attract and retain talent.
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We need a special use classification for later living
Editor: We’re optimistic that 2022 will be a year of reform and that the important role of specialist supported housing will continue to be recognised for helping many more people live independent and healthier lives for longer while reducing the strain on higher-cost health and social care services.
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Q&A: Five minutes with Edward Griffin, chief executive of WorkPad
Edward Griffin, chief executive of WorkPad, on how he got started in the property industry, his cultural recommendations, his number-one travel destination and what he would do with a million pounds.
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Do developers have power to meet EV charging regulations?
Requirement for more EV charging points seen as good first step but developers may face ad.ditional costs
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RICS calls for primary valuation mechanism to shift off DCF method
A RICS report has called for the ‘primary mechanism’ for valuing real estate to shift from estimating the ‘exchange price’ to values based on future income calculated using discounted cashflow (DCF).
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Why break clauses are problematic
Editor: Break clauses rarely existed before the 1990s, with 25-year leases being the norm. In the 1990s, we still mainly saw 15-year leases with no breaks. As we hit the new millennium, things started to change as 10-year leases with five-year breaks, seven-year leases with three-year breaks and so on ...
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Q&A: FuturePlaces on Bournemouth’s regeneration plans
Philip Broadhead and Gail Mayhew discuss council development plans for the area.
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‘Cheap shot to blame us for cladding crisis’
The government has been accused of “cheap shots” and “arse-covering” after asking developers to fork out up to £4bn to help remove unsafe cladding from blocks of flats.
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Hybrid work: a better way of life
Every year, I’m fascinated by the words and phrases that are added to dictionaries. They invariably speak volumes about the times we live in.
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Can the definition of beauty be built?
Twenty years ago, the late, lamented Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment published a document on design review, including a section on “what makes a good project”.
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Q&A: Two auctioneers share their predictions for the year ahead
Savills and Acuitus auctioneers discuss the outlook for the market and whether ballroom sales will return.
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Agent P: Baltic Room
Friday 14 January, 8.30am, Baltic Room: a zinger of an idea to kick off 2022. GBH’s tack-sharp fund originators have figured a way to make a bundle from Grenfell-blighted blocks, now Gove is promising to pay to replace cladding.
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Putting diversity on the agenda
Property has long been considered a laggard in terms of diversity and inclusion. But it isn’t just property. Stonewall’s LGBT in Britain – Work Report found that almost 20% of LGBT people said they were discriminated against because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity while trying to get a ...
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Lender Puma secures £300m funding line from Waterfall
UK development lender secures US institutional funding line allowing it to raise maximum loan size to £50my.
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Martin’s completes string of South East deals worth £28.5m
Martin’s Properties has completed a flurry of deals with a combined value of around £28.5m.
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Time to get nominating for the RESI Awards 2022
Entries for the RESI Awards 2022 are now open, with the must-attend event back to its usual springtime slot on the evening of 11 May.