All Property Week articles in 14 March 2014 – Page 4
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OnlineFormer LandSecs pair to launch £400m London office fund
Two former Land Securities executives are setting up a £400m fund to invest in central London offices.
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NewsSelfie-promotion
Following Oscars presenter Ellen DeGeneres’ epic “selfie” last week, featuring Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence et al, the growing trend for spontaneous self-snaps now seems to have spread to the property industry.
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Insight
Student persistence pays off
Sir, Well done to Kate Marfleet. I remember a similar nightmare in 1990 — but without the exams (Diary of a real estate student, 28.02.14). Good luck at JLL — you’re starting at the top.Daniel Van Gelder, co-founder, Exemplar Properties, via propertyweek.com
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Insight
Take politics out of planning
Sir, It is refreshing to see an article written by someone who has entered the opaque world of this country’s planning system — which, I hasten to add, is currently broken (Buckets of reasons why planners are failing KFC and communities, 28.02.14).
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NewsVallance rubbers shoulders at MIPIM
Well known for his love of an open-water swim, JLL head of UK retail Tim Vallance donned his wetsuit on Tuesday morning at MIPIM — only to realise that he had locked himself out of his room, encased in rubber.
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ProfessionalSuper-wealthy to swap private jets for rockets
Knight Frank claims the launch of “sub-orbital” space travel will have a profound impact on luxury global property markets.
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MarketsWakefield indoor market to be replaced by restaurants
Wakefield’s five-year-old indoor market is to be replaced by a cinema and restaurants.
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NewsHankering for Hollywood
With his confident smile and striking spectacles, Simon Property Group chief David Simon — cover star of last week’s Property Week International — looks remarkably like actor Tom Hanks in this shot.
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NewsMall Maidstone growth plan
Capital & Regional is working up plans to invest more than £100m to extend the Mall Maidstone by up to 60%.
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Insight
Government must make greater strides to solve rating woes
Sir, Picking up on Mark Prisk’s comments on rating, there now appear to be two strands of thinking (Fifty-year-old rating system is showing its age, 24.01.14).
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NewsLondon Square gets green light for Teddington homes
London Square has won planning consent for a £30m residential square in Teddington, south-west London.
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NewsMorrisons faces Starboard push to spin off property
US hedge fund is preparing to build a stake in Morrisons to force it to spin off its £9bn property portfolio into a REIT.
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NewsTfL transports to Docklands
Transport for London (TfL) has agreed heads of terms on a new 250,000 sq ft headquarters at 10 Upper Bank Street in Canary Wharf.
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ProfessionalTake five: top dilapidations tips
Dilapidations disputes can be frustrating for landlords and tenants, and involve large sums.
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MarketsEuro handouts for Harworth’s Rotherham development
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council signed an agreement last week with Harworth Estates to buy its speculative development of 100,000 sq ft of industrial units at the Advanced Manufacturing Park at Waverley (pictured).
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MarketsNational Grid seeks developer for gasworks
The National Grid is seeking a development partner to redevelop the gasworks site by the Broad Canal in Huddersfield.
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MarketsYouthful director has industrial deals In-site
London-based funds are looking ever northward for high-yielding industrial property because the south and the Midlands are too expensive.
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MarketsDevelopers and investors seek new town solution to housing crisis
New towns went out of vogue in 1970s, but could now be revisited. Rhiannon Bury and Hannah Brenton report
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Insight“The corkscrew was tightening... something had to give”
CEO Ezra Nahome talks frankly about Lambert Smith Hampton’s rescue by Grenville Turner’s Countrywide. Felicity Francis reports. Photos by Dimitri Hon
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ProfessionalProperty needs to be cool in schools
Property will continue to be ignored if students remain ignorant of it - and only the industry can change that, says Alan Froggatt
