All Property Week articles in 14 November 2008 – Page 9
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Markets
North-west planning strategy allows more housing, but downturn prevents development
The north-west’s new regional spatial strategy finally allows more new homes to be built – just as the housing market heads into a downturn.
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Southwark relaxes affordable housing rules
A London council has responded to the downturn by approving a decrease in the amount of affordable housing for a scheme in Bermondsey.
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NP Aerospace spreads wings in Coventry
NP Aerospace has taken 200,000 sq ft at Highcross’s Central City Industrial Estate in Coventry on a five-year lease at an average rent of £2.35/sq ft.
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Professional
Take Liberty’s advice
Capital & Counties directors Ian Hawksworth and Gary Yardley will be talking about their lives in property at a lecture held by London South Bank University Real Estate Society on 27 November.
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Online
Castlemore seeks debt advice from Deloitte
Developer hires accountant to advise on debt facilities
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Professional
Wetherspoon accuses Van de Berg of ‘fraud’
Pub chain chairman tells High Court former adviser was ‘dishonest’
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Professional
Abu-Manneh joins Mayer Brown
Law firm Mayer Brown has appointed Raid Abu-Manneh (below), a lawyer specialising in construction and engineering disputes, to its London office.
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Markets
Coventry’s dull city centre may be about to be transformed
The city hopes to bring its retail and leisure up to scratch in its first masterplan
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Online
LandSecs abandons demerger strategy
Market conditions scupper split, but Trillium sale process continues
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Online
Orion fund raises €900m for continental bargain hunt
Fund manager to make opportunistic play in western Europe’s crunched markets
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Professional
Winner of the north England and Scotland Bank of Scotland £30m Search for a Property Entrepreneur
The north England and Scotland winner in Property Week and Bank of Scotland’s £30m Search for Property Entrepreneurs has been decided. Bring on the final.
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Online
PIL Invests launches £20m European fund of funds
Valad Property Group-owned manager to offer 5% income distribution a year
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News
JLL and DTZ to let 2m sq ft in Yorks
Jones Lang LaSalle and DTZ have been appointed as agents on two office schemes totalling nearly 4m sq ft.
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News
Jamie goes Italian in St David’s 2
Jamie Oliver is to open his fourth Italian cuisine restaurant at St David’s 2 in Cardiff.
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Online
Las Vegas Sands’ $2bn throw of dice
Casino operator averts collapse with development halt and fundraising
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Redemptions stall £150m Goodman sale
Morgan Stanley-managed German open-ended fund hit by cash exodus
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News
Original Factory Shop hits 100
The Original Factory Shop has signed up for its 100th store in the UK.
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News
1 Old Bond Street
Lewis Ellis advised Scottish Widows Investment Partnership on the £14m sale of 1 Old Bond Street in London ’s West End and not the private Ukrainian purchaser, as incorrectly stated in Property Week (‘Platinum Bond’, 07.11.08).
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Professional
Case news: Risegold v Escala (28.10.08)
The message: A landlord has overcome a neighbour’s objections to the redevelopment of its property in the Court of Appeal