All Property Week articles in 14 October 2011 – Page 2
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Professional
Management guru: how to weather the ‘new normal’
Professional-based firms are among property organisations that will have to adapt to new zeitgeist, says Alan Froggatt
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News
Planning reforms 'go further'
The author of the government’s draft planning framework this week refuted claims the reforms would endanger the greenbelt.
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News
Project Flagstaff: the insiders' story
Lloyds finally got its distressed portfolio sale Flagstaff flying last week. Mike Phillips reports
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Markets
Take five … high points for Halton
Halton was for many years an anomalous corner of Cheshire, created through a boundary shake-up in 1974 but never really synonymous with the county’s rolling heartland.In 2009 the borough was absorbed into Merseyside, which is now known as the Liverpool City Region. Despite its arguable identity, this small unitary authority ...
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Insight
Relight the fire
The Property Week/Berwin Leighton Paisner Big Debate asked: “How can development be revived?”
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Insight
And finally … LEP left leaderless
Merseyside’s six local authorities may have overcome the territorial feuds to win government approval for a local enterprise partnership (LEP), but they have fallen at the next hurdle. The Liverpool City Region LEP still does not have a chairman, almost a year to the day since achieving its status last ...
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News
Portas to factor property into high street review
The government has commissioned a report into high street performance and the impact of property and planning issues, to feed into Mary Portas’s review.
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Markets
West of England LEPs success
Bristol’s new enterprise zone, which comprises 70 ha around Temple Meads, aims to create 240,000 sq m of new and refurbished space.
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Professional
And finally ... 'ello, 'ello, 'ello Tesco
West Midlands Police has moved into a £7m 55,000 sq ft police station built by Tesco in West Bromwich town centre, between Oak Lane and Moor Street.
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Insight
Yields edge up as sentiment takes a nosedive
The UK property market has suffered its first widespread increase in prime yields since early 2009 because of uncertainty caused by the eurozone debt crisis.
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News
Overseas investment dulls Spain's pain
Unibail-Rodamco buys €189m Barcelona mall as public property comes on market
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Markets
Tesco Extra to dominate a third of Yate’s shopping
The UK’s largest Tesco Extra opens on 24 October at Yate, north-east of Bristol.
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Insight
LandSecs’ six principles for low-carbon development
Just like the previous government, the coalition is taking forever to define what is meant by “zero carbon” in non-domestic buildings.This is becoming critical, as the obligation is still on the table for all buildings to be zero carbon by 2019, so the designs for those buildings not far from ...
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Professional
Property industry ethics under scrutiny at debate
Nick Leslau among those applying Jewish law to real estate morality. Christine Eade reports
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Insight
Lord of the lies: the downfall of Eddie Davenport
From friend to the stars to convicted fraudster, David Doyle reveals how “Fast Eddie” Davenport’s deeds caught up with him.
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Markets
Show goes on at Swindon’s Regent Circus despite Parkridge collapse
Ashfield Land is continuing to develop Regent Circus in the centre of Swindon, despite its joint venture partner, Parkridge Holdings, going into administration in August.
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News
Dixons chief: 'stores have a key role in this marketplace'
Fast-growing “multichannel” retail is dependent on physical shops and salespeople
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News
REITS: your guide to the forthcoming changes
With the rules governing conversion changing next year, and the prospect of mortgage and social housing REITs on the horizon, James Whitmore explains what this means for the sector
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News
It's prime property's time, says CBRE
The increasing turmoil in global financial markets has made prime property more attractive to investors, a report said this week.
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News
Mystery Chinese 'investor' at heart of Kallakis case
Businessman claiming to be from Asian property company persuaded Allied Irish to lend Kallakis £560m