All Property Week articles in 14 October 2016 – Page 6
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True Reservoir Underdogs
The property industry pulled out all the stops for this year’s LandAid Day taking part in a range of imaginative charity fundraising events across the UK in a bid to raise £150,000 for the charity.
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Separated at birth: Ray Mears and Jonathan Mills
Metropolis is not sure how Metis Real Estate Advisors’ co-founder Jonathan Mills would get on in the wilderness but he certainly has the looks of adventurer Ray Mears.
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RBS to increase focus on the regions with £1bn PRS fund
Royal Bank of Scotland is looking to back a growing number of regional private rented sector (PRS) schemes and increase its commitment to the sector beyond the £1bn mark.
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SDL Bigwood expands offering with new online auction facility
Midlands-based SDL Bigwood has become the latest auction house to launch online sales.
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Go-ahead for enlarged Slough scheme
MHA London has been given the green light for a significantly enlarged residential scheme in the centre of Slough with an end value of about £50m.
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New retail head at BNP PRE
BNP Paribas Real Estate (BNP PRE) has hired Joanne Skilton, the head of retail leasing for Battersea Power Station, as its new UK head of retail.
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Bloomsbury dairy depot hits market
A prime mixed-use development opportunity on the site of a former dairy depot in London’s Bloomsbury has come to the market.
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Yardi think tank: is mixed-use "the new normal"?
A generation ago, developers worried about the concept’s viability and the effect on values. Today, planners and developers are firmly on board, as they see the overall benefits a mix of uses can bring to a scheme.
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Third River Severn crossing looking likely in Gloucestershire
A quiet corner of south Gloucestershire could soon be home to one of the UK’s next major infrastructure projects if proposals to build a third crossing on the River Severn are adopted by Highways England.
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Q&A: Queensberry’s Paul Sargent on Sheffield’s new £480m retail quarter
In June this year, Sheffield City Council announced it had selected Queensberry as the preferred bidder to deliver its strategic development plan for a new £480m mixed-use retail quarter.
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Dyson’s £250m HQ expansion leads way in M4 ’tech corridor’
All 14 tonnes of the English Electric Lightning aircraft hang silently from the ceiling of the aptly named Lightning Café.
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New Farebrother partner for retail & leisure
London Midtown agent Farebrother has poached Lambert Smith Hampton associate director Matt Martin to become a partner in its retail and leisure team.
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Aviva markets giant Debenhams store
Aviva Investors has put the Debenhams in Southampton - the largest department store on the south coast - up for sale for £31.25m.
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Japanese firm Kajima enters the UK private rented sector
Japanese developer and investor Kajima is set to become the latest entrant to the UK private rented sector (PRS).
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Smythson man joins HDH travel retail team
Retail agent Harper Dennis Hobbs (HDH) has expanded its dedicated travel retail team with the appointment of Simon Black from luxury leather brand Smythson.
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Out-of-town: Glamourising the 'giant car park'
The retail park has never been the most glamorous of shopping destinations. It hasn’t needed to be. Its purpose historically has been purely to be accessible and convenient; somewhere shoppers can drive to, load up their new washing machine and drive out again.
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Airport expansion: Ministers mull plan to boost capacity at both Heathrow and Gatwick
The government could be set to spring a surprise by giving the green light to plans for the expansion of both Gatwick and Heathrow when it announces its decision on airport capacity in the coming weeks.
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Spitfire acquires £45m Birmingham resi dev
Spitfire Properties has acquired a new development site for 230 homes in Newhall Street from Birmingham City Council for £45m.
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GSK mulls sale of £95m London office campus
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is mulling the £95m sale of its office campus in Stockley Park, west London.
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Can Bath find a way to address its office shortage?
It is blessed with one of the most picturesque cityscapes in Europe but the unique heritage that lies behind Bath’s success could be stifling the city’s ability to remain a key office market in the South West.