All Property Week articles in 15 April 2011 – Page 5
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Markets
Peel to apply for International Trade Centre planning
Peel Group will submit a planning application in May for the 2.6m sq ft Peel International Trade Centre in Wirral
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News
Apple takes another slice of London pie
Apple has taken further office space in London’s West End
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Insight
Another titanic takeover battle in prospect
There’s nothing like a good old bidding war to set pulses racing
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Professional
UK public say enough development already
Four out of five people think the area in which they live is overdeveloped or has sufficient development
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Insight
Out-of-tune HMV pales in comparison to all-singing, all-dancing retailers
When I spoke to HMV boss Simon Fox recently, there was a weariness in his voice
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Markets
Welsh Assembly aid to put thrill into Rhyl
Council to use local government and EU funding to help revive seaside town
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News
Two Square Mile schemes to go ahead
Two City of London schemes were recommended for approval on Tuesday, as the Square Mile aims to further strengthen its position as the world’s financial capital
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Professional
Now stamp duty land tax avoidance is not as easy as ABC
Revenue and Customs has lost the first case involving a stamp duty land tax (SDLT) avoidance scheme to come before the tax tribunal
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News
MEPC to prepay part of £470m loan
Business park owner will pay £74.5m before debt’s July 2012 maturity date
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Online
Payback Time: Vivendi pays out £45m to Deka and Legal & General in British property’s second-highest legal settlement
French media conglomerate Vivendi has paid more than £45m to settle a legal row over its attempt to dump lease liabilities on British buildings, including the famous Ark in Hammersmith.
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Markets
DTZ collects more quarter day rent in 2011
On the last quarter day, on 25 March, DTZ collected a higher percentage of rent from the shopping centres it manages than the percentage collected on quarter day last year
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Markets
Liverpool suffers 2010 office slump
Agents and developers are doing their best to retain a positive attitude after a 50% slump in take-up for Liverpool city centre offices in 2010
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News
Hansteen raises £147m for acquisitions
Hansteen, the multi-let industrial property investor, will raise £147m of equity from a sale of new shares to fund its expansion
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News
City plan is ray of light for 1 Mitre Square scheme
Surveyors to invoke clause that will protect Helical Bar’s development, despite rights of light issues
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News
€1.2bn bid for Prologis European Properties rejected
Goodman, the global industrial property group, has teamed up with Dutch pension fund manager APG to make a €1.2bn bid for Euronext-listed Prologis European Properties (PEPR)
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News
RBS eyes institutions in innovative £1.6bn loan sale
Bank decides on fund-like structure to sell off non-core property loans
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Online
Savills: Manchester Office Market Survey - Spring 2011
2010 recorded take-up of 1.3 million sq ft, a 39% increase on the long term average. However, 2011 take-up has proved sluggish, with forecasts predicting end of year figures reaching 850,000 sq ft.
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Online
Cluttons: Abu Dhabi Property Market Update - April 2011
The Abu Dhabi of today is built upon the vast oil reserves which the Emirate enjoys. It has however long been recognised that it is unwise for an economy to be largely reliant on one industry and consequently there is an active drive for diversification.
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Online
Colliers International: Property Snapshot - April 2011
Despite relatively strong PMI figures in March, consistent with real GDP growth in Q1 11, attention has been focused more on the significant erosion of household resources.
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Online
Chesterton Humberts: London Commercial property values - will the best returns be in the prime or secondary sector?
A low interest rate and bond yield environment and a more certain economic outlook provide a suitable climate for a recovery in prime and secondary commercial property values, however, we query whether prime values have much further to grow in the short term.