All Property Week articles in 15 April 2016 – Page 6
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OnlineNYU students learn about Islamic Finance
Students from New York University’s Real Estate programme have gained greater understanding of Alternative Business Structure (ABS) and Islamic Finance-funded property as there impact increases.
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OnlineBreyer Capital invests in student accommodation marketplace
Student.com has received investment from the venture capital investment group headed up by early Facebook investor Jim Breyer.
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OnlineGreen light for major build-to-rent scheme in Barking
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has granted planning consent to be:here for one of the UK’s largest build-to-rent developments.
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OnlineCampaigners hail Bishopsgate delay as chance to 'rethink project'
Campaigners have hailed the London mayor’s pushing back of a decision on the future of the £800m Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme , calling for a radical rethink of the project.
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NewsResi development potential lures buyers at Savills sale
Buyers snapped up the residential development opportunities at Savills’ latest regional auction , which raised almost £3.8m and boasted a near-perfect sale rate of 97%.
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NewsBuyers eye resi development potential at Liverpool auction
Residential development opportunities proved popular at Sutton Kersh’s latest auction - but buy-to-let experienced mixed fortunes.
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OnlineTony Pidgley backs UK’s place in EU
The founder and chairman of Berkeley has backed the campaign for Britain to remain part of the European Union .
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NewsOctopus aims to break mould in P2P lending with new platform
Octopus Investments, the firm behind Dragonfly Property Finance , is looking to shake up the peer-to-peer lending world with a new online platform.
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NewsTop Treasury official attacks housebuilders over delivery
A top Treasury official has hit out at large housebuilders, claiming they are holding onto land and refusing to increase housing supply in order to boost their profits.
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NewsBoris puts back Bishopsgate Goodsyard decision
The mayor of London has deferred making a decision on the future of the £800m Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme, as developers sweat over the fate of three other major projects.
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NewsHousebuilder share prices fall 6% amid global turmoil
Fall in sector’s share value is the first in nearly two years as global uncertainty and Brexit fears spook investors.
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NewsBerkeley passes on £1bn Winstanley role
Berkeley has pulled out of the running for the £1bn regeneration of the Winstanley estate in south London.
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NewsRugby World Cup kicks Cardiff into top-performing hotel spot
Cardiff is the top-performing hotel location in the UK, edging out Manchester and Leeds, according to Colliers International’s latest hotels index.
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MarketsCan Peabody turn Thamesmead from beleaguered estate to ‘garden suburb’?
Best known as the location for the film A Clockwork Orange , Thamesmead in south-east London has come to represent the archetypal post-war modernist housing estate: built with grand ambition in the late 1960s, the brutalist concrete buildings have now fallen into disrepair.
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InsightThe residential sector’s cloud has a silver lining
Just as rain fell on the real estate professionals gathered at the Mipim conference in Cannes last month, so clouds seem to have gathered over the UK property market.
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OnlineFubon pulls plug on £500m Cannon Place buy
Taiwanese life insurance firm Fubon Life has pulled the plug on its £500m acquisition of Cannon Place in the City of London.
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OnlineNew exec committee for U+I
Property regeneration company U+I has created an executive committee to support its business.
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OnlineEdinburgh Uni signs up for 60,000 sq ft at Argyle House
Telereal Trillium has let 60,000 sq ft at Argyle House to the University of Edinburgh on a 10-year lease.
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OnlineBilfinger chief exec steps down after 11 months
Bilfinger chief executive Per Utnegaard has stepped down for “personal reasons” after just 11 months in the role.
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ProfessionalThe pre-app process has lost its way – but it can be saved
In 2003 local authorities were given the power to charge for pre-application advice but the routine since has lost its shine.
