All Property Week articles in 15 January 2021 – Page 6
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OnlineAlvarez & Marsal Taxand poaches Grant Thornton MD to lead real estate team
Alvarez Marsal Taxand has hired a senior accountancy director to lead its real estate team in the UK.
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OnlineSavills says 2020 performance at “upper end” of expectations
Savills’ 2020 financial performance will be “at the upper end” of its board’s expectations despite the unprecedented disruption of Covid-19, according to the agency.
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InsightRiverside revival for Sunderland
Confidence may be in short supply in towns and cities across the country, given the uncertainty we face as we move through the latest national lockdown. But in Sunderland, confidence remains high.
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InsightRates reform vital to save retail
The new Covid-19 variant makes things worse for retail when we hoped they might be better. The best hope for non-essential retail is a combination of furlough, meaningful grant levels and 100% business rates relief through to the end of the pandemic.
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MarketsWill the Treasury land in Teesside?
Mayor hopes that a Teesside airport site will be chosen for a new government campus.
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NewsGovernment renews pledge to reform leasehold system
Ban on ground rents for new-builds expected this year but some fear further reforms will be delayed again
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InsightThere is still a future for offices
We are in another lockdown and our release depends on the rollout of vaccines to those most at risk.
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NewsRICS looks to tackle governance crisis
Property industry bosses met with senior RICS executives this week for what was described as a “constructive meeting” to tackle the corporate governance crisis engulfing the 152-year-old body.
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NewsDemand for retail set to hold firm despite Covid challenges
Acuitus chairman says that retail will remain popular, making fundamental understanding of asset class critical.
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NewsBNP Paribas Real Estate’s Gibson moves to JLL capital markets team
JLL has poached a BNP Paribas Real Estate director to help drive its expansion in the South East, Greater London and other regional cities.
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NewsConnells creates new market behemoth with Countrywide
Connells plans to retain and build on Countrywide estate agency network following £134m takeover deal
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NewsDuo launch new resi lending platform backed by Oaktree
Silbury Finance founders aim to plug gap in senior development finance provision in residential markets
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NewsPandemic still biting the Big Apple
New York City’s property-world panic has eased somewhat but the situation remains troubled and tense.
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NewsKent’s ‘answer to Disneyland’ plans new fundraising round
London Resort Company seeks further funding as theme park’s debts and development costs continue to rise
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NewsLoan agreed for London aparthotel
Cain International has agreed a £74m development loan with Canary Wharf Group and hospitality firm edyn for an aparthotel in east London.
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ProfessionalAccessibility issue highlighted by disability campaigners
Gaining access to residential and commercial properties is a problem for wheelchair-users despite legislation.
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InsightTime to accelerate to net zero
At the start of 2020, I recall a palpable sense of hope that the world would capitalise on the unprecedented rise in climate change awareness catalysed by the School Climate Strikes and Extinction Rebellion in 2019.
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NewsWhy cash will be king for modular in 2021
High costs mean smaller players could face difficulties without financial backing
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InsightForecast for 2021: looking ahead with hope
This time last year, no one could have predicted what was to come. Is the outlook clearer at the start of 2021?
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InsightForecast for 2021: looking ahead with hope
This time last year, no one could have predicted what was to come. Is the outlook clearer at the start of 2021?
