All Property Week articles in 15 July 2011 – Page 2
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Markets
Green light given on Staines Road
Ambit and Aegon have secured planning permission from Hounslow Council for a trade counter development
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News
Fund manager sets out to Redefine Wichford
Two listed property companies that share the same investment and asset manager are to merge in a £208.7m deal
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Professional
Radlett rail freight row rumbles on
St Albans City and District Council is due to appeal a High Court decision to give permission for a large rail freight interchange
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News
Inferno spreads to Freemasons’ HQ
The former Freemasons headquarters at 31 Great Queen Street in Covent Garden, London, has been let to advertising agency Inferno on a 10-year lease. The 10,386 sq ft building was built in 1924 for the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys. EA Shaw advised the trust; Nigel Harrison & ...
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Insight
Two men who formed an Olympic-sized vision
This is the tale of two outsiders. The first, Reg Ward, died in January. He was celebrated by 200 regeneration veterans at Canary Wharf last Monday night.The memories were of the days when the fog used to close in on the Isle of Dogs, locals pining for the return of ...
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Markets
Loss of Focus is Travis Perkins’ gain
The slump on the high street over the last few months has led Travis Perkins to be cautious over the expansion of its retail businesses – but it has not stopped it altogether
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News
Peas in fitness freak-out
Working in the property industry has its perks: swanky drinks dos, tickets to the Test match or even celebrating your latest deal abroad. But few can claim the number one prize for “weirdest perk” as confidently as Nick Minkoff, real estate partner at Mishcon de Reya. In return for advising ...
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News
Taylor takes Hermes stateside for first time
Hermes Real Estate Investment Managers’ new chief, Chris Taylor, has stamped his mark on the pension fund manager by taking it into the US property market for the first time
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News
Faces at the races
To Ascot last Friday for the annual Property Race Day courtesy of Palmer Capital Partners, which meant Ludgate was sadly (are you sure? Ed) unable to take part in the JLL Property Triathlon on the same day. The event, where races were sponsored by Helical Bar, Icap, Bourne Capital, James ...
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News
New role as LSH eyes south expansion
Lambert Smith Hampton has created a new role to identify and buy office and industrial development opportunities in the south-east. Robert Neaverson has been appointed as south region development director. Neaverson joins from RO Developments.
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News
Out-of-town retailers plan expansion
Wren Kitchens and Mattressman hope to capitalise on vacancies after closures
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Professional
Enterprise zones take off at a gallop
Last week, the government revealed the names of 29 proposals to join the second round of UK enterprise zones. Ten zones are due to be designated enterprise zones later this summer.
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Markets
Petchey’s fancy for Lookers ends in rejection
Trefick’s chief exec rues missed opportunity in failed bid for car dealer
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Markets
Shurgard embarks on European-wide refurbishment
Shurgard Europe is to improve and refurbish six of its UK stores at the end of the year
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Professional
It’s good to talk, email, text and tweet
How do you get someone to trust you? You talk to them. How do you get them to keep trusting you? You keep talking to them. What happens if you stop talking to them? They stop trusting you, mainly because they assume you’ve got nothing good to say any more.Talking ...
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Markets
Self-storage unbreakable under economic pressures
Room rates rise as self-storage shows resilience to market conditions
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Markets
Jones Lang LaSalle homes in on Far East
Firm to capitalise on King Sturge’s groundwork in attracting investors
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Insight
East meets westfield
Can the giant Australian developer lure enough tenants for its September opening?
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Online
Delancey poised for Olympic gold
Qatari Diar-backed bid outpaces Wellcome Trust and Hutchison Whampoa in race for Olympic Village