All Property Week articles in 15 November 2013 – Page 4
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Markets
Warm Wellcome for guests who Tune into London hotels
Wellcome Trust branches out with Malaysian hotel brand. Kat Spybey reports
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News
Unite union to turn Glasgow hotelier
The Unite union has submitted plans to Glasgow City Council for a 16-storey hotel on the site of a derelict property that overlooks the river Clyde.
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Markets
Humphrey takes helm at Scottish Property Federation
New chair reaffirms federation’s apolitical stance in independence debate. David Hatcher reports
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Professional
Need to know: how to get on the fast track to planning
Legislation to allow office and industrial developers to submit planning applications directly to the secretary of state was laid in parliament on 31 October. Property Week examines the new rules.
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Insight
New York’s mayoral swing spells uncertainty for real estate
New York City’s real estate world survived 9/11, the Wall Street crash of 2008 and Hurricane Sandy.
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Professional
Fund sheds light on energy woes
Four-fifths of property companies predict they will fail to meet their growth targets because of soaring energy prices.
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Markets
Q+A: Moorfield at home on Edinburgh’s Quartermile
In September Moorfield Group bought Quartermile in Edinburgh from Gladedale Group and its lender, Lloyds Banking Group. Exemplar Properties had placed the 19 acre site under offer in January 2012 for around £65m.
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News
Icity unveils designs for Olympic media hub
Icity yesterday submitted plans to London Legacy Development Corporation for its redevelopment of the former Press and Broadcast Centres on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London.
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Professional
Happy talk from guru of urban design
Charles Montgomery says happy cities create beneficial byproducts. Sarah Townsend reports
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Markets
Parabola purchase sets Edinburgh Park on upward curve
Property and land at out-of-town scheme fetch 40% more than asking price. Rhiannon Bury and David Hatcher report
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News
Jamie’s King’s Cross kitchen
TV chef in talks to transform Fish and Coal buildings at Argent’s central London scheme
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Insight
J Crew is next litmus test for US success in UK
There was plenty of buzz at MAPIC this week about last week’s launch of J Crew on Regent Street — an event so high profile it was covered by the BBC.
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Professional
Judicial review could be knocked on head in dedicated planning court
Experts welcome creation of specialist planning court. Sarah Townsend reports
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News
Co-op wins green crown
The Co-operative Group’s new head office in Manchester was this week named as the world’s greenest building, by the body in charge of BREEAM environmental ratings.
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Professional
Office-to-residential conversion threatens London’s primacy
As chairman of the mayor’s London Office Panel Review, I have been tasked with investigating the industry’s view on whether house price rises are affecting office supply. In central London, offices are being lost to residential development at an alarming rate: 70 office buildings were lost in Westminster alone in ...
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Professional
People moves: Colliers International, GVA, EC Harris and more...
CKD Galbraith has made two new hires in its Edinburgh agency and building teams. Katie Gibson joins as a commercial agency surveyor and Reuben Birch joins as a graduate building surveyor.
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News
More London eyes giant CMBS
Deutsche Bank lined up to securitise south bank estate in what would be one of UK’s largest-ever financings
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News
China corp lands Chiswick Park
China Investment Corporation is to buy Chiswick Park from Blackstone for around £800m.
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News
China’s Centrium signs recruiter
Recruitment firm Michael Page has signed for 19,500 sq ft at the Centrium building in Holborn, central London, which was last week sold to China Overseas Holdings in its debut deal.
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News
Mayfair Capital resi fund reaches close
Mayfair Capital Investment Management has completed a final closing for its £28.2m Mayfair Capital Residential I fund.