All Property Week articles in 15 October 2010 – Page 7
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Insight
Bullish investors have little to lose by charging the Europe’s recovery
It is a year since the big European economies exited recession. Although I appreciate the many risks that may dampen the economic outlook, I am baffled by the number of column inches dedicated to fears of a “double dip”
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Markets
Pretek to build eco-home factory
“Eco-responsible” homebuilder Pretek Precision Homes, has invested £8m to turn a former steel warehouse at Walker Park in Blackburn into the first sustainable housebuilding factory in the north. The factory has the capacity to build more than 3,000 “low-to-zero-energy-rated” homes a year for housing associations and developers.
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News
Redevco shops in Budapest
Redevco has bought a 67,275 sq ft prime retail property in Budapest city centre from ING Real Estate Development for €44m
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Markets
Bristol City FC could lose grounds to ‘town green’
If in December FIFA chooses the UK for the 2018 World Cup, it will be despite possibly losing Bristol City Football Club as a venue
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Markets
HDG Mansur reaches out to Bristol market
The developer behind Finzels Reach, the 1m sq ft mixed-used scheme in Bristol, believes a dearth of new-build stock could help establish the area as a new “city quarter”
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News
Cold comfort break
To the Microscope Ball last Thursday, where West End agent David “Boomer” Hanrahan had a “the one that got away” moment
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News
LandSecs makes a Point in Bracknell
Land Securities has bought the 102,000 sq ft the Point leisure complex in Bracknell
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Markets
Hush Puppies bounds into Mall
Hush Puppies is to open its first shop in a shopping centre for more than a decade in 1,600 sq ft at the Mall in Bristol’s Cribbs Causeway
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News
Minerva trio’s pay packet bonus
The three executive directors of Minerva shared £2m in salaries and bonuses in the last financial year
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News
Paul says bonjour to Clapham
French-style bakery Paul has taken a 900 sq ft unit at 13 Northcote Road in Clapham, south London, at £62,500 a year on a 15-year lease with six months rent free. Nash Bond advised Paul; Harper Dennis Hobbs advised the private landlord.
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Professional
Q+A: Pat Ritchie steps into Sir Bob Kerslake’s shoe
Pat Ritchie takes over from Sir Bob Kerslake as chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency on 1 November
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Insight
In a cold economic climate, property provides a blanket of comfort
British commercial property now yields more than twice as much as equities and nearly three times as much as 10-year gilts for the first time in my investment life
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News
Blackstone buys hotels loan
US investors Fortress and Northstar, advised by Savills, have sold a $72m mezzanine loan that was lent against a portfolio of hotels known as the Columbia Sussex hotel portfolio in the US.
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Markets
Thames Valley dwellers demand more at Big Debate (VIDEO)
Occupiers in the Thames Valley are demanding better technology and infrastructure, more clarity on the benefits of local enterprise partnerships from the government and shorter leases from landlords
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News
DevSecs and Berkshire buy Body Shop HQ in Sussex
Development Securities and Berkshire Investment Capital have bought the original Body Shop headquarters in Littlehampton, West Sussex
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Professional
A one-for-all rating system will include many benefits
For some years now, a good number of property trusts, funds and investment institutions have been measuring and reporting on the performance of their assets according to environmental and social criteria. It is a response to pressure from investors, regulators and the wider public
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Markets
Property oracle to leave empire behind
After 22 years at IT software company Oracle Corporation, Tim Caiger, vice-president of real estate and facilities, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), is to step down at end of the year
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Markets
BBC brushes up on Bristol’s Paintworks
The BBC last week signed a lease on the studio at Bristol’s Paintworks, where Endemol makes Deal or No Deal for Channel 4, thus turning Endemol into a subtenant
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Videos
Empire State vs Vornado: the battle for New York’s skyline
The owners of the Empire State Building are dead set against Vornado development a couple of blocks away
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News
Retailer homes in on Worcs bargain
Retailer Home Bargains has signed for a 10,000 sq ft store at Riverside Shopping Centre in Evesham, Worcestershire, which is managed by Axa Real Estate Investment Managers.