All Property Week articles in 16 December 2011 – Page 7
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Greenhalgh to step down
Hammersmith Fulham Council’s leader Stephen Greenhalgh is to step down in six months’ time, after five years in the role.
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Edward Symmons buys Storeys:ssp
Edward Symmons has acquired north east-based firm Storeys:ssp.
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Portas Review: Cameron promises response in the spring
The government will review Mary Portas’s recommendations for reviving high streets and publish its response next spring.
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Portas Review: guru launches out-of-town attack
“Queen of Shops” Mary Portas has today recommended the government tighten restrictions on out-of-town retail, including demanding planning sign-off from the secretary of state on all new retail developments outside town centres.
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Portas Review: Portas’s six-point plan for landlords
Landlords are to blame for high vacancy rates and “dog-eared”, “down-at-heel” buildings that “blight” the UK’s town centres, according to government adviser Mary Portas, who unveiled a six-point plan for property owners this morning.
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Portas Review: BPF backs BID proposals
Landlords have welcomed a key recommendation from retail guru Mary Portas that would free them to deliver significant extra investment in the nation’s problem high streets.
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Portas Review: the property industry’s first reactions
The property industry reacted with caution today on the recommendations, particularly on recommendations regarding business rates.
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Portas Review: In Full
Mary Portas has today published her recommendations for saving the UK’s ailing high streets. Download them in full here
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CBRE Global Investors scores Sheffield’s biggest letting in two years
Telecoms firm PlusNet has agreed to relocate to a headquarters in Sheffield city centre, in the city’s largest letting for two years and a rare expansion story for the regional markets.
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MORNING AFTER: Accessible Retail Christmas Lunch
Nearly 1,000 members of the retail community attended the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel last week for the Accessible Retail Christmas lunch.
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MORNING AFTER: Movers & Shakers Annual Dinner
Jo Brand provided the entertainment at a sell-out Movers Shakers annual dinner this year, which saw £37,000 raised for the property industry’s charity LandAid.
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Portas Review: Portas reveals high street recommendations
Mary Portas has published a summary of the recommendations she will make to government when she reveals her plan to revive the high street this morning.
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UK stations to offer drop-in offices
Business space provider The Office Group has signed an agreement with Network Rail to provide flexible working space at stations across London and the UK, starting with Paddington.
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Podcast: Irvine Sellar on the highs and lows of The Shard
Irvine Sellar, the man behind what will be Western Europe’s tallest building, The Shard, talks to PropertyWeek.com about the highs and lows of the 10 years it has taken to realise his vision.
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Administrators appointed to Battersea Power Station
The companies that own Battersea Power Station were put into administration at the High Court this morning.
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GI Partners teams up with Rowan to close £83m Aldwych deal
Investment company GI Partners has joined up with Rowan Asset Management to buy Aldwych House on Aldwych in London’s Midtown.
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Belgian investor Vabeld buys in Liverpool
Belgian property investment company Vabeld Real Estate has bought a retail property in Liverpool from Axa Real Estate for £7.15m.
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Birmingham's Real Estate Investors refinances
West Midlands property group Real Estate Investors has agreed a new £20m revolving credit facility with Lloyds Banking Group.
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Yorkshire Forward defends Leeds headquarters sale
Yorkshire Forward has defended a deal to sell its Leeds headquarters for £10m less than it paid for it, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Hammerson appoints retail portfolio director from US REIT
Hammerson has appointed Martin Plocica as retail portfolio director from US developer Simon Property Group.