All Property Week articles in 16 March 2018 – Page 4
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Berkeley Homes ignores government call for housebuilders to build houses
Berkeley Homes has positioned itself directly against prime minister Theresa May, by refusing to increase the number of homes it builds despite government threats to housebuilders to either build homes on their land or face planning blocks.
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Hammerson shares slump again after negative Credit Suisse note
Shares in Hammerson slumped 4.86% on Thursday after investment bank Credit Suisse downgraded the stock and questioned its takeover of rival Intu.
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Markets
The wheels are in motion to transform Northallerton Prison
After 230 years as a jail, the 3.5-acre site is about to be redeveloped.
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Markets
Yorkshire markets - repeating last year’s milestones?
After a great year, can Leeds and Sheffield sustain their success?
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Insight
Food halls: hall to play for
Market Halls is the latest operator to put a social dining offering on the menu for foodies.
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Insight
Open plan: equality is improving but we still have a long way to go
In one of my first Property Week columns, I wrote about the need for greater diversity and gender equality in the industry. For this I was heavily criticised by many senior individuals, who took the time to call me and tell me I was wrong.
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Insight
Not such a jolly old boys’ club outing
I am sure I am not the only one who flew out to Nice this week feeling a good deal of trepidation mixed in with the usual nervous excitement ahead of Mipim.
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Insight
Planet Property: London Wall development shows why Make is making it big in London
Expect a whopper planning application soon-ish from Make Architects for the second phase of The Crown Estate’s St James’s Market, which sits on the stretch of Regent Street below Piccadilly.
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Sheds & beds: an unusual Nestlé blend
At a former coffee factory in west London, SEGRO and Barratt are about to combine housing and industrial space in what could be the first of many large-scale ‘sheds and beds’ schemes.
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Insight
Home truths: housing associations can step in where the market fails
Iwas 24 when I bought my first home. It was a very small flat on a main road with a train line running at the bottom of the garden – not great, but it was secure.
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Markets
Trinity Leeds celebrates five-year anniversary with new initiatives
The shopping centre generates £150m in economic output and supports 5,400 jobs, but its owners aren’t resting on their laurels.
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News
CVA rescues for retailers stir discontent among landlords
Other creditors get a better deal from company voluntary arrangements to save retailers, landlords claim.
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AlloyMtd on hunt for next big London buy
One Crown Place developer says capital still prime location, despite Brexit fears.
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Agent P: on tour at Mipim
8:30am, Homeric Room: Old Tom slides into his seat, back a day early from Mipim. “Boring, boring, boring…” he mutters. Even La Chunga, I ask of the louche and mesosphere-priced spot by the Martinez. He grunts something about meeting a Malaysian.
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Hermes markets refurbished Birmingham office for £70m
Hermes to sell art deco building bought for £40m in 2013, following refurbishment and letting programme.
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Pacific to raise £50m for portfolio deals
Industrial REIT hits market to fund acquisitions in the south and North West.
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LaSalle fund refinances 40 hotels with £22m mezzanine loan
LaSalle Investment Management’s LREDS III fund has provided a £22.2m, five-year mezzanine facility to refinance a portfolio of 40 hotels managed by the Shearings Leisure Group.
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Property Week Digital Edition – 16 March 2018
Mipim news – Canary Wharf estate – SEGRO sheds and beds – Food halls – Yorkshire market focus
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Professional
Ramsey returns to Vail Williams as planning partner
Property adviser Vail Williams has re-appointed planning partner David Ramsay who is returning to the firm from JLL after a three-year gap.
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Insight
Great service is ‘brilliant basic’ for property managers
Bill Hughes of Legal General was right to say property management needs to change if it is to survive. But rather than all-out revolution, property managers just need to remember the fundamentals of what great service looks like.