All Property Week articles in 17 August 2018 – Page 3
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Double Holborn acquisition for Hoi Hup
Singaporean developer Hoi Hup Realty has acquired a pair of mixed-use Holburn buildings from a client of Aberdeen Standard Investments for price in excess of £80m
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Two senior appointments for JLL PDS team
JLL has announced the appointment of two new directors, Aimee Baker and Dalene Kyzer in its project and development services (PDS) team.
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Two new group directors to back Avant Homes' huge increase in housebuilding
Housebuilder Avant Homes has appointed two new group directors to work alongside each other on land buying and potential trade acquisitions as part of the company’s plans to double output to 4,000 homes a year and a £1bn turnover by 2023.
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John Lewis takes Southampton pre-let for south coast logistics hub
John Lewis has completed on the pre-let of Unit 3 at South Central in Southampton on a 15-year lease from Peel Logistics and Rockspring.
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M7 seeds retail warehouse fund with £70m acquisitions
M7 Real Estate has launched a new fund targeting retail warehouse assets in the UK and seeded it with the acquisition of nine warehouses for £69.9m.
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Green light for theatre-anchored Kings Cross office scheme
A 600-seat theatre is set to anchor the newest scheme for the Kings Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP) after Camden Council approved plans for a 355,000 sq ft development adjacent to Coal Drops Yard.
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L&G acquires Manchester BTR tower
Legal General has exchanged contracts to acquire the 350-unit West Tower build-to-rent block within Renaker’s Deansgate Square scheme in Manchester.
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Hines secures CMA letting at Canary Wharf
Hines has let 113,000 sq ft of office space to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), at The Cabot in Canary Wharf.
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RESIcast: Is ‘home ownership at all costs’ the best policy for Britain?
Speaking ahead of this year’s RESI Convention , chief executive of the Housing and Finance Institute Natalie Elphicke and Phil Laney, founder and chief executive of Lyvly, discuss whether home ownership is the best policy to solve the UK’s housing crisis.
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LondonMetric makes logistics double acquisition
LondonMetric has acquired two recently developed urban logistics warehouses for a combined £23.5m reflecting a blended net initial yield of 4.9%, rising to 5.6% after five years.
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Meiklejon to head new real asset investments team at Aviva Investors
The global asset management business of Aviva has appointed former Standard Life Investments real estate investments director Mark Meiklejon to head up its newly-formed real assets investment specialist team.
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Patrizia buys Hammersmith retail asset
Patrizia Immobilien has acquired a flagship retail asset at 49-63 King Street in Hammersmith, London from Alanis Capital for €24.6m (£22m).
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Countrywide bows to shareholder pressure over incentive package
Countrywide has backed down in the face of shareholder criticism of plans for a generous pay plan for its senior executives.
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Global uncertainty hits FTSE 100
The FTSE 100 suffered its worst week in three months last week amid global trade fears and a worsening currency crisis in Turkey.
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Social housing green paper: a change in direction?
Three weeks ago, I wrote about the new NPPF and its role in tackling the UK’s housing crisis. I also looked ahead to another important piece of the jigsaw – the long-awaited Social Housing Green Paper.
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Two new senior directors for Buro Four
Consultancy Buro Four has begun an expansion strategy with the appointment of two new senior directors from Faithful+Gould.
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Housing delivery in London: a tall order?
Three major residential developments in Old Oak Common have received the green light, kick-starting construction at London’s biggest opportunity area and the UK’s largest regeneration scheme, the only point in the UK where HS2 and Crossrail will meet.
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Paparelli to take over as head of Europe at Deutsche Bank
Dino Paparelli is set to take over from Roman Kogan as head of European commercial real estate at Deutsche Bank.
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CBRE rethinks company structure and senior roles
CBRE has announced a shake-up of its organisational structure and a number of senior executive promotions.
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Alexander Tower gets approval in Berlin
Developer MonArch has received the green light to create Berlin’s tallest residential tower located on Alexanderplatz.