All Property Week articles in 17 August 2018 – Page 4
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Cole Waterhouse forward-sells Wembley campus
Property Developer Cole Waterhouse and investment company Topland Group have forward-sold their 680 bed student campus in Wembley to Unite Students for £98m.
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1,400 new homes proposed in Birmingham Commonwealth Games plans
Birmingham City Council has unveiled its masterplan for the 2022 Commonwealth Games athletes village including plans to convert the site into a scheme comprising social housing, for sale and private rental homes and a retirement village after the games.
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CityBlock secures new head of ops ahead of expansion plans
Student accommodation developer CityBlock has hired Sanctuary Group’s Samantha Davies as its new head of operations to lead on a planned expansion.
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Regional REIT buys M7 portfolio
Regional REIT has paid M7 Real Estate £31.4m for a mixed-use UK regional portfolio.
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Seaforth goes forth - interview with Tyler Goodwin
Seaforth Land chief executive Tyler Goodwin tells Richard Williams why the company decided to buy Covent Garden’s landmark CAA House after passing on so many other deals.
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VR leisure firm seeks real London presence
A new virtual reality leisure operator is hunting for its first sites in London.
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Long-income returns fall into line with wider market
Returns from long-income property started to cool in the first half of 2018, according to new data from CBRE’s Long Income Index.
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FCPT lets two restaurants at London estate
F C Commercial Property Trust has agreed two new restaurant lettings at its St Christopher’s Place central London estate.
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What lies in store for House of Fraser’s property estate?
Mike Ashley says he hopes to keep 80% of branches open, but hasn’t made clear in what capacity.
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Data drive: property management software
Tech that allows users to analyse data in real time is driving a revolution in the way real estate is managed
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Ex-CBRE duo sets up London development consultancy
Jamie Gunning and Guy Passey along with former Kier man Charlie Philip will specialise in mixed-use in the capital.
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Will Ashley’s Direct approach work for House of Fraser?
The ‘will he or won’t he?’ question had been swirling around Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley for weeks. Some thought he would splash the cash to protect his shareholding, others that he would sit on his hands and do nothing.
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Regus owner taps third-party capital to grow fund
IWG has been quietly building up a fund to acquire flexible offices for its Regus and Spaces brands.
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Damning report on neighbourhood plans calls for overhaul of system
Lack of resources and poor understanding of the system mean that neighbourhood plans are not working, study finds.
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Spin class: August interrupted
I simply love August. Clients on holiday, long lunches, shopping, disappearances from the office for fictitious meetings. Being child-free, I always holiday in July or September.
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Changing consumer trends take a bite out of Big Apple’s famous department stores
Londoners troubled over the plight of debt-ridden House of Fraser as it fell into administration last week and was promptly bought by Sports Direct should know that the department store scene in America is even more dire. Jumbos are closing from coast to coast while in Manhattan, the historic something-for-everyone ...
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International capital – an alternative thought
International investors have long been dominating the headlines with regards to the UK real estate investment market and my recent travels have only reaffirmed the continued level of appetite for UK assets.
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Property Week Digital Edition – 17 August 2018
Property management software profile – Tyler Goodwin interview – Occupier market focus – Neighbourhood planning
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HUB poaches Crest Nicholson's Huntly-Gordon to lead on acquisitions
Former Crest Nicholson development manager Chris Huntly-Gordon has joined developer HUB as head of acquisitions.
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SDL Graham Penny achieves unusually high success rate
Leicester branch achieves 88% success rate, but £2.4m raised is 40% down on August 2017 auction result.