All Property Week articles in 17 October 2014 – Page 4
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InsightSparks fly at first MIPIM UK
Wow. MIPIM UK got off to a feisty start on Wednesday, didn’t it? And not because of a controversial statement by one of the speakers… simply because a controversial character was there!
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NewsEntries open for Property Week squash event
Property Week has teamed up with Newton Perkins to celebrate 40 years of the property industry’s most enduring squash tournament.
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MarketsProspects very different for rival Northamptonshire schemes
Fallout continues over decision to grant approval to the Rushden Lakes complex, writes Stuart Watson
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InsightRetail parks must divide to conquer the out-of-town market
Whisper it quietly, but the out-of-town retail sector is splitting in two: those parks that require dominance and experience to succeed in their catchment - much in the same way as a shopping centre - and those parks that fulfil the convenience model.
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MarketsConfidence grows in the East Midlands office market
Investment levels are on the rise in the region’s three main urban centres. Stuart Watson reports
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NewsForeign investors outstrip UK in commercial property
Foreign investors have overtaken UK institutions to become the largest owners of UK commercial property, data from the Property Industry Alliance has revealed.
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ProfessionalStaying clean: how to drug test safely in the workplace
Drugs testing in the workplace has increased hugely in recent years, but employers need to stay on the right side of the law. Here’s how:
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NewsContrasting fortunes for Hammerson and Sainsbury’s chairman
As chairman of both Hammerson and Sainsbury’s, it used to be pretty straightforward for David Tyler to identify which was the bigger company.
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MarketsThe key challenge for developers is to select the right supply chain
From 2008 until early last year, the UK construction market was either in a deflationary or static pricing market.
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InsightIntelligence: UK shopping centre investment set to reach eight-year high
The number of UK shopping centre transactions in the first three quarters of 2014 was almost a third higher than in the equivalent period in 2013, research from Knight Frank has revealed.
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InsightAre new football stadia a goal or a red card for development?
Across the country, new football stadia are being touted as the perfect mechanism to regenerate blighted areas. But are these icons of the beautiful game really moving development forward? Adam Branson reports
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NewsSpinningfields building is no hard sell
A prime Manchester city centre office building has hit the market with a £100m price tag.
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NewsLego competition for young builders
In support of LandAid Day, Property Week is this year hosting an architecture competition with a difference.
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ProfessionalNew faces at British Land as company looks to reposition its retail portfolio
British Land has announced the appointment of three people in the company’s retail business.
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NewsInvestors bid for taste of Gherkin
Bids were expected on the Gherkin building in the City of London today, as investors from across the world vie to snap up the iconic piece of real estate.
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InsightViewers had to come before the BBC’s spiritual home
Imagine living in one of the most iconic buildings in British broadcasting history, the former ‘Taj Mahal of television’.
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NewsRBS bank branches brought to market
A portfolio of 65 Royal Bank of Scotland-let high street bank branches has been brought to the market for £85m, reflecting a yield of 6%.
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InsightTesco needs more than a little help to bounce back
The mothballed Tesco supermarket in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, is a haunting sight. The exterior has been built in the glass and wooden style typical of post-2010 Tesco, and the markings in the car park are drawn.
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ProfessionalPeople Moves: RHWL, Faithful+Gould, Atelier etc
Pellings has appointed Eamonn De Barra (pictured top centre) as a senior associate at its north London office and Joe Keating as a building surveyor at its Bromley office. Keating joins from Carless Adams Partnership
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MarketsQ&A: Hammerson director of asset management Peter Cooper
At the end of September retail property REIT Hammerson acquired the remaining 40% stake in the 1.15m sq ft Highcross shopping centre in Leicester from joint venture partner LaSalle Investment Management.
