All Property Week articles in 18 February 2011
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Online
Shapps' homes bonus plan draws diverse criticism
Housing minister Grant Shapps has drawn criticism from groups as diverse as countryside campaigners and housebuilders after announcing details of the coalition’s plan to boost residential development with a New Homes Bonus for local authorities.
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Online
Podcast Special: David Erwin of Cushman & Wakefield
Joining James Max in the Property Week Podcast Special is Cushman Wakefield’s head of capital markets David Erwin.
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Online
Abercrombie to open in Dublin
US fashion retailer Abercrombie and Fitch has taken a lease at 34 College Green, a former banking hall building, in Dublin’s city centre.
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Markets
Ricoh sets the toner
Japanese peripherals company Ricoh will move into its new European headquarters at British Land’s 20 Triton Street development this month.
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News
UK yields and rents stagnate
UK property yields and rents remained stagnant in January, delivering a measly 0.1% increase in values
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News
RREEF to relinquish Randstad portfolio
Fund manager to sell €200m of Dutch assets after restructuring talks break down
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Trinity and Trikona row over
Trinity Capital, the AIM-listed Indian investor, has settled its dispute with Trikona Advisers, its former investment adviser. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Trinity will make certain payments to Trikona in cash and other considerations, the terms of which are confidential. “The dispute was a commercial one and with ...
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Professional
This week's movers
Phillip Burnshas been appointed CEO of Corestate Group, a private equity investor based in Zug, Switzerland. He joins from Terra Firma Capital Partners.Property Alliance Grouphas hired former Tesco executive John Clarke to grow its store and budget hotel presence in the north-west.Knight Frankhas bolstered its Glasgow team with the addition ...
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Markets
McAleer & Rushe's Precision Point
Precision Point Swindon Borough Council has allowed McAleer Rushe to change the planning consent from residential to office on Precision Point (above), next to Jurys Inn on Fleming Way in Swindon.
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Insight
Do not rely on the IPD sustainability index yet
Sir, The IPF Sustainability Interest Group welcomes the publication of the IPD Sustainable Property Index (Property Week, 26.11.10).
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News
Hobbycraft has UK sewn up
Wilkinson Williams to lead plan for arts and crafts retailer to open a further 80 out-of-town stores
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HMVs are a hit with retailers
Forever 21 and H M are among the retailers queuing up to take over the stores released by music retailer HMV
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Royal & Sun hazy over Manc move
One of Manchester’s biggest prospective lettings of the past year has been abandoned, after new accounting rules dissuaded Royal Sun Alliance from taking a 61,000 sq ft at 3 Piccadilly Place.
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Goldman’s Siskind returns to US
Ed Siskind, global head of Goldman Sachs’ Real Estate Principal Investment Area (REPIA) is moving back to the US from London, but continuing as global head. Jim Garman becomes European head and Alan Kava becomes sole head of the Americas, following the retirement of his co-head, Rich Powers.
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Professional
Government to slash feed-in tariffs
Energy minister seeks to avoid problems of similiar scheme in Spain
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News
Fancy your name in Lights?
One of the Piccadilly Lights advertising screens at Piccadilly Circus is on the market for the first time in more than 33 years
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Insight
JJB Sports is unfit for extra time
Retail vacancies have dominated the headlines through JJB Sports’ proposal of a second CVA and Local Data Company’s stark reminder of the north-south divide
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News
Metro’s Wandsworth extension on track
LandSecs and Delancey fund to start at Southside retail scheme
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West End spend up in January
Retail sales have increased by 5.8% year on year in London’s West End, boosted by domestic and luxury shoppers
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Insight
West Ham’s Olympic stadium win could end in tears
The battle for the Olympic Stadium was great theatre