All Property Week articles in 18 September 2015 – Page 5
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Professional
Henley appoints former CBRE CFO Stuart Savidge
Private equity real estate investor Henley Investments has appointed Stuart Savidge as chief financial officer.
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Markets
Northern Ireland hits the headlines as market recovery continues apace
For a market that only really started moving again last year, the property sector in Northern Ireland appears to be in remarkably good health.
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Insight
Interview: David and Allan Lockhart of NewRiver Retail
Last week, NewRiver Retail hit the magic £1bn milestone in terms of assets under management. David and Allan Lockhart talk about its ambitious plans to double in size by 2020.
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News
Earlsfort goes to the aid of NAMA debtors
Earlsfort Capital, the Irish company set up to offer finance for borrowers looking to exit private equity-owned loan portfolios, has completed €300m (£219m) of deals since its first loan closed last September.
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News
Unibail-Rodamco agrees new deal for Paris Phare Tower
Europe’s largest listed property group Unibail-Rodamco has agreed a deal with the Paris La Défense business district authority EPADESA for a scaled-down version of the planned Phare Tower in the French capital’s business district.
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Markets
Development Securities remains cautious after reaping rewards from bargain hunting in Dublin
There are plenty of reasons to visit Ireland - scenery, culture, the craic - but what drew Matthew Weiner, of Development Securities, in 2010 was the prospect of picking up bargain land from NAMA: the government agency selling off distressed Irish assets.
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Insight
Cityscape Dubai turns the spotlight on the Middle East’s love affair with London
I spent last Wednesday handing out ice creams, with the temperature hovering around 40°C outside. Not because I’ve had a dramatic change of profession, but because I was in Dubai.
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News
Aeriance’s broader geographic focus pays off
Aeriance has closed €226m (£165m) of loans in the past year having broadened its geographical focus beyond central London.
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Insight
PDR: government must adopt cautious stance
Last week, the British Council for Offices (BCO) published new research on the impact of the office-to-residential permitted development right (PDR) (11.09.15).
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News
Fund set to sell 50% stake in the Arc Shopping Centre
The West Midlands Pension Fund is to offer a 50% stake in the 270,000 sq ft Arc Shopping Centre in Bury St Edmunds, which is expected to fetch around £40m.
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News
Hong Kong buyer swoops on 35 Berkeley Sq
Green Property has sold a prestigious building on Berkeley Square that was formerly owned by convicted fraudster Achilleas Kallakis.
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News
HIG Capital buys €110m Portuguese portfolio
HIG Capital has bought two portfolios comprising 77 real estate assets and 114 secured loans in Portugal with a face value of more than €110m (£80m).
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News
Pluto lends £100m in busiest summer yet
Pluto Finance has completed £100m of new loans in just two months.
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Markets
Durham undergoes 10 years of ‘game-changing’ development
Over the last decade, a new force has emerged in development circles in County Durham.
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News
Dyson's tidy move for London retail store
British technology pioneer Dyson is on the cusp of signing for its first ever standalone UK retail store - on London’s Oxford Street.
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News
English Rose shows its Vision in Canning Town
English Rose Estates has sold a riverside residential site in Canning Town, east London, with a gross development value of £48m in its second site sale this summer.
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News
Boris Johnson backs down on fixed affordable housing targets
Boris Johnson has scrapped plans to speed up development in London by imposing fixed targets of around 25% for affordable homes on major sites in the capital.
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News
Essential buys Brentford site
Essential Living has purchased a site in Brentford in a move that will see the development of Hounslow’s first homes designed for long-term rent.
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News
BCSC: Sunday trading hours ‘must be consistent’
Councils must make an “all-or-nothing” decision on extending Sunday trading hours, according to the British Property Federation.