All Property Week articles in 19 August 2016 – Page 5
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Separated at birth: Chris Evans and Mark England
We’re not sure if BNP Paribas Real Estate’s chief operating officer Mark England has a passion for fast cars, but he shares an uncanny resemblance to former Top Gear presenter Chris Evans. What do you think?
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Property Week footballers go down in a Blayze of glory
It wasn’t so much Premier League as Sunday league for Property Week’s five-a-side football team, who dusted off their boots for Blayze Group’s inaugural property tournament last Friday.
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Good call for McCall...
It feels like it’s never been away, but the new football season is underway and what better way to show support to your team than by sponsoring the manager?
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L&G to forward fund GE Grid shed
Legal General has agreed to forward-fund a 180,000 sq ft manufacturing facility for GE Grid Solutions on the second phase of Stafford’s Redhill Business Park.
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Phoenix Spree sees 16.7% H1 valuation increase
German residential real estate specialists Phoenix Spree Deutschland achieved a valuation increase of 16.7% over H1, having acquired 486 residential and 23 commercial units in Berlin over the period.
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Plowman appointed to focus on resi builds for Storey
Milton-Keynes based Storey Homes has appointed Mark Plowman as its new construction manager to oversee all its residential developments.
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EY to make Atria One its Edinburgh home
EY is on the verge of expanding its presence in Edinburgh by taking 32,000 sq ft in German investment company Deka Immobilien’s Atria One building.
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An entrepreneur, an army man & a philanthropist: Duke of Westminster obituary
It is almost 10 years to the day that I walked into one of London’s most imposing pieces of real estate to meet the Duke of Westminster.
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The genuinely inspiring potential of virtual reality
Much is now being made of virtual reality (VR) outside the sci-fi and gaming circles.
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REITs put open-ended property funds to shame
Should the property industry be embarrassed that, post Brexit vote, some of its main domestic-property-owning institutions have been involved in a mini flash crash, caused by fundamentally flawed open-ended fund structures?
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New Aesop stores show London is cosmetics capital
Australian beauty brand Aesop has signed to open two new London stores in quick succession.
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Rise of automation is worse for London jobs than the office market
The rise of automation and artificial intelligence would reduce London office take-up by as little as 143,000 sq ft a year despite cutting job numbers by as much as 30% in the next two decades, researchers at JP Morgan Cazenove have estimated.
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Cording under offer on Glasgow office
Cording Capital is on the verge of snapping up one of the largest offices currently on the market in Glasgow for just under £25m.
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RESI: YO! Home and YO! Sushi founder joins strongest ever RESI conference lineup
YO! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe - who also created residential development spin-off YO! Home - will speak at this year’s RESI conference, adding to the event’s stellar line-up.
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RESI: Pidgley to talk public-private regen potential
Tony Pidgley, one of the biggest names in UK residential development, will debate London’s housing conundrum at this year’s RESI event.
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RESI: Will housebuilders down tools until referendum storm has passed?
In September 2015, the government announced its aim for a million new homes to be built in England by 2020.
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Pokémon go on hunt for new London HQ
Its augmented reality app has taken the world by storm and now the firm behind Pokémon is looking to expand its real-world presence with a new office in London.
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New Rosette division secures Cardiff deal
Rosette Merchant Bank’s new structured products arm has made its first acquisition, buying the House of Fraser building in Cardiff on behalf of Middle Eastern investors for £37m in partnership with Naissance Capital Real Estate.
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Beavertown brews up plans for London bars
Craft beer brewery Beavertown has appointed Colliers International to seek locations for its first bar venues in London.
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Q&A: Harry Downes on the prospects for build to rent
The private rented sector (PRS) has been tipped to thrive following the EU referendum, as investors look for stable, long-term income amid all the Brexit vote uncertainty.