All Property Week articles in 19 September 2014 – Page 4
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InsightLeader: Why the Japanese are poised for a UK return
There is big and then there is BIG. It is unprecedented in the global real estate market that you get a new entrant that instantly becomes potentially its largest ever player.
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InsightInterview: ‘Partnership is key to PRS success’
Brandon Lewis, the housing and planning minister, talks to Rhiannon Bury about the state of the UK market, what the government is doing to help the sector and why he chose to focus on the PRS in his speech at RESI this year
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ProfessionalWorkplace: The spacemakers – inside workplace strategy
As the recovery continues, agents and consultants are once again looking to expand. And that means not just more people in traditional areas to deal with increasing workloads, but also expanding into new lines of work. At DTZ, that meant setting up a workplace strategy service for the first time ...
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News
Gaywood House primed for sale
Aberdeen Asset Management is selling Gaywood House at 29 Great Peter Street in London’s Victoria for a residential conversion.
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NewsLondon pension fund wants to invest in new housing projects
Two new developments will create 1,200 homes, including more than 400 for the private rented sector
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NewsLand of the rising fund
Japanese government is looking to invest £43bn in global property from its new London base
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NewsSeventies flashback
British Land’s head of retail, Charlie Maudsley, was treated to quite the birthday party last week when he reached his 50th year.
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ProfessionalPeople Moves: JLL, Harworth Estates, Kier Living and more...
New recruits, promotions and firms
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MarketsQ&A: Residential (North East)
The North East was notorious for being the last region in England to see a turnaround in its housing market. While house prices in other regions returned to growth, values in the North East kept on falling. However, the market has at last bounced back — and in some areas ...
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InsightLetter: Funding is key to rail-related development
Editor: In your 12 September issue, Anne Kavanagh’s column looked at the way London’s rail schemes will shape and are already shaping its development (12.09.14, p21).
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News
Dragon finds new den
Interior designer Kelly Hoppen’s company has agreed a deal for a new office in Hammersmith.
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Firms demand rate reform
Land Securities, Hammerson and Westfield are among major property companies that have signed up to call political parties to commit to fundamental reform of business rates.
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NewsTfL plans to convert London Underground HQ
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled plans to turn London Underground’s historic Westminster home into a mix of affordable, social and private housing.
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ProfessionalListed companies outperform private firms in global sustainability survey
The number of participants in the GRESB survey has almost doubled. Adam Branson reports
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InsightIntelligence: Investors head out of London for commercial property
Investment in commercial property outside London has risen to 59% of the total investment in the UK – its highest proportion since 2006.
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ProfessionalLegal view: New legislation is needed to reduce the impact of right-to-light claims
Earlier in the summer, Lambeth Council resolved to grant planning consent for the 50-storey mixed-use Jenga Tower development in Vauxhall, despite significant opposition from residents and local groups.
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InsightLetter: Do deals AND change the world
Editor: Last week, two fine articles – “The mergers that cast a long shadow” and “Counting the cost of a change of owner” (12.09.14, p30, p62) – highlighted the risks to our bricks and mortar sector when human capital is given an insufficient balance sheet value.
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MarketsConference talk: The private rented sector took centre stage at this year's RESI
This year’s RESI conference was buzzing with one topic: the private rented sector. Years after the PRS was floated as the next big thing in property, it has suddenly become a mainstay among developers who just 10 years ago would not have touched rented housing with a bargepole.
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MarketsScience Central project offers ‘a unique scale of opportunity’
A masterplan has already been agreed for the entire 24-acre site, writes Adam Branson
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News
Midtown rental growth now the highest in central London
Rents in prime buildings in Midtown increased 6% in the six months to June, topping their previous 2008 high
