All Property Week articles in 2 April 2015
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Plans approved for 1.7m sq ft of space at Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf Group has secured planning permission for 1.7m sq ft of new floorspace at the Isle of Dogs.
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Thor swings hammer on Oxford Street
Thor Equities has bought a £50m seven-storey retail and residential building at 105-109 Oxford Street, as tipped by Property Week.
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BPF welcomes Lib Dem help-to-rent policy
The British Property Federation has welcomed proposals by the Liberal Democrats to allow young people to borrow money to pay for their tenancy deposit.
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Tritax buys Brake Bros warehouse for £37.2m
Tritax Big Box REIT has bought a 268,000 sq ft warehouse at Flex Meadow in Harlow from LondonMetric for £37.2m, reflecting a yield of 5%. The building is used as a regional distribution centre by Brake Bros with an unexpired lease term of 24.5 years, subject to five yearly upward ...
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OnlineReal estate shares rise as rates remain unchanged
Real estate shares enjoyed another day of strong gains after the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee voted to keep rates unchanged at 0.5%.
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OnlineLloyds appoints head of property for SMEs
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has appointed Glen Wilson as head of property for small and medium sized enterprises.
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Pepper UK boosts commercial loan servicing operation
Pepper UK has appointed Alison Higgs as head of commercial loan servicing as part of a drive to boost its non-residential real estate arm.
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OnlineGreen hits record rent in St James’s Square
Property development and investment company Green Property has secured a £185/ sq ft record-breaking rent at 8 St James’s Square.
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Tristan buys South East office campus for EPISO 3 fund
Tristan Capital Partners has bought a 175,000 sq ft office campus in Hemel Hempstead from a group of private investors for its EPISO 3 opportunity fund.
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OnlineVINCI St Modwen and CGMA complete New Covent Garden development agreement
VINCI St Modwen (VSM) has finalised plans for the regeneration of the 57 acre New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms, London.
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OnlineGerman fund set to complete £210m Howick Place deal
Doughty Hanson and Urban Civic are set to complete a £210m to sell 1-5 Howick Place to a German doctors and chemists fund.
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Nine Elms set to boost St Modwen
By luck or sound judgment St Modwen is set to fair well from this morning’s announcement that its Nine Elms development had gone unconditional.
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OnlineFormer Aviva fund manager sets up new real estate business
A former fund manager at Aviva Investors has set up Winterflood CRE - a new business to help real estate funds find assets with ‘bond like’ qualities.
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OnlineWynnstay shares surge after valuation
Shares in AIM-listed tiddler Wynnstay surged 6.67% on Wednesday after it published a positive portfolio valuation.
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OnlineHomeless housing fund raises £56.8m
A fund set up to buy London homes and let them to the homeless has closed for new investment after raising £56.8m.
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Chiswick grants permission for Telereal Trillium housing plans
Telereal Trillium has secured planning permission for the demolition of Wheatstone House in Chiswick and the development of a mixed-use residential-led scheme.
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Benson Elliot buys seven-storey office in Glasgow
Private equity fund manager Benson Elliot has bought 150 St Vincent Street in Glasgow from F C Reit.
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OnlineLambert Smith Hampton reveals senior management changes
Lamberth Smith Hampton has announced two senior management appointments after its acquisition of ES Group last month.
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OnlineHotel deals spike in first quarter
Total transaction volumes in the UK hotels market reached £1.89bn in the first quarter of 2015 – 47% more than a year ago, according to Savills.
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M&G recruits retail investment director
M G Real Estate has recruited Kerry Williams from Colliers International to serve as retail investment director.
