All Property Week articles in 2 September 2022
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NewsJunior housing minister Marcus Jones departs government
Junior housing minister Marcus Jones has left government and returned to the backbenches.
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NewsRICS survey shows sharp fall in homebuyer enquires
The number of new homebuyer enquiries has fallen to its lowest level since the beginning of the pandemic, the RICS has revealed in its latest residential market survey.
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NewsMorgan Sindall named builder for Cambridge Unity lab campus
Property investor and developer Howard Group has appointed Morgan Sindall Construction as sole contractor to build three wet laboratory buildings at Unity Campus, a life sciences cluster eight miles south of Cambridge.
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NewsFlexible workspace specialists Vallist and infinitSpace join forces for new offer
Flexible workspace creator and operator infinitSpace and adviser Vallist are collaborating on a global service enabling landlords and developers to enter the flexible workspace.
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NewsLush takes 103,000 sq ft of warehouse space in Poole
US fund manager Federated Hermes has let two warehouse units with a combined floor space of 103,000 sq ft in Poole, Dorset, to cosmetics group Lush.
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OnlineVistry produces strong first half figures ahead of £1.25bn Countryside takeover
Housebuilder Vistry has produced a strong set of interim results days after agreeing its £1.25bn takeover of rival Countryside.
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OnlineCairn Homes posts record interim figures
Irish housebuilder Cairn Homes sold a record number of homes during the first half of its financial year and has lifted future sales forecast.
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InsightFuture of Freight: planning reforms must not be the end of the story
A radical change of direction could soon be underway for the freight and logistics industry, following publication of the government’s new Future of Freight plan. Calls for evidence on various aspects of its vision and priorities have already started to land.
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InsightIt’s time we rethink our working environments
The landscape of workspace design has rarely undergone such a rapid, seismic shift as it has in the past couple of years. The workplace is no longer simply a place to work. It has shifted to an infrastructure for building social capital and fostering a sense of purpose and belonging. ...
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NewsHuckletree launches new co-working space on Oxford Street
Workspace provider Huckletree is opening a new hub on Oxford Street, themed around the web and the metaverse.
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NewsChancerygate submits plans for 98,000 sq ft of industrial space in Nottingham
Warehouse developer Chancerygate has submitted plans to build 98,000 sq ft of trade-counter, urban logistics and industrial space in Colwick, Nottingham.
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NewsPanattoni fully lets its logistics park in Borehamwood
Panattoni, the largest logistics real estate developer in the UK and Europe, has signed lease agreements for the final three units of its logistics park in Borehamwood.
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NewsJD Sports to open bigger store at Birmingham’s Bullring
JD Sports is planning to create a new bigger store at Hammerson’s Bullring & Grand Central in Birmingham.
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InsightNew MEES targets would require double the pace of commercial property refurbishment
Following consultation, in 2021 the government confirmed its intention to raise the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) for non-domestic buildings to EPC ‘B’ or above by 2030.
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NewsRegal London to add two storeys to Watford’s The Clarendon Works
Regal London has secured planning permission for two additional storeys of grade-A office space at The Clarendon Works in Watford town centre.
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InsightValues can only be measured with movement in real rates
It wasn’t long ago that there was just one broadly consistent and, hopefully, true version of the news. Whether received via newspaper, radio, television or the internet in its infancy, we consumed roughly the same news stories as our neighbours, friends and colleagues.
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OnlineProperty podcast: The Instant Group wants to be Airbnb for offices
In the latest episode of PropCast, Craig Hughes, CEO of partnerships and John Williams, global CMO at The Instant Group join Blackstock Consulting’s founder Andrew Teacher to discuss the changing market for workspaces and the importance of choice and flexibility in the future of offices.
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NewsHelical sells TikTok London office for over £158m
Helical has exchanged contracts to sell single-asset company Farringdon East (Jersey), owner of the long leasehold interest in the Kaleidoscope office building above Farringdon East Crossrail Station in London, to Chinachem group for £158.5m.
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OnlineFirst-half revenue and profit down at Winkworth
Estate agency group M Winkworth has posted a sharp fall in revenue and profit for the first half of the year despite the end of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
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OnlineBarratt posts record £1bn annual profit
Barratt Developments has posted a sharp rise in full-year profit and revenue as completions recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
