All Property Week articles in 20 April 2012 – Page 4
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News
Pramerica to target unloved global offices
Pramerica is to roll out a global investment strategy in which it will spend hundreds of millions of pounds purchasing unloved offices.
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Professional
LandAid key to unlocking private sector funding
As the new chief executive of LandAid, I’ve been struck by how relevant our charitable giving is in 2012, as the property industry’s charity strives to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people in the UK.
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Markets
Investors on track for rail freight fund
Increased demand should help to attract investors and operators. Stuart Watson reports
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Markets
Investors on track for rail freight fund
Increased demand should help to attract investors and operators. Stuart Watson reports
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Markets
Q+A: Gatwick’s retail plans take flight
Global Infrastructure Partners is in the middle of a £1bn, two-year improvement programme of Gatwick airport that is scheduled for completion in summer 2013.
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Markets
Prelets prove that Heathrow is ripe for expansion
Almost two years ago, an Icelandic volcanic ash cloud brought Heathrow airport to a standstill. Since then, BAA has had to deal with more extreme weather, in addition to a volatile global economy and shifts in international politics towards the issues of security and border control.
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Markets
Grainger embarks on road to Newlands
Work began on Monday on £65m of infrastructure for Newlands, Grainger’s new village (pictured, below) at Waterlooville in Hampshire.
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Professional
EC Harris wins ‘free’ school scholarship
Property consultancy EC Harris has won contracts to project manage six of the government’s new “free” schools.
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News
Rolls-Royce and Muse land in east Midlands
Rolls-Royce has picked a partner for the redevelopment of a former engine-testing premises north of Nottingham, in a fillip for the east Midlands development scene.
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Markets
Robert Dyas gets house in order for exclusive sale talks
High street retailer will choose between remaining bidders this month. Rachel Hunter reports
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News
Henderson’s Italian fund duet
Fund manager teams up with asset manager Investire Immobiliare for €200m-€400m products
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News
RBS’s West Register ramps up resi division
New management team will add “quality and liquidity” to portfolio of 1,400 homes
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Markets
Kilbride plans Wolverhampton DIRFT
Midlands rail freight interchange subject to planning permission. Stuart Watson reports
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News
Frustrated US investor steers European REITs in right direction
When the world’s largest REIT investor tells the European listed sector it needs to change, chief executives across the continent should sit up and take notice.
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Insight
No sympathy for the private equity prepack devil
Battered and bruised by public opinion, landlords have given more and more ground to tenants since 2009, as the high street has fallen apart.
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News
M&S to grow space despite sales slump
Marks & Spencer intends to increase UK floorspace by 3% in 2012/13 and grow overseas space by 20%, despite a fall in like-for-like sales.
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News
Debenhams’ desire for Shrewsbury
Debenhams is to anchor the New Riverside shopping centre scheme in Shrewsbury with a 95,000 sq ft store.
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Markets
Zero C’s Portland Olympic village
Building the highest-profile housing development in Dorset has drawbacks as well as advantages.
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News
City finds an outside edge
The battle for hearts and minds in the City of London’s development scene has swung noticeably from the financial services sector to the digital or “tech” sphere.
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Professional
People Moves: Strutt & Parker, Colliers International, Christie & Co and more...
Hitchcock Wright & Partners has promoted retail specialist Matt Kerrigan from associate to salaried partner in the Liverpool office.