All Property Week articles in 20 June 2008 – Page 7
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Markets
Industrial development slows as take-up rises
Industrial Development in Essex has slowed, regional agency Glenny has said, despite take-up rising.
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News
Grosvenor lands Cushman head
Grosvenor has poached Cushman & wakefield ’s head of asset management, Simon Elmer, as head of Grosvenor’s central London property management.
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News
Savills man sets up Cushman team
Andrew Collier, director at Savills, is to leave the firm to join Martin Supple at Cushman & Wakefield.
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Professional
Court deposit decisions
Question: I was unable to complete a property purchase because of difficulties arranging finance. The contract excludes section 49(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925. I paid the seller a deposit on exchange. Can I get this back? Aruna Sarwar, associate at Lewis Silkin, responds
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News
Flint sharpens councils’ flood mitigation tools
Housing and Planning Minister Caroline Flint outlined five planning steps to enable councils to better manage development in flood-risk areas last week.
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OnlineProperty management: do not overlook cost of energy
As prices soar, companies would be advised to focus on cutting costs.
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ProfessionalCompetency: Design economics and cost planning
The wording to this RICS APC Competence is quite interesting – it is slightly different to other competencies and you should read it carefully to understand what is required.
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MarketsComet flies from Invista scheme
Invista Real Estate investment Management’s Vinter House scheme in Harlow is available for leasehold occupation.
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Professional
Greens clubs up with Savills
Greens Health & Fitness has appointed Savills to acquire new clubs for its portfolio in Greater London, the south-east and East Anglia.
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News
Woolworths’ London clearance
Woolworths has offloaded four London stores to Waitrose for £25.5m as it reveals poor sales.
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GVA jumps for Joyce in City
GVA Grimley agency head Tony Joyce has been promoted to head of the City office.
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NewsCity view: Mike Prew
Admiral James Bond Stockdale was the highest-ranking US officer held in the ‘Hanoi Hilton’ during the war in Vietnam, where he was incarcerated for eight years. When asked, ‘Who didn’t make it out?’ he replied, ‘That’s easy, the optimists.’
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News
Holiday Inn checks into Segro’s Winnersh Triangle
Segro has lined up Holiday Inn to take the hotel at the £100m first phase of redevelopment of Winnersh Triangle, near Reading.
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Markets
Housebuilder to open doors to cheaper mortgages
Crest Nicholson is bidding to kick-start house sales by offering prospective purchasers cheaper mortgage deals than they can obtain from high street lenders.
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News
… and sells Chalfont sheds scheme
Frontier has also sold the freehold of Chiltern Hill Industrial Estate in Chalfont St Peter to Barwood Developments for £5.9m.
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NewsCarsberg: regulate resi and overhaul home info packs
Consumer affairs champion’s attack of residential market highlights government failings
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Markets
Buy to let buoyed by bulk investments
Leeds, Woking and Edinburgh deals offer hope for market, says Knight Frank
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News
West End building quietly offered
Great Portland Estates and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership are quietly marketing a 90,000 sq ft building in London’s West End.
