All Property Week articles in 21 July 2017 – Page 6
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Insight
SO Resi will help people understand shared ownership
As revealed by Property Week last week, Thames Valley Housing is changing the way it communicates its shared ownership offer and re-branding its shared ownership homes ‘SO Resi by Thames Valley Housing’ .
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News
Cobalt to quadruple size of headquarters
Cobalt Light Systems, which was acquired by Agilent Technologies last week for £40m, is set to expand its headquarters fourfold after signing a pre-let for 23,500 sq ft at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
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Information
Boom in retail parks anchored by grocery discounters
The number of out-of-town (OOT) retail schemes anchored by discount grocery retailers has rocketed in recent years, Savills research reveals.
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Markets
Supermarket chains forced to hone their juggling skills
It’s official: the supermarket space race is finally over. Figures published by the Local Data Company (LDC) last month showed the number of stores operated by the ‘big four’ grocery chains fell in 2016 - the first such decline since the LDC started tracking them in 2008.
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Online
Government endorses Farmer Review recommendations
Ministers have endorsed the government-commissioned Farmer Review into the future of the construction industry.
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Online
Video: PW Power 100 - Nick Leslau on being number 1
After claiming top spot on the inaugural PW Power 100, Nick Leslau tells Property Week about his career highlights, challenges for the future and his motto for property and life.
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News
Caddick launches strategic land arm
The Caddick Group has launched a new strategic land arm offering site assembly, negotiation and promotion as well as planning services.
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News
Hats off to Orchard Street
Orchard Street Investment Management has acquired Dunn’s Hat Factory, an office building in Camden, north London, from Columbia Threadneedle for £25.3m.
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Insight
Taylor made: Chris Taylor interview
Chris Taylor isn’t particularly interested in talking about this or that individual deal. Instead, the chief executive of Hermes Real Estate and head of private markets at Hermes Investment Management is keen to discuss the history of places and how they might develop in the future.
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Professional
Planning authorities are failing to prioritise housing for older people in their local plans
Developers have long complained that a major barrier to the delivery of more retirement living schemes to meet the needs of an ageing population is the planning system.
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News
Alduwaliya bags Ofcom HQ on South Bank for £150m
The Qatari royal family’s private property company, Alduwaliya, has snapped up an office development on London’s South Bank from M G’s retail fund for around £150m.
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News
Divine intervention for PW FC
Property Week’s history on the football field is about as trophy-laden as that of our local team Crystal Palace.
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News
Strettons blames low success rate on market uncertainties
Strettons has attributed the low success rate at its July auction to political and economic uncertainty.
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Online
RESI 2017: PW & Savills to host #RESIdebate
RESI 2017 is set to be the most important yet. So to set the scene ahead of the event in September, make sure to join the head of residential research at Savills, Lucian Cook (@LucianCook), resi experts from the event (@RESIevent) and journalists from Property Week (@propertyweek) this August to ...
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Online
Urban Revivo picks Westfield London for first step of global expansion
Chinese fashion label Urban Revivo is opening its first store outside Asia at the Westfield London shopping centre.
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News
HQR builds on the success of last year’s summer ball
London’s high-quality residential (HQR) development community has shaken off the downward sales trend to deliver a bumper £108,000 sum for a trio of charities.
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News
Separated at birth: Becky Hance and Anna Kendrick
Metropolis isn’t sure whether newly promoted Colliers International director Becky Hance is as pitch perfect as actress and singer Anna Kendrick but she does share a near perfect likeness with the star of the Pitch Perfect franchise.
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Online
British Land shares jump on buy-back news
Shares in British Land closed up 3.15% on Tuesday after the company announced a £300m share buy-back programme.
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Insight
Teaming with BTR backers a win-win for councils
With local authorities struggling with central government cuts, it’s unsurprising many have turned to commercial property as an alternative source of income, as shown by Woking Borough Council’s purchase of Dukes Court last week