All Property Week articles in 22 August 2008 – Page 5
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ProfessionalCWM expands out-of-town retail
Retail Agency CWM has poached Strutt & Parker’s rent review expert, Peter Hemens, to join its out-of-town retail team.
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News
Scot the right country
I could not help but feel a tinge of sympathy for CNP’s Gerard McGuigan after his fantasy football team’s outstanding performance on the first weekend of the Premier League left him leading the table.
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Markets
Rising costs and falling orders squeeze contractors
Rising costs and falling orders are squeezing contractors’ margins.
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OnlineIssa’s towering plans come crashing down
Administrator takes full control of Manchester developer’s sites
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Insight
Clarification
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds’ and Exemplar Properties’ 67 Lombard Street in the City of London was bought by a subsidiary of Green Property Holdings, an offshore company set up by a consortium of international investors, managed by Mounir Barakat, who is an ex-property director of Hartwell.
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NewsCity view: Mike Prew
It is estimated that 90% of Skoda cars ever built are still on the road. Is that good, or have only 10% reached their final destination?
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ProfessionalDPP wins Chesterfield planning permission
Planning consultant DPP has won planning permission on behalf of Wilson Bowden Developments for a redevelopment of the former Dema Glass site in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
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NewsChannelling their energy
Keeping the athletic theme going, Hugo Llewellyn, head of investment at fund manager Protego, is kayaking across the English Channel with his friend, Adam Huntington Whiteley.
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News
Versace lease change to save store
Versace has renegotiated a new lease at its store at 183-184 Sloane Street in London to retain it in the face of tough competition from retailers such as Prada and Tod’s, which hope to open stores on the street.
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News
MWB to split hotel chains
Marylebone Warwick Balfour has begun to investigate the sale of its £650m Malmaison and Hotel du Vin boutique hotel chains for the third time in the last 18 months.
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News
CBRE-run firm suffers loss
The shares of a CB Richard Ellis-managed company that issues and invests in US property loans, dropped by almost a third in a fortnight, following disappointing second-quarter results.
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News
CBRE Investors enters Netherlands
CB Richard Ellis Investors expanded its business to the Netherlands this week after opening an office in the Schiphol airport area, near Amsterdam.
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OnlineCBRE Irish investment market view
Irish Commercial Property Market in Virtual Standstill as we approach Autumn selling season
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Professional
Le Caprice tastes rent hike
One of London’s best-known restaurants, Le Caprice in St James’s, is facing a 50% rent hike.
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NewsCapCo shows sweet tooth for Empress State, crepes and cupcakes
Capital & Counties has bought a 50% stake in one of West London’s biggest properties, Empress State, from Land Securities for £107.75m.
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Online
Helical Governetz in talks for ‘quango campus’ in Rochdale
Joint venture in talks with Wilson Bowden for 600,000 sq ft at developer’s Kingsway scheme
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Markets
Pretty plan for first-time buyers
David Pretty, chairman of the New Homes Marketing Board, this week stepped up pressure on the government to establish a national home deposit savings scheme with tax-free bonuses to help struggling first-time buyers on the housing ladder.
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Professional
Councils to pull down their empty buildings
Public sector follows property companies in effort to avoid empty rates
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MarketsOxford Science Park receives consent for Scott Brownrigg project
Oxford Science Park this month received planning consent for a Scott Brownrigg-designed, 25,200 sq ft building (pictured).
