All Property Week articles in 22 August 2008 – Page 9
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Bristol city centre scheme gets go-ahead
Bristol-based property company Urbina and Close Investments have won planning for a 110,000 sq ft development in Bristol city centre.
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Unite gets go ahead for London student sites
Student accommodation developer Unite Group has received planning consent for two new sites in London sites that will provide 355 student beds.
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LandSecs sells 50% stake in Empress State to Liberty International
Land Securities has sold a 50% stake in one of West London’s biggest properties Empress State to Liberty International.
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Standard Bank to move to Hermes’ 20 Gresham Street
Standard Bank has exchanged contracts to move to Hermes Real Estate’s 20 Gresham Street development in the City of London.
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Plan redundancies properly to avoid problems, warns law firm
Bosses planning redundancies to cope with tougher market conditions should be wary of falling foul of employment law, a north west law firm has warned.
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BAA could be forced to sell three airports
BAA may be forced to sell up to three of its UK airports because of concerns over its monopoly, the Competition Commission has ruled.
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Green light for 40-acre regeneration project in Cheshire
NPL Estates has got the go-ahead for a 40-acre regeneration scheme in Northwich, Cheshire.
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Humphery takes over as Jones Lang LaSalle’s Scottish MD
Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed Alasdair Humphery as managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle, Scotland.
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Cap & Reg’s exchanges contracts for German JV with Apollo
Capital & Regional has exchanged contracts with US Fund Apollo Real Estate Advisors to set up a joint venture for its German retail assets.
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AFI Development secures further approval for major Russia scheme
AFI Development has received further planning approval for its $7.6bn (£4bn) scheme in Kuntsevo in Moscow, Russia.
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Bristol’s Cabot Circus snares 11 more retailers
Land Securities and Hammerson have secured eight fashion and three food retailers at their £500m Bristol city centre scheme.
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Firoka ends plans to redevelop Ally Pally leisure scheme
Firoka Group has pulled out of plans to create a £55m leisure and residential development at Alexandra Palace in north London.
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Secret Drawer lingerie retailer to open at Liverpool’s Metquarter
Independent lingerie retailer Secret Drawer has agreed to open a store in the Whitechapel area of Liverpool’s Metquarter shopping centre.
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Waterstone's takes over Borders leases
Waterstone’s, the book retailer, will take over eight Books Etc stores in the London region after striking a deal with Borders, Books Etc’s parent company.
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Brixton Dylan riff sees too much confusion
Brixton Estates today unveiled a £237m loss and resorted to the lyrics of Bob Dylan to describe the 'apocalyptic' mindset of the UK commercial property market.
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Mortgage lending in 2008 'to fall by a fifth'
A rumoured imminent rally in the housing market has failed to materialise, as the latest round of bleak housing market data confirms, despite attempts by estate agents to inject a positive note.
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Bidders start to size up Dawnay
The administrators behind failed property group Dawnay, Day said they have received hundreds of inquiries from interested parties after putting the company’s UK portfolio up for sale.
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Resignation puts London 'in disarray'
Boris Johnson was accused of plunging the London mayoralty into 'complete disarray' after his chief of staff resigned on Tuesday, becoming the third senior official to quit City Hall in three months.
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Freddie pays highest risk premium
The severity of the US mortgage crisis was underscored on Tuesday as Freddie Mac, one of two government-sponsored enterprises that underpin the US housing market, paid its highest risk premium yet on a five-year debt issue to raise $3bn (£1.6bn).
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JLL buys Turkey's Alkas Consulting
Jones Lang LaSalle has increased its corporate spending this year with the purchase of Turkish firm Alkas Consulting.