All Property Week articles in 22 October 2010 – Page 7
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Markets
Anthropologie breaks rent record
Fashion retailer to pay £210 zone A for former Austin Reed store
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Markets
Selling today will not always save tomorrow
Over the past 18 months it appears banks have not been able to do anything right. But the big question is why banks are allowing property companies to go under
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News
Mixed picture at Allsop
The Allsop commercial auction, which is seen as an early indicator for the investment market, produced a 72% success rate on Tuesday – higher than its summer result but down on the equivalent sale last year
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News
Royal & Sun Alliance shines on Manchester
Royal Sun Alliance is poised to sign for 61,000 sq ft of offices in Manchester, in one of the biggest lettings in the city this year. The FTSE 100 insurance firm has placed the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth floors at the 200,000 sq ft 3 Piccadilly Place ...
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News
Carlyle agrees BSI Tower sale
Carlyle Group is making its first disposal from the £670m Thames portfolio, by selling the BSI Tower in Chiswick to US private equity investor Harbert and developer and asset manager Canmoor
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Markets
Hamer hammers home importance of rogue agent regulation
In light of public sector cuts, ombudsman supports protection of private-rented tenants
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News
Administrators: landlords could learn to love new CVAs
The property industry is likely to benefit from a new generation of company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) being created by restructuring experts
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Professional
My Extraordinary Hobby: Steve Bracey talks about his hobby of football refereeing
Steve Bracey, managing director of the real estate and construction team at insurance broker Lockton, tells Richard Heap about his extraordinary hobby
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News
Lloyds’ new £600m hit
The catastrophic losses incurred by HBOS from its equity investments in commercial property were laid bare this week, as it emerged that the company wrote off almost £600m of the value of its main property co-investment vehicle last year.
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News
DevSecs rolls up for £50m of Kemsley’s Rock collection
The property empire of entrepreneur Paul Kemsley is close to being broken up and sold off, and Development Securities is poised to buy a large proportion of it
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News
£400m top-up for Regional Growth Fund
A £1bn fund designed to stimulate projects in areas that are over-exposed to the public sector, will get an extra £400m to spend.
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News
CABE crushed by 40% cuts
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment’s (CABE) future is in doubt, after 40% was slashed from its budget on Wednesday
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News
Mayfair site could reach £300 zone A
A development opportunity on Conduit Street in Mayfair has come on to the market which, once completed, could command a zone A rent of as much as £300
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Insight
Tale of Kew Bridge House offers clues to 2015 values
Here’s a little tale that may amuse younger readers, who may not even believe it – but it is true
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Insight
20-30-40-50: Instant head of managed offices Seb Royle
Every week, we meet a property person from a different age group. This week, Richard Heap talks to Seb Royle, 41, a triathlete, bull runner and head of managed offices at Instant
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Markets
Co-op to shed 1m sq ft of warehousing
Retail and services group seeks to offload surplus from Cumbernauld to Dunfermline to consolidate
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News
£1bn green bank
The government plans to launch a green investment bank funded by asset sales. The £1bn fund is a key Liberal Democrat demand, and will be used to fund offshore wind and carbon capture.
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Professional
Top ten tips for dilapidations
Dilapidations is a complex process that requires considerable skill and expertise, especially when dealing with full, material or substantial break clauses. Once you have committed to a lease, you are bound to the terms you have signed up to, so it is important to ensure the lease accurately reflects what ...
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Online
Pickles gives councils £55m planning grant
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has offered local authorities £55m over the next five years as part of a bid to encourage more localism in the planning system.
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Professional
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