All Property Week articles in 24 February 2017 – Page 5
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PRS firms make first foray into senior living
Private rented sector (PRS) developers Aitch Group and HUB are both making a push into retirement living as they look to capitalise on undersupply in the sector.
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Disruptor Monzo gears up for growth in flexible space
Fintech start-up Monzo has signed to take a 13,000 sq ft office in the heart of London’s technology district.
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More student digs for UBS
UBS Asset Management has bought a 184-bedroom student accommodation development in Fulham, west London, from Imperial College London for £31.5m.
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Mulberry clinches GSK Harlow South deal
Mulberry Property Developments has acquired a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) research and development facility in Harlow, Essex.
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Rise of the indie cinema
Cinema takings continue to climb, with healthy admissions and a wave of town centre boutique offerings planned.
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Insight
Fight these 'punitive and unfair' business rate changes
Many of us will have had the rare but welcome pleasure of receiving a tax refund from HM Revenue Customs when audits uncover errors in how tax bills were calculated.
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Chancellor under pressure over business rate changes
The new draft rating list was published by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) back in September, but it was only this week that it blew up into a political storm as letters dropped through people’s letterboxes spelling out the full implications.
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Chancellor must heed call on duty as well as business rates
The clamour of voices calling for urgent change to the business rates regime ahead of 1 April, when the new ratings list comes into effect, reached such a crescendo this week that it looks pretty nailed on that there will be some sort of announcement in the Budget on 8 ...
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DB Symmetry embarks on spec shed building spree
Shed developer DB Symmetry is set to embark on a speculative development push this year having grown the business rapidly since its formation two years ago.
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Markets
Bristol’s office market shows signs of revival
When two of Bristol’s most successful developers, Salmon and Cubex, revealed last year that they were considering building more offices in the city, it came as a relief to those who feared that Bristol was running out of office space.
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Markets
Once upon a time in the west: what future for a Bristolian hub?
Two years ago, the Great Western Cities plan was unveiled to little fanfare outside the South West. The big idea was that if Bristol, Cardiff and Newport were to join forces they could provide a rival to the ‘northern powerhouse’.
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Green REIT eyes potential of Brexit-related office moves
Green REIT is confident that the Dublin office market will benefit from Brexit as occupiers from London kick off searches for office space in the Irish capital.
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Budget retailers snap up former BHS stores
Discount retailers are set to scoop up a raft of former BHS department stores across the country.
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Irvine Sellar interview: My battle to create The Shard
Irvine Sellar talked to Property Week in 2012 about his epic battle to create a global landmark for London.
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Trump’s radical Wall Street agenda offers hope for New York’s mega-builders
No initiative on president Donald Trump’s agenda matters more to the commercial property world than his stated intention to “do a big number” on Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulations.
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Science mecca to welcome nuclear agency
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has agreed to pre-let space at an office building in the Harwell Campus technology park near Didcot, Oxfordshire.
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Unite set to splash out £400m this year
Unite Students has embarked on a £400m spending spree this year targeting both development sites and existing schemes.
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Retail, Leisure & Hotels supplement February 2017
The grey pound - Boutique cinemas - British Land - Competitive socialising - Hotel food and drink
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Property Week Digital Edition - 24 February 2017
Call Off Duty petition - Business rates - The Instant Group interview - Bristol & South West focus
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HCA deploys first parcel of £2bn building fund
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has committed the first parcel of money from the government’s £2bn accelerated construction fund, backing housebuilder Hill’s plans to deliver 180 homes at a site in Chichester, West Sussex.