All Property Week articles in 24 July 2015 – Page 2
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Diesel returns to Birmingham
High-end fashion retailer Diesel has signed for a new stand-alone store in the Bullring, Birmingham, marking the brand’s return to the city.
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CBRE Great Property Bike Ride: Leave the hard-work to Froome and relax
After the Tour de France has reached its climax you might be inspired to ramp up your training before Thursday’s Great Property Bike Ride.
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Taylor Wimpey announces £300m handout to shareholders
Taylor Wimpey is to distribute £300m to shareholders this summer after reporting another set of strong half-year results.
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Value of Capco's London estates hit £3.4bn
Capital Counties (Capco) has reported a 10% jump in NAV in the first six months of the year.
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British Land sells MPs' Victoria offices to Ho Bee for £144m
British Land has agreed to sell 39 Victoria Street to Singaporean property company Ho Bee Land for £144m.
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Lone Star agrees to buy Quintain in £700m deal
Quintain has received an offer from Lone Star to acquire the Wembley developer in a deal that values the company at £700m.
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Turner & Townsend to convert to partnership as revenues surge
Turner Townsend has revealed plans to convert to a limited liability partnership ending speculation that the project management consultancy would be floated.
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Irish total returns accelerate in second quarter
Total returns from investment in Irish property increased to 6.3% in the second quarter of 2015, according the IPD/SCSI Ireland Quarterly Property Index.
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Research points to excessive focus on diversification
Property investors may have focused too much on increasing the number of assets in portfolios, according to new research from the Investment Property Forum (IPF).
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Irish government teams up with private equity to lend to housebuilders
Private equity giant KKR has teamed up with the Irish government to lend €500m to housebuilders.
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Positive results boost SEGRO's shares
SEGRO was the top rising REIT on Tuesday after it published strong half-year results.
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Kennedy Wilson Europe confirms £211m South East office buy
Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate has completed the acquisition of nine South East offices from Apollo Global Management and M M Asset Management, as tipped by Property Week in June.
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Canary Wharf wins planning for 57-storey residential tower
Canary Wharf Group has won planning permission from Tower Hamlets Council for a residential tower at the estate’s new phase, known as Wood Wharf.
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TK Maxx moves into The Netherlands
International retailer TK Maxx has agreed a deal for its first store in The Netherlands.
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Former London magistrates court hits market
A former magistrates court which once heard the cases of Oscar Wilde and the Kray twins and has permission for conversion to a hotel has come to the market for £75m.
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L&G acquires Mitchells & Butlers’ Birmingham HQ and hotel
Legal General Property’s Limited Price Inflation Fund has purchased the freehold interest in Mitchells Butlers head office and an associated hotel from LaSalle Investment Management for £69.5m.
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Cameron says UK property is no safe haven for 'dirty money'
Foreigners must be stopped from buying UK homes with “plundered or laundered cash” as part of a “global effort” to defeat corruption, David Cameron is expected to say in a speech later.
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SEGRO reveals strong first half results
SEGRO, the industrial property giant, has recorded a strong operating performance across the group in the first six months of the year, including 4.3% like-for-like rental growth and positive asset revaluations across all its main markets.
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Chinese equities sell-off hits FTSE
The FTSE 100 has fallen below where it stood at the start of the year – after Chinese shares suffered their biggest one-day fall.
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Westminster interjects to halt mega-basements
Westminster City Council has announced that it will use legal powers to halt an “underground epidemic” of mega-basements across central London.