All Property Week articles in 24 July 2015 – Page 5
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Markets
Tories ‘backtracking’ on transport?
In the run-up to the general election ‘northern powerhouse’ was almost as popular a phrase with Conservative candidates as ‘long-term economic plan’.
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Professional
People moves: Avison Young, DTZ, Cirpo, Colliers etc
All the latest moves and appointments from across the property sector.
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News
New store puts the ‘ooh’ in Boux Avenue
Lingerie retailer Boux Avenue is close to agreeing a deal for its first central London store on Oxford Street.
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Professional
Businesses risk a last-minute scramble to comply with EU energy audit
It’s been open for business since 1 January, but so far little more than tumbleweed has blown through the portal for companies to submit their notifications under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS).
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Professional
Argent’s David Partridge is announced as BCO president
The British Council for Offices (BCO) has welcomed David Partridge as its new president.
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Insight
A whole new attitude is required from retailers if they are to compete with the likes of Amazon
Like-for-like sales made their way into the lexicon of the retail world in the 1980s.
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Insight
It's all part of the service
I see from an article in Property Week (‘Sector is “lagging behind” in terms of customer service,’ 10.07.15), the BCO has found that fewer than one in five office occupiers rate their property management service as good or excellent.
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Markets
Battle over the future of Manston airport heats up
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) failed to make the gains it hoped for in May’s general election, but the party’s attempts to take control of Thanet in east Kent have created a political storm that has engulfed the developers of the former Manston airport.
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Markets
Foodie favourites touch down at UK’s airport terminals
Airport fare is changing to meet passengers’ increasing desire for new flavours
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Insight
The advantages of being adaptable in a moving market
There has been recent speculation about whether the UK real estate market can continue on its current growth trajectory.
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Professional
The ACV process puts a block on progressive redevelopment
The topic of designating property as assets of community value (ACVs) is a hot one at the moment.
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Insight
Real action needed to change brownfield sites
In its shake-up of planning laws this month, the Government announced there could be ‘automatic permission’ for development on brownfield land (‘Brownfield housing push may have unexpected potential,’ 17.07.15)
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News
Threadneedle lands £80m loan for St James’s Square purchase
Threadneedle Investments has obtained a loan of about £80m from Wells Fargo to help finance its purchase and the refurbishment of the Queen Mother’s former home in St James’s Square.
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News
Charity buys FORE’s £51m speculative riverside office
Investment company FORE Partnership has sold its speculative office project by the Thames to a charity for £50.9m.
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News
Hunter acquires Spires for Canadian AIMCO for £40m
Hunter Real Estate Investment Managers has acquired the Spires Shopping Centre, High Barnet, on behalf of Canadian investor AIMCO, for £40m.
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News
Manchester’s ‘most wanted’ office acquired for £130m
Manchester’s most-wanted office building is set to change hands for a price in excess of £130m.
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News
£1.4m deal boosts Barnett Ross total to £10m
Barnett Ross has raised £10m at its latest auction, buoyed by an £1.4m sale to an overseas investor.
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News
Allsop auction hits £56m as lure of outer London grows
Allsop’s July residential auction raised £56m as investors looked to the outer reaches of the capital in search of value.
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News
Massif achievements run in family for Patron’s Breslauer
Noted property adventurer Keith Breslauer from Patron Capital has evidently passed on some of his enthusiasm for daring pursuits to his 14-year-old daughter, Samantha.