All Property Week articles in 24 March 2016 – Page 6
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Markets
University cities need to find more and better student accommodation
Demand from students for high-quality accommodation in both Nottingham and Leicester has led landlords and investors to snap up and convert offices and Victorian mills in both cities to replace tired HMO stock.
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Markets
Build it and they will come – that’s the idea for Greater Gainsborough
Gainsborough in Lincolnshire is helping to alleviate the UK’s housing crisis with the development of the Greater Gainsborough housing zone.
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Professional
Legal case and government guidance change could boost housing development
The collapse of a landmark court case and recent government guidance may rein in the power of neighbourhood plans.
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Insight
Cuts are welcome – but is rates system fit?
The government is due to publish its findings imminently into the long-term future of business rates, having said it wants the system to be “fit for a modern, dynamic, 21st-century economy” (‘Mixed bag of business rates reforms included in Budget’, PropertyWeek.com, 16.03.16).
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News
Retaining staff key factor in office relocations
Corporate office occupiers in London and the South East move, on average, under seven miles when they relocate to new premises, suggesting that retaining staff is a key factor driving decision making.
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News
Investream plots Quill scheme sale
Investream is plotting a potential sale of its luxury residential development site, the Quill, in London Bridge.
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Insight
Need to know: Budget shocks, hidden gems and... déjà vu
Last week’s Budget was the third George Osborne Budget in a year - and his fourth major set piece if you count the Autumn Statement.
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News
Westbrook eyes £130m London office portfolio
Westbrook Partners is on the cusp of a £130m deal to buy a portfolio of eight London offices from Workspace and BlackRock.
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Markets
Fresh approaches to regeneration in Nottingham North
Shunned by investors, blighted by urban decay and blamed for riots, benefits bills and teenage pregnancies, the UK’s ‘sink’ estates have long suffered from negative stereotyping that is hard to shake off.
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Online
Adhan Group to invest £50m at Junction 7
Adhan Group has bought the Junction 7 business park in East Lancashire and announced plans to build 500,000 sq ft of industrial and commercial space.
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Online
Skanska invests €48m in Polish office project
An office project in Krakow has received a €48m (£37.8m) investment from project development and construction group Skansa.
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Online
New residential mortgage lender launched in Netherlands
Venn Partners LLP has announced the launch of Venn Hypotheken, a new Dutch residential mortgage lender targeting €2bn (£1.6bn) in annual lending by the end of 2018.
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Online
Proclinical takes fifth floor at Eldon House
UK Commercial Property Trust Limited has let the fifth floor of Eldon House in London to a life sciences recruitment firm.
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Online
Prologis completes Action logistics centre
Prologis has completed a 516,000 sq ft distribution centre in northern France for Dutch non-food discount retailer Action.
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Online
Video: Mipim 2016 Roundup
Property Week speaks to exhibitors and delegates across the show in Cannes (15-18 March 2016) about the benefits of attending Mipim and their key highlights from this year’s event.
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Online
APIP merges with Property Frontiers
Asia Pacific Investment Partners (APIP) has completed a merger with overseas investment agency Property Frontiers.