All Property Week articles in 24 May 2013 – Page 5
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NewsComedy night on the Town
Property Week’s professional and legal editor, Sarah Townsend, found herself in humorous company at the BCO conference dinner in Madrid last Thursday night.
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NewsUS Chop Shop for St James’s
US restaurant operator Altamarea Group, which owns restaurants across New York, is to open its UK debut restaurant in London.
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NewsGreen light for Shell Centre redevelopment
Plans to redevelop the Shell Centre on London’s south bank have been approved by Lambeth Council this week.
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NewsKennedy Wilson king of Castle
Kennedy Wilson Europe has been selected to buy the Castle Market Holdings portfolio for just more than €300m.
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MarketsNeed to know: giant Carrington Shell site
Shell’s 1,660 acre Carrington Estate in Greater Manchester was put up for sale last month through Jones Lang LaSalle. It has the potential for 185 acres of employment land and 1,500 homes.
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MarketsCarlyle trio to spec second phase of Salford Quays’ Soapworks
Carlyle Group, together with its joint venture partners, Nikal and Abstract Securities, are to start work on the largest speculatively developed office scheme outside London: the second phase of Soapworks at Salford Quays.
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MarketsCapital & Centric pools resources at Littlewoods sites
Capital & Centric won planning consent earlier this month for the Bunker — part of the Manchester-based developer’s regeneration scheme that also includes the redevelopment of the Littlewoods Pools Building, both off Edge Lane in Liverpool.
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ProfessionalIn rights-of-light review, uncertainty may be best policy
The Law Commission’s review of rights-of-light legislation has prompted energetic debate over which of the proposed changes are likely to be adopted.
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NewsLectern lust heats up BCO
At the BCO conference in Madrid last week, professor David Begg of the campaign for High Speed 2 refused to stand behind the lectern to give his speech for the “Transport and offices — crisis, delusion or the British way?” session.
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MarketsHistory lessons in Bath
Ethical investment firm BLME has provided a £11.3m refinancing facility for the refurbishment of an entire crescent in Bath.
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NewsBath mall sale talks collapse
Universities Superannuation Scheme has pulled out of a deal to buy a 50% stake in Southgate Shopping Centre in Bath.
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NewsKnightsbridge up Basil’s Street
Gavin Scott, director of residential developer Simon Scott Homes, decided to recruit John Cleese, aka Basil Fawlty, to help launch a luxury apartment at 28 Lincoln House on Basil Street in Knightsbridge last week.
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InsightDevelopment funding is back in town
The continued appetite for residential development has reduced the supply and pipeline of City and West End office property, the latest report from Cushman & Wakefield shows.
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InsightAviva, Pru and Legal & General step into Rigsby’s shoes
The London bus metaphor is a tempting one when it comes to institutional private renting. You wait forever for investors to appear and then two of the biggest come at once with what looks like others following in convoy.
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NewsMedicX Fund moots merger with rival Assura
MedicX Fund is planning a takeover of rival healthcare company Assura Group which, if successful, would create the largest healthcare property company in the UK
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NewsShaftesbury’s asset revamp plan
Shaftesbury is to concentrate on the refurbishment and redevelopment of its existing portfolio as the supply of new investment opportunities in London’s West End dwindles.
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NewsBlackRock upscales in Asia with MGPA buy
BlackRock this week confirmed its merger with MGPA, revealed by Property Week last month.
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NewsSearch is over for Google art
It looks as though Google’s new office in King’s Cross might have found the first piece of art to adorn its walls.
