All Property Week articles in 25 October 2013 – Page 6
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NewsBillionaires grow
Five acre redevelopment site on one of London’s most prestigious streets, sold by Saudi royal family for £80m
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MarketsBerkeley and LSE tackle taxing issue
Research commissioned by housebuilder calls for radical overhaul of system to stimulate growth and supply. Nick Johnstone reports
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ProfessionalBrazilian authorities glean real-time data to improve life in the slums
Teenagers from the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are using smart technologies to flag up problems in their neighbourhood to city authorities.
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MarketsNapier Park plans hoped to augur well
Luton council will consider plans for former Vauxhall site next month. Christine Eade reports
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MarketsAnd finally… Audi muscles in on Mini
Oxford has been the home of the Mini car plant for the last 54 years.
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NewsJournalist uncovers assets
A Property Week journalist scanned his inbox while off duty late one night and saw an email purporting to be from Tamar — the real estate investment and asset management company established by Rob Brook that was taken over by Patrizia Immobilien in May.
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NewsArmani joins Victoria fashion set
Giorgio Armani has agreed to take the top floor of Terrace Hill and Doughty Hanson’s Howick Place office scheme in London’s Victoria, for a rent thought to be around £70/sq ft.
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NewsSpire nurses London ambition
Private hospital group hunts for up to 200,000 sq ft in central location in capital
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ProfessionalAgent’s word must reflect material world
Estate agents are under tougher obligations to accurately and fairly market properties, after the government repealed the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 and replaced it with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, which came into effect on 1 October.
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ProfessionalValuation Office Agency must repair rift with ratepayers
The government’s decision to postpone the revaluation has been deeply unpopular — most ratepayers recognise it is good for prime London but bad for everywhere else.
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ProfessionalCall for clarity on service charge accounting
Campaign against poor practice ahead of revised RICS code next year.
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NewsLondon hotels to get £70m Amba revamp
GLH, the new name for Guoman Hotel Management (UK), has launched the Amba brand with 2,088 rooms across four London hotels: in Charing Cross, Buckingham Palace Road, Marble Arch and Tower Bridge (right), all previously operated under the Guoman & Thistle brand. GLH will invest £70m on refurbishing the sites.
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InsightFederation at 50 looks back at lessons of history
The BPF (British Property Federation) celebrated its 50th birthday this week.
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News33 Kingsway’s cloud solution
ChannelAdvisor has placed under offer around 21,000 sq ft at Aviva Investor’s 33 Kingsway in Covent Garden in London.
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NewsBids in for Lloyds’ £240m portfolio of half-price hotels
Bids are due in today for Lloyds Banking Group’s £240m Project East loan portfolio, which is secured against 59 regional hotels.
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InsightLondon and regions push investment activity to highest point since 2007
Transaction volumes in the third quarter of this year were the highest since 2007, as both London and the UK’s regions continued to prove attractive to investors.
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NewsGVA mulls £120m-plus sale or IPO to back global plans
UK’s seventh-biggest agency hires Cannacord to review options but rules out sale to CBRE, JLL or Savills
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Professional10 top tips for a happy workplace
Location and lifestyle are key to healthier, more productive workers.
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