All Property Week articles in 26 August 2011 – Page 11
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Plans submitted for Thames floating “Park”; new images released
A consortium of property investors and professionals has today submitted plans for a floating pontoon on the left bank of the Thames, called the London River Park.
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Von Essen's Hotel Verta in administration
Von Essen Hotels’ newly built Hotel Verta near London Heliport has been put into administration.
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Four TJ Hughes stores sold to Lewis's Home Retail
Four of the TJ Hughes discount department stores have been sold out of administration to Lewis’s Home Retail.
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Europa backs Ediston in £250m JV
Europa Capital has backed Scottish property company and fund manager Ediston after buying a major stake in one of its funds and committing new equity.
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Euro Garages secures £110m funding for acquisitions
Euro Garages, the privately owned forecourt retail group chaired by former ASDA chief executive Andy Bond, has announced a £110m funding agreement to step up its site acquisition programme.
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Regent Street blocks bought by Crown and Norges
The Crown Estate and Norges Bank Investment Management have made their first joint purchase of Regent Street assets, following the sale of 25% of the Crown’s Regent Street holdings to the Norwegian fund in January.
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Quinlan’s former Libyan School in Chelsea to be developed by Orion
Orion Capital Managers has bought a one acre freehold site in the heart of Chelsea, London, for luxury residential development.
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Green light for O2 "Skywalk"
Venues operator AEG has secured planning permission for a walkway traversing the roof of The O2 in Greenwich, east London.
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Westfield confirms $612.5m World Trade Center Mall JV
Westfield has agreed to invest $612.5m in a joint venture to develop the retail part of the World Trade Center.
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Newham wins casino battle
Newham council has won its battle to open a Las Vegas-style casino in Westfield Stratford City next to the Olympic Park in east London following the collapse of a legal challenge from rival bidders.
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Pottery Barn owner looking to open UK stores
US home furnishing and cookware chain Williams-Sonoma, which owns Pottery Barn, is looking to open its first store in the UK next year.
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Property Week parent buys Ecobuild
Property Week’s parent UBM has bought Ecobuild, the giant sustainable building products exhibition held every year at London’s Excel.
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CBRE and JLL bag global HSBC advisory mandates
CB Richard Ellis and Jones Lang LaSalle have been appointed global property advisers to banking giant HSBC.
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I own a building which was previously a school
I am seeking planning consent to convert the premises into offices but in the meantime the property is empty. I am reviewing my insurance cover for the building, would signing up for a property guardianship scheme make me a more attractive risk to an insurer?
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Critical distress in property services industry rises by 42%
Critical distress across the property services industry has risen by 42% in the past quarter, Begbies Traynor’s latest Red Flag Alert research has found.
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West End still London’s office hotspot
Central London take-up fell to 2.2m sq ft in the second quarter, but the West End remains strong with the vacancy rate falling to 3.8%, according to CB Richard Ellis’s Central London Offices survey.
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Bursha Holdings secures £16.3m funding from Barclays
Property investor Bursha Holdings has said it will expand its operations in the retail and leisure sectors after receiving a £16.3m funding package from Barclays Real Estate.
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Court of Appeal clarifies law on assignment guarantees
The Court of Appeal has enforced a court ruling that could see landlords left unable to enforce guarantees when tenants assign their space to another company.
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Podcast: Ed Mead on where's best to buy in London
In the latest edition of the Property Week Podcast Douglas Gordon director Ed Mead tells you everythiong you need to know about the London residential market.
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RBS poaches L&G's Helen Gordon to head West Register
Royal Bank of Scotland has recruited Legal General Investment Management’s Helen Gordon to head up its West Register vehicle.