All Property Week articles in 27 April 2012 – Page 8
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News
Starwood hires top banker
BNP Paribas’s Peter Denton picked to lead US private equity firm’s new debt fund drive
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Markets
Mayoral hopefuls await Birmingham referendum
On 3 May a referendum will be held to decide whether Birmingham will have a directly elected mayor. It is part of a strategy addressed in the Localism Bill to devolve power from Whitehall.
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News
Pearl’s auction jam
Fallout with joint venture partner could spark record sale of prime London assets
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News
Peel's awards appeal
A tip of the cap to Peel Holdings’ John Whittaker, who picked up two gongs for his headline-grabbing year.
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CBRE sheds director joins Anglesea
Anglesea Capital has hired CBRE sheds director Charlie Howard as partner.
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News
America’s Express eyes UK entrance
US fashion retailer Express is drawing up plans to enter the UK market and open stores in London, ahead of a further expansion across Europe.
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Professional
Kensal Rise Library row exposes ambiguity of ‘reverter’ clauses
The freeholds of two public libraries in north-west London have returned to their original owner under a little-known Victorian law, sparking a row between the council and a community group that wants to run one of the facilities “at no cost to the council”.
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News
Amazon narrows down three sites for northern depot
Internet retailer shortlists Mersey, Warrington and Doncaster hubs following Widnes washout
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Professional
You say it best when you say nothing at all
The message: Silence over break clauses can be golden
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News
Alison Nimmo - chief executive of the Crown Estate
Edinburgh-born Nimmo, 47, took over the running of the Crown Estate in January, inheriting a portfolio worth £7bn. She is its first female chief executive and one of the biggest landlords in the UK.
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Alison Carnwath - chairman of Land Securities
Carnwath marked her arrival at the UK’s largest REIT in November 2008, at the height of the property crisis, by asking then-chief executive Francis Salway to carry out a review of its entire strategy, following the portfolio’s fall in value by £4.74bn in a year.
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Markets
Agents blast EPC rules
New legislation on energy performance certificates (EPC) has been decried as “ill-thought-out” by estate agents.
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News
Ageing shopping centres as troubled as high streets
New retail analysis from IPD illustrates the plight of the UK’s in-town shopping centres, which is putting swathes of the urban landscape at risk of obsolescence.
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Markets
Westfield hopes office tenants will ensure legacy long after Olympic Games
Westfield signed up the London Legacy Development Corporation last month as its second big tenant at the Olympic Park’s only new office building, One Stratford Place.
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Insight
Are we being served? How retailers must adapt to survive
The business pages have made painful reading for the retail industry over the past few months. In the first quarter of this year, 69 retailers entered administration — an increase of 15% on the same period last year.
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Insight
Actions speak louder, but eco data still matter
Sir, I read William Hill’s piece, “Property funds now need to price green risk”, with interest
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Markets
River Island accessorises at Bullring
River Island is understood to be in talks with Hammerson to open its second accessories store, at Birmingham’s Bullring.
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News
Nairn cooks up a storm in Aberdeen
Celebrity chef Nick Nairn is to open a cookery school and shop in Aberdeen.
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Markets
Hines starts makeover of 5 Brindleyplace
“Our rental aspiration for this building is to secure top-of-the-market rents,” says Igor Mathias, asset manager at Hines, which owns 5 Brindleyplace along with Moorfield Group.
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News
British Land trims £33m of Virgin Active fat
British Land has sold five Virgin Active health clubs it bought in a portfolio last summer for £33m — a net initial yield of 6.5%.