All Property Week articles in 27 January 2023
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InsightNEAT Developments’ Youssef Kadiri on stacked industrial
The latest version of the London Plan included some subtle but significant changes to industrial land policies, particularly Policy E7, which protected strategic industrial land from exploitation by housebuilders.
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NewsNew 700-home Lewes neighbourhood claims to be UK’s most sustainable
The team behind a £370m development of former industrial ground in Lewes, East Sussex, is claiming it will deliver the UK’s most sustainable new neighbourhood.
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InsightSAY Property Consulting’s Debra Yudolph on BTR and the cost-of-living crisis
How should the build-to-rent sector respond to the cost-of-living crisis, and how will it shape future development?
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NewsCampaigners join forces to fight Liverpool Street development
A group of leading heritage and conservation bodies have joined forces to fight Sellar and Network Rail’s proposed development at Liverpool Street Station.
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NewsNatureSpace offers free assessments for newt district licensing
Free upfront assessment summaries are to be offered by specialist operator NatureSpace Partnership to improve cost certainty related to great crested newt district licensing.
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NewsPrivate investors to splash £2.4bn on London offices in 2023, says Knight Frank
Around a quarter of the £9.5bn that will be invested in London office space this year will come from private investors, accounting for a 60% rise from the segment on last year, according to Knight Frank.
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NewsProperty green shoots put ‘in danger by BoE’s unnecessary rate rise’ to 4%
The Bank of England’s decision to raise the interest rate by half a percentage point to 4%, taking it to the highest level in 14 years, presents “a real risk to growth”, according to one industry expert.
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NewsWates Group names O’Lionaird as new CEO
Residential developer Wates Group has hired Eoghan O’Lionaird as chief executive, starting on 20 February, from the same position at FTSE-listed marine services company James Fisher and Sons.
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NewsLichfields announces number of senior promotions
Planning and development consultancy Lichfields has made a range of senior promotions as it continues to develop and expand its regional and national operations.
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NewsTopland makes two senior hires
Property investor Topland Group has appointed Edward Sibley and Natalia Gliorsi to its asset management and human resources teams respectively.
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NewsLee Baron names Andrew Robinson as new estates director
Specialist property manager Lee Baron has named Andrew Robinson as estates director for the Greenwich Peninsula district in south east London
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NewsSouth East office leasing grew 37% in Q4 2022
South East office lettings increased 37% in Q4 2022, compared to the third quarter of the year, according to Knight Frank.
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NewsHenley and Chartway to develop 162 Kent homes
Henley Investment Management (Henley) and Chartway Partnerships Group (Chartway) have agreed a deal to develop 162 new homes at Ebbsfleet Garden City, Property Week can reveal.
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OnlineTarget Healthcare suffers NTA hit as yield movement forces valuation fall
Valuation falls at Target Healthcare led to a drop in net tangible assets (NTA) during the final three months of 2022.
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InsightFlexSA’s Jane Sartin on the role flexible workspaces can play in a recession
Despite November’s apparent bounceback, we’re all gearing up for what would be the second recession in three years. Covid-19 has maybe left us more resilient, but still, we’ll need to be as prepared as possible if this one is as long and deep as some analysts are predicting.
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InsightCain International’s Ellen Brunsberg on preparing for a year of confusion
I want to wish you all a ‘Happy! 2023?’. The unorthodox punctuation is deliberate: It shows my uncertainty and conviction. I am both enthusiastic and uncertain. Which reflects the year we’re about to enter: prepare for 2023 to be a year of confusion.
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InsightHilltop Credit Partners’ Paul Oberschneider on how SMEs can adapt to the challenges of 2023
There are very few sectors of the UK economy sheltered from the impact of repeated interest hikes, and real estate is not one of them. Over the past 12 months, the market has moved from a zero-rate environment to one where the cost of capital has been gradually rising, affecting ...
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News‘Risk for UK parties buying property from overseas entities’, as Register closes
UK property dealmakers have been warned to be extra vigilant regarding ownership of assets they are looking to acquire, after the deadline passed for overseas entities with UK property to sign up to the Companies House Register of Overseas Entities (ROE).
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NewsFlexible salon space firm retains Colliers for 50 UK location roll out
Flexible salon space operator, Phenix Salon Suites, has retained Colliers to find 50 UK sites by 2030 as the US-based firm expands in the UK, western Europe and Canada.
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NewsFrench theme park operator searches for UK site
Award-winning international immersive cultural and historical theme park operator Puy du Fou has instructed Savills to find its first UK site.
