All Property Week articles in 27 October 2017 – Page 4
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Berkeley duo cash in almost £50m in shares
Berkeley Group’s founder Tony Pidgley has cashed in £28.9m of shares, just seven weeks after he took a £27m windfall and faced down a shareholder rebellion over pay deals labelled “grossly excessive”.
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K&C reveals plans to become £1bn PRS REIT in five years
The boss of K C REIT has revealed plans to transform the group from a £5m minnow to a main-market £1bn private rented sector (PRS) goliath within five years.
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Redefine International’s shares fall
Shares in Redefine International fell 0.54% on Thursday despite revealing a 3.5% increase in EPRA NAV per share to 41.4p in its full year results to 31 August.
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Manchester's NOMA signs up tech tenants
A raft of tech occupiers have signed up for space at The Co-operative Group and Hermes’ NOMA scheme in Manchester, as their plans to turn it into a tech hub to rival San Francisco and Berlin start to come to fruition.
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Retirement living: later-life living can be luxurious
There is no reason why retirement accommodation shouldn’t be beautifully designed, believes Auriens co-founder Karen Mulville. Here she talks to Property Week about the company’s planned scheme in Chelsea, London.
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Livery movement working to help young succeed
As my year as master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors came to an end yesterday evening I would like to cast some light on the livery movement and how it interacts with the property industry.
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Stenprop to focus purely on UK multi-let industrial sector
South African investment firm Stenprop plans to reposition its €900m (£804m) European real estate portfolio to solely focus on multi-let industrial estates in the UK.
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Riverwell is a step in the right direction to regenerate Watford
Watford’s Riverwell scheme has recently recorded two significant milestones.
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Brexit impact: funds on the run
Open-ended retail funds took a battering after last year’s EU referendum as investors looked to cash out. Property Week asks whether it could happen again and if yes, what can be done to mitigate the damage.
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East End boy: Henry Smith interview
Aitch Group boss Henry Smith talks to Property Week about expanding the business beyond its east London PRS heartland and the challenges involved in negotiating the planning system… and the North Pole.
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Demand from Thames Valley tech sector boosts Oxford office market
Oxford and south Oxfordshire’s office market has performed strongly this year, driven by demand from the science and technology sector.
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It is essential we call out unacceptable behaviour
Liz Hamson’s leader last week was a welcome call for the property sector to look at the issue of sexual harassment and ask itself the question: how many Harvey Weinsteins are there in our industry?
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Former military base selected for revolutionary rocket testing
A new facility to enable testing of a revolutionary air-breathing rocket engine is under construction at Westcott Venture Park, formerly a secretive military base, as Rockspring continues to develop the Buckinghamshire site.
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Octopus takes on the banks with new commercial loan product
Octopus Property has launched a new commercial property finance product as it looks to ramp up its new lending to £1bn a year.
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Luton attempts to shake off ‘boring’ image with creative push
Enviably located inside a triangle between London, Oxford and Cambridge, with proximity to rail and motorway links and a thriving airport, Luton is planning to make the most of its assets and shed a less-than-romantic public image.
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Speed is key if sector is to adapt to ecommerce challenge
The ecommerce phenomenon is having an increasingly profound effect on the logistics supply chain.
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How worried should we be about IWG’s woes?
Last Thursday’s shock profit warning from IWG, formerly Regus, raises some troubling questions.
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Property Week Digital Edition - 27 October 2017
IWG - Property funds - Henry Smith interview - Herts, Beds, Bucks & Oxon focus - Private rented sector
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Care Park eyes rapid growth in UK after £100m site buys
Australian car park manager Care Park is poised to buy five car park sites worth £100m and start managing seven other sites as it looks to rapidly grow its UK business.
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Flexible office sector shrugs off IWG’s £1bn share slump
The serviced office market is supposed to be booming.