All Property Week articles in 28 August 2020
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Ballymore and Diageo team up for regeneration of Guinness Quarter
Diageo has chosen developer Ballymore as its partner to deliver the transformation of 12.6 acres of its St. James’s Gate site into an urban neighbourhood.
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FEC launches search for affordable housing partner
Far East Consortium (FEC) is on the hunt for an affordable housing partner to help deliver its plans across Red Bank, one of the first phases of Manchester’s Northern Gateway.
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Plans submitted for student accommodation scheme
Plans for a 282-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Stratford, East London, have been submitted to the London Legacy Development Corporation.
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M3 Consulting reveals trio of promotions
London-based development and project manager M3 Consulting has announced three senior promotions within the firm.
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Bruntwood SciTech chief executive to step down
Bruntwood SciTech chief executive Phil Kemp is stepping down at the end of this month to pursue a portfolio career.
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Central London occupier leasing slides
Occupier leasing in Central London tumbled by 57% across the second quarter of 2020, according to a new report from DeVono Cresa.
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Quintain rebrands build-to-rent operator with new senior hire
Quintain’s wholly-owned build-to-rent operator will be rebranded to Quintain Living from next month, with the developer hiring a new senior director for the brand.
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Castleoak makes two board-level appointments
Later living and care development specialist Castleoak has made two board-level appointments.
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Lockdown rules are easing and hopes of an economic recovery are growing, but there is still widespread uncertainty over when businesses in the UK plan to return to workplaces.
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Octopus Real Estate strengthens Manchester office
Real estate lender and investor Octopus Real Estate has announced two promotions and a new hire in its Manchester office.
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Stewart Milne Homes secures £13m funding from Homes England
Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne Homes has secured an additional £13m from Homes England to help it deliver new homes across a number of its developments in North West England.
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Every downturn ends in recovery – this one will be no different
The danger of writing a piece like this is the temptation to sound wise after the event, or to attempt to predict the future. As the Nobel prize-winning, behavioural economist Daniel Kahneman observed, “we are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role ...
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St James’s Street office building hits the market
Savills and Michael Elliot have been instructed to sell Central London office building Queen’s House.
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Belfast City Council approves £12m aquarium in Titanic Quarter
Belfast City Council has approved plans to develop a £12m aquarium in Titanic Quarter, Belfast.
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Shop vacancy rates are at a six-year high
Almost 11% of shops in the UK are now vacant – the highest peak since January 2014, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NHS gears up to offer ‘pay-as-you-go’ spaces to help nation get back to business
NHS Open Space has re-opened its doors to offer “flexible, affordable clinical and non-clinical space” across England for those needing alternative ways of working as they get back to business.
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Warehouse REIT acquires two single-let warehouses for £82m
Warehouse REIT has acquired two single-let warehouses for £82m.
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Retail property REITs down 46% in 2020
The average share price of retail property-focused REITs has fallen 46% so far in 2020, making it the worst-performing category of REIT this year, according to wealth manager Bowmore Wealth Group.