All Property Week articles in 28 March 2013 – Page 5
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Professional
Only half of councils have ‘presumption’ plan in place, as NPPF grace year ends
Lobbyists still fear countryside is vulnerable to development.
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Professional
Reducing number of shops should be paramount for London’s councils
Betting shops, pawnbrokers, money lenders. There are thousands of vacant shops across London, and the ones that are occupied want to give you fast money.
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News
Cheshire retail scheme is worth its salt
An £80m retail scheme to rejuvenate the historic salt-mining town of Northwich in Cheshire has been granted planning consent.
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Markets
Centrica sale is cooking on gas
Energy company’s Oxford headquarters attracts 25 prospects at 6% yield. Christine Eade reports
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Markets
Q+A: Centre MK post-Primark problem
Last month, market traders with stalls outside Centre MK celebrated their victory over the combined forces of Hermes, Prupim and Primark.
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Professional
A light bulb moment for transparency on costs
How many economists does it really take to change a light bulb?
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Insight
Budget’s housing package is music to developers’ ears
Sir, Last week’s Budget announcement that the housing sector would receive £5.4bn is welcomed by London developers and buyers alike.
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Insight
Why we welcome Britain’s economic migrants
Politicians of all parties say they want Britain to make more things.
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Markets
MEPC breaks ground at Milton Park
First speculative developments at Didcot scheme for five years.
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News
B&M man in the saddle at Pure Gym
Pure Gym has poached B&M Retail’s head of property to become its new group acquisitions director to oversee plans to build a portfolio of 80 gyms by this time next year.
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News
Property man's new BFF
Denise Van Outen, the actress, singer and television presenter best known for presenting Channel 4’s Big Breakfast, was best friends for the night with Morgan Williams partner Richard Allsop.
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News
Have you been picked to join the magnificent sevens?
It has been an agonising wait, but rugby-loving property professionals across the land discovered this week whether they have qualified for entry to this year’s National Surveyors Rugby Sevens Tournament.
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News
Debt becomes Euro workout specialist
European property was a boom area for restructuring in 2012, as shown by the emergence of a small UK property debt specialist in the top 10 global restructuring firms.
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News
Blackstone backed for sheds
Blackstone has financed a portfolio of seven distribution warehouses across the UK for £95m bought with debt from Wells Fargo and LaSalle Investment Management.
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Markets
Office-to-resi conversion like clockwork at Aylesbury
Aylesbury shopping centre set for revamped retail with residential above
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Insight
No sale of DTZ without ‘Aussie bog cleaners’
DTZ staff could be forgiven a wry smile this week.
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Markets
Vauxhall masterplan augurs well
Luton Borough Council is within days of receiving a masterplan showing the future uses of the Vauxhall site near the town centre.