All Property Week articles in 28 November 2008 – Page 8
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Online
Leeds developers face £10m resi loss
Buyers default on Bridgewater Place after failing to secure mortgages
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Online
Berkeley’s £1bn London plan
One of Britain’s most controversial regeneration projects – the proposed £1bn redevelopment of the Ferrier estate in south-east London – moved a step closer to fruition this week with the submission of a planning application from developer Berkeley Group.
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News
W1 block rises from the ashes
Salmon Harvester Properties is to begin speculative development of a £35m retail and office scheme at 175-179 Oxford Street to the east of London’s Oxford Circus.
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Professional
Case news: R Chinnock v M and V Hocaoglu (29.10.08)
The message: A buyer’s failure to pay for a property by a prescribed time on the completion day may not enable the seller to scrap the sale contract
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Insight
Better energy use requires more than just a certificate, 29.08.08
Sir, I agree the system is flawed. Energy performance certificates are a step, however small, in the right direction.
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Insight
Government launches second Eco-Town consultation, 04.11.08
Sir, Angela Howe Missen has obviously made these comments without visiting the site or understanding the adverse effect a eco-town would have on this very rural area.
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Online
CBRE and Hilco to advise on Woolies
Deloitte, administrator to collapsed retailer Woolworths, has appointed restructuring business Hilco and property agent CB Richard Ellis to advise on the disposal of the business.
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Online
Tchibo to review future in UK
Tchibo, the German coffee and variety retailer, is to review its UK business.
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Online
Credit crunch will slow 'globalisation'
‘The credit crunch will slow the pace of globalisation, ’ was the warning from a top European property fund manager at a conference in Brighton today.
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Online
Credit crunch must not derail Thames Gateway regeneration says Thurrock chief
Niall Lindsay, Thurrock Thames Gateway Development chief executive, said today that the development of the Thames Gateway should not be derailed by the credit crunch as it was a major long-term project.
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Online
Masterplan must be created for Thames Gateway says Quintain sustainability head
The future economic and sustainable development of the Thames Gateway must be coordinated by a masterplan to avoid a silo develoment mentality says Hilary Reid-Evans.
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News
Industry leaders gather as Property Week hosts Hotels UK conference
On Tuesday 9th December 2008, Property Week will host its second Hotels UK conference, to be held at Browns Court Rooms, London WC2N.
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Online
South African takes Minerva stake to 20%
London developer’s shares rise as speculation of a takeover spreads
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Videos
Thames Gateway essential to London's success says deputy mayor (video)
Deputy mayor for government relations Ian Clement has reiterated the Mayor’s commitment to regeneration of the East End and the Thames Gateway at the Thames Gateway Forum today.
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Online
Helical ‘genuinely excited’ about buying opportunities
Helical Bar said today it was ‘genuinely excited’ about the once-in-a-lifetime opportunities the severe property downturn would present.
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Online
Thames Gateway Forum videos
London Mayor Boris Johnson, Housing Minister Margaret Beckett and Steve McGuckin from Land Securities on video at the forum.
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Online
Muse finally signs for Swindon's £350m Union Square
Muse Developments has signed a development agreement to deliver the £350m Union Square mixed-use scheme in Swindon town centre, Wiltshire.
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Online
Port occupiers given eight years to pay rates
Port occupiers facing three years of backdated business rates have been told by the government that they can stagger the payment of the retrospective charges over an eight year period.
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Warner scraps dividend after dismal six months
Warner Estate Holdings is scrapping its half-year dividend after suffering a huge drop in its net asset value.