All Property Week articles in 28 November 2014
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Carter Jonas acquires London planning firm
Carter Jonas is acquiring London-based planning practice Planning Perspectives and its public sector consultancy business Strategic Perspectives.
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Lunson Mitchenall directors leave business
Rob Wingrave and Nigel Thompson are to leave Lunson Mitchenall.
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QIA and Brookfield raise Songbird bid to £2.6bn
The battle for Canary Wharf is set to continue, after QIA and Brookfield Property Partners final cash offer for Songbird Estates, the majority owner of CWG, to 350p, valuing the group at £2.6bn.
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Kempton Carr Croft wins Windsor property valuation contract
Kempton Carr Croft has been appointed by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to undertake an asset valuation exercise across its property portfolio. The valuation instruction covers more than 250 local authority owned properties and follows a competitive tender alongside four regional and national firms. Kempton Carr Croft already ...
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Manchester university scheme wins consent
Developer Bruntwood and The University of Manchester have been granted planning permission for the second phase of the £50m redevelopment of Manchester Business School.
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Deka does City leasing double
Deka Immobilien has let more than 25,000 sq ft of space over two of its building in the City of London.
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Government appoints agents to Sunningdale Park
The Government Property Unit has drawn up a development brief and appointed agents to sell its 79-acre Sunningdale Park site.
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Law Commission rights to light review published
The Law Commission has published a long-awaited review of rights to light legislation, calling for a new statutory test in damages cases. Source: PMC Firstpics
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Atkins takes over BCSC presidency
Hammerson chief executive David Atkins has taken over as president of the British Council of Shopping Centres.
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QIA boss replaced on eve of Songbird bid deadline
With less than 24 hours before the deadline for a bid for Songbird, the majority owner of Canary Wharf Group, one of the joint venture partners has replaced its boss.
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Student housing bubble fear dismissed
The student housing sector is not in bubble territory, delegates heard today, despite transaction volumes almost doubling this year. Student
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Student housing investment breaks £2bn mark
Total investment in UK student accommodation has broken the £2bn mark for a third consecutive year, according to new research from global property advisor CBRE.
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PRS needs planning change to take off
The private-rented sector will not take off until there is a planning change which levels the playing field with build-for sale, delegates at the Property Week Student Accommodation Conference 2014 heard today.
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Osborne announces structural review of business rates system
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed the government will conduct a structural review of business rates in today’s Autumn Statement.
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Dover Street Market fashions new Haymarket home
Upscale fashion concept Dover Street Market is in advanced talks to move to Burberry’s former flagship store in Haymarket, in London’s West End.
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Derwent’s HQ to become residential
25 Savile Row Derwent London has gained planning consent to convert its own headquarters at 25 Savile Row into a residential scheme.
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Alchemi to build homes in Westminster
Alchemi Group has been granted planning permission to build 160 homes on the site of 33 Horseferry Road in Westminster.
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TIAA Henderson appoints business development director
TIAA Henderson Real Estate has hired Emilie Ciuntu as director of business development.
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Benson Elliot takes RBS’ Mander Centre
The Royal Bank of Scotland has sold the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton to Benson Elliot for £59m.
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Brookfield buys £211m Moorgate Exchange
Brookfield Property Partners has acquired Moorgate Exchange from BlackRock Europe Property Fund III and CarVal Investors, who partnered with Quadrant Estates, for £211m.