All Property Week articles in 3 February 2017 – Page 3
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Chancerygate MD to leave
The managing director of industrial developer and asset manager Chancerygate, Eddie Cook, will retire at the end of the year as the firm gears up for its next phase of growth.
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Nordic firm Brunswick Real Estate sets up shop in the UK
Nordic investment manager Brunswick Real Estate is entering the UK market with the launch of a new firm led by well-known industry figures David Turner and Will Amies.
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Bijou offices bring the bling back to Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter
It was built to scrutinise Victorian Birmingham’s precious gem and metal trade. Now, more than 150 years on, the former Assay Office in the city’s Jewellery Quarter has become the hottest flexible office space in town.
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Insight
May right to avoid shrill virtue signalling with Trump
Whether President Trump lasts his full four-year term or not, what we now know is we can take nothing for granted on the other side of the Atlantic.
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Enlightened planning approach brings back motor city’s mojo
Decimated by bombing in the Second World War, Coventry was rebuilt in a spectacular celebration of post-war architecture. However, many of the city’s brutalist offices are now visibly beyond their sell-by date and plans are afoot to transform Coventry once again.
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Revving the Midlands engine – a successful journey ahead?
The ‘Midlands engine’ is thought of by many as a sibling to the ‘northern powerhouse’.
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Insight
Why so many agents are seeking pastures new
When the going gets tough, the tough get going… and a lot of senior agency figures are doing just that at the moment.
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Staff turnover: agents of change
The revolving door has been spinning faster than usual across the agency world of late. But while all the top firms have seen a flurry of senior departures in the past year, the firm that has dominated the headlines is JLL.
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Imperial march: university set to build 700 student flats in west London
Imperial College London is to build its biggest student accommodation scheme yet after buying half of Essential Living’s landmark build-to-rent (BTR) development The Perfume Factory in Acton, west London - in a deal set to boost the project’s end development value from £200m to around £250m.
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Chester signs up House of Fraser for £300m scheme
House of Fraser and Crowne Plaza are to spearhead one of the North West’s biggest regeneration projects in a decade, after signing up to anchor Chester’s £300m Northgate scheme.
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Investec lends £30m for Meyer Homes’ Fulham development
Investec Structured Property Finance has provided a £30m development loan for a residential-led scheme on a former Tesco-owned site in Fulham in a show of confidence in the prime end of the London market.
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Proptech comes of age with M&As on the cards for 2017
It may not have been the biggest deal of 2016 in terms of financial value, but in November when Hightower announced it was merging with rival proptech outfit VTS in a deal thought to be worth $300m (£240m), it sent shockwaves throughout the proptech sector.
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Property Week Digital Edition - 3 February 2017
Agency resignations - Killian Hurley interview - Midlands and proptech focuses
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Housing white paper confirmed for next week
The government will publish the long-awaited housing white paper next week, communities secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed.
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London’s calling at Strettons
Strettons is banking on a strong focus on London lots - and a pub in Essex - boosting the results of its first auction of the year.
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Private investors shift from resi to commercial auctions
Private investors are increasingly turning their backs on the residential sector and buying commercial properties at auction instead.
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Professional
Office design must work for people of every age – and keep them well
With four generations in the workplace for the first time, it is now more important than ever that the physical office environment is able to accommodate different working styles.
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Acuitus hits investment grade
Acuitus is hoping a larger than usual number of high-value lots will compensate for a smaller catalogue at its February auction.
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Student digs provider loads up on new stock
Student accommodation provider Student Cribs has almost doubled the size of its portfolio by buying 83 homes in eight UK cities for a total of more than £15m.
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London office market top choice for overseas buyers
The London office market attracted £9.3bn of overseas investment in 2016 - making it the most popular global office market for foreign real estate buyers, figures from Knight Frank’s London Report show.