All Property Week articles in 3 July 2015 – Page 4
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Markets
Self-storage snuggles up to resi and retail
Big Yellow is hoping to build a site in Battersea, south London, with residential and possibly retail space in a move that would mark a major shift in strategy for the self storage operator as it seeks to fulfil ambitious growth plans.
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Markets
Remake, remodel: Manchester turns to refurbished offices
The office market in central Manchester is booming. Research by the Manchester Office Agency Forum shows total take-up in the city reached 1,332,596 sq ft in 2014 - just 295 sq ft less than the highest figure ever recorded, in 2001, and an increase of 55% on the previous year. ...
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Insight
Sale and leasebacks losing their sparkle
You can only sell the crown jewels once - it’s an oft-repeated phrase in the investment community when the subject of retail sale and leasebacks crops up.
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Insight
The lessons to be learned from the world of hotels
There was a time before the financial crisis of 2008-09 when the phrase ‘opco/propco’ was all the rage.
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News
Orchard Street hits top Velocity
Institutional investor Orchard Street has come out on top in the race to buy Rockspring’s £61m Velocity office scheme in Weybridge, Surrey.
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News
Northern Irish property returns hit the heights
Northern Irish income returns are now among the highest around and coupled with relatively depressed but recovering capital values make the region one of the most attractive markets for investors, claims MSCI’s first publicly released Northern Ireland Investment Review.
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Markets
Research of ‘opaque’ trade parks shows great investment prospects
When Legal General’s (L G) UK Property Income Fund bought the FIX trade parks portfolio in 2013, Legal General Investment Management’s business space research manager Bill Page started looking for relevant data.
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News
Vauxhall ‘Jenga’ tower to get sprinkle of Versace glamour
Middle Eastern developer Damac Properties is planning an audacious tie-up with Italian luxury fashion brand Versace at its first UK residential development.
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Insight
Physical shops remain at the heart of retail’s future
It was not supposed to be this way. Last month, Dixons Carphone, the owner of Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse, said that profits for its financial year would be higher than initially expected.
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Markets
Q&A: Inspired Homes founder Martin Skinner on its growing office-to-residential portfolio
Inspired Asset Management, through its Inspired Homes brand, has been at the leading edge of office-to-residential conversions in Greater London.
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News
Regent Street flagship for US fashion retailer
US-based women’s fashion retailer Kate Spade New York is set to move into a new flagship store on London’s Regent Street.
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Insight
‘Transformative’ theme park has exciting future
The headline “London Paramount theme park faces serious hurdles before becoming a reality” neither reflects your article, nor what we have experienced in what has been a year-long, four-stage public consultation process, involving more than 8,000 people.
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London housing market ‘highly sensitive’ to major events
London’s residential property market is remarkably sensitive to political and economic upheaval - and can act as a “surprisingly accurate” barometer of social change, a new report from Chestertons has concluded.
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Professional
People Moves: JLL, Lambert Smith Hampton, DTZ etc
All the latest moves and appointments from across the property sector.
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News
Greystar muscles into UK PRS with move on Docklands site
US private rented sector (PRS) behemoth Greystar is closing in on its first purpose-built rental scheme in the UK.
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Professional
Taking a different path into working in property
DTZ is rolling out schemes such as internships and apprenticeships to improve diversity within its business.
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Markets
High demand for industrial space means supply may soon run short
The industrial property market in the North West is seeing the highest take-up of any UK region this year, with the figure so far standing at 2.43m sq ft, according to data from Savills.
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News
New Covent Garden scheme helps St Modwen realise huge profits
St Modwen’s planned redevelopment of New Covent Garden Market (pictured) has helped the regeneration specialist post a massive increase in profits of more than 300%.
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News
Savills steps up to the challenge
The property industry, in the main, are a healthy bunch but Savills has taken it one step further - or 10,000 steps to be precise.
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Insight
Crossrail may be only hope for capital growth
We read with interest your article on how Crossrail is driving up housing prices in London ( Property Week London Supplement, 26.06.15)