All Property Week articles in 3 July 2015 – Page 5
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News
CCLA buys Bracknell office
CCLA has placed an office building in the South East under offer, fighting off competition from a host of institutional investors.
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Markets
Securing the nuts and bolts of Screwfix’s trade-park takeover
On the day Property Week spoke to Graham Bell, Screwfix was opening two new stores, one in Didcot, Oxfordshire, and one in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, bringing its total to 405.
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Markets
Hynes on board in Macclesfield to ensure project runs smoothly
Former managing director of Magnus Real Estate Nick Hynes has teamed up with Cheshire East Council to steer its uncertain redevelopment plans for Macclesfield town centre in a new direction.
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Markets
Metis provides independent voice in era of big global corporates
Metis Real Estate is the newest name in the Manchester property market.
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News
IREIT Global strikes Berlin deal
Singapore-listed IREIT Global has reached a deal to acquire a property in Berlin for €144.2m (£102.6m), marking its first acquisition since its initial public offering.
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Professional
Loosening the green belt: a challenge no politician wants to take on
With the UK in desperate need of new housing, it is time for a proper debate on green-belt development?
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New Mandarin Oriental for Beijing
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has unveiled plans to open a new hotel in Beijing.
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Insight
Interview: Howard Tullman on why the Google office model 'has become passé'
US entrepreneur Howard Tullman has built one of the most successful tech incubators in the world. He explains what makes Chicago’s 1871 special… and why commercial property is ripe for disruption.
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Insight
Our industry should be a beacon of best practice
This year marks my 30th anniversary as a chartered surveyor and a participant in the property investment market.
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Professional
Painful chalet fees case was no holiday for anyone involved
It would have been hard to miss the saga of the chalet owners in Arnold v Britton Others as the case climbed from County Court in 2012 to the High Court, Court of Appeal and, last month, the Supreme Court.
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Professional
Altus Edwin Hill hitting a different kind of bar
Industrial agents are an extremely competitive species - commonly seen pitting their wits against each other in their natural habitat, the bar - but last week, some of the fitter examples slipped on their boots and took to the football field to settle some scores.
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Insight
Without diversity, we won’t survive – let alone thrive
Diversity, inclusion, fairness and equality are matters everyone is taking very seriously and while activity has been increasing, to date, the industry as a whole has lacked focus.
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Professional
Stewart bounces into property director role at Air Space
Air Space has appointed Yan Stewart, a former GVA James Barr director, as its property director.
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Professional
New tax avoidance rules may not affect your bonus – but check first
For many years, property fund managers have been used to receiving their management fees in two forms: a basic fee for doing the ‘day job’ and a bonus, the ‘carry’, typically based on the growth in the capital value of the fund.
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News
Aecom seeks to consolidate operations in single London HQ
The world’s biggest engineering design firm, Aecom, has launched a London-wide UK headquarters office requirement for 120,000 sq ft of space as it looks to consolidate its operations under one roof.
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News
Property industry is sanguine about deepening Greek crisis
The deepening crisis in Greece is already starting to have an impact on real estate beyond the country’s borders.
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News
John Lewis threat to £850m Edinburgh St James plans
John Lewis has delivered a thinly veiled threat that it would pull out of TH Real Estate’s £850m St James development in Edinburgh if the proposed compulsory purchase order (CPO) goes ahead.
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News
Letting frenzy at City’s 6 Bevis Marks
AXA Real Estate and BlackRock have agreed a flurry of letting deals at 6 Bevis Marks (pictured) in the City of London, totalling 56,000 sq ft of space.
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News
Agents appointed to let or dispose of 44 Santander banks
A property investment company managed by Simon Kitching, a former director of Cording Capital, has appointed agents to let or dispose of 44 former Santander branches.
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News
Titlestone lends £39m to Galliard
Titlestone Property Finance has completed a £39m loan to Galliard Homes to assist with its Capital Towers scheme in Stratford, east London.