All Property Week articles in 3 June 2016 – Page 5
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MarketsHigh hopes are pinned on the renovation of a Cambridge mall
Cambridge’s already vibrant retail offering is about to be improved with the refurbishment of the Grafton Centre.
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NewsSurveyors pulling together for charity
A team of surveyors from Stephen Kane & Company took to the River Thames like ducks to water last week to take on the Meridian Pull Rowing Challenge.
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OnlineLandlords face £37m business rates ‘bombshell’ from BHS closure
The failure to rescue BHS could leave landlords with a collective bill of around £37m in business rates on vacant stores, experts have warned.
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OnlineREF cashes in £150m Copenhagen resi portfolio
Resolution Property has sold a 605,000 sq ft portfolio of residential properties in central Copenhagen to an undisclosed investor for DKK1.45bn (£150m).
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OnlineBHS to be wound down with all stores shutting ‘in weeks’
Administrator Duff Phelps has called in liquidators for BHS after failing to find a buyer for the retail brand.
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InsightDon’t distress: there are still plenty of opportunities for investors with vision
Despite Brexit referendum jitters , the property sector in the UK - and, to a lesser extent, continental Europe - has mainly recovered from the dark days of the immediate aftermath of the financial crash.
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InsightWhy is the government giving retailers such a hard time?
Retailers have every right to wonder what they did to upset the powers-that-be.
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InsightPower infrastructure is priority for northern cities
Times are good for the ‘northern powerhouse’ but how can the core cities take the next step?
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NewsAre people right to worry about Land Registry sale?
The Land Registry is the most comprehensive source of land and property pricing around, with £4 trillion worth of property listed on its database.
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NewsDarin acquires Midtown office for £11m
Darin Partners has bought an office building in London’s Midtown on behalf of a number of Middle Eastern investors for around £11m.
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NewsPublic must feel confident developers 'not cheating': Q&A with Tom Copley
There’s a new mayor at City Hall, a new deputy mayor for housing and a fresh push for affordable homes. But one thing that hasn’t changed is Tom Copley, Labour’s housing spokesman in City Hall, who remains as outspoken as ever. He talks to Property Week about rent controls, ...
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OnlineUncertainty over referendum outcome is hurting building trade
Having suffered the worst recession in a generation, things were just returning to positive territory when suddenly the government decided to inject a sense of uncertainty and unpredictability back into the economy with an EU referendum.
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NewsPandora appoints CWM as its estate grows to 200
Jewellery brand Pandora has appointed specialist retail agents CWM to advise on its property portfolio across the UK.
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NewsDanish opticians work on site improvement with three UK stores
Danish optometry and eyewear chain CrossEyes has completed deals for three new UK stores.
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ProfessionalPeople Moves: Harper Dennis Hobbs, IPSX, CBRE and more
All the latest moves, appointments and promotions from across the property sector.
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MarketsIndustrial or residential? A development battle is reborn
The former British Sugar site in Ipswich is about to become a battleground once more after a long-running planning dispute was reignited.
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ProfessionalWhat will be the impact of moving business rates back under local authority control?
While strained at the best of times, relations between the property industry and local government hit a new low in the 1980s, when so-called ‘loony left’ councils hiked local business taxes to relieve the domestic rates burden on the households whose votes they relied upon.
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NewsEasyCoffee brews up deal for new Leicester Square store
EasyJet’s low-cost coffee shop concept, easyCoffee, is opening a new store in Leicester Square.
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MarketsMore homes and offices needed in city of academic excellence
Cambridge has always been a draw for students, residents, workers and tourists alike.
