All Property Week articles in 30 April 2010 – Page 2
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MIDAS hires Angie Robinson as new chief exec
MIDAS, Manchester’s inward investment agency, has appointed Angie Robinson as its new chief executive it was announced this afternoon.
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L&G looks to move up the risk curve in 2010
“Avoiding risk was the path to success in 2009 but taking risk will be the path to success in 2010,” said Robin Martin, head of research at Legal and General Property, at the firm’s Fundamentals briefing earlier today.
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Former RBS cash centre up for sale in Glasgow
Dale House, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland's cash centre in Glasgow city centre, has been put up for sale by Jones Lang LaSalle.
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PPG prepares for future after Murray International restructures
Premier Property Group (PPG) said today that it had completed a review and restructuring following a £150m debt for equity swap by its parent, Murray International Holdings, with its bank and equity partner Lloyds Banking Group.
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One day to go...
One day, and if you’re David Cameron, one night of campaigning left before the people make their decision at the end of an election campaign that none of us could have predicted.
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Champagne socialists and property rock n' rollers
In a week where the prime minister had to do more digging than the entire UK property industry has over the last decade, you’d have thought he’d have got more of a drilling in the debate.
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Former ING fund of funds chief joins Townsend Group
Townsend Group, the US-based real estate investment manager, has hired Nick Cooper, the former head of ING Real Estate Select, as principal in its London office.
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Heron’s Goldstein joins M&C Saatchi board
Jonathan Goldstein, the deputy chief executive of Heron International, has been appointed a non-executive director of M&C Saatchi, the advertising group founded by Maurice and Charles Saatchi.
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Birmingham to set up private rented housing vehicle
Birmingham City Council is next month expected to approve the setting up of a joint venture to encourage a private rented housing sector in the city.
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Matrix European sells Vienna tower for €212m
Matrix European Real Estate Investment Trust has completed the sale of an office tower in Vienna for €212.25m.
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RDAs vital to seaside regeneration, warns Labour
Labour has promised to invest in seaside towns beyond 2011 via the Regional Development Agencies if it wins the election.
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Hammerson signs new retailers to Rock in Bury
Hammerson has signed up around 32,000 sq ft of retail space at The Rock in Bury.
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US REITs battle for fund cash
Executives in the REIT industry have gone on the offensive in an effort to persuade pension funds and other large investors to put more money with public companies and less with private-equity firms.
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China sales dive on crackdown
Beijing's credit crackdown targeting homebuyers has had the desired effect, emptying sales rooms during the long Labour Day weekend and dampening housing demand.
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Dubai office landlords offering rent frees
Office landlords in Dubai are offering increasingly attractive incentives, including rent-free periods of up to two years on five-year leases, as they compete for tenants.
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Dubai Tiger Woods Golf Resort developer halts work in Morocco and Oman
Sama Dubai, part of the group building a Tiger Woods golf resort in the emirate, said it’s committed to projects in Morocco and Oman after government officials from those countries said its work had stopped.
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China's State Council wants property tax soon
Ji Huaiyin, a deputy director of the fiscal and finance department under the State Council’s Legislative Affairs Office, said imposing a property tax earlier is better than imposing the tax later, the official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday, citing an interview with Ji.
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Oz building approvals surge 15.3% in March
Australian home-building approvals rose in March at the fastest pace since 2002, a sign that housing demand hasn’t been damped by the central bank’s world-leading round of interest rate increases.
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WP Carey makes debut purchase in Croatia
Global investment firm WP Carey has bought two office and logistics facilities in Zagreb, Croatia for €77m, in its first deal in the country.
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Edgbaston Cricket Ground's new stadium gets funding
Advantage West Midlands has provided funding for the new stadium at Warwickshire County Cricket Club's Edgbaston Cricket Ground.