All Property Week articles in 30 August 2013 – Page 2
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Shell Centre under threat as Pickles cracks whip for second time
The secretary of state has called in plans for the redevelopment of the Shell Centre on London’s south bank, plunging the future of the scheme into uncertainty.
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Hermes Real Estate buys in France
Hermes Real Estate Investment Management has acquired a 75% interest in a sale and leaseback portfolio of French wholesale stores.
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Barchester agrees huge sale-and-leaseback to clear £1.3bn debt
Highly-leveraged carehome owner Barchester, part owned by Irish investors John Magnier and JP MacManus has agreed a sale and leaseback deal in order to clear its debts.
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Segro buys out JV partner for €33.2m
Segro has announced that it has bought out its Belgian joint venture partner for €33.2m.
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Grimsey reveals alternative high street review
Former Iceland and Wickes retailer Bill Grimsey is due to present his Alternative Future for the High Street review to MPs this afternoon which outlines 31 recommendations on how to save UK town centres.
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Pickles calls in Henderson's Smithfield scheme
Henderson Global Investors’ plans for a £160m development of Smithfield General Market have been called in by the secretary of state.
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Conygar secures retail and residential consent Pembrokeshire
Planning permission has been granted for the creation of a retail and residential scheme in Pembrokeshire.
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British Land confirms Bath deal with Aviva Investors
British Land has entered into an agreement to buy 50% of the SouthGate retail scheme in Bath.
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Grimsey reveals alternative high street review
Former Iceland and Wickes retailer Bill Grimsey is due to present his Alternative Future for the High Street review to MPs this afternoon which outlines 31 recommendations on how to save UK town centres.
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Roof-top running track for Google, as planners decide on 1m sq ft London campus
Camden council planners have delivered their verdict on Google’s giant new London headquarters at King’s Cross, which features a roof-top running track and swimming pool, as fresh images of the scheme are unveiled.
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British Land to face affordable hurdle with Clarges verdict
British Land could be forced to rethink its affordable housing provision at its Clarges Street development at a Westminster Council planning committee next week.
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Grosvenor Fund Management MD of corporate development exits
Grosvenor Fund Management’s managing director of corporate development, Mervyn Howard, is to leave the firm to pursue new opportunities.
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Jones Lang LaSalle appoints new UK head of debt
Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed a new head of UK debt, within its corporate finance team.
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Colliers poaches director for corporate solutions team
Simon Ford is to leave CBRE to join Colliers International’s EMEA corporate solutions team, as the company strengthens its global account management capability.
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Jolivet buys Liverpool office building
Guernsey-based Jolivet Investments has bought No 1 Tithebarn in Liverpool, the largest office to exchange hands in the city since 2011.
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Kevin McCabe sells stake in Sheffield United FC
Property investor Kevin McCabe has agreed a deal to sell a 50% stake in Sheffield United Football Club to Saudi Arabian royal Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
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Developers mull Walkie Talkie adaptations following Jaguar melting
Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group are mulling options for their Walkie Talkie tower including the application of a chemical film to the glass after sun reflected from the tower led to the melting of a parked Jaguar below.
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Portas attacks upward only rent reviews
Mary Portas has attacked upward only rent reviews as seriously damaging to retail innovation and regeneration and warned that her call for exceptional sign off of out-of-town developments “needs a complete rethink”.
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GPE launches £150m convertible bond and completes lettings at West End development
Great Portland Estates has launched a £150m of senior, unsecured convertible bonds due 2018, as it also completes the letting of 95 Wigmore Street.
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Portas attacks upward only rent reviews and suggests "rethink" on retail park exceptional sign off
Mary Portas has attacked upward only rent reviews as seriously damaging to retail innovation and regeneration and warned that her call for exceptional sign off of out-of-town developments “needs a complete rethink”.