All Property Week articles in 30 November 2012 – Page 5
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News
Mountgrange gains ground in Glasgow
Mountgrange Investment Management and Prupim have confirmed their purchase of 1 West Regent Street in Glasgow, paving the way for a £60m speculative scheme in the city’s business district.
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Insight
JRs are frustrating — but necessary
Sir, Your piece on judicial reviews (JRs) misses the point when it states how frustrating it is that such reviews take place after a full and democratic planning process is completed (analysis, 23.11.12).
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Professional
Mansfield fundraises for free wi-fi
Mansfield’s business improvement district (BID) has launched a campaign to raise £38,000 to install free wi-fi transmitters on lamp posts in the town.Public spaces will be fitted with “quick response” codes that, when scanned by smart phones, provide information on the latest shopping opportunities, entertainment and events in Mansfield.The BID ...
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Markets
Manchester’s property folk tweet it up
Around 150 of Manchester’s property pros congregated at Piccolino on Clarence Street on 8 November to enjoy some down time, have a tipple and network.
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Insight
Private jet levy more equitable than ‘mansion’ tax
Poverty in Britain has a statistical definition: anyone on less than 60% of the median income is deemed to be in poverty
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News
Middlesbrough malls enthrall
Ignis Asset Management is to put its Hill Street Centre in Middlesbrough up for sale for £56.5m, at a yield of 8.5%.
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Galliard and Frogmore do twist in Docklands
Stephen Conway and Paul White buy Ballymore’s Baltimore Wharf for £30m
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London/regional divide keeps Max Property Group results flat
Max Property Group has reported a flat set of half-year results, in line with general property market sentiment.
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News
Digital switchover
BCSC/Jones Lang LaSalle research predicts that 25% of retail sales will be online by 2020
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Insight
Homes shrink in Darwen
Sir, In the article “Britain’s north-north divide”, it shows houses in Darwen priced at about £80,000 for £800/sq ft, making the house 100 sq ft in area when it should be 1,000 sq ft (residential, 23.11.12).
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Markets
Need to know: councils’ private-rented pensions
Council pension funds are big institutional investors in the private-rented sector. What is the latest news?This month, Hearthstone Investments was appointed by Islington Council Pension Fund to manage a £20m residential fund, beating Mill Group and Franklin Templeton. With mandates from Barratt and Bovis, Hearthstone is already well established, says ...
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Markets
Take five ... Oldham Council regeneration schemes
While other M60 towns, such as Bury and Bolton, built new shopping centres and office blocks, the property boom passed Oldham by.Now, with renewed civic leadership, the town wants to fight back.Since arriving in October 2008, Charlie Parker (left), chief executive of Oldham Council, has cut £105m from the budget, ...
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Professional
It is in landlords’ interest to comply with letter of lease
One of the interesting parts of my job is to read the latest law reports and see if they have any relevance to my clients. Sometimes a real corker comes along that makes me think things have gone so wrong that we are all on the verge of disaster.
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News
Derwent slices and dices White Collar Factory
Derwent London is preparing to bring a new property marketing tool to London’s “Silicon Roundabout” to demonstrate how its latest office space concept works.
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News
MWB collapse fires up Pyrrho
Shareholder considers legal action against directors after appointment of administrators
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Helical and Crosstree power up at Tech City
Helical Bar and Crosstree Real Estate Partners this week completed the purchase of a run-down office block near London’s Old Street, which they plan to redevelop to tap into demand from the burgeoning TMT (technology, media and telecoms) sector.
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News
Wurst times in City of London
German sausage chain Wurst & Glory is to make its UK debut in the City of London
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News
Dubai prepares ground for new city
The ongoing global financial crisis notwithstanding, debt-laden Dubai is planning its next mega-project.
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Professional
How to … keep control at the office Christmas party
The Christmas party season is upon us. David Hatcher provides 10 tips on how not to make a fool of yourself and still have a good time.