All Property Week articles in 30 November 2018 – Page 5
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Markets
East of England markets: occupier demand and PDR whet investor appetite
Supply shortages and rising rents are luring big name investors to the East Anglia and Essex office market.
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Insight
For every struggling retailer there's another succeeding
Amid high street gloom this autumn, one Financial Times article on retail property in the US caught my eye. Surely I’m talking about another prediction of failure and falling values, warning of further problems over here in the UK?
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News
Amiri’s co-founders decide to wind up company
Ellis and Shah wind up company following failed flotation of student housing REIT
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Information
Property Week Digital Edition – 30 November 2018
Embassy owners revealed – Hussain Sajwani interview – Brexit squeezes shed space – East of England markets
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News
Wayfair eyes 1m sq ft shed at Midlands distribution hub
US online furniture retailer set to pre-let 1m sq ft distribution centre in Lutterworth.
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Markets
High demand for Essex industrial space exacerbates supply shortage
Boom in larger requirements and tight supply drive up rents.
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Online
BT shortlists four buildings for new London headquarters
BT has shortlisted four buildings for its new headquarters in London, as the sale of its current building on Newgate Street moves to the second round of bids.
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News
Government bans combustible cladding on new buildings
The government has banned combustible cladding on new buildings over 18 metres tall and has promised to give local councils “financial support if necessary” to remove ACM cladding from private buildings.
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Online
City of London office take up expected to drop in 2018
Office take up in the City of London is expected to be lower this year than in 2017, according to new research from Savills.
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Markets
Norwich embraces Passivhaus as council acts on climate change
Two schemes spearhead a drive for better housing stock.
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News
Aviva sets sights on Ealing's Aurora office
Acquisition of block from Moorfield Group for £38m would reflect a 5.5% yield.
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Professional
A new ruling on easements is a blessing and a curse for the timeshare industry
A Supreme Court judgment questions whether a timeshare property can grant an easement on a neighbouring property.
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News
AEW closes RESIDYS with €600m firepower for French resi investment
AEW has completed the final close of its French residential investment fund RESIDYS with total investment capacity of more than €600m (£533.5m).
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Online
Civitas secures £100m debt facility with HSBC
Civitas Social Housing has secured a £100m revolving credit facility with HSBC as the company continues to look for new acquisition opportunities.
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News
Native gets green light for new Birmingham aparthotel
Aparthotel operator Native has received planning permission for a 181-room aparthotel in Birmingham’s central business district.
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News
U&C cautious on future outlook as net assets rise
Urban Civic has reported a 9.5% annual rise in EPRA net assets to £481.2m in its full year results but warned “the immediate outlook is terribly difficult to evaluate”.
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Online
Whittaker consortium withdraws intu bid
A John Whittaker and Brookfield-led consortium is withdrawing its bid for intu citing macroeconomic conditions and ‘potential near-term volatility across markets’.
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Insight
Vivahouse brings pop-up pod concept to millennial market
How do you provide affordable housing for cash-strapped millennials? The latest solution, from Rajdeep Gahir, formerly of WeWork and eBay, and Dara Huang, the founder of architecture practice Design Haus Liberty, is to provide prefabricated, pop-up housing ‘pods’ in vacant commercial spaces such as offices and shopping centres.
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Insight
Blending multiple uses under one roof is key to longevity
The retail unit is dead. As is the corporate office. And the hotel.
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News
Warehouse space shortage gets worse ahead of Brexit
Chilled storage in particularly short supply as major supermarket chains and food producers stockpile goods.