All Property Week articles in 30 October 2015 – Page 3
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InfraRed buys nine multi-let estates for £42m
InfraRed Capital Partners has bought a portfolio of nine multi-let industrial estates in the north west from Stretton Property Group for £42m.
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The week ahead
Retail investors will have their interest piqued this week as a slew of groups in the sector produce figures.
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Swindon seeking developers for huge historic site
Swindon Borough Council is seeking joint venture partners to develop new leisure facilities at an historic 260-acre site.
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Westfield signs six new tenants in Bradford
Retailers including Zizzi, Jack Jones and Menkind have joined the roster at Westfield’s The Broadway shopping centre in Bradford, ahead of its opening next week.
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Patrizia to flip Manchester’s One First Street for £80m
German fund manager Patrizia Immobilien AG is to sell One First Street in Manchester for a reported £80m, after acquiring the building from Ask Developments in May.
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Oxford and Temasek confirm Blue Fin buy
Oxford Properties in a joint venture with Temasek has confirmed its purchase of the Blue Fin building in London’s South Bank for £415m.
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Government proposes fee for business rates appeals
The government has launched a consultation on changing the business rates system to curb speculative appeals, with proposals including charging businesses up to £300 to appeal their rating.
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UKCPT sees 0.8% growth in NAV
UK Commercial Property Trust’s portfolio has jumped 1.4% in value in the third quarter bringing its value to £1.255bn.
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Morrisons sells off £175m stores
Supermarket chain Morrisons has agreed sale-and-leaseback deals on a handful of assets with Palmer Capital and Opus North for £175m. Source: chatirygirl
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PSP buys into Aviva's £1bn London portfolio
Aviva Investors’ Life Fund has agreed to sell a 50% stake in its £1bn central London portfolio to Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board.
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Orchard Street splashes out £150m on Alhambra
Orchard Street Investment Management has completed the acquisition of the Alhambra Portfolio, for just under £150m, a yield of 5.5%.
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Resi reproach
That Bela is to sell 1,000 acres of residential land in Northamptonshire for the building of 5,000 homes left me sad (‘Bela puts huge resi site on market’, PropertyWeek.com, 16.10.15).
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Property Week’s offshore report makes waves
Full marks to Property Week for opening the curtains and letting a little sunlight into the murky world of offshore deals (23.10.15).
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What offices can learn from pop-up retail
Everyone is talking about how to revive the declining retail sector, from high streets to retail parks, from the top four supermarkets to retail banks.
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Interview: John Slade
BNP Paribas Real Estate UK chief executive on his drive to transform the firm into a top-five UK agency.
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Could wind turbine manufacturing be Hull’s port in a storm?
Hull has a longstanding connection with seafaring industries.
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Global investors look to satisfy their ‘hunt for yield’
The backdrop being played across our screens is, frankly, terrible; wars, mass migration and human suffering combined with an uncertain global economic outlook and political instability.
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New JV gives the green light to phase two of Thorpe Park Leeds
Yorkshire developer Scarborough Group originally started working up plans for Thorpe Park Leeds, which sits on the outskirts of the city centre, in the 1990s.
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Microsoft opens largest flagship store in New York
Computer giant Microsoft this week opened its largest flagship store to date, on New York City’s Fifth Avenue.
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Schroders says yes to Europe with launch of new REIT
Schroders is banking on the recovery in continental Europe with the launch of a new REIT focused on “winning cities” and “clever towns”.