All Property Week articles in 31 August 2018 – Page 5
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Fleurets chairman announces retirement after 34 year career
Fleurets chairman Martin Willis has announced his retirement after 34 years with the firm.
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Clarion to deliver resi-led Crawley regeneration
Clarion Housing Group has been selected as the preferred development partner by Crawley Borough Council to deliver new homes as part of its £60m town centre regeneration project.
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Coca-Cola pledges to expand Costa in restaurant and leisure sectors after £3.9bn acquisition
Whitbread has agreed to sell Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola in a deal worth £3.9bn that will give the American company 2,400 UK coffee shops.
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Native and First Base form £400m JV to target aparthotel growth
Aparthotel brand Native and developer First Base have formed a new joint venture, under which they plan to develop £400m of aparthotel units.
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HB Reavis names new UK CEO
HB Reavis has appointed Steven Skinner as its new UK CEO, more than a year after the departure of his predecessor Tomas Jurdak.
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FTSE 100 continues to slide
The FTSE 100 closed 0.6% down on Thursday at 7,516.03 points, continuing losses from Wednesday as the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT UK dropped 0.92% to 1,780.79.
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Cadogan makes first major investments outside London
Estate has given Mayfair Capital Investment Management a mandate to spend £600m on regional assets.
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Dublin office construction hits new high
Office construction in Dublin has reached levels not seen since before the financial crisis, according to HWBC’s Dublin Office Market Review for the first half of 2018.
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Why London’s becoming a no-go zone for investors
Who said it was grim up north? Whereas last year was all about London investment as foreign investors piled into the capital to snap up trophy assets such as the Cheesegrater and the Walkie-Talkie, this year is all about regional investment.
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Office reboot: One Microsoft Place tour
Initially tasked with just renovating Microsoft’s Dublin campus, RKD Architects ended up designing a whole new building.
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Those who embrace wellness will reap the rewards
This is the year the wellness trend tipped firmly into the mainstream; a perfect conflation of personal tech and policymaking. Maybe you’ve found yourself running your first marathon, replacing dairy with oat milk in your flat white or, as with our team, debating whose development is sporting the best cycle-to-work ...
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The cult of WeWork
Thomas Hobbs attended the co-working giant’s annual Summer Camp earlier this month to find out how co-founder Adam Neumann is ‘changing the world’
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‘Compulsory Sale Orders’ proposed to tackle Scotland’s derelict property problem
The Scottish Land Commission says the new power could help bring unused and dilapidated sites back into productive use.
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Why are more than half of BHS stores still lying empty?
Two years after BHS closed its doors, analysis of the retailer’s 159 former premises paints a mixed picture
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Property Week Digital Edition – 31 August 2018
WeWork Summer Camp – One Microsoft Place tour – BHS store vacancies – Derelict Scottish property
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Ireland supplement September 2018
Good Friday Agreement 20 years on – Dublin office growth – Bywater Properties interview – Premier Inn expansion
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Japanese knotweed may not be the villain of the piece after all
Japanese knotweed has a bad reputation. Notorious across the UK, this invasive non-native species strikes fear into the hearts of UK property owners and developers who find it growing on their land.
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Councils may push for reform to empty property relief after policy
Since 2008, when empty property relief was first introduced, the use of short-term lease arrangements as a form of business rates mitigation has become commonplace. This typically involves tenants taking short-term leases on properties, often on very favourable terms, allowing the landlord or property agent to reduce their business rates ...
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Collaborative spaces give shared offices a heart
The amount of time we spend at work is on the rise; Britons are currently working more hours than anyone else in Europe, according to recent Eurostat statistics. Simultaneously, we’re seeing a new era of working styles as businesses move away from the familiarity of fixed desks.
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Six more Toys ‘R’ Us properties under offer for £40m
Six former Toys ‘R’ Us properties are under offer for more than £40m, with additional sales of £111.5m in the pipeline.