All Property Week articles in 4 December 2015 – Page 5
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Professional
Campus Living Villages hires Lewis as UK finance director
Campus Living Villages (CLV) has boosted its senior leadership team with the appointment of David Lewis as UK finance director.
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Insight
A step in the right direction for would-be first-time buyers
We welcome the decision by Chancellor George Osborne to financially encourage developers to do their part in bridging the housing gap (27.11.15).
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News
Dunedin takes first floor of Ortega’s West End building
London West End office building 1 Vere Street is now fully let after private equity firm Dunedin agreed a deal to occupy the first floor of the building.
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Markets
UK firms fear damaging impact of Brexit
Just over three-quarters of UK firms believe that a UK exit from the European Union (EU) would be detrimental to their business, according to Irwin Mitchell’s latest occupier survey.
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News
Rockspring purchases multi-purpose block
Rockspring has bought a retail block in Sheffield city centre from M G for £17.75m, which reflects a 7.15% yield.
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Insight
Black Friday and definitely not a blue Monday
How quick everyone was this time last week to proclaim Black Friday a black day for retail, either because the anticipated throngs of people failed to materialise early doors, or because they thought the US import would boost sales fleetingly but be followed by a sales slump.
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News
Verdion starts Berlin warehouse
Logistics developer and investor Verdion has begun development of 161,500 sq ft of speculative warehouse space in Berlin.
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News
Helical raises the bar as Slade sets departure date
Helical Bar’s £248m acquisition of the Bower is a landmark deal on the road to doubling the company’s market cap to £1bn, outgoing chief executive Mike Slade (pictured) has said.
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News
Former LSH boss Boulton declares himself bankrupt
Industry legend Chris Boulton has declared himself bankrupt just months after being found jointly liable to pay £400,000 in compensation to a former employee for constructive dismissal on the grounds of sexual discrimination.
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News
Auction market braced for rush before stamp duty rise
The auction market could see a rush of purchases from buy-to-let investors ahead of stamp duty increases next April - but sales could dip after that, warn experts.
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Insight
Landmark for LandAid at Ambassador Awards
LandAid has vowed to focus on one goal: eliminating youth homelessness.
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News
Amazon primed for mega-shed
Amazon, Britain’s biggest online retailer, is on the cusp of signing a deal for a 1m sq ft distribution fulfilment centre in the Midlands as it looks to meet growing demand for online goods.
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News
Allsop lines up ‘ready-made’ buy-to-let investments
Allsop is expecting strong demand for ‘ready-made’ buy-to-let investments at its final auction of the year.
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Insight
After the Paris attacks: how is the property industry responding?
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in the French capital, security is being stepped up at potential targets in the UK.
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Professional
Jamieson to lead European acquisitions at Threesixty
Andrew Jamieson has been hired as European acquisitions director at Threesixty Developments, formerly Knightsbridge Student Housing.
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News
M7 Real Estate nears deal for Goldman Sachs portfolio
M7 Real Estate is close to agreeing a deal to buy a 26-asset portfolio from Goldman Sachs, called the Omega portfolio, for around £130m.
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Markets
Blackburn town centre to reap benefits of £30m regeneration
After a stuttering start, Blackburn’s town centre is set to undergo a transformation thanks to the opening of the new mixed-use Cathedral Quarter scheme, which is due to complete in the coming weeks.
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News
£100m refurb for Kensington’s Holiday Inn
Queensgate Investments is planning to splash out around £100m refurbishing the Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum.
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News
New LSH arm mulls £100m fund launch
Lambert Smith Hampton’s new investment management arm is weighing the launch of its first fund.