All Property Week articles in 5 October 2007 – Page 3
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Crossrail gets funding go-ahead
London’s Crossrail was given the go-ahead today after a £16bn funding deal was hammered out between government and London businesses to secure its construction.
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Erinaceous family to go to arbitration
Neil Bellis, the deputy chairman of embattled property group Erinaceous, his wife Julia and her sister, Lucy Cummings, Erinaceous chief operating officer, are to go to arbitration over the house in which they all live. The Daily Telegraph.
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Commerz Real completes debut buy
German investor Commerz Real AG, created through the merger of Commerz Grundbesitz Gruppe and CommerzLeasing and Immobilien, has completed its first purchase
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Manhattan Loft to sell New Cross scheme
Union, the residential property venture launched by the Manhattan Loft Corporation’s Harry Handelsman and YOO Holdings’ John Hitchcox, is to sell its £11m mixed-use development in South East London.
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Westfield signs M&S and Debenhams
Westfield has signed up Debenhams and M&S at Nottingham and Bradford.
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HSBC warns of investor exodus
Britain's biggest bank, has warned that Britain faces a stark ‘derating’ by investors in coming months. The Daily Telegraph
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Paris to challenge London as global financial hub
Paris is seeking to challenge London’s dominance as a financial centre as it unveils a series of measures intended to promote the French capital as a financial services hub. Financial Times
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‘6,000 City jobs to go’
The Centre for Economic and Business Research has predicted that more than 6,000 jobs will be lost in the City of London as a direct result of the credit crunch. Financial Times
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Manchester rail pledge
The government yesterday attempted to assuage regional concerns about transport investment, only days after appearing to press the button on London’s Crossrail, by promising to examine how to increase capacity at the north of England’s biggest rail bottleneck. Financial Times
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House prices fall
UK house prices fell 0.6% in September, a Halifax survey showed yesterday. Financial Times. The Independent
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Darling to lower growth forecast for 2008
Alistair Darling will next week downgrade his 2008 growth forecasts. Financial Times
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Marston’s has minimal hangover from summer floods
Poor summer weather, flood repair costs and increasing interest rates caused profits to drop at pub group Marston’s. The Times. Financial Times
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Marriott profits fall
Marriott International reported a 7.6% decline in quarterly profits. The Times
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Marks & Spencer to anchor Westfield malls
Westfield said that Marks & Spencer will be an anchor tenant for its £340m Westfield Derby centre. The Times
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Battersea Power Station listing upgrade
Battersea Power Station’s listing has been upgraded from grade II to a grade II*. The Times
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Markets
Weston promise
The merger of Westbury and Eddie Stobart could bring prosperity to the Port of Weston.
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Premiership pretenders
Can an interior designer to the Beckhams and a barrister with a fledgling portfolio make the step up to Liverpool’s big league? Mark Shepherd meets Huntsmere.