All Property Week articles in 6 December 2013 – Page 5
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Insight
Mediocrity and compliance have displaced flair and personality
If our professionals are being neutered by regulation and their own insecurity, the property services industry will become irrelevant
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Professional
Stockholm is world’s smartest city, says Sweden’s Ericsson
Stockholm, London and Singapore have topped a list of the most digitally connected cities in the world.
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Markets
Cheap money and mansion tax create ‘squeezed middle’
The government and Bank of England last week recognised that the cheap money that had been put into the housing market through Funding for Lending was having an inflating impact on the housing market.
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News
Sloane changer
Chelsfield plans luxury retail scheme on 1 acre between Harrods and Harvey Nichols
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News
Sloane changer
Chelsfield plans luxury retail scheme on 1 acre between Harrods and Harvey Nichols
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News
Pullen tribunal stops for High Court case
Court action against CBRE and its PR advisers must be decided before tribunal
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News
LandSecs juggles suitors for Cabot Circus stake
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and an overseas client of Axa Real Estate Investment Management are vying to buy Land Securities’ £200m 50% stake in the 1.5m sq ft Bristol shopping centre, Cabot Circus.
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Insight
Bubble trouble puts paid to Funding for Lending
I have a wider concern, which is that we run the risk of assuming recovery is here to stay
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News
Slovakian debuts at London Bridge
HB Reavis wants to become an “active contributor” to London’s office market after this week buying 33 King William Street, next to London Bridge, for £62.5m.
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Markets
Nurton’s Burton Branston plans progress to Pickles
East Staffordshire Borough Council approves 400 acre scheme. Felicity Francis reports
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News
Blackrock bowls into Bristol
US fund manager pays less than £53m asking price for office scheme
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Markets
Q+A: Birmingham’s green retro man Paul Jones
Paul Jones is the managing director of Evanacre - a privately owned Birmingham-based company that asset manages underperforming properties.
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Markets
Vax hoovers up Birmingham offices
Birmingham occupiers signal desire to grow core business in the city. Felicity Francis reports
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News
PWC stays put for a further five years in Birmingham HQ
PWC has regeared its lease on 86,000 sq ft at Standard Life’s 19 Cornwall Court in Birmingham for five years, rather than seeking to relocate.
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News
Canada Life courts Birmingham office investment
Canada Life has placed under offer Priory Court, home to Birmingham’s Magistrates Court, for £73m.
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Professional
People Moves: LSH, Square Bay, GVA and more...
CBRE has appointed Peter Dijkhuis as director of masterplanning in its building consultancy project group.
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News
IVG halves money in Edinburgh with Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank’s global headquarters has been sold for just more than half of what vendor IVG paid for the building in 2007.
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Insight
It’s time to get on private-rented bandwagon
Sir, I agree with deputy mayor Richard Blakeway’s view that new types of housing will come to market in the years to come, including the expansion of intermediate stock and rented accommodation, which will help to retain residents of all income ranges in the capital (Tale of two Londons, 15.11.13, ...
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Professional
CBRE: community infrastructure levy is backfiring badly
Research shows that levy is no magic bullet for planning delays.