All Property Week articles in 7 April 2017 – Page 5
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Bovis shares rise after new chief exec named
Shares in Bovis Homes surged 5.1% on Wednesday after the housebuilder named former Galliford boss Greg Fitzgerald as its new chief executive.
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Investec backs Curlew Student Trust with £47.6m loan
Investec Structured Property Finance has agreed to provide a £47.6m development loan to Curlew Student Trust for a 527-bed scheme in Walthamstow that will roll into an investment loan.
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IMPT shareholder renews attack on Hansteen takeover offer
Industrial Multi property Trust’s shareholder Alpha Real Trust has again attacked Hansteen’s takeover offer in the wake of a fresh valuation of the company’s industrial portfolio.
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Insight
Clock’s ticking for firms eyeing up Dublin
The potential impact of Brexit has created a lot of expectancy regarding the positive impact it could have on the Dublin office market.
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Government defence of business rate rises is unlikely to stem outcry
The business rates revaluation is proving particularly incendiary, with ratepayers up in arms over increases and the government fighting hard to defend its position.
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Insight
The Big Apple stays fresh – even when tough times bite
In about 1994 or so, I had the opportunity to have lunch in New York City with the head of one of the most famed and well-capitalised investment houses in the US.
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Melford puts Avon House site in Kensington on the market
Melford Special Situations has put up for sale a development site in Kensington, west London, with planning permission for a new high-end healthcare facility.
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Farewell to agent John Wills, once 'king of the West End'
Tributes poured in this week to legendary agent John Wills, the former head of West End at Healey Baker, who has died at the age of 83.
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Orion gets green light for Watford mixed-use block
Developer Orion has received planning permission for a 70,000 sq ft office-led scheme in Watford, Hertfordshire.
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Spec supershed to go up at Magna Park
Industrial developer IDI Gazeley will speculatively embark on the UK’s biggest shed construction since the 2008 financial crash.
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Brexit vote hits growth in industrial land values
Industrial land values have continued to climb over the past year - albeit at a much slower pace than the two previous years, according to GVA’s latest Industrial Intelligence report.
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Developer backs out of major Aberdeen regeneration deal
The developer behind plans for a major regeneration project in Aberdeen that would have seen more than 450 student beds and a 193-bed hotel come to the city has pulled out of the scheme, it has emerged.
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Brexit vote lessons for property funds put under the microscope
A draft report into the impact of the EU referendum on property funds has called for better communication from fund managers and the creation of a broader range of products for retail investors.
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Insight
Those who benefit from Crossrail 2 should be the ones who pay for it
As London grows inexorably toward 10 million residents by 2025, we not only have a housing crisis, we have a connectivity crisis. Crossrail, or the Elizabeth line to give it its proper name, will help. By the end of 2019, it will carry half a million passengers a day and ...
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Guinness Storehouse: brewing up black magic
The transformation of the Guinness Storehouse turned a derelict building into one of Europe’s top visitor attractions.
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Insight
The 25-year lease is dead
Technology is at the heart of this change, with people able to work from almost anywhere in the world.
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Second Allsop resi auction of 2017 raises £4m less than last year
The total raised at Allsop’s second residential auction of the year last week fell £4m short of the £58m raised at the corresponding auction last year.
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People Moves: Cushman & Wakefield, Fidelity International, BNP Paribas RE and more
All the latest moves, appointments and promotions from across the property sector.
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Acuitus result buoyed by overseas investor interest
Acuitus raised £11.7m less last week than the equivalent auction last year but said it had achieved a robust result for the current market, buoyed by strong interest from foreign investors.
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Office rents in Dublin on the rise
Strong occupier demand and a lack of supply have pushed up the city’s rents - and they look set to rise further still.