All Property Week articles in 7 July 2017 – Page 6
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PW Power 100: Number 1 - Nick Leslau
Prestbury Investments chairman Nick Leslau has had a phenomenal year by anyone’s standards. Secure Income REIT was the strongest performing REIT of 2016, he has been extremely bullish over Brexit and as well as continuing to influence the market, he has backed new influencer Savannah de Savary. Property Week ...
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Celebrating the powerhouses of property
The moment has finally come to reveal our Power 100 - our list of the 100 most powerful people in property.
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PW Power 100: Number 2 - Bill Hughes
Few people have had as big an influence in the past year as Bill Hughes. Our Personality of the Year at the Property Awards 2017 has transformed L G’s property fund management business into a ‘real assets’ platform that has employed a joined-up approach to property and infrastructure to unlock ...
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Dodgy outfits and dodging balls for the Rainbow Trust
Metropolis is one of the many fans of cult movie DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, but we haven’t yet been moved to host an industry-wide tournament celebrating the sport.
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Build-to-rent is evolving into a competitive sector
Following the general election, there is yet again uncertainty surrounding the politics of the UK housing market. The housing minister has changed, with Gavin Barwell losing his seat, replaced by Alok Sharma.
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RESI 2017: Let's get our housing in order
The residential sector is asking questions after the Grenfell Tower tragedy - and Property Week will try to deliver some of the answers at this September’s RESI Conference at Celtic Manor in Wales.
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Irish billionaire defies odds with Spanish bet
When the first villa was built at PGA Catalunya in 2011, David Plana, now the Spanish golf resort’s chief executive, told staff that there were 800,000 unsold villas in Spain and that the 800,001st had just been built.
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Is L&Q being over-ambitious with its 25,000 PRS target?
The 4th of July was fittingly chosen as the launch date for L Q @ The Residence. The housing association’s latest private rented sector (PRS) scheme offers views over the new US Embassy in the Nine Elms area of London.
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Fusion and Landvest launch resi JV
Fusion and Landvest Developments have struck a joint venture deal to build a residential development portfolio in London and the home counties.
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Acuitus banks on appeal of high-value lots at July sale
A number of big-ticket lots will go under the hammer at the fourth Acuitus auction of the year.
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Allsop to offer £9m office-to-resi opportunity in Berkshire
Three office buildings with permitted development rights approval to build 129 flats will be offered for sale with a huge £9m guide price at the next Allsop residential auction on 20 July.
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Student portfolio hits market for £27.5m
A portfolio of seven student accommodation assets in Bristol and Bath has hit the market with a guide price of £27.5m.
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Cities should commercialise their assets to compensate for shortfall in funding
At the end of June, think tank Centre for Cities released its latest research report, ‘Delivering change: how city partnerships make the most of public assets’, in partnership with building consultancy Turner Townsend.
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Hunger for activity-based working remains far from satiated
Activity-based working (ABW) is increasingly synonymous with organisations that embrace the era of unprecedented business transformation. But my company’s research suggests it is not always delivering on its promise.
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PIA metric shows property isn’t dangerously overvalued
A group of leading industry figures has identified a measure of long-term value that has a strong track record of predicting property crashes.
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What does serious fraud investigation mean for self-storage sector?
The self-storage industry has an image problem. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating aggressively sold self-storage investment schemes that have led individual investors to lose money - in some cases their entire life savings.
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iSmash looks beyond London to treble UK portfolio
Tech repair store iSmash is planning to treble its UK portfolio by venturing outside the capital for the first time.
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Asian and Middle Eastern investors pile into London
Savills’ analysis of foreign investment in London’s commercial real estate market since the EU referendum has revealed a sharp swing to investment from Asia and the Middle East from Europe and the US.
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Allied launches social co-working concept
Developer Allied London has launched a co-working brand that will provide social amenities alongside office space.
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Delph's new Forty/8 brand pitches apartment sales
Residential developer Delph Property Group has launched a new brand, Forty/8, under which it will market all its future residential schemes in the for-sale market.