All Property Week articles in 7 July 2017 – Page 7
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NewsAviva Investors puts Blade skyscraper on sale for £40m
Aviva Investors has brought the Blade office building in Reading to market at a guide price of £40m and is on the verge of selling another office in the town, Abbey Gate, Property Week can reveal.
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NewsKnight Frank expects record year for student digs sector
The UK’s purpose-built student accommodation sector is set for a record year of transactions in 2017, according to Knight Frank.
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InsightClarity of thought and purpose will be crucial for the Grenfell inquiry
From the point of view of broad public protection, it will be important that the official inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster is allowed to focus on the critical issues - that is to say the cause of the initial fire, why it spread so rapidly and why a complex ...
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ProfessionalBlackshaw recruited for key role at MAG Property
MAG Property - the property and development arm of the UK’s largest airport operator Manchester Airports Group - has welcomed Andrew Blackshaw as strategic asset management director.
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ProfessionalPeople Moves: CBRE, DWF, FRT, Octane Capital and more
All the latest moves, appointments and promotions from across the property sector.
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MarketsNew self-storage models fight for space in market
The thing about storage is that you can never have enough of it. That is why traditional self-storage providers like Big Yellow and Safestore are so popular - and why a new generation of disruptors think they can move into the market and quickly gain traction.
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InsightBattersea affordable housing revision is an outrage
The timing wasn’t great was it? A social housing tragedy in North Kensington, highlighting the lack of attention society has been paying to those who struggle to make ends meet, but against this backdrop Wandsworth Council agreed to reduce the initial affordable housing obligation at Battersea Power Station from 636 ...
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InsightOpening up to tomorrow’s technology
Earlier this month Property Week , in association with Freeths LLP, published the results of a survey exploring the industry’s attitude towards the nascent proptech sector and technology generally . A roundtable discussion was then held at the law firm’s London office to discuss the survey findings and look at ...
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InsightRisk that Chinese investors will turn net sellers
The real downside is not “capital restrictions controlling the exportation of mainland Chinese equity” as Peter MacColl’s column suggests but the likelihood that at some stage mainland Chinese buyers will have to sell UK property assets in order to shore up their liquidity and capital base in a China ...
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OnlineDerwent London shares fall
Shares in Derwent London fell 0.72% on Monday after the company sold its long leasehold interest in The Copyright Building in west London to Union Investment Real Estate for £165m.
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OnlineProperty fund returns rise to 2.1% in Q1
Property funds returns increased to 2.1% in the first quarter of 2017, according to The Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) and MSCI’s Property Fund Vision Handbook.
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OnlineHansteen shares up
Shares in Hansteen Holdings were up 0.32% on Friday following its sale of the outstanding €100m (£87.7m) Hansteen (Jersey) Securities 4% guaranteed convertible bonds.
