All Property Week articles in 8 October 2021
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NewsAberdeen office take-up almost doubles in Q3
Office take-up in Aberdeen almost doubled between July and September compared with Q2, analysis from Knight Frank has shown.
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NewsGreat Marlborough Estates lands £76m loan for Chiswick resi scheme
Great Marlborough Estates has secured a £76m loan to fund the redevelopment of Empire House, a vacant office block on Chiswick High Road in west London, into housing.
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NewsFortwell Capital funds £13m Hertfordshire logistics scheme
Fortwell Capital has agreed a £13.1m loan to Tavis House Properties for its speculative logistics scheme in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
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NewsDavid Partridge to join LandAid board of trustees
LandAid has appointed British Property Federation president David Partridge to its board of trustees, where he will lead the charity’s work on social investment.
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NewsKitt signs five new tenants in London spaces
Kitt has signed five new tenants to take almost 10,000 sq ft of office space across its London locations.
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NewsGrainger acquires London resi scheme in £141m forward funding deal
Grainger has acquired Merrick Place, a 401-home build-to-rent scheme in Southall West London for £141m on a forward funding basis.
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NewsBig Yellow increases loan facilities with Aviva and M&G by £100m
Big Yellow has secured an additional £50m seven-year debt facility with Aviva Investors and has increased the facilities of its M&G Investments loan by £50m to a total facility of £120m.
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NewsFashion designers offered free pop-up space on Oxford Street
Council takes former New Look store to showcase up-and-coming designers in bid to give street Christmas boost.
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VideosClimate Crisis Challenge: interview with Ian Duncombe, board director at chapmanbdsp
Pathway to net zero – what do developers need to know about building design?
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NewsOakNorth Bank provides Hayfield with £17m cash injection to drive growth
OakNorth Bank has provided Hayfield with a £17m loan on top of its initial £50m loan to fund its acquisitional programme, Property Week can reveal.
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NewsFortwell Capital CEO Dan Smith resigns
Fortwell Capital has confirmed that its chief executive Dan Smith is set to leave the company.
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OnlineICG acquires “mission-critical” 69-acre Corby site
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has acquired a 69-acre “mission-critical open storage and logistics site” from Rockingham Automotive in Corby, which is occupied on a 25-year lease to STVA UK.
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NewsBurlington Green Partners makes new hire and promotion
Burlington Green Partners, a boutique Central London based investment & development advisory practice, has recently hired Adam Morris to investment surveyor.
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NewsLocal plan halted in response to PM’s ‘not on greenfields’ comment
A council has halted progress on its local plan in response to the prime minister Boris Johnson’s comment that new homes should not be built on greenfields – with one planning expert warning other councils may follow suit.
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NewsIndependent shop openings rise for first time since 2017
The number of independent shops in the UK has grown for the first time since the first half of 2017.
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NewsBlackpool Central £300m scheme gets planning approval
The £300m plan to develop the former Blackpool Central railway station has been given the go-ahead by Blackpool council’s planning committee.
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NewsNetflix takes speculative units at SEGRO Park Enfield
SEGRO has signed a deal with Netflix to take space at its speculative development SEGRO Park Enfield.
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NewsGlasgow rated one of Europe’s top green cities ahead of COP26
Glasgow has been named as one of Europe’s top green cities for real estate ahead of the UN’s COP26 climate change summit, which takes place in the city next month, according to a new report from Knight Frank.
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NewsIndustrial and logistics sector posts strong growth in Kent
The industrial and logistics sector in Kent and Medway has grown by almost two thirds over the last five years, according to new research published by Locate in Kent.
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OnlineRICS unveils new interim leaders
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has drafted in a new interim leadership team as it looks to recover from its governance crisis.
