All Property Week articles in 9 December 2011 – Page 2
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News
A vanity project that is too powerful for some to resist — or cope with
Believe it or not, I wrote my first news story about Battersea Power Station exactly 25 years ago.
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News
Tony Hayward fuels controversy
Former BP chief Tony Hayward has leased space at one of Mayfair’s most expensive buildings.
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Insight
Please live up to your name, Local Data Company
Sir, I was infuriated to read the piece on shop vacancy rates by Local Data Company’s Matthew Hopkinson
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Insight
‘Greed and dependency’ era has come to an end
Since my last article in July, the Arab Spring has turned into the Arab Autumn as more countries have been drawn into violence, regime change and uncertainty.
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News
Osborne closes SDLT loophole ...
The government has announced plans to close a loophole that enabled people to avoid paying stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on property transactions by setting up offshore companies in tax havens.
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News
QPR's White City quest: Football club lines up LSH for stadium hunt
Queens Park Rangers this week kicked off a hunt for a new football ground in west London’s White City.
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Professional
Christmas sneer
With the eurozone debt crisis threatening to cancel Christmas, Ludgate felt distinctly Grinch-like upon news that German fund manager IVG had stuck a lavish €2.5m Christmas tree at the entrance of its Squaire office scheme at Frankfurt airport.
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Markets
Office-to-resi conversion gains new cheerleaders
Report finds regional cities will benefit, as well as housing-starved south-east. Doug Morrison reports
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Insight
Google search stops at King’s Cross Central
Sir, This really would put King’s Cross on the map and, because it is one of London’s up-and-coming “hotspots”, I’m not surprised that Google is considering this area.
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Markets
Q+A: Smart move in Cardiff
JR Smart, a 35-year-old south Wales-based property development company, completed the speculative 40,000 sq ft Driscoll Buildings in Cardiff in September. It let the office to utility infrastructure company Inexus during construction.
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Professional
East of capital to be ‘economic powerhouse’
Delegates at summit say private sector is realising the potential of the area. Nick Johnstone reports
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News
Tony Pidgley calls for planning reform
Tony Pidgley has called on the government to push ahead with its reform of the planning system to ensure more homes are built.
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News
Lone Star buys distressed Lloyds loans
US private equity firm Lone Star has been picked as a preferred bidder to buy a £900m loan portfolio being sold by Lloyds Banking Group.
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Professional
Scottish property burdened by new green rules
Alan Cook explores the issues surrounding the introduction of new energy reduction targets
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Professional
Lloyd’s building: the inside-out story
As City tower celebrates 25-year anniversary, Christine Eade talks to long-term employees
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News
Brockton Capital and Pradera to play first-generation game
Property fund and asset manager to invest £250m in early out-of-town retail parks
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Insight
Carphone Warehouse boss funds BoxPark pop-up mall
Sir, I guess this is the first pop-up mall in Shoreditch, east London, but it is not the first in the world.
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Markets
Raymond Blanc to take Chez Gérard sites into the noir
The Brasserie Bar Co begins work next month on converting the eight London Chez Gérard restaurants into Brasserie Blanc restaurants.