All Property Week articles in 9 October 2015 – Page 4
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News
Park House now entirely under offer
Private equity firm Coller Capital is taking the final floor at Park House after a flurry of lettings at the State of Qatar-owned scheme on London’s Oxford Street.
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Insight
Diverse talents: the rising stars shaping the future of property
Property is about people and if the industry is to continue to thrive it must continue to attract brains and enthusiasm as well as offer a rewarding and exciting career path.
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Markets
Cornwall goes its own way under devolution programme
It’s the kind of issue that will either have people belting out Trelawney, The Song of the Western Men - better known as Cornwall’s ‘national anthem’ - or furiously humming the overture of The Pirates of Penzance .
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Insight
Corbyn: a potential win-win for real estate
The election of Jeremy Corbyn could be an unexpected force for good for UK real estate. We may end up thanking him.
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Insight
Pedal power changes lives at Valad cycling event
At the end of last month, seven teams descended on Herne Hill Velodrome in south-east London to compete in a series of trials on the track where Sir Bradley Wiggins trained as a youth.
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Newcastle shopping centre to be sold off
Hammerson is lining up the sale of Monument Mall in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with the price expected to be set at a sharp yield of around 4%.
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Oh what a feeling, when you’re dangling from the ceiling...
Metropolis has attended its fair share of corporate parties and it’s fair to say that as the real estate industry has gone from strength to strength in the past few years, it seems that so too have the conference parties.
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Professional
Court decision throws spanner in works for office business rates
The recent Woolway v Mazars Supreme Court decision has thrown a spanner in the works for business rates on office buildings where the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has applied a quantum allowance on substantial accommodation occupied over several floors in a building.
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Osborne’s rates reform may be ‘nightmare’ for business
The chancellor’s move to allow councils to retain their entire business rates income could be a “nightmare” for big business and may worsen inequalities, experts have warned.
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Markets
Bristol sacrifices good office stock in the rush to convert to residential
Bristol has not lost too many offices to residential development through permitted development rights (PDR), but it is sacrificing the wrong sort, and some of the scruffier residential newcomers are bringing down the commercial centre.
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Insight
Celebrating property’s bright young things
Ever since the nominations started coming in for Forty Under 40 , we knew it was going to be a fantastic list - and it is, as our coverage attests.
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Markets
West of England bands together to take on the might of Manchester
Bristol and Bath have joined the queue at the Treasury to ask for devolved powers to the region, with the aim of creating a West of England powerhouse to counterbalance the weight of Manchester and the West Midlands.
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Mark Canning does an Ed Balls on Twitter
Manchester office agent Mark Canning had a bit of an Ed Balls moment this week on Twitter.
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Insight
It would be a tragedy if government dismissed the rental sector in rush to back starter homes
While we welcome the government’s efforts to provide more homes for the young people who are bearing the brunt of the housing crisis, the negative rhetoric around renting is not going to do anything to help them ( David Cameron tears up affordable housing rules ).
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Aviva sells Sainsbury’s Bank HQ
Aviva Investors is to sell the Scottish headquarters of Sainsbury’s Bank for around £19.5m.
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Mayfair move for Sprüth Magers art gallery
International contemporary art gallery Sprüth Magers is moving its London base to 29 Sackville Street in Mayfair.
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Markets
Crowdfunded sustainable homes a smart approach to housing shortage
Twenty-one houses above the cliffs and beaches of Newquay are not going to solve Cornwall’s 47,500-strong housing shortfall, but they qualify as one of the most interesting and pioneering developments in the country.
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Professional
Place Partnership appoints Pollard as managing director
Place Partnership has appointed Andrew Pollard as its managing director.
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Upbeat mood at Expo Real among beer and bratwurst
There was something of a party atmosphere in the air at Expo Real in Munich. No doubt the hot and sunny weather on the first day had something to do with it.
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Unrest at C&W after DTZ merger
Private equity giant TPG is facing a possible rebellion from senior Cushman Wakefield (C W) staff swallowed up in the recent merger with DTZ.