All Property Week articles in 9 September 2011
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OnlineRUGBY WORLD CUP BLOG: It's all about momentum now
One round of matches played and this World Cup is certainly up and running – as is the Property Week pundits contest and hats off to Claudia who is sitting at the top of the rankings as things stand!
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PWTV: Westfield chairman Frank Lowy on the Olympics, the recession and Westfield Stratford City
Frank Lowy, chairman and co-founder of property development giant Westfield, gave a rare interview to Property Week at the opening of Westfield Stratford City this afternoon.
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OnlineMajor shareholder bids to take over Mitchells & Butlers
The board of pub and restaurant chain Mitchells Butlers has today criticised a takeover bid by a major shareholder as “significantly undervaluing” its business.
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Council to impose community infrastructure levy on property development
A new levy on property development in Shropshire will be imposed next year after the Planning Inspectorate approved a scheme to introduce the tax, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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Palace Capital bus Cheshire property investment company
Hockenhull Estates, a property investment company which owns nine commercial properties in Cheshire, has been sold to quoted investment vehicle Palace Capital plc in a £1.8m deal, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
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OnlineRockspring gets green light in the City
Rockspring Property Investment Managers has secured planning consent for an 80,000 sq ft office in the City of London.
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OnlineBrasserie Bar Co plans major UK expansion
Brasserie Bar Co., the owner of the Brasserie Blanc and White Brasserie chains, has received £20m to quadruple its presence in the UK.
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Take me to Westfield!
Has winning Westfield vouchers ever been this easy? All one needs is a smartphone, a Twitter account, and the good fortune to spot a CB Richard Ellis-branded taxi somewhere in London. Spotters who send the result via Twitter to @CBRE_EMEA_News, using hashtag #cbretaxi, get a voucher, and the best pictures ...
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MarketsTrowbridge scheme’s preview screening
Legal & General Property put St Stephen’s Place cinema plans on public display
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MarketsQ+A: Orchard Street’s Salisbury pick
Old George Mall in Salisbury was sold by Doughty Hanson & Co Real Estate to Orchard Street Investment Management in June for £80m. John Humberstone, partner at Orchard Street, discusses what has happened since its purchase
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Mould and Vaughan retreat from Redditch
Investors pull out of £140m mall purchase amid market uncertaintyVeteran property investors Raymond Mould and Patrick Vaughan have pulled out of the £140m purchase of the Kingfisher Mall in Redditch, Worcestershire.
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MarketsNew Look for Weymouth park
Almost two years ago, fashion retailer New Look moved its base of operations from Weymouth to London
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Mercury rises in JLL/King Sturge merger
In the week that legendary Queen front man Freddie Mercury would have celebrated his 65th birthday, a cruel, but amusing, ditty about King Sturge “selling out” to Jones Lang LaSalle has come to Ludgate’s attention.Is this the real thing?Is this just fantasy?Caught in a mergerThis is reality.In one instant flashYou ...
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Murdoch to sell Wapping HQ
News International is to sell its 15 acre Wapping offices, after abandoning long-held plans to redevelop the site
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MarketsLVMH’s Great Titchfield Street headquarters are lap of luxury
When the client is the world’s most luxurious retailer, the designer has to reflect its aspirations
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Ropemaker’s Great Portland tie-up
Ropemaker Properties, the property arm of the BP Pension Fund, has emerged as Great Portland Estates’ partner in its proposed purchase of 200 Gray’s Inn Road in London
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NewsStiller got it
Property advisers at Malcolm Hollis did their best Ben Stiller impressions last month at the final game of the Dodgeball season, an event inspired by Stiller’s Hollywood comedy of the same name.The last game was made all the more, er, dodgy, through ample use of fancy dress, with jocks and ...
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ProfessionalNo giant leap for Mann into tenancy
The message: Intra-group dealings can bind the parties and cause complications.The case: The High Court has decided whether informal dealings between group companies can create a business tenancy in favour of a subsidiary company (Mann Aviation Group (Engineering) v Longmint Aviation Limited, 19.08.11).In May 2011 the claimant, Mann, went into ...
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Squeezed Southampton office market to gain spec space
Developer buys 200,000 sq ft development site.
