All articles by Aiysha Mahmood – Page 2

  • city of westminster
    Online

    14-storey residential block to replace 1930s council estate

    2014-06-11T17:36:00Z

    Westminster City Council has secured planning permission to radically overhaul a 1930s council estate which was the former site for the Grosvenor Canal. Work is scheduled to begin in October 2014.

  • knight frank logo
    Online

    Knight Frank appoints new professionals for high profile Roadside Team

    2014-06-11T15:54:00Z

    Knight Frank appoints Adam Chapman and Tom Pynton to form a new specialist Roadside team based in its Birmingham office. Both professionals will join from GVA as partners this summer.

  • John Michell MJM
    Online

    John Michell joins M J Mapp as head of retail business

    2014-06-11T15:25:00Z

    M J Mapp has appointed retail real estate expert John Michell to lead its focused expansion into the retail sector as a director in the business. Michell will work with Nigel Mapp and the senior management team to further develop M J Mapp’s retail coverage and offering, using his significant ...

  • Online

    Berkeley commits to minimum space standards

    2014-06-06T10:30:00Z

    Berkeley Group announced new minimum space standards for all new homes as part of its 16 fresh business commitments that will mark the next phase of its 10 year business plan. Other commitments for the next two years include an innovation fund to improve safety on site, a 50% increase ...

  • TNQ Development
    Markets

    Need to know: a neat rebrand

    06 June 2014

    As the London residential market continues to tick up, Kitewood Development Partners has rebranded as NEAT to offer consumers a friendlier face.

  • Arsenal-football-club-emirates-stadium
    Online

    Football clubs put record £211m investment into stadia

    2014-06-05T00:00:00Z

    The top 92 English clubs invested £211m in their stadia and facilities last year, the highest amount of capital investment since 2006.

  • Dublin_docks_19_Feb.jpg
    Online

    €160m Dublin portfolio for sale

    2014-06-04T17:03:00Z

    A portfolio of commercial properties and development sites in Dublin have been brought to the market for offers in excess of €160m, a 6.64% yield. Savills and Hooke MacDonald have been appointed on behalf of four separate private vendors to market The Orange Collection, which comprises 761 modern ...

  • Winnersh Triangle View CGI
    Online

    Winnersh Triangle secures two more pre-lets

    2014-06-04T15:02:00Z

    Digital broadcast and film product manufacturer Evertz UK and AIT, a data centre and secure networking technical services specialist, have taken up a combined 16,000 sq ft of commercial space at Winnersh Triangle. Evertz is moving out of its Reading town centre office, adding an extra 8,000 sq ft at ...

  • Sittingbourne town centre
    Online

    Sittingbourne Centre to undergo a £110m redevelopment scheme

    2014-06-04T14:18:00Z

    Quinn Estates joins specialist mixed-use regeneration developer, Cathedral and property consultants, Essential Land LLP in the development of the £110m Spirit of Sittingbourne scheme. The scheme is set to transform Sittingbourne Centre, generating £250m of economic improvement and creating more than 1,000 new jobs. The Spirit of Sittingbourne consortium expects ...

  • Trentham Lakes distribution facility
    Online

    Trentham Lakes distribution facility to double up in size

    2014-06-04T13:47:00Z

    M G Real Estate, in partnership with developer St Modwen, plans to double the size of its Trentham Lakes distribution facility in Stoke-on-Trent, which is occupied bytrade retailer Screwfix.

  • Bill's restaurant
    Online

    Bill’s checks in to Liverpool ONE

    2014-06-04T13:09:00Z

    Bill’s restaurant is to take 3,153 sq ft in Grosvenor’s retail scheme Liverpool ONE. Situated between Chavasse Park and Hilton Hotel, it will be the first Bill’s in the city and the brand’s second restaurant in the north west. Scott Macdonald, co-managing director of Bill’s, said: “It is important we ...

  • Silverburn shopping centre
    Online

    Hammerson secures deals at Silverburn shopping centre

    2014-06-02T16:23:00Z

    Hammerson has secured a number of deals at its Silverburn shopping centre in Glasgow as part of a £20m leisure extension. Restaurant chain Chimichanga will be opening in December, taking 3,112 sq ft, and fast food chain Burger King is to open a 2,755 sq ft restaurant in the external ...

  • CMYK TK Maxx 2
    News

    TK Maxx hunts for new HQ

    30 May 2014

    Retailer seeks office to consolidate its operations.

  • Holiday Inn
    Online

    Chardon Trading buys two Holiday Inn Express hotels

    2014-05-28T15:34:00Z

    Chardon Trading has acquired two Holiday Inn Express hotels in the Royal Mile in Edingburgh and Dunfermline from CHGF.

  • The Point office building
    Online

    Royal London sells Warrington office block

    2014-05-21T17:33:00Z

    Royal London has sold The Point office building in Birchwood, Warrington to a private investor for £4.87m, representing a net initial yield of 8.25% The 32,016 sq ft grade A building is let on a 10 year lease to billing and customer management company, Martin Dawes Systems Ltd. Located on ...

  • Westgate Centre, Oxford
    Online

    Cushman & Wakefield appointed to £500m Oxford retail scheme

    2014-05-21T17:24:00Z

    Westgate Oxford Alliance has appointment Cushman Wakefield to join current agent CBRE on the £500m redevelopment of the Westgate Centre in Oxford. The mandate is one of the UK’s most sought after retail agency contracts. In March this year, the Alliance gained consent for the retail-led mixed use ...

  • 77 Fulham Palace Road, London
    Online

    Nordea to offload Harper Collins HQ

    2014-05-19T16:40:00Z

    Nordea Property Investment has appointed JLL to sell the freehold interest in 77 Fulham Palace Road, London. The sale comprises a three-acre office estate in Hammersmith which has never been traded since its original construction in the early 1990s. It includes four office buildings, extending to approximately 195,000 sq ft. ...

  • Reading Bridge House
    Online

    Reading Bridge House sells for £35.2m

    2014-05-19T16:32:00Z

    M G Real Estate has bought Reading Bridge House from Lumina Real Estate Capital and Wrenbridge for £35.2m.

  • Airedale House
    Online

    Hair and beauty firm cuts deal at Airedale House

    2014-05-19T12:56:00Z

    Hair and beauty supplier Sally Salon Services has agreed to take a 6,196 sq ft retail unit at Airedale House, Leeds. The building comprises 26,337 sq ft of retail space and 15,056 sq ft of office accommodation. Other tenants include Slater Menswear and Co-op Travel. Bridges Sustainable Property Fund, part ...

  • Planning
    Online

    Staines site bought for 430,000 sq ft development

    2014-05-16T12:51:00Z

    Melford Capital Partners and Mercer Real Estate Partners have bought the Majestic House site in central Staines for a purchase price understood to be in excess of £10m.