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LST agrees £2.1bn government outsource expansion
Land Securities Trillium has agreed an £2.1bn expansion to its outsourcing deal with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), it announced today.
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Jafari-Fini reaps rewards of Chesterton takeover
Mohammad Jafari-Fini has made a killing on his Chesterton takeover deal in June, by selling its facilities management subsidiary for twice the amount he paid for the whole company.
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Land Registration Act 2002 comes into force
Details of all new leases of more than seven years will be available for public scrutiny from today, as the Land Registration Act 2002 comes into force.
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Thomlinson to step in at Knight Frank
Nick Thomlinson will succeed John Martin as Knight Frank senior partner from May, the firm announced today.
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Scottish Widows buys £100m Banbury shopping centre
Scottish Widows has bought a 350,000 sq ft (32,500 sq m) shopping centre in Banbury from a Pillar Property joint venture for £101.3m, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.1%.
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City of London offices begin recovery
The City office market has turned the corner after a wretched year, according to new figures released today.
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S&N's £2.5bn sale to Amber Bidco
Scottish & Newcastle has sold its pubs, restaurants and hotels business to the Spirit Amber Bidco consortium for £2.5bn, it announced today.
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Bradford & Bingley buys Douglas Duff
Bradford & Bingley has bought Bedford-based surveying firm Douglas Duff, it announced this morning.
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€200m Milan sale for Doughty Hanson
Private equity firm Doughty Hanson has sold a Milan business centre for more than €200m (£140.4m), it announced today.
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O'Rourke homes in on Asite
Construction firm Laing O'Rourke has taken options over shares in online tendering portal Asite that could dilute founding director Robert Tchenguiz's stake from 26% to 9%.
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Canary Wharf suffers 30% NAV drop
Canary Wharf announced a 30% drop in net asset value and its first pretax loss for four years in its year-end results released today.
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Teesland's first annual figures in line with forecasts
Property fund and asset manager Teesland today unveiled its first annual figures, in line with forecasts at the time of its flotation last year.
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Liberty in dispute with FTSE
Liberty International is in dispute with FTSE, the index provider for the London Stock Exchange, over the volume of shares owned by its chairman.
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Cap&Reg profits up to £8.3m
Capital & Regional's half-year results, released today, show the benefits of the company's relaunch as a property asset manager.
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Planning break for developers
Developers in rural areas will face a less arbitrary planning application process for their schemes under new government proposals announced today.
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Morley takes £51m stake in Global Switch
Morley Fund Management has paid £51.5m for a 25% stake in Chelsfield’s loss-making data centre business, Global Switch, it announced this afternoon.
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RICS triumphs in rating battle
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has triumphed in a battle with the government over rating system reform.
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Countryside gets £450m London resi nod
Countryside Properties, the regeneration specialist, has been selected for a £450m residential redevelopment in north-west London, it announced this morning.
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Debenhams chiefs back £1.7m CVC/Texas bid
Debenhams independent directors have recommended that shareholders accept a £1.7bn bid for the company from Baroness Retail, a consortium including investment companies CVC Capital and Texas Pacific.
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CLS reports NAV rise
Investor and developer CLS Holdings has reported this morning a 6.5% increase in net asset value to 435p a share for the first half of the year.