All articles by Deirdre Hipwell – Page 3
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InsightIrish property community reels from 29 suicides in last 12 months
As Ireland’s lenders take increasingly drastic action over troubled property loans, Deirdre Hipwell reports on the personal cost of the Irish and the UK banking crisis
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OnlineUSS buys NatMags House
Universities Superannuation Scheme has exchanged contracts to buy National Magazine House in London’s West End for £42m.
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Henderson completes first £90m closing of Central London office fund
Henderson Global Investors has achieved a first closing of its Central London Office Fund II (“CLOF II”) raising £90m of capital from a number of European and North American institutional investors providing it with around £200m for acquisitions.
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OnlineStephen Vernon in €900m tie up with US private equity group
Stephen Vernon’s Green Property has teamed up with one of the world’s biggest US private equity groups TPG Capital setting up a joint venture to invest up to €900m of debt and equity in UK and Irish property.
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RICS: Ireland and the US set for biggest rise in distressed sales
Irelandand the US will see the greatest rise in “distressed sales” of property according to a survey published today by the RICS.
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OnlineVue Entertainment to open venue at Treasury Holding’s Ballymun scheme
UKmultiplex cinema developer Vue Entertainment has agreed to open a venue in Treasury Holding’s Spring Cross development in Ballymun in Ireland.
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OnlineLDA launches search for Gallions Quarter developers
The London Development Agency (LDA) has begun a search for development partners for a site in the Albert Basin in east London’s Royal Docks.
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Former Barratt chairman launches residential development company
The former regional chairman of Barratt London Thames Gateway Adam Lawrence has launched a new residential development and has secured £100m funding.
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Hatfield Philips strikes up B notes with dedicated team
Special servicer sets up division to specialise in junior debt
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£50bn of property loans breached or in default
De Montfort research shows total lending continues to rise to £250bn
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NAMA sets up Northern Irish advisory committee
Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has set up a Northern Ireland advisory committee to advise it on loans secured against Northern Irish assets.
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Orchard Street buys 125 Wood Street
Orchard Street Investment Management has bought 125 Wood Street in the City of London, from clients of Invesco Real Estate for £25.2m.
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Investor demand remains strong says Aviva Investors
Investor demand for UK real estate assets remained strong during the first quarter and values rose for the third consecutive quarter, according to Aviva Investors.
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City agent Alastair Hilton to leave Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield’s Alastair Hilton is leaving to join midtown specialist property services firm Farebrother.
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German regulation proposals force funds into purgatory …
KanAm and SEB suspend redemptions after government plans that would “wipe out” returns
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City market’s rebound is frothier than it first appears
Adviser Equipe cites “cappuccino effect” and says recovery is down to only a handful of big deals
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Matrix hires former JP Morgan Cazenove team
Matrix has hired a former JP Morgan Cazenove senior investment banking team as it expands further into the real estate sector.
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Sterling real estate lending increases in first quarter
First quarter 2010 Sterling bank lending to real estate improved to £3.2bn after failing during the two previous quarters, according to the latest Bank of England lending figures.
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CB Richard Ellis to sell 44 Halifax branches in Ireland
CB Richard Ellis has been instructed to sell 44 Halifax branches across Ireland on behalf of Bank of Scotland (Ireland).
