All articles by Felicity Francis – Page 12
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Online
LaSalle wins €150m mandate
LaSalle Investment Management has been awarded a further €150m mandate by German pension fund BVK to invest in global real estate securities.
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Insight
Property Week Retail and Leisure supplement
A recurring theme whenever Property Week covers retail in depth is the galloping pace of change. The question to throw back at the property industry is: how do you intend to innovate to keep up - or better still, keep ahead?
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Online
BlackRock acquires spec development site
The BlackRock UK Property Fund has acquired a 100,000 sq ft site in Chingford from Wrenbridge and Palmer Capital, where it plans to fund the speculative development of a trade counter and warehouse scheme.
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Online
LaSalle sells central Bristol office
LaSalle Investment Management has sold Marlborough House in Bristol to BP Pension Fund for £4.24m.
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Online
DevSecs shifts retail assets
Development Securities has completed the sale of four assets to Kames Capital for £21m, representing a yield of 7.5%.
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Online
Queens Park gets sporting developments
Planning permission has been granted for the development of £20m of sports and leisure facilities in Queens Park.
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Online
Kew Green adds to Holiday Inn collection
Kew Green Hotels has acquired Holiday Inn Bromsgrove out of administration, paying above the asking price of £3.95m.
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Online
AMP makes European appointment
AMP Capital has appointed Kate Campbell as institutional director – Europe, based in London.
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Online
McKay makes Brentford purchase
McKay Securities has acquired office building The Mille in Brentford from Helix Properties for £19.3m, representing an initial yield of 7.7%.
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Online
Deerbrook makes Soho letting
Grapple Mobile has taken 15,229 sq ft at the Medius office building at 2 Sheraton Street in Soho.
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F&C fund enters the London office market
F C REIT’s UK Property Fund has made its first London purchase of a warehouse office building at Kings Cross for £3.5m.
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Online
London mayor proposes resi investment scheme
London mayor Boris Johnson has announced plans for a new investment scheme to boost house building in the capital.
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Online
DevSecs offloads two assets
Development Securities has sold two properties in Watford and Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester, totalling £15.7m.
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Online
Harworth sells plots for spec development
Harworth Estates has sold two plots for speculative development at its Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham.
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Online
Marston’s announces Scotland expansion
Marston’s is looking to expand its Scottish presence at a rate of five new pubs a year.
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Online
Tritax adds to its Tesco collection
Tritax Big Box REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire Tesco’s 290,000 sq ft distribution centre at Southmead Industrial Estate, Didcot, for £27.2m.
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Online
Sanpower set to acquire House of Fraser
Chinese conglomerate Sanpower Group is on the cusp of buying 89% of House of Fraser in a deal that values the department store at more than £450m.
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Markets
Improvement district to make Hatton Garden sparkle
London’s historic jewellery area is taking steps to ensure its future. Felicity Francis reports.
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Markets
Shaftesbury dials in to the modern consumer
Shaftesbury reveals its detailed strategy for Seven Dials to Felicity Francis.
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Online
Mill Group appoints Aberdeen man
Mill Group has appointed Andrew Smith as executive director for its investment management team, charged with building a private-rented portfolio.