All articles by Hannah Emanuel – Page 10
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Barclays to sell £900m of property loans
Barclays is reportedly in advanced talks to sell a tranche of its commercial property loans for £900m.
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St Modwen promises shareholders a bumper 2002
Sir Stanley Clarke, chairman of industrial developer St Modwen Properties, has predicted that 2002 will be another record year after the company delivered an 18% increase in net asset value per share in 2001.
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Lower Stamp Duty would curb avoidance, says BPF
The British Property Federation has said it will continue to lobby for a reduction in Stamp Duty on commercial property deals, after a clampdown on avoidance of the tax was announced in the Budget yesterday.
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Brixton reshuffles with Laing appointment
Brixton plc, the quoted property company specialising in industrial premises in the south east of England, has recruited Rob Skelston from Laing Property as a director of development and lettings.
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GE Capital Real Estate loses Collins to LandSec
Mark Collins is leaving his post of senior managing director for the UK and Europe at GE Capital Real Estate to join Land Securities as head of its Portfolio Management business.
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International director quits LaSalle
Malcolm Naish has resigned as international director of LaSalle Investment Management.
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Rugby outstrips industry benchmark for 2001
Rugby Estates has reported a buoyant set of full-year results with a 10% rise in net asset value (NAV) per share.
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David Taylor joins Hull regeneration team
David Taylor, former chief executive of English Partnerships and a key figure in the £1bn regeneration of Silvertown Dock in London's Royal Docks area, has been appointed chairman of Hull's new Urban Regeneration Company.
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Kier snaps up Laing Property
Kier Group has won the race to buy Laing Property from John Laing plc, paying £40m in a joint venture with the Bank of Scotland.
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Consignia in £1bn FM deal
Consignia is set to outsource its facilities management in a £1bn deal with Balfour Beatty.
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Planning victory for LandSec retail park
Land Securities has won a planning appeal to extend its Ravenside out-of-town retail park at Bexhill in Sussex.
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Haslemere sells Beaucette for £72m
Haslemere, the quoted property company that is poised to go private, has sold the Beaucette Property Partnership to Praedia Investment Ltd for around £72m (Euro 116.2m).
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LA Fitness seeks sites across UK
Health club operator LA Fitness says it will double its outlets in the UK to around 100 by the end of 2004.
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Westfield denies "cash for access" claims
Shopping centre developer Westfield has denied paying Lord Levy to arrange access to government ministers.
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UK cities compete for boost from culture title
Twelve cities from across the UK have submitted their bids to become European Capital of Culture in 2008.
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Princes Dock divorce costs £9.9m
The Mersey Docks & Harbour Company has paid £9.9m to buy out its joint venture partner, David McLean Group, from Liverpool's Princes Dock office scheme.
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Tax loopholes may be closed
Chancellor Gordon Brown could be poised to close the tax loopholes that allow the commercial property industry to avoid paying stamp duty in his April 17 budget, according to consultants Capital Economics.
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Gambling reforms could transform leisure market
The government is to unveil plans for a major relaxation of UK gaming laws today that could have a profound affect on the leisure property industry.
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Planning delays are as bad as ever
A third of planning decisions in England missed the government's 8-week target deadline during the last quarter of 2001.
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Minerva to make St Botolph planning application "shortly"
London developer Minerva says it is close to submitting a planning application for its controversial tower at St Botolph Street, which could become the City's biggest office building.