Ifeoluwa Taiwo
Ifeoluwa Taiwo is Markets, Legal & Professional Editor at Property Week.
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NewsURW inks deal to open The Ministry Shepherd’s Bush
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) and Ministry of Sound Group have signed an agreement to open The Ministry Shepherd’s Bush, a new concept combining workspace, a multi-studio fitness offer and a rooftop bar and restaurant.
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Europa Capital & St Congar get go ahead for 880-home Hove scheme
Europa Capital, in partnership with UK property company St Congar, has secured outline planning consent to develop 880 homes alongside commercial and community spaces at Toads Hole Valley in Hove, East Sussex.
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Hillview Real Estate and Sh.i.r. Shlomo pay £12.6m for Leeds office building
Hillview Real Estate and Sh.i.r. Shlomo, a subsidiary of Israel’s Shlomo Group, have acquired a multi-let office building in Leeds’ financial district from Ardstone Capital for £12.6m.
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Stenn Technologies takes floor at Helical’s Old Street Tower
Helical has let a floor of The Tower, its mixed-use scheme at The Bower, Old Street in London’s Midtown, to digital financing platform Stenn Technologies.
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LaSalle appoints Hynard and Fauchille to new European asset management board
LaSalle Investment Management has promoted Katie Hynard to head of UK commercial asset management and Marc Fauchille to head of development and repurposing in Europe.
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Q1 housing supply figures improve on previous quarter but show year-on-year fall
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities recorded an increase in supply of new housing from January to March 2022.
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PLP leases Ellesmere Port unit to BargainMax.co.uk
Logistics developer and investment manager PLP has leased Unit 1 at PLP Ellesmere Port to games and toys online retailer BargainMax.co.uk.
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Industry urges government to rethink flawed EPC system
Experts say Energy Performance Certificates do not reflect buildings’ operational energy performance
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Calls for business rates reform ahead of the 2023 revaluation
Experts say government must remove downward transition, shorten valuation cycle and streamline appeals.
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Are PDR conversions at odds with government green aims?
Experts suggest current PDR system needs regulation to better account for sustainability and net zero.
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Big interview with Julie Hirigoyen: ‘We need urgent climate action’
Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, tells Ifeoluwa Taiwo about its new 2025 strategy for the property sector and reveals what the government needs to do to close the policy gap.
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Industry’s best celebrated at 26th annual Property Awards
Property Week celebrated the best of the best of the industry at Grosvenor House at its 26th annual Property Awards on 7 June.
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More questions than answers in Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
Experts bemoan lack of clarity on new infrastructure levy and ‘naivety’ of government’s rental auction idea.
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Employees and firms at odds on future of hybrid working
Working from home became the norm during the pandemic, but should the office ever go back to how it was?
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MPs insist on net zero action
An Environment Audit Committee (EAC) report published by MPs this week is calling for mandatory whole-life-carbon assessments for larger buildings, warning that “no progress has been made towards achieving net zero targets in the built environment”.
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PDR retail-to-resi conversions hit council stumbling block
Experts say high level of rejections stems from local authorities’ anger at planning judgements being undercut.
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Coalition of industry bodies to develop UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard
A cross-industry steering group including UKGBC, BBP, BRE, the Carbon Trust, CIBSE, IStructE, LETI, RIBA and RICS have teamed up to develop a standard for verifying UK buildings as net zero carbon.
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Key questions remain after assent of Building Safety Act
Four experts discuss the legislation, advising that more detail is needed and other areas need reform too.
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What would replacing S106 and CIL mean for planning?
Industry experts discuss the likely effects of the government’s proposal to introduce infrastructure levy.
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UKGBC publishes guide to support commercial building retrofit
UKGBC has published a guide to support the industry in the retrofitting of poorly performing commercial buildings in the UK.
