All articles by Laura Chesters
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NewsUS hedge funds circle distressed assets in earnest
Five years after credit crunch began, vulture funds are still waiting for spoils. Laura Chesters reports
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OnlineWaitrose to sign ahead of Bracknell regeneration
Supermarket chain to expand in its home town as 3m sq ft scheme makes planning progress
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NewsPound stretches
Value retailer Poundstretcher plans to “aggressively” expand to 500 stores in the UK by the end of 2012
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InsightWhom to know Lawrence Hutchings
Hammerson’s retail head supports a new global leasing structure
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NewsPradera walks with Egyptian
Retail fund manager Pradera is to launch a fund that will invest in Egyptian shopping centres
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Insight20-30-40-50: City of London senior surveyor Fiona Small
Every week, we meet a property person from a different age group. This week, Laura Chesters talks to 35-year-old Argentine tango dancer Fiona Small, senior surveyor at the City of London Corporation
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Grosvenor Fund Management and Vega buy "The North"
Grosvenor Fund Management and Vega Wharlock Properties, a retail property investment and fund management group has bought “The North” retail development for its Grosvenor Vega - China Retail Fund.
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Aurora to open dual branded out of town stores
Aurora Fashions, owner of high street chains Oasis and Karen Millen, is creating a larger, dual-branded store format that will allow it to open in out-of-town retail parks.
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Co-op to open in central London convenience store
The Co-operative Food has signed contracts with The Crown Estate for a new food store in central London.
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Marks & Spencer to accelerate growth of UK stores
Marks Spencer’s new chief executive has today revealed plans to open a raft of new UK stores to ensure 95% of the UK population will be within 30 minutes of a full-line M S store by 2015.
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OnlineHotelier Ian Schrager returns to London
Founder of the boutique hotel concept, New York hotelier Ian Schrager, is to return to London to create a new boutique hotel.
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Rok goes into administration
Rok, the London-listed construction group, has gone into administration today.
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St James's Hotel and Club sold
The St James’s Hotel and Club has been bought by Far Eastern-based investors for around £60m.
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Vision for York takes shape
The city of York has launched ‘New City Beautiful’- a vision document for York drawn up by a team led by urbanist Professor Alan Simpson.
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Morrisons to chase convenience market
Morrisons is to fully expand into convenience stores in the UK, as part of a three-pronged growth strategy
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Westfield submits plans for Broadmarsh
Westfield has submitted plans to Nottingham City Council for the re-configuration of the Drury Walk entrance of the Broadmarsh shopping centre. The move is the latest in a series of improvements to the Nottingham shopping centre.
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Wereldhave set for return to UK retail with £80m Poole buy
Dutch property investment company Wereldhave has emerged as front runner to buy Grosvenor’s Dolphin shopping centre in Poole for more than the £80m asking price.
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BCSC 2010: Westfield and Hermes to refurbish and improve Guildford mall
Joint owners, Westfield and Hermes Real Estate have today unveiled a multi-million pound repositioning plan for The Friary Shopping Centre in Guildford.
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Land Securities is front runner for Dundee's Overgate
Land Securities is front runner to buy Overgate shopping centre in Dundee for more than its £130m asking price.
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BCSC 2010: Shopping centres get creative as marketing budgets cut
The average marketing budget for UK shopping centres has reduced by 24% between 2008 and 2011, according to Savills latest survey.
