All articles by Mike Phillips
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InsightMy farewell idea: create a national housebuilder
We’ve lost our belief in the ability of governments to make the world a better place.
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InsightTogether we can make the property sector better
Property Week is very proud to today launch a new campaign, Open Plan, which aims to help increase diversity in the UK property industry.
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NewsBlackstone to reap rewards of acting as Parcs keeper
Potential £2bn IPO of Center Parcs validates decision to pull plug on selling portfolio at bottom of market.
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NewsBrookfield gets $1.1bn bite of Big Apple in historic resi deal
Canadian fund manager buys huge portfolio of New York apartments as Fannie Mae loan facility expires.
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NewsEast comes east: Chinese trade mission to Royal Docks
Property Week has teamed up with Asian developer Advanced Business Parks (ABP) and Savills for a unique conference aimed at forging closer links between east London and Asian businesses.
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NewsGala Coral embarks on £166m bingo hall sale and leaseback
Gaming giant tasks CBRE with marketing 53 bingo halls as it seeks to pay down a defaulted property loan.
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InsightLending lifts off
De Montfort report shows talk of recovery in the UK commercial real estate finance market is not all hot air. By Mike Phillips
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MarketsWe need to focus on the reality of the housing problem
Nigel Wilson, Legal & General’s (L&G) group chief executive, clearly has a passion for solving Britain’s housing shortage.
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InsightThe UK has finally shed its debt burden
A glut of news and data this week pointed to the conclusion that the market has reached a major milestone - the property industry is now well and truly free of the albatross that was the legacy debt burden of the last boom.
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OnlineBuyer of Royal Mint Court stake revealed
A little-known private investor has beaten off UK property aristocracy to buy the long leasehold of the former site of the Royal Mint out of receivership, Property Week can reveal.
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ProfessionalMould backs new property company
Investment grandee Raymond Mould is backing a new property company set up by two of his former London Stamford colleagues.
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NewsGVA’s global dream
Chief executive Rob Bould tells Mike Phillips about the deal that will help grow the firm and pay off its debt.
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NewsDrop the double dip
Mothers’ Bunch Club of UK’s top investment agents urge new code of practice to curtail ‘double dipping’.
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InsightUS next stop as GVA deal spells expansion
A word cloud of our interview with GVA’s Rob Bould this week would show one word repeated more than any other - global.
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ProfessionalMaking sweet memories in the workplace
Office occupiers are looking beyond functional spaces. Mike Phillips reports
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NewsGoldman Sachs makes property fund comeback
Investment bank creates new Broad Street name and raises $4.2bn.
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InsightTime to be more open about conflicts of interest
The examples you hear about investment agents with conflicts of interest are becoming more egregious by the week.
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OnlineRebranded Goldman returns with $4.2bn lending fund
Goldman Sachs has rebranded its merchant banking division and raised $4.2bn for a global property debt fund, Property Week can reveal.
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NewsWorld’s most expensive flat sold
Christian Candy’s CPC Group has sold its penthouse at One Hyde Park in a deal that makes it the world’s most expensive apartment ever, Property Week can reveal.
