All MIPIM articles – Page 9
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Mipim 2017: Select and GMPVF to develop Manchester's largest PRS scheme
Select Property Group and the Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund (GMPVF) have signed heads of terms on a joint-venture partnership deal to deliver a £247m PRS scheme at Circle Square.
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Mipim 2017: Signature Living buys iconic Belfast courthouse for luxury hotel conversion
The Signature Living Group has acquired a former courthouse in Crumlin Road in Belfast for an undisclosed sum and has announced a £25m plan to convert the iconic building into a luxury hotel.
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‘Mix up the panel’: industry must do more to ensure speaker diversity at property events
How can London’s property industry ensure that panels at events reflect a greater range of participants than just white men of a certain age?
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Mipim 2017: can Cheshire’s science corridor carve out its very own ‘golden triangle’?
Another year, another MIPIM. The annual parade of property’s finest referred to as the “Davos of the real estate industry” in BBC coverage yesterday often fanfares a hubbub of events, declaring some area or another as the next big unmissable investment opportunity.
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Mipim 2017: Crossrail could give West End £2bn sales boost
The New West End Company says sales in the district could rise by more than £2bn by 2020 and that it could see 30% more visitors, largely due to the impact of Crossrail.
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Proptech talk: how commercial property leaders at Mipim can embrace digital transformation
In the last thirty years, commercial real estate has evolved from a “mom and pop” operation to one of the largest institutional asset classes, rising from 4.5% of institutional investment portfolios in 2000 to nearly 10%, according to research by NAIOP.
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Croydon shows true Cannes-do attitude
Breakfast mimosas, big deals and yacht parties are all synonymous with the annual real estate madness of Mipim… and so, it seems increasingly, are spats between councils and local media.
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Games night proves a smash for LandAid Mipim Tennis
It wasn’t quite in the league of Cliff Richard being wheeled out at Wimbledon for a pre-game sing-song. But the LandAid Mipim Tennis Classic pretournament games evening this week was certainly entertaining.
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Landaid Mipim Tennis Classic 2017: smashing records
There are just four weeks to go until the 2017 LandAid Mipim Tennis Classic and the good news is that it is well on track to serve up a record total for the property charity.
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Employers can be liable for misbehaviour of errant staff
While many employers are aware of the potential risks of the annual Christmas party and will prepare accordingly, they would do well to remember that while the party season may be over, there will inevitably be other external work-related alcohol-fuelled events during the course of the year. Indeed, for the ...
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MIPIM Asia: China has 'gone back in'
“Go out!”, was Deng Xiaoping’s famous slogan signalling China’s integration into the global economy. This week at MIPIM Asia revealed China has “gone back in” with important measures that will affect inward investment into the UK.
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MIPIM Asia: Asian investors remain bullish about Britain
Life in Hong Kong is lived on fast forward. Every day is a hectic race to make more dollars but MIPIM Asia ensures Hong Kong’s real estate players have time to stop and talk trends.
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Bernstein: Government must prove commitment to North in Autumn Statement
Outgoing Manchester council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein has told Property Week that Theresa May’s government must make three key transport pledges at the Autumn Statement to prove it is committed to the Northern Powerhouse.
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Modernise or die? More like modernise or pay
It’s all very well Mark Farmer warning in his review of the UK construction labour model that the construction industry needs to “modernise or die” - but should he really be putting the onus on property developers to, in his own words, “bail it out”?
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Starters orders: Government appoints agent for rollout of starter homes programme
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has finally “started the ball rolling” on the government’s long-awaited £2.3bn starter homes programme.
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Javid hints at property taxation changes in Autumn Statement
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has told the industry to “keep an eye out” for changes to real estate taxation in this year’s Autumn Statement.
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New planning application submitted for £1.4bn Croydon regeneration
Westfield and Hammerson have submitted an enhanced outline planning application for their updated plans for the £1.4bn regeneration of Croydon’s Whitgift shopping centre.
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Give and take: Brexit's impact on regional cities
It has been a turbulent year for the regions - not least because, as ever, the politicians giveth and the politicians taketh away.
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Brexit negotiations to be disrupted by European elections, minister admits at MIPIM UK
A minister in trade secretary Liam Fox’s new department has conceded that the UK’s Brexit negotiations could be disrupted by next year’s German and French elections.
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Investors look to the regions
Since the EU referendum, the regions have generated more office investment interest than central London.