Mitchell Labiak
Mitch is chief investigative reporter at Property Week.
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NewsCole Waterhouse gets greenlight for Newcastle-Under-Lyme distribution hub
Cole Waterhouse has been granted outline planning permission for a 298,000 sq ft distribution hub in Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
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Property industry stalwarts call for green coronavirus recovery
Some of the UK’s biggest property companies have urged the government to invest in low-carbon infrastructure and real estate during the UK’s recovery from the coronavirus.
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Dobbies pre-lets 75,000 sq ft at Designer Outlet Cotswolds
Garden centre operator Dobbies has pre-let 75,000 sq ft of retail space at Designer Outlet Cotswolds, where it will be the anchor tenant at the 195,000 sq ft Robert Hitchins retail scheme.
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Grade-A industrial supply in South East reaches 11-year high
Supply of grade-A industrial space in the South East has reached its highest level since 2009, the tail-end of the last recession.
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NAO forced to buy data on local councils’ real estate investments
Members of a public accounts committee have slammed the government for not knowing how much money local authorities had borrowed to make real estate investments.
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Village stores come into their own during pandemic
Small convenience shops are experiencing a dramatic surge in footfall as the Covid-19 lockdown encourages people to shop locally.
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UK government seeks 4m sq ft for Tesla ‘gigafactory’
The British government is on the hunt for 4m sq ft of industrial space for a potential electric vehicle ‘gigafactory’, Property Week can reveal.
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Somerset feels force of Gravity
High-tech business campus aims to be the greenest scheme of its kind in the UK.
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Designer Outlet Cotswolds looks to buck retail downturn
With the retail sector struggling more than ever due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Robert Hitchins’ property director Simon Tothill could not have chosen a worse time to develop “the best-connected retail outlet in the UK”.
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Plan to curb council property spending has ‘major loophole’
Experts have questioned the likely impact of the plan to ‘severely restrict’ loans to councils on the grounds that it is not mandatory.
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Tritax Symmetry to construct 60,000 sq ft net zero carbon scheme
Tritax Symmetry has secured planning consent for a 60,000 sq ft scheme which will be constructed with net zero carbon emissions in line with the UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) framework.
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Major commercial agencies return to work
A number of leading property agencies have reopened their offices, with others preparing to do so in the coming days.
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Industrial take-up could slump by 47% in 2020
UK industrial take-up for 2020 could slump by as much as 47% compared to 2019 if business circumstances are not back to normal by the end of the year.
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Government launches £1bn fund for unsafe cladding removal
The government has launched a £1bn fund for the removal of unsafe non-ACM cladding on high-rise residential buildings.
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James and James completes letting at Liberty 196
E-commerce fulfilment services company James and James’s has signed the lease for Liberty 196, after Property Week last week revealed the letting deal was back on the table.
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Coronavirus will create ‘surge’ in London and Dublin office subletting
Coronavirus will lead to a “surge” in subletting in the London and Dublin office markets, a major industry body has predicted.
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More big deals in pandemic-proof industrial sector
Demand for industrial and logistics space continues to grow apace as occupiers line up to take large, long-term leases across the country despite, or sometimes because of, the coronavirus pandemic.
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JEDS Investments £55m student housing scheme greenlit
Developer JEDS Investments has been granted planning permission for a new 456-bed student housing scheme in Southampton having had a previous application rebuffed.
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Treasury likely to ban debt-for-yield council property investment
The Treasury is likely to ban local authorities from using taxpayer-funded debt to invest in properties purely for yield.
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Parliament’s £4bn restoration could be swapped for cheaper option
A review team has been set up to consider whether Parliament’s £4bn restoration can be done for less money in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
