Deirdre Hipwell
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Party time returns to the Côte d’Azur for the property millionaires at MIPIM
Hotel Martinez sold 4,000 bottles of champagne and seated 10,000 people for dinner over three and a half days last year.
NewsModels and overseas investors alike fall for Irish charm
Auction house Allsop Space sees surge in interest for distressed assets. Deirdre Hipwell reports
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Bishops Square stake on market
Investors are being quietly approached by the State of Oman about purchasing a stake in the large Bishops Square complex near London’s Spitalfields market, the Independent on Sunday reported yesterday.
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ING trust reshapes for recession
Flexibility of Channel Islands-listed trust has helped its survival
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Housebuilders, investors and coalition can be BES mates
Reintroduction of business expansion schemes could plug funding black hole in public sector building, says adviser
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DTZ and GVA Grimley’s royal appointment
RBS awards bulk of UK property mandate to DTZ, and GVA will manage portfolio
NewsWhat banks can learn from 1970s and 1990s
BNP Paribas Real Estate compares past recessions for direction on the latest
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Carlyle completes £671m White Tower purchase
Carlyle Group has exchanged contracts for to buy six central London properties, which were formerly part of the portfolio securing the White Tower 2006-3 commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) vehicle.
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Nigel Brown leaves St Martins
Nigel Brown, managing director of property investment and asset management corporation St Martins, will be leaving the company at the end of July.
OnlineGrosvenor in early Liverpool One refinancing talks
Grosvenor is in early talks with the four banks which helped fund its Liverpool One retail development about a potential refinancing of the large retail scheme.
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Gatehouse Bank buys BT HQ in Leeds
Gatehouse Bank has bought One Sovereign Street, the HQ of BT’s regional headquarters in Leeds, for £40.1m in one of the biggest deals in Yorkshire this year.
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Rockspring buys in Midtown
Rockspring Property Investment Managers has bought Fox Court in London’s midtown or around £52m reflecting a yield of 7.5%.
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Tate Britain plans get go ahead
Westminster City Council has approved plans for a significant refurbishment of one of the world’s most famous art galleries The Tate Britain.
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Chinese checks out Tower 42
Hong Kong billionaire’s Chinese Estates leads £300m bid for trophy City of London skyscraper
NewsGVA opens financial arm
Property consultancy firm forms specialist financial advisory team to keep up with competitors
NewsAdvisers bullish as principals grin and bear it
Latest Lloyds Banking Group shows polarised outlooks as values plateau
OnlineBarclays Corporate backs Liverpool’s Iliad Group
Barclays Corporate has provided senior debt finance to Liverpool-based developer the Iliad Group to develop a £38m student property development near Aston University in Birmingham.
OnlineHammerson buys Brookfield Europe’s stake in Cricklewood project
Hammerson has bought Brookfield Europe’s stake in the £4.5bn Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration scheme in West London.
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Moorfield and Hines team up for £200m Brindleyplace bonanza
Moorfield and Hines have teamed up to buy eight buildings at Birmingham’s Brindleyplace office scheme for just below £200m.
