Robin Marriott
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- Tel:
- 020 7921 8566
- Email:
- rmarriott@cmpi.biz
MarketsClosed season
German closed-ended funds, frustrated by the low returns at home, are 2005’s big City buyers.
InsightWhat next for Stanhope?
Stanhope’s three owners are locked in a debate over the developer’s future. Robin Marriott reports on a power struggle that will decide who builds some of Britain’s biggest projects
- Online
Minerva appoints ex-Trizechahn president as non-executive director
Minerva has appointed a former president and chief executive officer of Canadian developer Trizechahn as a non-executive director.
- News
Transport of delight
Market buoyed as Transport for London searches for 400,000 sq ft building in ‘fringe’ spot
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Reit on track for £1bn of property deals
Investor to sell £300m of UK assets and bids for ¤1bn German portfolio
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Catalyst launches eastern Europe joint venture
Hird, Walsh and Harris link up for retail, industrial and offices investment vehicle
- Online
Hammerson announces move to new West End HQ
Hammerson has confirmed a decision to move out of its head office of more than 30 years to 10 Grosvenor Street, London W1.
- Online
Mucklow submits plans for Birmingham mixed-use scheme
A&J Mucklow Group has submitted its largest-ever outline planning application, for a 500,000 sq ft (46,451 sq m) mixed-use scheme in Birmingham.
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Morrisons sells nine stores to Sainsbury's
Morrisons, the Bradford-based supermarket group, has agreed to sell nine Safeway stores to Sainsbury's.
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Cinema anchor signs at Leicester's Shires
Hammerson and Hermes have signed up National Amusements, the entertainment group, for a cinema at the £350m Shires mixed-use scheme in Leicester.
- Online
Gazeley and Standard Life link up in Sittingbourne
Gazeley has formed a joint venture with Standard Life Investments to buy 126 acres (51 ha) in Sittingbourne, Kent, in a £20m deal.
- News
Castlemore scoops Sheffield scheme
Company chosen for £315m development in bid to regenerate city centre
InsightThe Breakfast Club II
In 2002 Property Week made a series of predictions on the future of 15 property services firms. What has happened since?
- Online
Difa sells London offices in Sharia-compliant deal
German fund manager Difa has sold Sanctuary Buildings in London SW1 to a consortium of investors represented by Taib Bank from Bahrain and Dominion Asset Management of Hong Kong for £143m.
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Gazeley completes Euro portfolio sale
Gazeley has confirmed the sale of its European property portfolio to two clients of Curzon Global Partners.
NewsStonemartin to occupy Bristol’s Temple Circus
Bristol’s biggest speculative office scheme in 14 years is sold for £26m to Stonemartin’s fund
InsightBig brothers
Two years ago Rotch’s co-founders Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz set up their own companies, Consensus and R20. At the time it was felt that the brothers could land in trouble with high debt and the prospect of negative equity. However, their deals are hedged against interest rate rises, their property ...
- Online
Donaldsons poaches CBRE staff
Donaldsons has recruited eight members of CB Richard Ellis’s shopping centre leasing and development team as the flurry of staff moves among property services firms continues.
- News
British Land to let top three floors at Plantation Place
EC3 letting to UK underwriter seen as latest sign of upturn in City offices market
- Online
Consortium buys 25% stake in £3bn Cricklewood scheme
A consortium made up of Saudi investors, Paul Bloomfield and Nick Candy has agreed to buy a 25% stake in the £3bn Cricklewood residential and office scheme in north-west London.
