All articles by Nick Johnstone – Page 5
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AXA seeks fresh buyer for £245m Midtown block
The flashy new London headquarters of internet retail giant Amazon is to be put on the market for offers in excess of £245m, or a yield of around 4.75%.
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Chinese pounce on £170m Midtown block
GLL Real Estate Partners has sold the freehold interest in Centrium, 61 Aldwych, to a company wholly owned by China Overseas Holdings, for £170m.
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City construction hits five-year high
The London office development market remains at a four-year high with 9.7m sq ft across 71 schemes now under construction, focused particularly on a re-bounding City market, according to the latest London Office Crane Survey.
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Manchester retail pair sets up King Street Commercial
Two Manchester retail and leisure agents, Ted Murray and Darren Moorhouse, have formed a new company, King Street Commercial.
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Pimco to buy deeply discounted Irish portfolio
Pimco, the world’s largest bond investor, is to buy Liam Carroll’s property empire at a discount of around 90%.
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CBRE snaps up east London residential stalwart
A property agent focused on east London residential development and sales has been sold to CBRE.
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BNP Paribas Real Estate enlists former mayoral candidate Norris as chairman
BNP Paribas Real Estate has hired former London mayoral candidate Steve Norris as non-executive chairman of BNP Paribas Real Estate UK.
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Blackstone buys 40% of Chinese shopping centre developer
Blackstone Group has agreed to buy a 40% stake in Chinese shopping mall developer and operator SCP Co.
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Hedge funds take control of Co-op Bank
A group of around seven hedge fund investors will take control of a 70% stake in the Co-op Bank, as part of a recapitalisation plan.
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UK fund manager buys €1.6bn German business
Internos Global Investors has today announced that it has bought Commerz Real’s Spezialfonds business, increasing its total assets under management to €3.9bn.
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Red Nev's Dream Team
Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs are investing in a joint venture that proposes to bring forward nearly 500,000 sq ft of development in central Manchester, as well as providing the city with a brand new synagogue.
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Manchester United legends Neville and Giggs join city centre redevelopment team
Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs are investing in a joint venture that proposes to bring forward nearly 500,000 sq ft of development in central Manchester, as well as providing the city with a brand new synagogue.
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Young blood in regions as Delancey director sets up firm
Ben Young, a senior buyer in Delancey’s investment team, will depart the company to set up a private investment vehicle that will assemble a portfolio of regional commercial properties.
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Landmark 310,000 sq ft pre-let for City market
A financial services firm has agreed a giant pre-let for the first time in the City of London since the downturn, Property Week can reveal.
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Delancey leads Mishcon to 115,000 sq ft Midtown block
Delancey is in exclusive talks with Deka Immobilien to form a joint venture on a redevelopment in London’s Midtown, and then prelet the finished property to law firm Mishcon de Reya.
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Chinese financial institutions to fuel City of London take-up boom
Chinese financial institutions are capable of taking over 2 million sq ft of office space over the next decade, which equates to nearly half of the City’s annual average take up, according to Savills.
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Carter Jonas buys London residential agency
Carter Jonas has bought London residential property agency Sullivan Thomas, a £2.3m turnover business with three offices.
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Pair of fund managers secure £690m local authority mandate
CBRE Global Investors and Threadneedle have won a £690m mandate from the London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund.
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Green REIT in €178m trio of deals
Green REIT, the Irish property investment company founded by Stephen Vernon and Pat Gunne, has invested €178m in three deals.
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John Lewis pops up at Henderson’s N1 centre
Henderson Global Investors has agreed a short term lease with John Lewis store, Open House, at its N1 Shopping Centre in Islington, London.