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NewsUS hedge funds circle distressed assets in earnest
Five years after credit crunch began, vulture funds are still waiting for spoils. Laura Chesters reports
OnlineWaitrose to sign ahead of Bracknell regeneration
Supermarket chain to expand in its home town as 3m sq ft scheme makes planning progress
NewsPound stretches
Value retailer Poundstretcher plans to “aggressively” expand to 500 stores in the UK by the end of 2012
NewsPradera walks with Egyptian
Retail fund manager Pradera is to launch a fund that will invest in Egyptian shopping centres
Insight20-30-40-50: City of London senior surveyor Fiona Small
Every week, we meet a property person from a different age group. This week, Laura Chesters talks to 35-year-old Argentine tango dancer Fiona Small, senior surveyor at the City of London Corporation
InsightWhom to know Lawrence Hutchings
Hammerson’s retail head supports a new global leasing structure
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Grosvenor Fund Management and Vega buy "The North"
Grosvenor Fund Management and Vega Wharlock Properties, a retail property investment and fund management group has bought “The North” retail development for its Grosvenor Vega - China Retail Fund.
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Aurora to open dual branded out of town stores
Aurora Fashions, owner of high street chains Oasis and Karen Millen, is creating a larger, dual-branded store format that will allow it to open in out-of-town retail parks.
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Co-op to open in central London convenience store
The Co-operative Food has signed contracts with The Crown Estate for a new food store in central London.
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Marks & Spencer to accelerate growth of UK stores
Marks & Spencer’s new chief executive has today revealed plans to open a raft of new UK stores to ensure 95% of the UK population will be within 30 minutes of a full-line M&S store by 2015.
OnlineHotelier Ian Schrager returns to London
Founder of the boutique hotel concept, New York hotelier Ian Schrager, is to return to London to create a new boutique hotel.
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Rok goes into administration
Rok, the London-listed construction group, has gone into administration today.
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St James's Hotel and Club sold
The St James’s Hotel and Club has been bought by Far Eastern-based investors for around £60m.
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Vision for York takes shape
The city of York has launched ‘New City Beautiful’- a vision document for York drawn up by a team led by urbanist Professor Alan Simpson.
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Morrisons to chase convenience market
Morrisons is to fully expand into convenience stores in the UK, as part of a three-pronged growth strategy
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Westfield submits plans for Broadmarsh
Westfield has submitted plans to Nottingham City Council for the re-configuration of the Drury Walk entrance of the Broadmarsh shopping centre. The move is the latest in a series of improvements to the Nottingham shopping centre.
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Wereldhave set for return to UK retail with £80m Poole buy
Dutch property investment company Wereldhave has emerged as front runner to buy Grosvenor’s Dolphin shopping centre in Poole for more than the £80m asking price.
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BCSC 2010: Westfield and Hermes to refurbish and improve Guildford mall
Joint owners, Westfield and Hermes Real Estate have today unveiled a multi-million pound repositioning plan for The Friary Shopping Centre in Guildford.
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Land Securities is front runner for Dundee's Overgate
Land Securities is front runner to buy Overgate shopping centre in Dundee for more than its £130m asking price.
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BCSC 2010: Shopping centres get creative as marketing budgets cut
The average marketing budget for UK shopping centres has reduced by 24% between 2008 and 2011, according to Savills latest survey.
