Rhiannon Curry (née Bury)
Rhiannon is a former news editor of Property Week and business reporter at The Telegraph. She now writes freelance for PW and other titles.
MarketsTime Square key to kickstarting Warrington’s flagging retail heart
Council hopes new scheme will bring people back to the centre.
- Insight
Clouds are gathering, but there are reasons to be upbeat
A good barometer of the property market is how hard it is to get agents on the phone: the better the market, the more elusive they are.
- Online
Cinema operator signs in Sittingbourne
The Light Cinemas has agreed a deal to operate an eight-screen cinema in the £57m regeneration of Sittingbourne Town Centre.
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Cushmans poaches Colliers occupiers man
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Ed Neild as head of portfolio development in its EMEA Global Occupier Services team.
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Galliard and Cain Hoy buy wharf for £500m scheme
Galliard Homes and Cain Hoy have bought a 19-acre site in the Royal Docks for a £500m residential-led project.
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UBS fund to sell final four assets
UBS’s Central London Office Value Added (CLOVA) fund is preparing to sell its final four assets, which are expected to fetch around £250m.
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Investment firm signs in Cheesegrater
Investment management firm Quadrature Capital has agreed terms to occupy level 33 at British Land and Oxford Properties’ Leadenhall Building.
- News
Wilko finds its way to Oxford Street ending long search
Homeware retailer Wilko is to open its first store on London’s Oxford Street.
- News
Overseas interest slackens off, new RICS report reveals
Overseas interest in the UK commercial property market has “noticeably flattened”, according to a report from the RICS.
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Science park secures new pre-let
Harwell Campus, near Didcot, has pre-let 9,000 sq ft of its new Genesis building to sensor technology company Oxsensis.
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Salad café opens first store in West End
New dining concept Salad Pride is launching its first stand-alone café at 2 Neal’s Yard in Seven Dials.
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Land Secs agrees trio of deals in Thanet
Land Securities has agreed deals with Outfit, Five Guys and Café Rouge at Westwood Cross Shopping Centre in Thanet.
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London Land Commission publishes list of public sites
The London Land Commission has published the first ever comprehensive register of public land in London, listing 40,000 sites across the capital with the capacity to deliver a minimum of 130,000 homes.
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Queensberry buys Liverpool mall
Queensberry Real Estate and Bywater Properties have exchanged on a deal to buy the Metquarter Shopping Centre in Liverpool from Columbus UK Real Estate Fund.
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Savills appoints head of Scotland
Savills has appointed Scottish investment director Nick Penny to head of Savills Scotland.
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CBRE launches new EMEA hotels corporate finance team
CBRE’s EMEA hotels and capital advisors teams have created a new corporate finance initiative, focused on the hotels sector.
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C&W partner joins Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors has appointed Cushman & Wakefield agent Isabel Sheppard to its real estate team in London.
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Julian Hodge Bank doubles lending in 2015
Julian Hodge Bank has reported an increase in real estate lending in 2015, with the 2016 pipeline showing signs of continued buoyancy.
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Orchard Street buys garden centres in £91m deal
Orchard Street Investment Management has bought eight garden centres in a £91m sale-and-leaseback deal with operator Wyevale Garden Centres.
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Government launches review into construction sector
The government is to launch a review into the construction sector’s labour model in a bid to form an action plan to address the skills pressure and other constraints which limit housebuilding and development.
