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NewsThis week in… 2018
Property Week revealed Landsec was working up plans to launch its own flexible workspace brand headed by its investment director Oliver Knight due to the sector’s growing popularity.
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This week in… 2013
NTT Urban Development, a subsidiary of Japanese telecoms company Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corporation, bought 265 Strand for around £77m.
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This week in… 2014
LA-based firm Karlin Real Estate opened a London office with a war chest of $1bn to invest in Europe. The company said it was targeting commercial real estate assets through its debt and equity platforms.
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This week in… 2015
Middle Eastern developer DAMAC snapped up the ‘Jenga’ tower development – nicknamed for its design incorporating large interlocking blocks — in Nine Elms for around £600m.
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This week in… 2020
The government implemented a nationwide lockdown on everyday life in an attempt to contain the spread of Covid-19.
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This week in… 2014
Intu agreed to buy Westfield’s Sprucefield Retail Park in Northern Ireland (pictured), as well as Westfield Derby and a 50% stake in Westfield Merry Hill in the West Midlands, in a trio of deals worth £867.8m.
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This week in… 2016
Aerium, acting on behalf of Korean insurer Hanwha Life, put Eversheds’ City HQ on the market for £190m.
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This week in… 2019
Tikehau Capital and Rob Tincknell’s Areli Real Estate completed the purchase of Nicholsons Shopping Centre in Maidenhead, Berkshire, for a price understood to be around £25m.
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This week in… 2012
Capco was given the green light to develop more than 800 new homes in Earl’s Court, west London.
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This week in… 2000
The dot-com bubble fuelled a raft of requirements for space in the West End.
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This week in… 2015
Hammerson reported a 106% leap in pre-tax profits for the year to December 2014 at £703m, up from £341m in 2013, driven by a 11.3% rise in net asset value.
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This week in… 2012
Pfizer confirmed that it was in early- stage discussions with a consortium led by London Metropolitan for the sale of its former home Discovery Park in Sandwich, Kent.
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This week in… 2000
Then shadow chancellor Francis Maude backed Property Week’s campaign against further rises in stamp duty.
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This week in… 2020
Ocubis secured a resolution to grant planning permission for a 600-bed hotel in London, after it abandoned plans for a residential led, mixed-use scheme on the site.
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This week in… 2013
Landsec, formerly Land Securities, completed the £111.9m purchase of a 42% portion of the X-Leisure Unit Trust, and acquired 100% of its management company, X-Leisure Limited.
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This week in… 2011
Then SEGRO chairman Nigel Rich was one of 20 businessmen who wrote to the Financial Times in support of PM David Cameron’s veto of a new European treaty.
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This week in… 2019
Shares in UK property stocks surged on the morning after the Conservatives secured a large majority in the general election.
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This week in… 2008
HSBC took control of its eponymous Canary Wharf tower when its owner, Metrovacesa, struggled to meet its debt obligations.
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This week in… 2016
The British Property Federation (BPF) strongly criticised Love Coffee’s company voluntary arrangement (CVA) proposal.
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This week in… 2013
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld struck a deal with The Crown Estate to open its debut UK store at 145-147 Regent Street, London, in a unit formerly occupied by Hackett.
