All This week in... articles – Page 2
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ProfessionalThis week in… 2012
Prime minister David Cameron said that without continued commitment to planning reform, Britain would continue to lose key businesses to foreign rivals.
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Professional
This week in… 2008
The government announced plans to nationalise Bradford & Bingley on 29 September 2008, after agreeing a partial rescue deal with Santander.
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This week in… 2012
Delegates at the Resi 2012 conference heard that increased stamp duty was “repelling” wealthy buyers.
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This week in... 2015
Developer Quintain unveiled plans for a series of large office blocks at its flagship Wembley Park development, aimed at drawing City workers and tech start-ups to the area by delivering a 750,000 sq ft business campus.
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Online
This week in… 2021
Robert Jenrick was sacked as secretary of state for housing as part of a cabinet reshuffle by then prime minister Boris Johnson.
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This week in… 2016
Plans emerged for a radical restoration of the Houses of Parliament to refit and repair the building at a cost of up to £4bn.
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This week in... 2017
ITV submitted plans for a new 300,000 sq ft global HQ building, to replace its existing studios complex on London’s South Bank.
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Online
This week in… 2021
Hammerson posted a total comprehensive loss for the first half of 2021 of £395.6m, and said there was “a pathway to create sustainable value”.
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Online
This week in… 2020
Tritax Big Box revealed it had let a 151,388 sq ft warehouse in Doncaster to pet food business Butternut Box – in what was the developer’s first speculative letting at Symmetry Park.
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News
This week in…2018
Shopping centre landlord intu Properties reported a near-10% fall in shares and a 6% drop in portfolio value.
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Online
This week in… 2016
Architect Renzo Piano put forward his reworked plans for the Paddington Pole, a £775m redevelopment of the former Royal Mail sorting office, creating 360,000sq ft of office space and 80,000 sq ft of retail space.
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Online
This week in… 2019
Landmark plans to regenerate a large brownfield site in west London by the OPDC were slammed as “completely flawed” by major landowner Cargiant, which warned proposals to compulsorily purchase its land would force its closure.
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Online
This week in… 2017
The BBC announced it was to sell its 93-acre Caversham Park site near Reading.
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Online
This week in… 2021
Morrisons revealed it had rejected a takeover bid from US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R).
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This week in... 2018
Plans by footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs for the £200m St Michael’s redevelopment project in Manchester city centre were given the final go-ahead.
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This week in… 2018
British Land and GIC completed the sale of the flagship ‘groundscraper’ 5 Broadgate to CK Asset Holdings for £1bn.
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This week in… 2016
LondonMetric said it was positioning its portfolio to benefit from the rise of online shopping, after reporting a 10.9% property return and pre-tax profit of £82.7m in annual results.
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This week in... 2018
John Lewis and Waitrose signed as anchor tenants for a £1.4bn redevelopment of Croydon’s Whitgift shopping centre.
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This week in… 2015
The Queen’s speech included the announcement of a bill paving the way for an in-out referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. The Queen said the government would “renegotiate the UK’s relationship with the EU”.
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This week in… 2009
The construction of Crossrail formally started on 15 May at the site of the new Canary Wharf station.
