All This week in... articles – Page 4
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NewsThis week in… 2009
The construction of Crossrail formally started on 15 May at the site of the new Canary Wharf station.
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NewsThis week in… 2016
Then prime minister David Cameron revealed plans to force foreign companies that owned UK property to reveal their ultimate identities.
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NewsThis week in… 2002
Property Week reported that British Land was close to signing power market regulator Elexon as the first tenant at its new Regent’s Place mixed-use scheme in London.
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NewsThis week in… 2018
WeWork sold $702m of bonds in its first-ever offering, increasing the size of the pot by 40% after finding plenty of investors willing to jump into the office space market.
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NewsThis week in… 2013
Tesco rocked the retail market by announcing a £804m UK property write-down.
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NewsThis week in… 2012
Electrical retailer Comet was locked in talks with its landlords over what the market termed at the time as a “soft CVA” – a consensual move akin to a company voluntary agreement that would allow it to reduce its £80m rent roll.
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NewsThis week in… 2006
CBRE expanded on the south coast with the acquisition of property agency Austin Adams.
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NewsThis week in… 2020
The government ordered the closure of all shops selling non-essential goods to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak, as it placed the UK into a lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus.
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NewsThis week in… 2020
The UK entered a nationwide lockdown marking the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsThis week in… 2020
A joint venture between Knight Dragon, Lincoln Property Company and MGT submitted plans to build 500 new homes in the Greenwich Peninsula.
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NewsThis week in… 2015
A JV between Argent and Related Companies was formally selected by Barnet Council to deliver the Brent Cross Town scheme.
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NewsThis week in… 2019
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wrote an open letter to the government warning of the “catastrophic” effects that a no-deal Brexit would have on affordable housing delivery.
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NewsThis week in… 2016
Total investment in the UK hotel market hit £8.1bn, the highest level since 2006.
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NewsThis week in… 2019
Olympian Homes completed a forward funding deal with iQ Student Accommodation to develop two schemes, with 1,952 student beds, in Leeds and Coventry.
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NewsThis week in… 2010
A National Audit Office (NAO) report criticised the Foreign Office’s use of its £1.6bn overseas property estate. The report said that more than half of the Foreign Office’s properties abroad had unused office space or staff accommodation.
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NewsThis week in… 2020
Property Week and UKGBC launched the Climate Crisis Challenge, calling on the industry to take urgent action to reduce its carbon footprint.
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NewsThis week in… 2017
Small and medium-sized businesses shrugged off the potential impact of new US president Donald Trump, but warned that Brexit was likely to shorten the lease lengths they looked for on property.
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NewsThis week in… 2020
Then housing minister Robert Jenrick revealed new measures to improve building safety standards – including the creation of a new building safety regulator and publishing consolidated guidance for building owners.
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NewsThis week in… 2018
Embattled restaurant chain Byron Burger launched a company voluntary agreement (CVA), under which it would review leases on 20 of its stores.
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NewsThis week in… 2020
Boris Johnson announced that London would move to tier three, the highest level of Covid restrictions to curb the spread of the disease, Restaurants (except takeaways) were forced to close. Non-essential shops could stay open if Covid-secure, but were ordered to close on 5 January 2021, as infection rates spiked.
