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NewsThis week in… 2015
Frogmore bought the Notting Hill Gate Estate in west London for £215m from The William Pears Group and LaSalle Investment Management.
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This week in… 2005
The industry celebrated London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics, which pushed the button on £3.9bn of development and paved the way for the regeneration of east London.
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This week in… 2012
The Daily Mail sold its south London Canada Water printing works site to British Land in a deal reportedly worth £50m.
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This week in… 1999
JLL launched a service showing “real-time video footage of auctions, posting the result seconds after the hammer goes down”.
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This week in… 2016
Frasers Hospitality acquired Malmaison and Hotel du Vin for £363.4m in a move that doubled the size of its hotel business in Europe.
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This week in… 2012
In one of the UK’s largest office pre-letting deals, oil services giant Aker pre-let 215,000 sq ft at Blackstone’s Chiswick Park development in West London.
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This week in… 2008
The developer formerly known as Lend Lease and the Olympic Delivery Authority announced that construction work had started on the London 2012 Athletes’ Village in east London.
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This week in… 2002
Marks & Spencer announced plans to expand following a 31% increase in operating profits to £629m.
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This week in… 2014
A portfolio of eight shopping centres known as Project Swallowtail was put up for sale by Abbey Group and Foyleside Group for £710m.
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This week in… 2014
A trio of Schroder funds bought Bruntwood’s City Tower in Manchester for £132m. The deal reflected a net initial yield of 7%.
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This week in… 2008
The National Landlords Association’s (NLA) raised concerns about the rental sector becoming commercialised.
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This week in… 2018
Willow Corp secured a £68.5m loan to refinance Nobu’s first UK hotel in Shoreditch, east London.
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This week in… 2003
Agencies including JLL and Cushman & Wakefield cracked down on business travel to the Far East due to the outbreak of SARS.
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This week in… 2001
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) urged the government to act as the effects of the foot-and-mouth epidemic spread beyond farming and tourism.
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This week in… 2005
A consortium of investors led by real estate tycoon Robert Tchenguiz made a £1.5bn bid for supermarket chain Somerfield.
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This week in… 1999
Developer Irvine Sellar gave a “cast iron” guarantee that his £350m plan for the skyscraper that would eventually be known as The Shard would not be altered or “dumbed down”.
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This week in… 2006
Argent won planning consent for its £2bn regeneration of King’s Cross Central. The decision from Camden Council followed six years of negotiations and more than 11 planning applications.
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This week in… 2017
Queensgate Investments’ Fund II acquired Generator Hostels from Patron Capital and Invesco Real Estate for €450m (£393m).
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This week in… 2004
M&S launched a £40m Lifestore outlet in Gateshead in an attempt to break into the homeware and furniture market.
