Estates Gazette 1448 – 29 November 2014

Estates Gazette 1448 – 29 November 2014   The Market 5 Editor’s comment 6 Briefing: betting shop expansion   News 33 Google refreshes King’s Cross plans 34 HCA funds 300 Essential PRS homes 34 French billionaires buy pathologists’ college 34 Vanessa G sashays into Conduit Street 34 Deals 35 Orchard pips L&G to Orbital sheds 35 Aldgate Tower tags first letting 35 Resi trio rise in Reading 35 Tchenguiz launches £2bn damages claim over SFO fiasco 36 Tech firms eye Manchester R&D hub 36 TH Real Estate makes Shoreditch PRS debut 36 Clerkenwell furnishes Howe with UK headquarters 36 Top stories from EGi 37 Yorkshire Water dives in for 12,000 homes 37 JV marches off with £50m US Air Force site 37 Five-star in Islington 37 Developer makes case for Lincoln’s Inn resi 38 Calling a halt to double dipping 40 Can the industry wring rates reform from Osborne?   Finance 43 UK property beats investment rivals 43 Shaftesbury West End values shine 43 Finance news in brief 44 Capital Pub founders seek £100m for next round 44 Lloyds’ Dakin to lead CBRE Capital Advisors 44 LondonMetric sheds non-core for distribution 44 New funding to Appear Here   Auctions 47 Reading office-to-resi on the block 47 Brendons celebrates best year since 2007 47 Healthy result in Belfast 47 Auction news in brief 48 Jesal Patel: consultant’s view   Comment 54 Philip Leech: Leisure set to be a blockbuster for UK regions 55 Colin Lau: Forget ties to the West and look eastward 56 Peter Bill: A lawyer warns over market manipulation 57 Richard Plummer: Property’s 30-year journey to maturity   In depth 58 Lowe Cost Living: Horse play 62 Lowe Cost Living: The final Lowe down Interview 66 Martin Jepson: Trade secrets Scotland Focus 72 Around the market 74 Politics: Business as usual 80 Investment: Let the wheels turn 82 Offices: Off the ropes 88 Clyde Gateway: Bridging the divide 90 Glasgow retail: Influx and outflow 92 Glasgow reception 94 Industrial: Crisis of confidence? 97 Glasgow agents league table   Yorkshire Focus 98 Around the market 102 Politics: Careful what you wish for 106 Industrial: Something in the Aire 110 Keyland Developments: Unlocking the supply 112 Offices: Eyes on the prize 117 Sheffield agents league table   Practice & Law 118 The elephant test in the post-Dolphin Square world 121 Q&A: Discharge of restrictive covenants 122 Mixed-use: Looking for loopholes 124 PP 2014/170: Local authorities can require developers to fund, or even undertake, post-adoption maintenance under highway agreements 124 PP 2014/172: A local planning authority is held not to have fettered its discretion as such 125 Leasehold management: This is the self-regulation society 126 It’s time to invest in a greener future 127 Legal notes: Navigating the service charge maze 128 Case summary: Sands v Layne 129 Case summary: Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Accordway Ltd   EG Life 232 Ice, ice baby 234 Storms and smiles en route to MAPIC 236 Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 237 Estates Gazette Awards 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