Estates Gazette 1543 – 31 October 2015

Estates Gazette 1543 – 31 October 2015 The week 5 Editor’s comment 6 Briefing: Out of space News 37 Aviva develops £1bn PSP jv 37 Rich list 2015 38 Liverpool ONE banks £400m refi 38 Coal drops stoke King’s Cross retail 38 LaSalle conjures final sale from Merlin Fund 38 Deals 39 Palmer and Opus shop at Morrisons 39 Vico Capital courts £10m Columbus sale 39 Warrior ready to march on Queensway 39 Investor sought to breathe life into Oxford burial site 40 Allied London rescues fire station 40 McCarthy & Stone floats Virginia water plan 40 City sells Aldgate SME hub at 35% premium 40 Top stories from EGi 41 EBRD deposits City requirement 41 Tamares to sell Mayfair HQ 41 Niche firms break into top flight of London office agents 41 Mag plans £130m China cluster 42 FT presses ahead with HQ search 42 Manchester schedules TV studios redevelopment 42 AIK goes Dutch with London portfolio sale 42 Global round-up 43 Analysis: Revealed – the best places to link up Finance 47 SocGen ties Apollo’s ribbon 47 Failed MBO prompts union takeover 47 In brief 48 Chinese debt search takes flight 48 Big agents turn in big revenue growth 48 QE pushes insurers to boost debt exposure 49 Alex Brazier: Success requires the property industry to step up and act Residential 51 Banking on instability? 52 Andrew Allen: Can controls encourage investment? 52 David Melhuish: Scotland’s rent cap test case Auctions 55 £1.7m internet sales record 55 Suffolk pier ready for new mooring 55 Network Auctions nets record total from fewer lots 55 In brief 56 Rory Daly: The strong are getting stronger Comment 58 Melanie Leech: Devolution drives regional growth 59 John Burns: Occupiers evolve but keep it core 60 Alastair Hughes: Has Japan’s new prime minister set the country on course to regain its Asian Tiger status? MIPIM debates: 62 Pop-ups: Top of the pop-ups 64 Private rented sector: Born in the USA 66 Collaborators: All together now 68 London development: Which way now? 70 Business rates: Rate of change 72 Regeneration: Smart money Interview 74 Scarborough and Hualing: Silk Road to the North In depth 79 Halloween special: A ripping good deal? London Offices Market Analysis 82 Summer in the City (fringe) 86 LOMA dashboard Focus: Wales 88 Around the market 90 Cardiff offices: Land of opportunity 94 Investment: Party time 96 Leisure: Healthy appetite 100 Newport: New and improved 104 Planning: My gift to you 107 Reception: A strong second half Practice & law 108 Welsh law: The growing divide between England and Wales 111 EGLR spotlight 112 APC students: A safe pair of hands 114 Development: how to avoid development derailment 115 Practice point: The battle over town and village green status rages back and forth 115 Practice point: Entitlement of the secretary of state to ‘recover’ a planning appeal for his own determination 116 Can one size really fit all?  117 Business energy efficiency tax: It’s not easy going green 118 Business energy efficiency tax: It’s not easy going green 119 Legal notes: Residential – licensing private landlords 120 Case summary: Bloomberg LP v Sandberg (a firm) and others 121 Case summary: Barber (VO) v CEREP II TW SARL EG life 124 Philanthropy: Richly deserving 126 MIPIM UK Awards: Celebrating innovation 127 Property Investors Banquet: Great and good 138 Diary   Estates Gazette 1542 – 24 October 2015 Estates Gazette 1541 – 17 October 2015 Estates Gazette 1540 – 10 October 2015  Estates Gazette 1539 – 3 October 2015 Estates Gazette 1538 – 26 September 2015 Estates Gazette 1537 – 19 September 2015 Estates Gazette 1536 – 12 September 2015  Estates Gazette 1535 – 5 September 2015  Estates Gazette 1534 – 29 August 2015 Estates Gazette 1533 – 22 August 2015 Estates Gazette 1532 – 15 August 2015 Estates Gazette 1531 – 8 August 2015  Estates Gazette 1530 – 1 August 2015  Estates Gazette 1529 – 25 July 2015 Estates Gazette 1528 – 18 July 2015  Estates Gazette 1527 – 11 July 2015 Estates Gazette 1526 – 4 July 2015  Estates Gazette 1525 – 27 June 2015  Estates Gazette 1524 – 20 June 2015  Estates Gazette 1523 – 13 June 2015  Estates Gazette 1522 – 6 June 2015 Estates Gazette 1521 – 30 May 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