Estates Gazette 1548 – 5 December 2015

Estates Gazette 1548 – 5 December 2015 The week 5 Editor’s comment 6 Briefing: Who are you? News 27 Chinese join Mirabelle table 28 Agents unite over double dipping 28 Everyman premieres on King’s Road 28 Adobe clicks on White Collar Factory for HQ 28 Deals 29 Creditors chase Maud ahead of Santander sale 29 British Land appoints new residential head 29 European Land chief exits with Merchant sale in limbo 29 VTS picks JLL man for push into UK 29 CBRE makes out-of-town hire 30 Buyer suits up for McQueen site 30 Criterion to go to town in Slough 30 Supreme Court breaks M&S’ heart over rent 30 MIPIM Asia news in brief 33 Posh picks Beeb’s Garden for fashion HQ 33 Snapchat takes note of Soho HQ 33 Build to rent investment set to triple 33 BNP PRE hires Steel for new capital division 34 Analysis: Sir Albert Bore bows out Finance 37 Rich departs Credit Suisse 37 Lone Star turns to Lloyds for resi play 37 In brief 38 Institutions fret over property 38 Yields stay put in the private rented sector 38 Purchase debt crowds out refi in the regions 39 David Kirkby: Positive outlook for European markets Residential 41 The top of the building boom? 42 Chris Buckle: Where next for housing associations? Auctions 45 Buyers bet big on tricky small plots 45 CPBigwood courts mansion buyers 45 Unusual lots push Shonki’s total to £3.6m 45 In brief 46 Philip Waterfield: Return of the apprentice Comment 48 Liz Peace: The many steps to true diversity in the workforce 49 Alastair Hughes: Fortunes reversed in Australia’s two-speed market 50 Peter Bill: Downe’s differential density plan could make a difference – if stakeholders can be convinced 51 Letters Debate 52 Finance talks: Jersey sure? Round table 54 Retirement housing: Planning for the future In depth 56 Top agents/Salary survey 2015: Signs of the times 58 Top agents 2015: There’s a new top agent in town 60 Top agents 2015: How the numbers stack up 62 Top agents 2015: Ready to flip the switch? 64 Top agents 2015: All together now 66 Salary survey: It’s not all about the money 68 Salary survey: Who’s putting on the pounds? 70 Salary survey: More than bean counting Practice & law 72 Retail: The 12 ‘okays’ of Christmas 75 Q&A: Demonstrating dilapidations expertise 76 Mainly for students: A lesson in possession 78 Practice point: The Supreme Court permits substance to triumph over form in an unjust enrichment claim 78 Practice point: A party to a contract was not entitled to improve its position by relying on public law principles 79 Rentcharges: Reckoning with rentcharges 80 Jacqui Joyce: Time to rethink position statements? 81 Legal notes: Making the house call 82 Case summary: Bokrosova v Lambeth London Borough 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