Anna Durkie
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EG’s most-read stories in 2017
EG’s round-up of the top real estate news from the year, as selected by our readers. We take a second look at the most popular EG articles from each month…
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Were beach huts chattels and did the occupiers have a tenancy of the plots on which they stood?
PRACTICE POINT: It’s not often that a case takes in as many diverse and basic points of law as those that arose in Gilpin v Legg [2017] EWHC 3220 (Ch).…
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Strettons’ sale pushes final total to £62m
Strettons’ final sale of 2017 has pushed its total raised for the year to £62m
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100% success rate achieved in year’s final commercial auction
COMMENT: It’s always good to see a commercial auctioneer achieve a 100% success rate in an auction, which Barnett Ross did on Thursday, 14 December, although it sold just 26…
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Crest and Aviva get green light for 150,000 sq ft offices
Crest Nicholson and Aviva Investors have secured detailed planning consent for 150,000 sq ft of offices at Longcross Park in Chertsey, Surrey.
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City investment levels tipped to hit record high
City of London investment volumes are expected to approach a record level of £12.5bn this year, according to Savills
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KPMG headquarters sold for £400m
KPMG has sold its Canary Wharf headquarters to Hong Kong investor Kingboard Investments for £400m. The accountancy firm has signed a 25-year lease on the 434,261 sq ft office at…
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Seven Capital buys Chelmsford office from Aberdeen for £37m
Aberdeen UK Property Fund and Seven Capital have exchanged contracts on the sale of Eastwood House in Chelmsford, Essex, for £36.8m, a net initial yield of 8.6%
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Being aware of the shifting ground rent
It’s rare for a dispute over ground rents to come to court – but James Driscoll has unearthed a case
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How the industry’s donations have helped charities in 2017
Despite a whirlwind 2017, the property industry has continued to work tirelessly in raising money for worthy causes. Here, three of those causes – LandAid, Coram and the Duke of…
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‘King’s Cross Central shows us the importance of creating social value’
Chris Paddock, director, Regeneris, says rising values are not the best measure of success in real estate, particularly when it comes to long-term development and regeneration, which carries with it…
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Top five ways developers can raise finance from private investors
Paul Sutton sets out the top five ways in which property developers can raise development finance from private investors