Bridget O’Connell
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Morrissey puts poet’s pub on the market
Dylan Thomas’s local pub has been put up for sale with an asking price of £1.5m. Browns Hotel in Laugharne, Wales, the neighbouring Clarence House along with a car park…
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Aberdeen forecasts drop in European property returns
Aberdeen Property Investors is forecasting total European property returns of 11% in 2006, 80 basis points below the record levels achieved in 2005.
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Hammerson denies bid rumours after stock hike
Hammerson has denied rumours of a takeover bid after the company posted the biggest gain for a bluechip stock on Friday.
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Hilton offloads two hotels in £420m deal
Hilton Hotels Corporation has sold two of its UK hotels to the Tonstate Group for almost £420m. The family-owned acquisitions vehicle managed by Dr.
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Brum market move could unlock £200m site
A £200m city centre development site could be opened up if plans to relocate Birmingham’s wholesale markets come to fruition. City Council leaders are in discussion with wholesalers from the…
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Crane threatens to topple at LandSec Midtown scheme
Work on a Land Securities scheme in London’s Midtown has stopped and a neighbouring building evacuated following fears that a crane on the site could collapse.
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Doughty Hanson makes second Italian resi purchase
Doughty Hanson & Co European Real Estate Fund II has made its second Italian residential investment with the purchase of a 120,000 sq ft site in Brescia, Italy.
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Regis confirms Grainger bid talks with William Pears
Regis has this afternoon confirmed that it is in discussions with Merrill Lynch and William Pears regarding a possible offer for Grainger Trust.
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Tishman/BlackRock break US records with $5.4bn deal
Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty have signed the largest ever American real estate deal, agreeing to pay $5.4bn (£2.89bn) for an 80-acre corridor of apartment buildings along Manhattan’s East…
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William Pears mulls joining Regis bid for Grainger
Privately owned property company, the William Pears Group, is reported to be in talks to mount a bid for Grainger Trust.
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Lingfield secures prelet at Lichfield South scheme
Lingfield Securities has secured a 14,500 sq ft pre-let at its Lichfield South office development in Staffordshire. Independent communications systems integrator, NextiraOne, is paying £18 per sq ft for the…
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ITV secures letting at former Granada HQ in Bedford
Independent television company ITV has let part of the former Granada headquarters in Bedford to electrical good rental company Boxclever. Boxclever, once jointly owned by Granada Media and Nomura International,…