Damian Wild
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Editor’s comment: 2015 the year for M&A advisors
Lambert Smith Hampton looks set to deliver the first corporate agency deal of 2015. Flush with Countrywide’s cash, the firm is poised to bring ES Group into the fold. 2015…
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Editor’s comment – 07/02/2015
Cock-up rather than conspiracy lies behind the vacant building credit debacle. It may be quite the most poorly thought out legislative change to hit property in some time, but there…
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Editor’s comment – 31/01/2015
Whitehall may be rueing the law of unintended consequences this week after it emerged that an apparently minor legislative tweak could save developers billions of pounds in affordable housing contributions.
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Cities pitch for regen billions
Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds councils were invited to Downing Street this morning to pitch regeneration projects to a room full of investors with billions of pounds at their disposal.
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Wheels turn for £200m Cadence fund
The former UK head of real estate for Valad and Tesco’s UK property fund manager have launched a £200m investment vehicle targeting the secondary market.
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Editor’s comment – 17 January 2015
As hard evidence emerges of just how active the markets were in the run up to Christmas, it’s clear that investors are having to cast their nets more widely. 2015…
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EG Awards 2014: the glamour and the glory
The view in the bar in the early hours of Friday morning was that this year’s Estates Gazette Awards was the best yet.
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Editor’s comment – 10 January 2015
There’s plenty to get excited about in 2015. That’s if politicians stay sensible, talented colleagues stay put and the public can be persuaded this industry is a force for good.…
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Earls Court: Let’s get on with the show
Ian Hawksworth, chief executive of Capital & Counties, on Earls Court’s future as one of central London’s last big regeneration sites.
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EG Awards 2014: the winners
JLL was the big winner at last night’s Estates Gazette Awards, with British Property Federation chief executive Liz Peace also recognised for her contribution to property over the past decade.
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Leader: fiddling while the high street burns
“Fiddling while the high street burns.” Congratulations to whoever it was at Colliers International who turned that wonderful phrase in response to this week’s Autumn Statement.
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Editor’s comment – 22 November 2014
It wasn’t so long ago that residential was considered an alternative asset class. From results to research papers, conferences to corporate activity, these days it’s beginning to dominate. But there…