Julia Cahill

  • Portman Estate chooses Chesterton for valuation contract

    The Portman Estate has awarded Chesterton a three-year valuation contract covering its entire 2m sq ft portfolio. The appointment is part of chief executive Hugh Seaborn’s drive to reposition the…

  • Irvine to captain JLL

    Andy Irvine is to become the first chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Scottish business. The former Scottish rugby team captain has been managing director of Scotland since 1996.

  • Rotch gets sued again over fees

    New York consultant sues for £55,000 salary. The Tchenguiz brothers’ Rotch Property Group is facing another high court claim over allegedly unpaid consultancy fees.

  • Portman Estate picks Chesterton

    The Portman Estate has awarded Chesterton a three-year valuation contract covering its entire 2m sq ft portfolio.The appointment is part of chief executive Hugh Seaborn’s drive to reposition the company…

  • LaSalle grabs $300m slice of Mexican Accion

    LaSalle Investment Management has bought a 5.6m sq ft (520,240 sq m) portfolio of 52 industrial properties and one office building in Mexico from Mexican property company G Accion.

  • Andy Irvine to captain JLL’s Scottish business

    Andy Irvine (pictured) is to become the first chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Scottish business. The former Scottish rugby team captain has been managing director of JLL Scotland since 1996.

  • Cheval sells South Shields retail arcade for £11.5m

    ISIS Property, acting for FP Life Assurance, has bought a 45,400 sq ft (4,218 sq m) block of eight shops in South Shields from Cheval Properties for £11.5m.

  • Roger Moore joins board of Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust

    Roger Moore, formerly head of property research at UBS Warburg, has been appointed to the supervisory board and audit committee of the £1.3bn Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust.

  • ASDA wins High Court mezzanine battle

    ASDA has registered a victory in the running battle between supermarkets and government over the use of mezzanine floors to extend selling space.

  • Lease lengths continue to fall despite returning confidence

    Lease lengths are still falling, despite increasing business confidence and more favourable economic conditions. A survey of office, retail and industrial leases by Nelson Bakewell and Occupiers Property Databank found…

  • Hemingway’s favourite Cuban haunt to also rise in Soho

    Mezzo is going Cuban as part of Consolidated Property Corporation’s plans for a Soho “renaissance”. Laurence Kirschel’s company this week secured legendary Cuban bar El Floridita – where Ernest Hemingway…

  • Cuban bar to fire up Soho with Mezzo relaunch

    El Floridita signing paves way for “renaissance” as Consolidated plans Charing Cross gateway. Mezzo is going Cuban as part of Consolidated Property Corporation’s plans for a Soho “renaissance”.