Julia Cahill
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Portable hotel goes on show at Royal Academy
A temporary hotel (pictured) that could be dismantled and transported from one location to the next will be on show in the architecture room at the 2004 Royal Academy Summer…
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Lend Lease confirms UK return at L&G’s Golden Square
Lend Lease confirmed today that it would coinvest in and manage a £120m, 600,000 sq ft (557,400 sq m) extension of Warrington’s Golden Square shopping centre.
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Met fails to avoid courtroom fight with Salmon Harvester
The Metropolitan Police Authority has failed in its bid to avoid a courtroom battle with Salmon Harvester Properties. On Friday the High Court dismissed the application to strike out Salmon…
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McAlpine separates from consultancy Alba
Alfred McAlpine is splitting from its strategic property consultancy Alba, two years after buying it as part of the £85m acquisition of facilities management firm Stiell.
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Met signs for all of Land Securities’ Empress State
Land Securities announced this morning that the Metropolitan Police Authority had leased the entire 442,000 sq ft (41,062 sq m) Empress State building in Earl’s Court, SW6.
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Corporate real estate jobs can offer up to £750,000
Corporate real estate jobs can pay as much as £750,000, according to a CoreNet survey of 1,200 professionals in the US, European Union, Canada and Asia Pacific.
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Retail investments change hands for low yields
Two retail investments have changed hands for keen yields. Felicity Devonshire’s Devonshire Investment Holdings Limited has sold the Staples retail warehouse unit at Brighton Hill in Basingstoke to clients of…
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Dawnay Day eyes M25 sites for leisure outlets
Dawnay Day is backing a US-style kids’ entertainment concept within the M25. The boutique financial services group, which has combined gross assets in excess of £1.5bn, has signed a 50/50…
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Mapeley still in the game for outsourcing contracts
Outsourcing specialist Mapeley will continue battling for multi-million-pound outsourcing contracts for Bradford council and the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency. The commitment comes despite the imminent departure of deputy chairman…
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Lend Lease to create offshore property unit trust
Lend Lease is to create an offshore property unit trust for the bulk of its UK shopping centre interests in a bid to avoid stamp duty tax on partnerships.
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Donaldsons wins National Australia Bank appointment
National Australia Bank has appointed Donaldsons as transactions manager for 2.5m sq ft (232,250 sq m) of its UK portfolio. The 18-month contract is worth at least £750,000 to Donaldsons.
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LandSec kickstarts Bankside scheme with office presale
Land Securities has kickstarted its Bankside development by preselling a 499,000 sq ft (46,357 sq m) building to IPC Magazine Group at the scheme on London’s South Bank.