Bridget OConnell
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Major fire guts Primark store in historic Belfast building
More than 100 firefighters tackled a blaze at the historic building
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TCS adds The Cube to Leeds portfolio
The 72,000 sq ft office block is located opposite the Merrion Centre – TCS’s largest asset.
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MORNING NEWS: Western empires, hotel deals and sticking points
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals.
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Lone Star and Delancey in stand-off over Quintain
Price is sticking point in talks over owner of Wembley redevelopment site
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Barclay twins to push Wolseley duo Christopher Corbin and Jeremy King out of Beaumont hotel
Mayfair hotel auction attracted serious interest from five bidders
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Yuan Yafei and the Chinese puzzle left at House of Fraser
Yuan Yafei’s western empire is in ruins. Now questions are being asked about how it was run
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Crossrail and HS2 will set tills ringing in the West End
Research from Harper Dennis Hobbs suggests Crossrail 1 will push up high street spending in the West End by as much as 6.3% once it is fully operational in December…
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Record proportion of Londoners selling up to move north
Hamptons International says relocations have trebled since 2010, with buyers drawn by bigger, cheaper houses
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Higher VAT for online would ‘save high street’
As calls grow for an “Amazon tax” on online retailers, Colliers International has argued that an overhaul of the VAT regime would be a more effective way of saving shops
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UK’s Help to Buy scheme is being used for ‘upsizing’
More than 32,000 buyers have used equity loans for moves to bigger properties
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Land-price freeze advised to cut cost of new homes
Agricultural land approved by local authorities for housing can increase in value by 100 time the Institute for Public Policy Research claims.
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MORNING NEWS: Regeneration, investment and the rag trade
Round-up of today’s top property stories with quick links to the nationals.