Estates Gazette 11 October 2014

Estates Gazette 1441 – 11 October 2014   Editor’s comment 5 Editor’s comment   News 6 Briefing: it’s here – MIPIM UK 57 Sandelson’s $1bn Sahara vision 57 Norges Banks on Merrill HQ 58 Hines tees up £220m Livingston buy 58 Bellway seeks Nine Elms PRS partner 58 National Grid powers up £250m portfolio sale 58 Deals 59 Food boss to lead BPF 59 Ragobank re-gear triggers £190m City sale 59 David Cameron: MIPIM UK is the time to showcase our market 60 SEGRO puts £100m of sheds into Orbit 60 AIB puts Ealing in Crosshairs 60 Fund managers drive Edinburgh build boom 60 Top stories from EGi 61 Sewer sinks £250m Fulham plans 61 Crown sells Hemel Hempstead retail park 61 Dubai question time takes off 61 Midtown supply squeeze heads for record low 62 LandSec unveils giant City scheme 62 Porter studies Ireland expansion 62 Vauxhall Cross for sale after a decade of legal wrangling 62 Liverpool FC scores West End office 64 Analysis: experts examine Peace in our time   Finance 69 US partner pumps TH Real Estate 69 Nationwide to hit the streets with £18bn NPL portfolio 69 In brief 70 Blackstone to refresh £375m Mint hotels debt 70 Westfield CMBS sets new low 70 NAB gathers up major Orchard Street stake 70 Citibank mulls IPO to unload Hypo’s pbb 71 Michel Heller: no doubt UK CRE is in the midst of a bubble   Auction news 73 Mayfair gem to set auction record 73 Here comes the sun: Beatles home on the block 69 Funds fuel £150m Allsop commercial sale 73 In brief 76 Oliver Childs: market is expanding once again   Comment 78 Liz Peace: a fantastic journey has come to an end 79 Giles Scott: delivering the goods, updated 80 Peter Bill: the good, the bad and the ugly of working for big agents 81 Sir Howard Bernstein: North is ready to power up economy Interview 82 Pi Labs: accelerate to accumulate   Focus: finance 90 Fund restructuring: changing shape of funds 94 Interview: Keith Bresslauer – Patron saint 98 Debate: vision division   EG London 104 Around the market 108 Agency: how to get the deal 112 Student accommodation: developers study London 116 Investment: Jersey shore 120 Forum: not cleared for take-off 113 Last word: the city bounces back   Practice and law 124 Consumer rights: too little, too late or just right? 127 Guy Fetherstonhaugh: contractual v statutory interpretation 128 Mainly for students: comparing comparisons 130 Practice point: PP 2014/143 130 Practice point: PP 2014/122 131 Residential property management services 132 Lauren Jockers: five reasons to rethink GRESB 133 Legal notes: going underground 134 Case summary: Tindall Cobham 1 Ltd and others v Adda Hotels (an unlimited company) and others 135 Case summary: Kosta v Trustrees of the Phillimore Estate   EG Life 138 Careers: all aboard the brandwagon 140 Events 142 EG Awards 2014: join property’s elites 154 Diary     Estates Gazette 1440 – 4 October 2014 Estates Gazette 1439 – 27 September 2014 Estates Gazette 1438 – 20 September 2014 Estates Gazette 1437 – 13 September 2014 Estates Gazette 1436 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