Estates Gazette 1309 – 2 March 2013

Estates Gazette 1309 – 2 March 2013   Editor’s comment5 Editor’s comment   News39 Amazon clicks with Midtown39 Redrow sharpens £60m resi plan40 Ashley fashions Republic comeback40 Pollen ready to pop cork40 Gazeley bags John Lewis for mega shed40 Deals41 Dutch check out to cash in on King’s Cross boom41 National Grid powers up property panel41 Music rights watchdog tunes in to West end search41 Bridgepoint quits JLL HQ for GPE prelet42 Russians ready for blast-off in SE142 2012 shop closures could fill four Westfields42 Poundland still ranks on sale42 Top stories from EGi43 Aker hub fuels 1m sq ft Aberdeen development43 Hammerson scrums down for rugby retail park makeover43 Manchester resi demand drives Skyline sale43 BNP PRE bags Montagu pair in resi headhunt44 Citizen M beds down in Shoreditch Village44 Clouds gather over Caribbean developer44 Prologis and Prupim target tenants for former mod site44 Investors heat up South East46 Dreaming of office-to-resi’s demise   Finance49 Wyatt seeks resi fund cash49 Barclay brothers check into McKillen’s debt49 BNP PRE and DTZ results fuel optimism49 Less bank debt for Derwent50 Intu launches £1.2bn debt strategy50 Westfield posts 18% profit increase in 201250 SEGRO shifts cash from non-core to core51 Behind the numbers: Jane Roberts   Auction news53 Residents out in force for council lots53 ‘Astounding’ prices lead to frustration at London sale53 Eddisons sale builds on months of success53 No reserve for Network’s Seven54 Auctions cannot provide the cure, but we can be significant in keeping circulation going   Comment56 Life after triple A: welcome to the jungle Mr Carney58 Cameron: Mary Portas’s high street quick fix isn’t working, so why not convert shops to residential?59 Getting the message across that rental is not risky   In depth60 Freedom of speech or reverting to type?   Interview64 EGi’s most active agents   Focus: Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire73 Westgate: an aspiring retail destination76 Offices: USA v China in the Thames Valley80 Industrial sector: proceed with caution   Practice and law84 Subterranean development: down among the moles87 CRAR: distressing times88 A battle over agents’ commission90 Guy Fetherstonhaugh QC: valuation – the margin of error91 The leeway of care92 Case summary: Tewkesbury Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others93 Case summary: Hooper and another v Oates94 Law report: Souglides v Tweedie and another   EG Life207 Proving the value of CSR210 Events: Oxford Brookes University property insight218 Diary   Estates Gazette 1308 – 23 February 2013 Estates Gazette 1307 – 16 February 2013 Estates Gazette 1306 – 9 February 2013 Estates Gazette 1305 – 2 February 2013 Estates Gazette 1304 – 26 January 2013 Estates Gazette 1303 – 19 January 2013 Estates Gazette 1302 – 12 January 2013 Estates Gazette 1301 – 5 January 2013 Estates Gazette 1250 – 15 December 2012 Estates Gazette 1249 – 8 December 2012 Estates Gazette 1248 – 1 December 2012 Estates Gazette 1247 – 24 November 2012 Estates Gazette 1246 – 17 November 2012 Estates Gazette 1245 – 10 November 2012 Estates Gazette 1244 – 3 November 2012 Estates Gazette 1243 – 27 October 2012 Estates Gazette 1242 – 20 October 2012 Estates Gazette 1241 – 13 October 2012 Estates Gazette 1240 – 6 October 2012 Estates Gazette 1239 – 29 September 2012 Estates Gazette 1238 – 22 September 2012 Estates Gazette 1237 – 15 September 2012 Estates Gazette 1236 – 8 September 2012 Estates Gazette 1235 – 1 September 2012 Estates Gazette 1234 – 25 August 2012 Estates Gazette 1233 – 18 August 2012 Estates Gazette 1232 – 11 August 2012 Estates Gazette 1231 – 4 August 2012 Estates Gazette 1230 – 28 July 2012 Estates Gazette 1229 – 21 July 2012 Estates Gazette 1228 – 14 July 2012 Estates Gazette 1227 – 7 July 2012 Estates Gazette 1226 – 30 June 2012 Estates Gazette 1225 – 23 June 2012 Estates Gazette 1224 – 16 June 2012 Estates Gazette 1223 – 9 June 2012 Estates Gazette 1222 – 2 June 2012 Estates Gazette 1221 – 26 May 2012 Estates Gazette 1220 – 19 May 2012 Estates Gazette 1219 – 12 May 2012 Estates Gazette 1218 – 5 May 2012 Estates Gazette 1217 – 28 April 2012 Estates Gazette 1216 – 21 April 2012 Estates Gazette 1215 – 14 April 2012 Estates Gazette 1214 – 7 April 2012 Estates Gazette 1213 – 31 March 2012 Estates Gazette 1212 – 24 March 2012 Estates Gazette 1211 – 17 March 2012 Estates Gazette 1210 – 10 March 2012 Estates Gazette 1209 – 3 March 2012