Estates Gazette 1445 – 8 November 2014

Estates Gazette 1445 – 8 November 2014   The market 6 Briefing: China’s outbound boom   News 43 Sun rises on City skyscraper 43 Peninsula plans are out of this world 44 Investors line up for Scotland Yard 44 Top Agents 2014: recruitment roars back 44 Goldman snuffs out rights of light claims 44 Deals 45 Lipton returns to the City for Pinnacle review 45 Players sought for £350m game of Jenga 45 CBRE GI shops at Spinningfields 45 Rockspring bounds back into Manchester 46 Norges goes it alone in London 46 Numbers stack up for LSE student digs sale 46 JP Morgan brings in new agent on Churchill Place 46 Top stories from EGi 47 Canmoor banks on growth with Hollywood play 47 New Kensington base for William, Kate and Harry’s charity 47 DTZ Investors goes shopping in Camden 47 Abstract hires KF chief for occupier push 48 Cornerstone builds on St James’s Foundation 48 Knight Frank coasts to Crown Estate brief 48 Birmingham’s Two Snowhill adds up for accountants 48 Luxury flats trump £75m student tower 49 Analysis: in the dark over rights of light Finance 53 Cornerstone in junior debt play 53 Brookfield and QIA on song for Canary Wharf owner 53 Lenders go low for Gherkin 54 Invesco joins PRS rush as supply concerns mount 54 Intu banks on shopping centres 54 Hermes picks up Nobel prize from M&G 54 Forum companies fund wins €60m 55 Companies: Redefine International Auctions 57 Allsop ahead in final stretch 57 Belfast nuggets on LSH’s menu 57 ASR November totals dip after big September 58 In brief 59 John Barnett: guide prices must be transparent Comment 60 Bill Hughes: localism must be embraced by all 61 Kevin Chapman: office space, but not as we know it 62 Peter Bill: all aboard for Ebbsfleet HS1 opportunities In depth 64 Top Agents Survey 2014: on the prowl Debate 72 Dubai: bridging the Gulf EG London 76 Around the market 78 Occupier spotlight: watch this space 82 Oriental express: Mark Cannell 86 Agency: better together? 90 Office to resi: the battle of PDR 92 Marble Arch: transport of delight? 96 Office rents: rental predictions 98 Spotlight Croydon: missing parts of the jigsaw 102 Forum: predictions for 2015 104 Luxury serviced offices: how the other half works 107 The last word: it could be a spectacular year Retail supplement Click here to view your free digital edition of the Winter Retail supplement Practice & law 108 Landlord and tenant: clarify on qualifying works 111 Planning notes: cumulative criticism 112 Mainly for students: avenues to debt recovery 114 Practice point: buyers do not have proprietary rights for all purposes (PP 2014/161) 114 Practice point: an example of a successful challenge to a refusale (PP 2014/158) 115 Contracts and crystal balls 116 Insurance: who’s got it covered? 117 Legal notes: a matter of trust 118 Case summary: Queensbridge Investments Ltd v 61 Queens Gate Freehold Ltd 119 Case summary: Philips and another v Francis and another EG Life 122 The stress test 124 Events: LandAid lands £90,000; serving up help for Ebola crisis; riders challenge their inner Hoy; harnessing the power of rugby; Grigg: diversify or suffer 126 EG Awards: battle for the podium 127 London Property Summit: London’s growing pains 134 Diary: property, law and rock ‘n’ roll     Estates Gazette 1444 – 1 November 2014 Estates Gazette 1443 – 25 October 2014 Estates Gazette 1442 – 18 October 2014 Estates Gazette 1441 – 11 October 2014 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 – 6 September 2014 Estates Gazette 1435 – 30 August 2014 Estates Gazette 1434 – 23 August 2014 Estates Gazette 1433 – 16 August 2014 Estates Gazette 1432 – 9 August 2014 Estates Gazette 1431 – 2 August 2014 Estates Gazette 1430 – 26 July 2014 Estates Gazette 1429 – 19 July 2014 Estates Gazette 1428 – 12 July 2014 Estates Gazette 1427 – 5 July 2014 Estates Gazette 1426 – 28 June 2014 Estates Gazette 1425 – 21 June 2014 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