Estates Gazette 1513 – 4 April 2015

Estates Gazette 1513 – 4 April 2015 The week 5 Editor’s comment 6 Briefing: A question of scale News 17 Royal Mail to make a packet 17 Crosstree annexe is anything but standard 18 Leonardo engineers German exit 18 CBRE ramps up FM capacity with GWS buy 18 Loch Lomond hotel sale tees off 18 Deals 19 DAMAC secures £600m Jenga Tower 19 JV minted for royal refurb 19 Malcolm Hollis off the market as Capita takeover collapses 19 Goldman Sachs enrols for £500m student portfolio 20 Glasgow’s Aurora shines for M&G 20 Aberdeen takes biggest hit in delayed rates revaluation 20 Nama prepares to sell Lalco and D2 assets 20 Top stories from EGi 21 Frogmore sues Nationwide over £1bn NPL sale 21 Acton leads list of London resi hotspots 21 Fresh brew for Paris tea house 21 Poole harbours homes and hotel opportunity 22 Analysis: Feel the power of the nudge Finance 23 Brockton back in the market 23 Nan Fung locks up Old Bailey 23 In brief 24 REITs ready for take-off 25 Michel Heller: Will you acclimatise or sweat in the new investment climate? Auctions 29 Clive Emson rocks the South 29 Regional lots power Allsop Commercial 29 In brief 30 Robin Cripp: Scrutinising saving for retirement Comment 32 Matt Forde: The stage is set: who gets your vote? 33 Syed Kamall: We must solve disconnect over EU membership 34 Deirdre Hipwell: Battle plans at the ready, AGM season is upon us 35 Phil Briscoe: Nothing is certain – except uncertainty In depth 36 The Report: Transport – the need for speed 42 Politics special: Anarchy in the UK 46 Property’s politicos Question time 50 Dublin: Emerald shines again Focus: East of England 54 Around the market 56 Science occupiers: Pyrogenics lab 60 Investment: In the shop window 62 Cambridge offices: The theory of market momentum 66 Industrial: Bulldozed into spec 68 Transport: London in 90 minutes 70 Retail & leisure: Cambridge distinction 73 Reception: Cambridge shapes up Practice & law 74 Alternative dispute resolution: ADR takes the next step 77 Q&A: Refusing requests to assign or sublet 78 Tax: VAT traps for the unwary 80 Practice point: Parties should specify what financial or other consequences flow from delays in complying with obligations that are pre-conditions to completion 80 Practice point: Designation as a conservation area – the property approach 81 Planning: Lessening the planning burden 82 Sophie Walker: Look to the future, plan for today 83 Legal notes: Take no notice 84 Case summary: Ninety Broomfield Road RTM Co Ltd v Triplerose Ltd and three similar appeals 84 Barclays Bank plc v Grant Thornton UK LLP EG life 88 Technology insider: Antony Slumbers – The tech effect 90 Events: A broad church 98 Diary         Estates Gazette 1512 – 28 March 2015  Estates Gazette 1511 – 21 March 2015 Estates Gazette 1510 – 14 March 2015 Estates Gazette 1509 – 7 March 2015 Estates Gazette 1508 – 28 February 2015 Estates Gazette 1507 – 21 February 2015 Estates Gazette 1506 – 14 February 2015 Estates Gazette 1505 – 7 February 2015 Estates Gazette 1504 – 31 January 2015 Estates Gazette 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