EG brings you a few highlights from yesterday’s news, in case you missed the daily round-up
PRS: Wembley deal ‘just too big for an untested sector’
In an 18-month period that has seen the PRS grow and grow – against the flow of a declining market – the £2.25bn sale of Quintain could have been the crowning jewel.
Find out why it might have been a case of too much, too soon
THE LEHMAN CHRONICLES: ‘Many of us had to completely start again’
Brendan Flood, the former chief executive of Modus Ventures – the retail developer that collapsed into administration in May 2009 – remembers the “utter shock” he felt as news broke of Lehman’s collapse.
AUCTIONS: Higher-value lots point to market upturn
The latest Savills catalogue offers 15 lots priced at £1m and above.
TECH: Three simple rules for dealing with start-ups
Vanessa Lee Butz, founder of District Technologies, gives advice that everyone in real estate should remember when trying to work with scarcely resourced start-ups and small companies.
