All This week in... articles
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InsightThis week in… 2017
ITV submitted bold plans for a 300,000 sq ft global HQ at its existing site on London’s South Bank.
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InsightThis week in… 2017
The Garden Bridge Trust announced it was winding up proposals to build a £200m plant-covered pedestrian bridge across the River Thames.
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NewsThis week in… 2015
The government launched the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Planning to address what it called the “national housing emergency”.
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NewsThis week in… 2013
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee published a report calling for an overhaul of legislation on private rented housing to raise standards across the sector.
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NewsThis week in… 2018
A House of Lords committee report called for an increase in offsite manufacturing (OSM) to speed up housing delivery.
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NewsThis week in… 2014
A study by The Smith Institute found the NHS could save up to £6bn over 25 years if it worked with housing associations to use surplus land for supported housing.
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NewsThis week in… 2018
Homes England announced strategic partnerships with eight housing associations in a major drive to develop more affordable homes.
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NewsThis week in… 2014
The government’s flagship HS2 rail project was revealed to be facing a mammoth hike in land assembly fees.
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NewsThis week in… 2017
Property Week reported that Woking Borough Council was in advanced talks to buy Dukes Court in Woking from Aerium for around £70m.
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NewsThis week in… 2019
Intu voted against rescue plans from Sir Philip Green for his troubled Arcadia Group, Property Week reported after speaking to sources close to the retail landlord.
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NewsThis week in… 2017
Bank of China (Hong Kong), V and ING Bank closed what at the time was the UK’s largest real estate financing deal, when they jointly secured funding for CC Land’s £1.15bn acquisition of City of London skyscraper the Cheesegrater.
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NewsThis week in… 2018
Spanish property firm Metrovacesa, which had bought the HSBC Tower in London’s Canary Wharf for £1.09bn in 2007, struggled to refinance the loan HSBC underwrote to finance the deal.
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NewsThis week in… 2016
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called for the redevelopment of Euston station into the terminus for High Speed 2 (HS2) to be put on hold.
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NewsThis week in… 2016
Then prime minister David Cameron revealed that any foreign company that owned UK property, or bid for government contracts, would have to join a public register of ownership.
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NewsThis week in… 2013
Forward sales at housebuilder Barratt had risen by almost one third to around £1.3bn in the 18 weeks to 5 May, supported by the launch of the government’s Help to Buy scheme.
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NewsThis week in…2016
BHS collapsed into administration, marking the loss of its 164 UK stores and 11,000 jobs. All BHS stores closed within the next six months as attempts to find a buyer failed.
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NewsThis week in…2016
Stephen Dance, then head of infrastructure delivery at the Treasury, slammed housebuilders for holding on to land and refusing to increase housing supply to boost their profits.
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NewsThis week in… 2012
Then housing minister Grant Shapps pushed forward plans to establish the first social housing REITs, publishing a consultation on how to bring more private investment into the sector and encourage providers to convert or launch REITs.
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NewsThis week in… 2016
The London mayoral election came to an end, with Sadiq Khan taking 57% of the final vote to beat Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith.
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NewsThis Week In… 2020
Shopping centre operator intu began a series of meetings with lenders and investors in an attempt to rescue the company from imminent collapse.
