Estates Gazette 1420 – 17 May 2014

Estates Gazette 1420 – 17 May 2014   Editor’s comment5 Editor’s comment   News6 Briefings33 West End office supply dries up33 Doric and Mace unwrap Botley regeneration34 Threadneedle set to lay Foundation34 IQ proves attractive for government bodies34 Tristan on the hunt for SE10 occupiers34 Deals35 Endurance motors in with EC1 plan35 Star Wars effects company lets Hend House35 British Land can bank on high interest from Brum landmark35 High court backs agent shut out on £25m house sale36 Spec sparkles for Leeds Lumiere36 Emirates touches down at Manchester to set up new HQ36 RICS issues CPD warning to members36 Top stories from EGi37 Stanhope eyes 1,200 homes across London37 Wine trader uncorks Thunder to avoid HS237 Abstract designs for Leonardo37 Derwent strikes early with new Crossrail deal38 Southwark ordered to disclose Elephant figures38 Sky hits pause on Leeds office search38 Chinese make Mayfair move in Qatari deal38 London hotel sued over £7.5m rent arrears41 Analysis: Bilfinger points to global growth42 Residential: developers unlock 10-year housing high42 Residential: Peabody homes in on £500m private pipeline42 Residential: Caan’s Sons & Co makes first foray into Mayfair resi42 Residential: Guildhouse-Rosepride turns the key on 300 more flats43 Residential: Ian Fletcher – beware Labour’s potentially harmful PRS reforms   Finance47 Lending reforms come into view48 Bridges goes alternative with £120m first close48 Mountgrange rings up £200m for Clearbell48 Big two split on spec strategy48 Rockspring’s second UK fund pulls in £71.5m49 Companies: DevSec – making hay while the sun shines50 Rebecca Worthington: infrastructure – getting the basics right   Auction news53 Savills eyes top after record sale53 Cheshire manor flat offered53 Barnett Ross raises the auction bar again53 Auction news in brief54 Vijay Parikh: is a property ever too big to sell via auction?   Comment47 Emma Crawford: London braces for a supply crunch48 Francois Staples: South African sentiment up in wake of polls58 Peter Bill: the good, the bad and the ugly59 Greg Clark: growth – it’s not just a London think   In depth62 South Africa: a property overview64 Going for Gautang   Focus: South East72 Around the market74 Infrastructure: two cheers for Crossrail?80 Economics downturn82 Industrial: the ripple effect   Practice and law86 Contracts: the importance of being earnest89 Planning notes: focusing on the negative90 Mainly for students: property management92 Practice point: PP 2014/8292 Practice point: PP 2014/8093 Service charges: where are all the service charge disputes?94 Nicholas Isaac: ex parte awards – approach with caution95 Legal notes: closing down competition96 L Batley Pet Products Ltd v North Lanarkshire Council97 Best v Chief Land Registrar   EG Life100 Careers: should I stay of should I go?102 How to… write a CV103 Events104 Special report: the evolution of property management114 Diary     Estates Gazette 1419 – 10 May 2014 Estates Gazette 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