Markets London, West End

Sandher, Hardeep

Markets London, West End - Property Week 78(06) 10 February 2012, 43-50(5) .

Grosvenor seeks partners to increase its hotel portfolio across Mayfair and Belgravia. West End retailers are on the blocks for the 'Shopping Olympics' but there are questions whether the West End will be a winner. Burberry's flagship London store leads Regent Street's bid to gain more Olympic trade. Shaftesbury, the REIT owning 12.5 acres of commercial/residential property, is putting £6.8m refurbishment funding into its Carnaby Village creative fashion hub. Aviva's £500m West End property sales will help finance five new large-scale schemes in the area. Mira Bar-Hillel analyses the Westminster parking fiasco.


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