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Local Authority Investment
- July 15, 2019
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- Categories: Articles, Local Government
No CommentsIn the summer 2019 edition of The Terrier, Brian reported in the findings of his survey into the increasingly controversial topic of local authority investment in commercial property. The research was triggered by an article he wrote in 2018 for the RICS Property Journal.
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Where Are Councils Investing And Why?
- July 13, 2019
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- Categories: Articles, Local Authority Investment
Local authorities are looking to commercial property investment to help plug their funding gap – and are taking a variety of different approaches, as recent research published in the RICS Property Journal has discovered.
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Local Asset Backed Vehicles – A success story or unproven concept?
- July 13, 2019
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- Categories: Joint Ventures, Research
With a growing interest in, and indeed a need for, effective partnership working between the public and private sectors, the RICS and Local Partnerships sponsored a research review of Local Asset Backed Vehicles (LABV). While such vehicles have existed for over a decade, there is a surprising absence of objective commentary on their achievements, the challenges to their creation and operation, and their potential future shape and direction in the context of the financial and economic environment.
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High Performing Property or not! – Public Sector Executive Mar-Apr 2009
- July 12, 2019
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- Categories: Articles, Asset Management
This article considers the challenges faced by the Office of Government Commerce in promoting and monitoring performance against the targets set out in the High Performing Property five year implementation plan.
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Local Authority Investment – Surely You Just Follow The Money?
- July 12, 2019
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- Categories: Articles, Local Authority Investment
Commercial property investment by local authorities outside their areas lives to tell another tale, despite revisions to the Prudential Code.