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Student Accommodation

Brookfield lines up £150m student portfolio sale

Wealth of new investors targeting UK market

Corporate

Q+A: NBIM’s dynamic duo on Covent Garden, €660m student debut and swelling its $60bn portfolio

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund’s real estate heads for Continental Europe and UK discuss the $1.7tr investor’s dramatic return to the fray

Hotels & Leisure

Kuwaiti investor lines up £100m+ sale of luxury West End hotel site

Real estate arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority has instructed two agents to manage process
Logistics

PLP secures double letting at Milton Keynes logistics park

3PL and manufacturer take two units at 2.2m sq ft site
Investment

Fink tank: what does BlackRock CEO’s annual letter mean for real estate?

Five takeaways from Larry Fink’s yearly missive to investors
Hotels & Leisure

Leicester Square hotel gem up for sale

Garrick House has a £42m price tag
Corporate

Former Cushman veteran lands senior BNP Paribas Real Estate role

Nick Ridley named head of property management
Opinion

Top of the class: occupancy and demand driving a competitive student market

PBSA sector is being shaped by growing demand, changing investment priorities and evolving regulations

Opinion

Shah on property: inside the RICS revolt over Justin Sullivan

Senior figures, including ex-Wellcome boss Peter Pereira Gray, demand president’s resignation
Politics

Are planning reforms working?

Five graphs that show how the government’s strategy to “beat the blockers” is playing out

Hotels & Leisure

Bidder edges ahead for jewels in €1bn Una hotel collection

Trio of heavyweight investors fighting it out for Italian assets
Hotels & Leisure

Hungarian group in exclusivity to acquire €120m Budapest hotel

Part of property is Unesco World Heritage Site
Finance

UniCredit lends €145m for hospitality specialist’s Italian schemes

Firm’s Rome debut includes four-star hotel
Logistics

German fund manager snaps up new Coca-Cola warehouse

Company continues to grow €7bn European logistics portfolio with deal valued close to €40m

Logistics

Higher defence spending could be “game changer” for logistics

Surge in demand forecast but some markets will benefit more than others
Politics

Reeves claims housing victory in spring statement

Government within “touching distance” of 1.5m target as OBR confirms housing policy will add 0.4% to GDP
Investment

UK funds reduce UK real estate exposure by £30bn

Scale of pension, insurance and unlisted fund disinvestment revealed by IPF research
Politics

Shravan Joshi: “Destination City has evolved”

The outgoing City of London planning and transport committee chair on why resi won’t be allowed, the potential for hotels and PBSA – and those pesky cycle spaces
London

London housing pipeline falls to new low

Mayor courts developers as safety regulations and viability issues lead to fewest approvals since records began in 2004

Yorkshire rising: why the region’s shed market has outperformed in 2025

The county has been the best-performing logistics market so far this year
The headhunter’s guide: top investors must master the art of storytelling

Business leaders need to be compelling and engaging to attract capital
Mid-box warehousing: UK logistics’ missing link

Government and planners must find a way to get things moving
Shah on property: activists are blowing cobwebs from the listed sector

The likes of Achilles are holding boards to account and providing transparency
Shah on property: mothgate shows refurbishment of the RICS is a work in progress

A High Court judge’s censure of president Justin Sullivan poses awkward questions

JLL rejigs valuation team as Macken departs

Claire Macken returns to Ireland after 15 years at the firm
P3’s chief investment officer to depart

Search under way to replace industry titan at GIC-backed developer
Europa Capital managing partners to leave

Changes at the top for Mitsubishi Estates-owned fund manager
Goldman Sachs managing director departs

Firm veteran spent more than two decades at the bank
Former Ivanhoé Cambridge head of investment joins Greycoat

Arnaud Malbos named senior real estate partner as firm plans to open Paris office
Commercial property-focused energy consultancy launches

Hertford Birch will help landlords maximise the potential of EV charging points

Investment

Q+A: CBRE IM – “Core capital has definitely returned”

Paul Gibson, EMEA CIO, and Jan-Willem Bastijn, head of EMEA transactions, discuss fundraising, political and macroeconomic risks and debt
London

Q+A: Avison Young’s London office heads on “joining the dots” for growth and a new HQ

Agency firm is swapping its Gresham Street and Regent Street offices for a new base at The Met Building
Corporate

Henry Boot’s Tim Roberts on “rock-solid” balance sheet and future pipeline

Logistics and planning also in the spotlight in group’s results