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Corporate

Suitor secures £330m Argyll

Upscale flex office business in line for new owner after competitive process

Self-storage

Bidders grapple for £1.2bn Access Self Storage

Capital from North America, Asia and Europe fighting it out

Office

£56m central London office hits the market

Recently refurbished scheme is let to two occupiers and generates an annual passing rent of £3.4m
Retail

DTZi bags £33m from Midlands retail park sales

Two assets sold to separate investors
Residential

Areli eyes Canary Wharf office for residential towers

Rob Tincknell-led developer is working up plans for Isle of Dogs site
Office

The Capitol in Aberdeen up for grabs

Fund manager has attached a £12m price tag to office building it forward funded
Logistics

Valor and QuadReal acquire east London last-mile hub

Joint venture has invested more than €200m so far this year
People

Capital-raising expert drafted in for £10bn Earl’s Court plans

London’s largest residential redevelopment opportunity is yet to progress

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
Opinion

Shah on property: activists are blowing cobwebs from the listed sector

The likes of Achilles are holding boards to account and providing transparency

Corporate

Sicore’s Paul Muno on firm’s new third-party business

Recently rebranded Hansainvest Real Assets offers logistics, housing and social property strategies
People

Avison Young adds capital markets director to Hamburg investment team

Christian Verg moves from Robert C Spies
Residential

Greystar closes in on €350m Danish debut

Four-asset portfolio would be largest Nordic micro-living deal to date
Residential

Aam2core on the return of international capital to German housing

Asset manager expects more private equity firms and global institutions to enter sector this year

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
Retail

The real winners and losers across Europe’s luxury streets

Analysis of physical vacancy rates reveals how well the UK and Europe’s most expensive retail locations are doing
Investment

Bill Hughes and L&G’s senior team on the trends shaping global real estate

Leading lights discuss the crucial issues facing the property industry this year
Retail

Shop closures since Covid: who has filled the gaps?

Fashion retailers, chemists, banks, pubs and department stores all vanished in the pandemic – but the recovery has been encouraging
Investment

Mipim 2025 roundup: a market finding its feet

US capital flows, German government spending splurges and the creeping return of core money among talking points on La Croisette

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
ESG backlash hasn’t changed the facts – but “data spaghetti” needs to be untangled

Climate risk remains a material concern for institutional investors
Shah on property: Zakay v Zakay – the industry’s next big brotherly bust-up?

Eddie is suing Sol and the multi-billion pound Topland empire
Is the ugly duckling office market becoming a swan?

There are signs a comeback is well under way, says Aberdeen
A grim diagnosis for the NHS estate

Private capital is urgently needed to future-proof the NHS and boost economy

Barwood’s head of fund management departs

Andrew Barlow leaves after 10 years with the fund manager
Alvarez & Marsal hires top dealmaker to launch into real estate M&A

Firm is rapidly expanding its corporate finance practice
AI specialist appoints James King to fuel expansion

Former CBRE director joins Fifth Dimension from VTS
Moffitt to divest stake in M1 Agency as Urban Logistics battle rumbles on

Process under way will leave firm owned by other partners
Schroders to part ways with capital-raising heavyweight

Group’s real estate team poached executive from CBRE less than three years ago
CA Ventures’ former CIO launches European student business

John Diedrich’s Elva Ventures goes live with £200m development pipeline

Residential

Five questions for Target Healthcare REIT

Listed care home specialist posted half-year results on Friday to warm stock market reception
Retail

Q+A: Retail’s big beasts Davies and Harris set out battleplan for Vedra

Duo discuss hands-on approach to retail occupier services, investment advisory and asset management
Healthcare

Q+A: Lifento – “There are fewer opportunities in France than other countries”

Founding partners of French healthcare firm discuss how they plan to invest their €250m value-add fund