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Finance

QuadReal expands debt arm into UK and eyes Europe

Investor to focus on lending in multi-family, student housing, data centres, industrial and self-storage

Residential

Revealed: how London lost out on £4bn in development receipts

The capital’s 100,000-home shortfall could have cost the city tens of billions in further economic contributions

DEI

Blackstone’s Seppala joins Academy of Real Assets board

Firm’s top European real estate exec will help link property firms with UK schools
Politics

The rise and rise of James Murray

The architect of London’s affordable housing rules is now number two in the Treasury
Corporate

Flex office firm seeks partner to build £200m platform

Adviser on board to find a new backer
Logistics

DFI and Argo unveil 1m sq ft urban logistics platform

Collection is fully let to occupiers including Amazon, Royal Mail and Greencore
Residential

Developer secures £82m green loan for North Acton tower

London site acquired last year is under construction
Opinion

What law firms really want from a London office

Some of the most active occupiers in the market are also the most discerning

Spotlight

Residential

Q+A: Mount Anvil and Westminster on building homes in the historic heart of Marylebone

Estate transformations are long-term relationships, not flings, says the public-private partnership behind the £1.3bn Church Street regeneration project
Opinion

Shah on property: Trump is testing the Federal Reserve to the limit – so where’s the panic?

US long-term borrowing costs are still far lower than in the UK

Europe news

Conferences

EPRA 2025: have we reached a turning point?

Real estate execs at Stockholm conference discuss how to achieve growth amid geopolitical uncertainty and disruption from AI
Investment

Pimco launches €150m Munich mixed-use sale

BNP Paribas Real Estate mandated to market 22,500 sq m asset
People

ActivumSG hires director as part of €1.2bn accommodation focus

Investment manager looking to scale UK and European activity in living and hospitality
Office

Praemia REIM close to offloading €130m+ Paris office

Property was purchased two years ago and is now under exclusivity at huge discount

More from UK & Ireland

Corporate

Life Science REIT leans towards £300m break-up

Agents appointed to advise on future of two London assets
Residential

Build-to-rent assets hit market for £40m+

Harris Associates and CBRE appointed to find buyer for two residential blocks
People

Puma Property Finance names new finance director

Experienced accountant and former CFO joins real estate lender
People

Brunswick hires Barings exec to lead UK & Europe expansion

London-based value-add fund manager joins Nordic investment firm
Corporate

TPG Real Estate head honcho to retire

Exec to leave next year having been with firm for quarter of a century and co-founding its property division

Blackstone names Katie Keenan as BREIT chief executive

Tim Johnson to be Keenan’s successor at BXMT
Newmark adds partner to leisure team

Richard Baldwin joins from Avison Young
Global real estate secondaries market hits record high of $24.3bn

Multi-family and industrial assets dominated transactions, according to CBRE IM
Green light for BBC Elstree Centre revamp

Axa IM Alts will rebrand the campus as Fairbanks Studios
Life Science REIT to pursue managed wind-down

Realisation of portfolio expected to take 12 to 18 months
Bath RFC’s new stadium plans to be reviewed by secretary of state

Council approves 18,000 seat stadium but cannot grant full plannig
Approval for Vauxhall aparthotel

185-room Wilde brought forward by Staycity Group and Citygrove
Almacantar loses appeal against Centre Point House residents

Tribunal ruling widens owner liability for buildings with unsafe or defective cladding
Henry Boot secures £162m Cambridge aviation campus project

Firm selected to develop the 25 acre Duxford Av Tech campus
Conversant commits £150m to Castleforge London office fund

Fund structured to invest more than £1bn of total asset value

Analysis

Investment

What’s up for grabs in the final quarter?

We review the deals and investment trends to watch across sectors in the run-up to Christmas
Residential

Get Living’s Rick de Blaby calls time after hitting the 6,000-home mark

Chief executive discusses stepping down after nine years at helm of build-to-rent specialist
Life sciences

What does Merck’s pulled £1bn plan actually mean for UK life sciences?

The big pharma firm’s decision is about more than real estate as negotiations with the government hang in the balance
Investment

What next for the UK’s largest pension fund?

Pooling has made Border to Coast a £113bn giant – and it’s coming after real estate
Office

Regional REIT’s Inglis: “We’re at the bottom of the market”

Strong occupier market expected to push on demand

Opinion

Awaab’s Law: the new legislation BTR and student landlords need to be aware of

Those working with licence agreements need to be particularly careful
Why self storage still ticks all the boxes for investors

The specialist sector has shown impressive resilience and adaptability
Government’s planning reforms are a mirage – don’t be fooled

Local plan delays deliver less clarity, not more
The rise of the real estate data scientist

Data engineers are playing a more prominent role and the work of investment professionals is also changing
Why Chinese e-commerce giants are turning to Europe

With global trade dynamics evolving, Europe represents a stable and commercially attractive region for long-term investment

People

Retail

Five questions for Revo chair Vivienne King

Chair of the firm’s executive board discusses reboot and how it reflects the rebounding sector
Investment

Q+A: Savills’ EMEA CEO – “This year Expo will be about deals”

James Sparrow on Europe’s biggest real estate conference, sector opportunities and the return of transaction appetite
Retail

Q+A: TD Asset Management sets sights on European essential retail

Canadian giant’s leaders discuss moves to buy grocery-anchored retail as it prioritises asset class