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Opinion

Shah on property: British Land and AustralianSuper play the long game at Canada Water

REIT and pension giant say they are committed to south-east London partnership

Corporate

New twist in battle for £1.6bn+ Assura

Fresh offer being considered that could unseat KKR and Stonepeak

Residential

Cortland coaxes investors with £135m resi sale

Watford asset comprises more than 480 homes
Logistics

Double letting takes Wrenbridge and Bridges’ Click Aylesford to full occupancy

Two deals for 207,000 sq ft at industrial scheme near Maidstone
Residential

Controversial 28-storey Battersea tower rejected

Rockwell loses bid for 50% affordable tower in face of vocal public opposition
Opinion

Office Darwinism: the fight for prime space in a divided market

Traditional leasing playbooks are now obsolete – and those who fail to act early will be priced out entirely
Student Accommodation

£2.5bn of student stock on the block – but who’s going to buy it?

“Huge amount of change afoot”, as market adjusts to new sources of capital
Retail

Occupiers secured for more than 100 Homebase stores

Demand for retail warehousing leads to raft of multi-site deals

Spotlight

Corporate

Five questions for the Royal London chief who has £1.5bn ready to deploy

Mark Evans, the investment manager’s property and commercial development chief, caught up with Green Street News
Co-living

Q+A: Reza Merchant on bringing &Soul to co-living

Tackling urban loneliness and conscious consumption with giant saunas and sober event spaces, the founder of The Collective is back

Europe news

Office

€38m+ bids roll in for Kering-leased Milan trophy

Nine offers made for 4,000 sq m modernist property in Quadrilatero della Moda
Logistics

French developer relaunches €360m logistics sale

CBRE to run sale of Nest portfolio after 2023 process didn’t take flight
Retail

Q+A: Hines chiefs – “Retail is back, housing is a forever need”

After a €1.3bn retail buy and a growing residential push, Alfonso Munk and Vanessa Gelado say Spain’s real estate market is just getting started
Logistics

Realty Income enters Poland through €250m+ window of opportunity

US REIT agrees biggest ever CEE sale-and-leaseback with one of Europe’s largest windows manufacturers

More from UK & Ireland

Student Accommodation

Developer progresses plans for resi-led Ilford project

Q Developments to transform Ley Street car park into a mixed-use scheme of more than 800 homes
Retail

Supermarket Income forms JV with US giant for £1bn platform push

Partnership to be seeded with £400m portfolio
Office

Glasgow leads the way as Big Six office markets build momentum

Three cities report double-digit increases in activity year on year
People

John Gellatly joins Bridges’ board

Former ADIC executive appointed as non-executive director
Office

Dublin office opportunity hits market for €20m

Savills Ireland is seeking buyers for pair of buildings at Ashtown Gate

UK property investment remains resilient in first quarter

Central London led the recovery with £1.8bn of volume
Lenrose Ventures on board for Manchester office revamp

Planning application being worked up for the overhaul of the 28-storey CIS Tower
CBRE warns over tariff uncertainty

New business pipelines “somewhat less than they were” after Trump’s tariff changes, CBRE boss tells stock market
Adhan Group lets Lancashire manufacturing hub

Euro Paper agrees 10-year lease at the former Graham & Brown site in Blackburn
City of London sets record with 340 office lettings in 2024

Total of 531 leases completed
Emma Goodford joins Railpen to lead life sciences lettings

Goodford left Knight Frank after 35 years
Gordon Brothers acquires asset valuation firm SIA Group

Move expands Boston-based firm’s footprint in the UK and Europe
European real estate recovery to continue despite US tariff turmoil

Income and rental growth to drive prime returns over next five years, AEW says
Harworth and Russell bring forward first phase of Northern Gateway

Outline approval sought for up to 6.5m sq ft of industrial and logistics space
Hines completes £55m Leeds retail park purchase

Junction 27 acquisition marks HGIT’s entry into UK retail market

Analysis

Investment

OxRes conference: investors braced for bumpy ride

Top investors and managers debate uncertain economic backdrop, AI and shifting sector outlooks
Politics

Tariff turbulence: real estate rallies but uncertainty reigns

Three weeks after “liberation day”, long-term effects are starting to emerge
Regeneration

Unlocking the €4tr brownfield opportunity

Industry specialists discuss the pain and gain of regeneration sites
Residential

One Nine Elms: a long time coming

R&F One’s Guan Zhixiong discusses the Vauxhall scheme’s journey
Corporate

Avison Young’s Nick Walkley: “If you’re not in the big four, you can afford to take risks”

UK president on growing its capital markets offer, European expansion and keeping all doors open

Opinion

Shah on property: will Americans put the squeeze on CBRE UK when Bird leaves his perch?

The agency giant seems to be prioritising costs and margins around the world
How Heathrow expansion puts London’s industrial market in play

850,000 sq ft of industrial space will need to move – the question is, where?
Is the UK poised for a student accommodation boom?

Anti-international student policies in the US and Australia are likely to benefit investors in UK PBSA
Building safety: as costs mount, courts will be busy

Get Living is not the only landlord affected by the far-ranging Building Safety Act
Making an impact: are there hidden advantages to membership organisations?

Property professionals can be strategic about committing to certain bodies

People

L&G’s Erlam departs for new role

Former director of urban regeneration bags senior role with Manchester-based developer
British Land calls staff back to office four days a week

REIT is latest employer to tighten rules around working from home
Panattoni appoints head of capital markets Middle East

Alexandre Daoud will also raise capital for UK and European strategies
Montagu Evans poaches Knight Frank BTR big-hitter

Funding specialist to lead and grow capital markets team as business shakes up residential offer
LaSalle star Zerda to leave

Global investment manager’s European co-chief investment officer resigns
Former KKR UK head scores with Neville and Fora

New firm will target operational assets and development projects

Investment

Q+A: Aware Super – “Real estate might turn out to be a safe haven”

Alek Misev, head of real estate, and Mathieu Elshout, head of European real estate, on the firm’s next move in Europe’s office market, entering Asia and looking at retail again
Life sciences

Five questions for Colonial Group’s CEO on new €2.4bn science and innovation platform

REIT partnering with Stoneshield to target pan-European locations, says Pere Viñolas
Residential

Five questions for Thriving’s Cath Webster

The fund manager recently launched a £200m housing fund in Greater Manchester, with more to come