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Opinion

Shah on property: why did it take so long for PHP to have a shot at Assura?

Failure to merge the two big owners of GP surgeries may speak to old adage about turkeys and Christmas

London

Hines raises curtain on £153m Drury Lane sale

Covent Garden development has been transformed under Hines’ ownership

Residential

Q+A: Michela Hancock on going solo, breaking into the UK and the next era for build-to-rent

Build-to-rent stalwart recently launched her own property company
Regeneration

Oval’s Digbeth Estate secures £40m Homes England loan as studios push takes off

Scheme will be home to a wave of new homes as media occupiers sign up
Logistics

DHL given green light for 1.25m sq ft logistics campus

Independent planning inspector overturns previous refusal
Fundraising

Greystar picks Lazard to support global fundraising efforts

Global living specialist in the market with a variety of funds, including in Europe
Residential

Heim and West Yorkshire Pension Fund secure £50m for Leeds site

Build-to-rent scheme is first investment from Heim’s UK Residential Fund
Retail

Lidl to offload €250m store portfolio

Collection is spread across the UK and Continental Europe

Spotlight

Investment

Q+A: Carlyle – “We will remain in a market environment where investors are nervous”

Head of acquisitions Anssi Halonen discusses the political and economic context, self-storage expansion and the firm’s resi pipeline
Opinion

Rights of light: more battles to come?

Two ongoing cases could fundamentally change how the UK resolves disputes

Europe news

Logistics

Ivanhoé Cambridge picks buyer for €70m+ French warehouse

Tenant seeking to take ownership of 92,000 sq m property near Marseille
People

Brotherton sets sights on data centres and Germany with senior hire

Ralph Weichelt brings debt expertise to London-based firm
Hotels & Leisure

€120m European hotel portfolio hits the market

Collection comprises assets in Vienna, Brussels and Paris
Investment

Q+A: Continuum’s Christian Kadel on the game-changing power of leasehold

Firm’s new managing partner promises investors higher yields by separating land from property

More from UK & Ireland

Finance

Urban Splash Residential Fund secures £50m of fresh backing

Debt secured to help fund grow in scale
Retail

Asda launches £400m sale and leaseback

Adviser appointed to offload 20-store portfolio
Residential

Administrators line up £235m of Birmingham resi site sales

FRP Advisory called in by lender earlier this year
Finance

GB Bank eyes maiden UK mezzanine product

Challenger bank looking to grow UK property loan book by £750m this year
Co-living

Site of 40-storey Sheffield co-living tower up for grabs

Proposal is one of the tallest in Yorkshire

€115m Irish student portfolio hits the market

Project Galaxy comprises 724 beds across two sites in Dublin and Galway
Hammerson’s Bristol repositioning scheme given go-ahead

City council signs off redevelopment of Quakers Friars
£16m UK roadside retail portfolio sale revs up

Joint agents Harris Lamb and Stockford Anderson have been instructed to sell Project Pitstop
Insulation manufacturer invests £200m in North Wales facility

Knauf Insulation is buying land that forms part of Tata Steel’s Deeside steelworks operations
Developer to progress £100m Bolton regeneration scheme

Council agreed £4 conditional sale of Church Wharf site to Watson last year
Stevenage Borough Council and ECF plan town regeneration

Station Gateway project could deliver up to 1,000 new homes near Stevenage station
Minister moves to reassure Scottish student accommodation investors

Letter clarifies stance on rent controls and 28-day notice periods
LondonMetric ups earnings to £268m

NAV per share grew 3.9% to 199.2p for the year to 31 March 2025
Creation of 12 new towns could cost government £48bn

Milton Keynes identified as most favourable new settlement, according to WPI Strategy
Big Yellow reports revenue uptick

FTSE 250 group’s revenue hits £204.5m in its latest annual results, driven by stabilised occupancy and further growth in net rents

Analysis

Politics

Investors on edge in Scotland as student rent control chaos continues

Government fails to reassure sector as it tables 28-day notice period for student tenancies
Corporate

Sticky income shields agencies from the worst of trade wars

Agency shares have recovered since “liberation day” as bosses consider the ideal revenue mix
Politics

Trump’s tariffs: property stocks now above “liberation day” levels

As uncertainty reigns the outlook for real estate improves
Corporate

What the big agency bosses are saying about tariffs

Earnings calls at CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield and Colliers reveal latest thinking on market impact
Student Accommodation

Billions at risk as student accommodation added to Scottish rent controls

Last-minute amendment means PBSA falls under remit of Scottish housing bill

Opinion

Student accommodation should never have been pulled into the Scottish rent controls debacle

After the furore with BTR, this is the last thing the sector needed – but there remains a window
There’s one area of real estate that’s all about collaboration, not competition

Working together with peers and occupiers is helping to drive the sustainability agenda
Shah on property: bend like a palm tree – the importance of resilience in turbulent times

Donald Trump’s chaos has made boards focus on the financial basics. But the ability to stay calm matters too
How to navigate development challenges in a transitional market

As the government pushes ambitious housing targets, the reality on the ground reveals a complex landscape where strategic decision making is critical
Industrial assets: a critical piece of the business transformation puzzle

Tackling the complexities of industrial portfolios can deliver widespread results

People

Edmond de Rothschild REIM recruits Cordatus trio for new regional hub

Edinburgh-based team to expand coverage in the North of England and Scotland
Top Panattoni executive departs after 18 months

Logistics veteran had joined at end of 2023 to head up new investment management business
Carter Jonas poaches LSH’s head of transactions

Experienced figure switching agencies
Grosvenor hires origination director as lending focus widens

James Conolly joins from Topland
Hanover Green poaches Colliers’ London leasing co-heads

Duo will join agency firm as equity partners
Logistics specialists launch new consultancy

Box4 Real Estate to focus on Midlands and North West

Corporate

Q+A: ICG’s Nikolic on creating a global business, Trump and going big in logistics

Firm’s global head of real estate assesses progress made over the past three years and plans for the future
Development

Q+A: Mitsui Fudosan’s UK head on £1.1bn British Library project, new sectors and the rise of Japanese investment

Takeshi Iwama eyes life sciences growth and potential expansion in residential and logistics
Office

Q+A: Iput chief on fundraising, Dublin’s global appeal and ramping up its flex brand

Niall Gaffney on the Irish property company’s plan to double the footprint of its flexible office platform