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Logistics

Graftongate and JP Morgan AM join forces for £500m urban logistics drive

Reading development site acquired as debut investment

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

London

New development manager drafted in at One Poultry

Asset has had a number of false starts with DMs over the years
London

King’s Cross music studio campus primed for £92m sale

Development made famous by Mark Ronson, Liam Gallagher and the Prodigy offered to investors
Opinion

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
Student Accommodation

KKR makes latest living play with £90m student splash

Busy private equity firm further expanding platform
Ireland

Kennedy Wilson close to offloading €140m of Dublin offices

Spanish and German buyers in position for pair of prime assets
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

Spotlight

Opinion

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
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

Europe news

Technology

AI usage at JLL surges ‘beyond wildest dreams’

Yao Morin said that nearly one in three of JLL’s 100,000 global staff are using AI every week
People

Speedwell names new country manager for Poland

Michał Stępień moves from Afi Europe
Logistics

€200m+ Italian logistics portfolio hits the market

Eastdil to lead sale of 200,000 sq m collection
Corporate

Schroders closes Munich office

UK investment manager loses real estate mandate of Germany’s biggest pension fund

More from UK & Ireland

People

Top Panattoni executive departs after 18 months

Logistics veteran had joined at end of 2023 to head up new investment management business
Retail

Aberdeen swoops for £70m Solihull retail asset

Park acquired on behalf of the Standard Life Pooled Pension Property Fund
Hotels & Leisure

Westmont launches sale of £275m Westminster trophy

Investor cashing in after eight years
Logistics

Panattoni lands largest logistics letting of the year

885,000 sq ft mega deal is largest ever UK letting of speculatively developed shed
Corporate

Royal suitor circles Lendlease’s UK developments

50/50 joint venture to take control of £22bn+ regeneration pipeline in landmark deal

PHP seeks to dethrone KKR’s recommended offer for Assura

New offer values the healthcare REIT at £1.68bn
Chinese e-commerce giant secures pair of Milton Keynes sheds

Beijing-headquartered JD.com takes two units at PLP’s campus totalling around 531,519 sq ft
Cyber security focus for £1bn Cheltenham innovation district

Phase 2 of the Golden Valley development will include two new buildings for cyber innovation, named Input and Output
Landsec portfolio value and rents up

Group profit up £3m as it doubles down on £3bn future push into retail and residential
Workspace issues profit warning for year ahead

Lower rents, vacancies and macroeconomic pressures lead to “trading profit headwind” of £7m
Mountpark prelets 500,000 sq ft logistics development to Tesco

Construction starts on new 1.46m sq ft logistics park in Hinckley, Leicestershire
Praxis completes St Enoch shopping centre purchase

Glasgow mall spans 800,000 sq ft across 116 retail units
TPG Angelo Gordon and Beltane acquire Mayfair office block

10 Old Burlington Street is let to Millennium Capital Management
Vita Group’s 1,200-home Birmingham scheme approved

Goods Station project to go ahead with addition of private sale homes
Peel Waters offloads Cheshire industrial open storage site

B8 Real Estate advised on 45 acre site disposal

Analysis

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
Politics

Government claims revamped planning committees will add £1.3bn to economy

Infrastructure bill impact assessment lays out economic victories from planning and environmental reforms

Opinion

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
Industrial assets: a critical piece of the business transformation puzzle

Tackling the complexities of industrial portfolios can deliver widespread results
Why European logistics real estate is poised to perform

Sector fundamentals suggest the asset class will decouple from the economy and continue its upwards climb
Can tall buildings still be a towering success?

The desire is there – but a lack of public sector resource is holding up development
How can we create a sustainable future for data centres?

Big data comes at a cost – but there are innovative ways to reduce consumption, house staff and make centres look good

People

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
Immo’s chief growth officer departs

Former Round Hill head of capital markets had joined residential specialist in London in 2023
Hanover Green promotes duo to partners

Guy Harris elevated to equity partner and Andy Tucker to salaried partner

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
Corporate

Q+A: Newmark’s plan to dominate capital markets, debt and structured finance in Europe

UK heads Michael Lehrman and John Rodgers discuss the European business