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Residential

New finance locked in for £800m London build-to-rent trophy

UK clearing bank leads on major refinancing

Financing

Korean investor holds £130m Edinburgh campus after refinancing

Deal structure includes £60m+ whole loan and equity injection

Logistics

Surrey council’s property company sells £40m+ warehouse

Northern Irish propco understood to be the buyer
Opinion

Why house prices are no longer the best way to track investment returns

Slower sales, rather than lower prices, are becoming the biggest influence on residential land values
Corporate

Harworth rejects Peel’s £583m unsolicited approach

Property company says offer “fundamentally undervalues” the business
Residential

Ballymore starts planning process for 2,000 Limmo Peninsula homes

Development of long-running Newham site could include student or co-living
People

Newmark CEO Barry Gosin to step down

Gosin has held the role since 1979
Retail

CMA seeks Aldi and Lidl inclusion in supermarket land agreement order

Move follows years of strong growth by the two discounters

Spotlight

Data centres

Colin Godfrey on Tritax’s £350m equity raise and how to revive the listed market’s mojo

Tritax Big Box share placing will power the company’s data centre expansion
Policy & Regulation

Burnham’s devolution drive will “change rules of the game”

Newly outlined policies are far-reaching – but jury is out on potential benefits

Europe news

Hotels & Leisure

APAC investment in European hotels surges 86% year on year

Uptick helps offset declines from the Americas and Middle East
Single-family rental

Q+A: DFI on deploying €200m into Danish single-family housing

Value-add player targeting stabilised €500m portfolio by next year, say Paul Nearchou and Enrico Ventura
Logistics

Investors circle EQT’s €160m+ Spanish logistics sale

CBRE advising on disposal process
Office

Blackstone closes in on €100m+ Amsterdam office purchase

21,000 sq m project is located in the Dutch capital’s historic centre

More from UK & Ireland

Logistics

Administrators appointed for Trammell Crow logistics scheme

Asset in Sheffield was completed in 2024
Logistics

Cube AM buys £10m Wrexham logistics hub

Leased asset spans 110,000 sq ft
London

Hong Kong investor lands £160m West End sale

London home of US gaming giant Activision Blizzard close to changing hands
London

Mike Ashley frontrunner for City of London estate

Frasers Group edges ahead in race for 11-asset portfolio
Development

Jansons adds Thames Valley Park plot to portfolio

Site earmarked for a £35m GDV commercial development

Blue Shield lines up £24m loan for pair of shopping centres

Loan secured against Belfry Shopping Centre in Redhill and the Cascades in Portsmouth
Arada London plans Southwark resi scheme

Peckham project comprises 55 affordable homes and 516 student beds
Majority of top global office deals involve businesses taking more space

Expansionary deals account for 58% of all activity, with only 5% downsizing, according to Savills
Bridgemont submits Charing Cross office revamp plans

PwC’s London HQ up for a comprehensive revamp
Approval sought for 700,000 sq ft Prologis Warwickshire project

Up to nine units could be delivered at the site
Colby River appoints senior pair to student living team

It comes as firm takes on asset and operational management of five UK student schemes
Targetfollow puts Turnbridge Wells arcade on the block

Investment firm exiting The Pantiles after acquiring it in 2008
Bluecastle lodges plans for 53-storey Birmingham resi tower

Submission made for former M&S store redevelopment at 42 High Street
Olympian and HGP secure £75m loan for Nottingham student scheme

Affinius provides stabilisation loan for 790-bed development
Muse appointed development partner for Castleford regen

Project will transform town centre and key areas

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Corporate

Harworth eyes second hyperscale date centre site

Group has an 0.8GW power-enabled land bank
Corporate

The existential threat to listed property

Segro’s sale has wiped 20% off the sector – and more could follow
Corporate

Five questions for Bayerische Hausbau’s Marcel Wnendt

CEO and CFO of Bayerische Hausbau Real Estate on entering a new market and making waves in an old one
Corporate

CLS shares tumble after profit warning

Property company has faced subdued leasing activity
Logistics

Canadian asset manager Dream confirms acquisition of Chancerygate

Combined logistics platform will span 27m sq ft of GLA

Analysis

Office

50 is the new 40 – where do regional office rents go next?

New headline rents set this year on course to be broken within months
Investment

Jamestown’s Braunfels: “Americans tend to see opportunities in Europe at an earlier stage”

Co-head of Jamestown Europe on strategies and target markets
Logistics

After a £14bn “yes” what happens now with Prologis and Segro?

Seismic recommendation decision throws up wave of questions over next chapter
Logistics

Prologis mounts final offer: what next for Segro?

Decision time looms on £14bn approach for UK’s biggest REIT
Residential

Two-thirds of London luxury schemes started since 2012 still have flats for sale

Prime London resi prices are now 25% down – but new investors remain wary

Opinion

Affordable housing capital is ready – but will it build?

Demand is high and delivery low, with the gap still growing
Why international capital is on the hunt for Irish real estate

Pro-business culture is attracting international buyers
Exploring the link between fire safety and asset devaluation

As cladding liability extends beyond residential assets, what could this mean for the transactional market?
UK residential is being priced against a Europe that doesn’t exist

Britain is priced as though is it the weakest of Europe’s five largest economies, and this is not the case
Rebalancing power can wait – Burnham should focus on fixing the economy

A strong fiscal policy will manage the cost of inflation and help the real estate industry recover

People

CBRE IM selects new head of EMEA client solutions

Alice Wilcox to return from Goldman Sachs
Savills completes $1.1b Eastdil takeover

Eastdil to become Eastdil Secured Savills
CBRE bolsters UK debt and structured finance team

George Peake and Joshua Mailling join, with Stephen Barr promoted
Iain Cahoon to leave GIC

Top-level European exec to depart Singaporean sovereign after a decade
Hilltop Capital names Tiger Craft chief executive

Founder and chief executive Paul Oberschneider takes on non-executive role
Former Montagu Evans boss lands new role

Rob Bower makes move to Arup

Residential

Q+A: Orla on its 1,500-bed Iberian expansion

Homes for Students brand has ambitions to become largest third-party living operator in Europe
Retail

Q+A: Hammerson CEO on REIT’s first deal in a decade

Rob Wilkinson on acquiring a 50% stake in Manchester Arndale and half-year results
Logistics

Five questions for Trammell Crow Company’s new UK logistics head

Dan Rees discusses how to find potential in a cautious market

Green Street global exclusives

People

Q+A: Greystone’s new AI chief sees opportunities across ‘whole cycle’ of CRE debt

The finance shop hired Sahil Sagar to a newly created role
People

Lankin promotes ex-hockey pro Ciampini to capital markets director

He is one of five directors at the firm
Logistics

Fengate shops large-scale modern logistics campus in Vaughan

The two-building, 418,000 sq ft property is fully leased
Retail

Distressed Toronto mall changes hands after three years in receivership

A tenant of the shopping centre purchased the property
People

The Ladder – CBRE promotion, PSP Investments appointment, Pure Industrial Canada head & more

Green Street News’ roundup of the latest people moves