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Student Accommodation

Lone Star zeros in on £200m student portfolio

Private equity firm adding to its UK platform

Corporate

Q+A: Eastdil’s McCaffrey on fighting like an underdog, a monster pipeline and Leyton Orient’s date with destiny

Star adviser sets out plans to grow the firm in Europe and stay ahead of the competition

People

L&G big-hitter to leave

Residential specialist Simon Century considering next industry move
London

Picton markets £40m Covent Garden block

REIT puts one of its largest assets on the market
People

M7 co-founder Hugh Fraser departs

Debt guru exits after 16 years
Life sciences

Reef and GIC work up plans for £1bn Camden life sciences development

Expansive King’s Cross plot was acquired earlier this year
Residential

Cushman’s head of residential capital markets departs

Mark Clegg has left the agent
London

Square Mile drives London’s rental uptick

City of London hailed as standout submarket performer

Spotlight

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
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

Europe news

Student Accommodation

Victor emerges for record-breaking €1.2bn Livensa sale

Parade of interest in Spanish student sale whittled down to one
Residential

Rockfield’s Acosta: “We want to have a pan-European footprint”

Dutch investment manager on course to grow to 10,000 units by year end
Residential

GBI rebrands to focus on German residential business

Under new name Livory, firm aims to double its annual completion volume to €500m by 2029
Student Accommodation

Student specialist returns to market with €220m+ German collection

Bumper portfolios circulating in Europe’s largest student market

More from UK & Ireland

Residential

Investec and AIB provide £55m loan for office-to-resi conversions

Schemes refinanced in Sutton and Aylesbury
Office

DTZ Investors puts £15m+ west London office on sale

272 Gunnersbury Avenue was refurbished in 2021
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
Fundraising

Greystar picks Lazard to support global fundraising efforts

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

Brotherton sets sights on data centres and Germany with senior hire

Ralph Weichelt brings debt expertise to London-based firm

Logicor signs tenant for 557,000 sq ft Yorkshire shed

Sherburn 550 unit is newly refurbished
£95m Glasgow Collegelands Park gets green light

Regeneration project started in 2004 now in its final phase
Maslow agrees £65m loan for Leeds BTR scheme

Flax Place project forward sold to Toronto-based Starlight Investments
Approval for Oxford Properties’ London logistics scheme

Overhaul of Beckton Gateway Retail Park to begin in 2030
Charles Tyrwhitt to relocate HQ to Landsec’s Bankside office

British clothing retailer takes 18,680 sq ft alongside two new occupiers
Long Harbour appoints ex-Ivanhoé exec as senior adviser

Sylvain Fortier named non-executive director
Network Space adds duo to investment team

Corinne Travis and Gabrielle Nash join Merseyside-based property developer
Housing survey reveals little impact from government reforms

Failure to address the root causes of lack of affordable housing cited in latest survey by SEC Newgate
Irish government closes in on €100m Dublin hotel deal

Acquisition of Citywest Hotel in Saggart will expand state’s asylum-seeker accommodation
Hammerson completes £400m Brent Cross buyout

REIT acquires 60% stake from Aberdeen UK Shopping Centre Trust

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

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
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