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Opinion

Shah on property: Trump’s toddler-king act gives dealmakers an excuse to sit on their hands

Signs of a slowdown in the US and inflation threat mean transactions are only for the bold

Office

How one company is bringing forward 1m+ sq ft of West End office space

Westminster’s decimated development pipeline is creating opportunities for existing landowners

Politics

Valuation Office Agency to become part of HMRC

Former deputy London mayor James Murray leading government’s cost-cutting drive
Life sciences

Mission Street kicks off 180,000 sq ft Oxford life sciences scheme

Project is the largest in the sector to begin this year
Logistics

DTRE bolsters industrial and logistics team

Rob Cohu joins from Montagu Evans
Logistics

Maro looks to sell mammoth Rochdale logistics site

127 acres of land allocated for employment uses
Self-storage

Compound and Flexiss team up to build £300m self-storage portfolio

Comporter collection has five sites and two additional locations under offer
Retail

Retail warehousing investment highest for three years

Uptick in investment volume follows completion of £3.5bn deals in 2024

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
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

Europe news

Hotels & Leisure

Q+A: AccorInvest shifts European strategy as it rebrands as Essendi

COO Martijn van der Graaf discusses the new name, focus markets and keeping debt in check
Logistics

€110m+ French logistics portfolio hits the market

Arthur Loyd and Eastdil running the sale
Logistics

Danish logistics firm signs 22,000 sq m Hamburg lease

Timber warehouse recently completed by Segro
Finance

Oaktree takes over lending platform amid Iberia resi push

Spanish finance specialist secures €200m credit facility to support new owner’s growth strategy

More from UK & Ireland

Student Accommodation

Eldridge funds Glasgow student development with £100m facility

Deal represents ninth transaction between developer and funder
Regeneration

Urban Splash locks in refinancing for Plymouth mixed-use scheme

Deal secured against its Royal William Yard project
Logistics

Blackstone launches new European logistics platform

Management team in place to operate and grow firm’s 7m sq m portfolio in the region
People

Knight Frank swoops for senior Allsop pair

Two partners join the team in Leeds
Hotels & Leisure

Super sale: £220m aparthotel business up for grabs

BDO to handle Supercity platform disposal

UK build-to-rent investment hits £800m in Q1

Highest level of first-quarter investment since 2022, says Savills
Downturn in sponsored study visas creates challenges for UK student sector

Tighter restrictions and higher costs contribute to decline
MCR Property Group acquires 2,000-home Manchester site

Thousands of homes planned for plot near Etihad Stadium and Co-Op Live Arena
CBRE prices $1bn of bonds

Two series of senior notes to be issued
Investec lends £17m for industrial portfolio deal

Loan to finance Westbrook Partners’ acquisition of the Merchant Trade portfolio
Marriott confirms CitizenM brand acquisition

Selling party to receive $355m at closing plus up to $110m in potential earn-out payments
Carter Jonas makes raft of partner promotions

19 colleagues have stepped up, including new equity partner Katy Davis
Green light for Mitsubishi and Edge’s 125 Shaftesbury Avenue refurb

Edge Shaftesbury will be expanded to 250,000 sq ft
Schroders Capital completes W Edinburgh hotel acquisition

Asset acquired from Nuveen Real Estate for £100m+
Savills’ Mark Ridley announces departure

Group chief executive role will be taken over by current finance chief Simon Shaw

Analysis

Residential

BTR exemption from Scottish rent controls looking increasingly likely

Consultation launched as government eyes cliff edge in housing supply
Residential

No new homes planned for half of London after 2027

Developers pivot to regions as viability and low sales bite
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
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

Opinion

Home truths: builders won’t build if they can’t sell

A refusal to reintroduce Help to Buy to support its planning reforms could be an own goal for Labour
Best vs rest: are retail portfolios under threat as costs bite?

Bottom-line pressures for retailers will increase focus on profitability and could drive a rationalisation of estates
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
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?

People

Cushman names new head of UK student accommodation team

Partner elevated to head the division
John Gellatly joins Bridges’ board

Former ADIC executive appointed as non-executive director
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

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
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