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Fundraising

Aboria launches £500m fundraise

Investment bank appointed to find backers for living pipeline

Residential

Frogmore explores sale of 1,500-home development site

Cotton Quay in Salford has planning permission in place
Retail

UKCM banks £124m from retail parks as fourth sale emerges

Tritax-owned REIT agrees deal with new market entrant
Hotels & Leisure

£30m boutique West End hotel up for sale

CBRE and Michael Elliott advising on disposal
People

Wrenbridge directors become shareholders

Jamie Garrett and James Feltham recognised for contribution to the business
Office

Birmingham’s Alpha up for grabs

Office tower has price tag of £39m
Hotels & Leisure

London office owners pivot to hotels amid space surplus

More than 1m sq ft has been sold for conversion since 2022

Residential

Q+A: Realstar and QuadReal bosses: “It’s been a busy couple of years”

Realstar’s Ryan Prince and QuadReal’s Jonathan Dubois-Phillips on the Canadian joint venture’s investments and residential plans
Opinion

The government was wrong to reject amendments to the business rates bill – here’s why

An impact assessment is needed to identify the economic threat posed by a tax hike on larger properties

Hotels & Leisure

Q+A: A&O Hostels on taking aim at €2bn portfolio

After discount spending spree, Europe’s largest dedicated hostel firm will target France, Southern Europe, the UK and Ireland, says CEO Oliver Winter
Sustainability

German and UK office decarbonisation budgets fall short by $275bn

Allocations to energy efficiency initiatives are less than half of what is needed, Verdantix finds
Hotels & Leisure

Forced sale of €80m luxury Helsinki hotel nears completion

Singaporean family office poised for Nordic market entry
Hotels & Leisure

Duo vying for €250m Spanish hotel portfolio

CBRE handling sale of nine-asset collection

Politics

Real estate stocks tumble as tariff war escalates

Donald Trump’s tariff plans causing fears of recession
Investment

What’s behind the new wave of Japanese investment?

Deals across London offices, living and logistics highlight growing importance of Japanese capital
Opinion

Shah on property: The Crown Estate faces a spicy row on Regent Street

99-year-old Indian restaurant Veeraswamy may close, but it won’t go quietly
Corporate

When will there be another real estate IPO?

Growing queue of companies could suit the public markets if door for listings opens
Investment

Fink tank: what does BlackRock CEO’s annual letter mean for real estate?

Five takeaways from Larry Fink’s yearly missive to investors

The rise of new entrants in the UK’s single-family market

What was once a relatively niche asset class is now on the radar of a diverse range of players
Renters’ rights bill: a fast track to fall-out?

Changes to how residential rents can be increased could drive hundreds of thousands towards tribunals
Uphill battle: the funding landscape for developers

Traditional lenders have scaled back, with sophisticated private credit providers filling the gap
Why brownfield must be at the heart of housing strategy

The upcoming 10-year Housing Strategy presents an opportunity to recognise the long-term potential of brownfield regeneration
Yorkshire rising: why the region’s shed market has outperformed in 2025

The county has been the best-performing logistics market so far this year

Zenzic adds former DRC Savills originator for European lending push

John Bigley joins growing team that also includes Steve Swallow
LSH confirms acquisition of majority stake in Ryden

Scottish-headquartered business currently has more than 120 staff
Hunt takes the reins at BNP Paribas RE’s Bristol office

Former JLL director joined the firm in 2023
Fidelity goes in-house for new head of real estate

Alison Puhar succeeds the retiring Neil Cable
FEC’s London head departs

Matthew Taylor has held the role since November 2023
CompassRock appoints multifamily specialist as Ireland head

Pierre Melhado hired to lead expansion

Finance

Q+A: Richard Craddock on Redevco’s “swift” debut property loan

The firm’s whole loan originator discusses completing the deal in less than three months
Corporate

Q+A: Paul Clark on AusSuper’s European evolution, King’s Cross and his next steps

Antipodean giant’s outgoing real assets head for the region looks back on his four-year tenure
Investment

Q+A: Patrizia – “We are starting to come out of the cycle and people want positivity”

New investment co-heads Emile Poort and Christie Wright discuss the company’s reorganisation, its €1bn European resi fund target and office opportunities