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Corporate

Long Harbour to buy out Canadian backer

Management in discussions to assume full ownership of operating company

Student Accommodation

Fund manager weighs future of £750m student collection

Strategic review lined up that could lead to sale or recap

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
Politics

Trump’s tariffs: property stocks now above “liberation day” levels

As uncertainty reigns the outlook for real estate improves
Logistics

Abel’s Greykite and Croft’s Martley team up for UK multi-let industrial assault

Duo combine to build new €1bn platform
Residential

Blackstone agrees agenda-setting £225m single-family housing sale

Portfolio offload expected to be important marker for future deals
Finance

Citylife secures £20m funding package

Beckford Advisory lands first deal since debt and equity adviser launched in March
Occupier

Are occupiers upsizing or downsizing office space outside London?

Cushman research suggests relocations often lead to increase in office footprint

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
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

People

Blackstone’s new logistics platform names head of finance

Thomas Macziek moves to Proxity from Officefirst
Office

Hines seeks buyer for €65m Hamburg jewel

Domkaskaden office was US firm’s first investment in the city
Residential

Q+A: M&G – Reaching €1bn residential fund is “not the end, it’s a beginning”

Having committed all of its seed capital, European Living Property Fund is returning to fundraising, says Marcus Eilers
Office

€45m Hamburg office up for grabs

Patrizia has held the property since 2016

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
Office

Congested City skyline sparks uptick in landlord spats

Fenchurch Street and One Undershaft objections point to an increasingly complicated Square Mile
Politics

Confidence in Europe’s debt and capital markets expected to rise in H2

Cushman says CRE sector will weather impact of tariff uncertainty
Politics

Valuation Office Agency to become part of HMRC

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

Reboot, not reinvent: the future of office retrofits?

A successful building upgrade needs to be driven by what tenants want – and can afford
Why Bedfordshire should buckle up for an adrenaline ride

Universal Studio’s first European theme park will have a big impact on local real estate and infrastructure
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
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

Mileway appoints new chief executive

Change at the top for Blackstone-managed urban logistics giant
Former Carter Jonas exec Mulvey lands new role

Mulvey has more than 25 years experience in the property sector
Parsons takes the reins as GreenPoint creates £1bn business

Former Westfield exec appointed as chief executive officer
Workman names trio of equity partners

65 promotions made across wider business
Hollis makes senior promotions in UK and Spain

New roles form part of nearly 50 internal promotions
Nido names chief operating officer

Joanne Pollard joins CPP-backed student platform from Empiric

Corporate

Q+A: Ontario Teachers’ European head sets out its investment gameplan

Canadian giant on the hunt for direct deals, new local operating partners and weighing up new asset classes
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
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