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Student Accommodation

Moda partners with private equity titan for £1bn+ student strategy

Duo targeting prime sites in London and university hubs across the UK

London

Nuveen withdraws Can of Ham sale after rejecting Blackstone bid

PE giant’s £322m bid knocked back by Nuveen’s investment committee

London

Notting Hill Gate Estate primed for £200m sale

Investors offered mixed-use West London development
London

Squarepoint agrees 400,000 sq ft London HQ prelet

Deal is largest office prelet in the capital for two years
Corporate

LSH confirms acquisition of majority stake in Ryden

Scottish-headquartered business currently has more than 120 staff
Corporate

Columbia Threadneedle buys Nuveen’s UK Property Fund

Fund merged into Threadneedle Property Unit Trust
Logistics

Bloom and TPG Angelo Gordon sign series of London industrial lettings at £40/sq ft

Lettings with five companies total 38,000 sq ft
Finance

Zenzic adds former DRC Savills originator for European lending push

John Bigley joins growing team that also includes Steve Swallow

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

Student Accommodation

Australian investor poised to enter European student market with company acquisition

Buyer has ambitions to build a pipeline with a net asset value of €500m
Hotels & Leisure

US firm finds buyer for €106m Paris designer hotel

138-room four-star hotel is in 6th arrondissement
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
Hotels & Leisure

Extendam puts €50m+ easyHotel Madrid up for sale

French investor offloaded easyHotel Málaga last year

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
Politics

Are planning reforms working?

Five graphs that show how the government’s strategy to “beat the blockers” is playing out
Logistics

Higher defence spending could be “game changer” for logistics

Surge in demand forecast but some markets will benefit more than others
Politics

Reeves claims housing victory in spring statement

Government within “touching distance” of 1.5m target as OBR confirms housing policy will add 0.4% to GDP

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
The headhunter’s guide: top investors must master the art of storytelling

Business leaders need to be compelling and engaging to attract capital

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
Allsop announces raft of promotions in London and Leeds

More than 20 colleagues have stepped up, including two new partners
Former Cushman veteran lands senior BNP Paribas Real Estate role

Nick Ridley named head of property management
JLL rejigs valuation team as Macken departs

Claire Macken returns to Ireland after 15 years at the firm

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
Corporate

Q+A: NBIM’s dynamic duo on Covent Garden, €660m student debut and swelling its $60bn portfolio

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund’s real estate heads for Continental Europe and UK discuss the $1.7tr investor’s dramatic return to the fray