UK & Ireland Homepage

London

Hong Kong developer eyes £200m City office offload

Investor prepares sale of 1.1m sq ft tower project

Finance

Valor and QuadReal refinance £400m+ London platform

Fresh finance injected into urban logistics portfolio

Life sciences

Developer shelves sale of £200m Cambridge labs project

Issues in the US had led to a potential switch of development partners
Residential

L&G puts Brighton’s first build-to-rent scheme on the market for £90m

209-home asset will test demand for supply-constrained southern market
Retail

French fund expands UK holdings with first retail park deal

Acquisition debut for investor Sofidy
Corporate

Goldman investment banking veteran departs

Managing director leaves after almost 20 years with firm
Office

Congested City skyline sparks uptick in landlord spats

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

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

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

People

Realstar to appoint Hoffman as CEO

He will assume the new role on May 5 after heading up U.S. operations for Oxford Properties
Hotels & Leisure

Five questions for JLL’s EMEA hotels managing director

Stefan Giesemann on why hospitality investors should be taking a good look at Germany
Logistics

Tishman to enter French logistics market with €32m acquisition

US investor in talks to buy remaining asset in Acti-Hall portfolio
People

Richard Johnson joins Packaged Living board

The living developer plans to push into European markets

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
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

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
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

Knight Frank swoops for senior Allsop pair

Two partners join the team in Leeds
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

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
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