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Hotels & Leisure

Private equity firm launches £2bn hotels recap

Giant collection of UK Hiltons in play

Corporate

Sticky income shields agencies from the worst of trade wars

Agency shares have recovered since “liberation day” as bosses consider the ideal revenue mix

Corporate

Puma agrees 25% sale of lending arm to US private equity firm

Puma Property Finance deal enables expansion of loan size and launch of first discretionary institutional debt fund
Retail

Frasers adds Scottish retail park to expanding portfolio

Retailer has acquired an asset in Inverness
Development

Q+A: Mitsui Fudosan’s UK head on £1.1bn British Library project, new sectors and the rise of Japanese investment

Takeshi Iwama eyes life sciences growth and potential expansion in residential and logistics
Opinion

Can tall buildings still be a towering success?

The desire is there – but a lack of public sector resource is holding up development
Office

Carter Jonas poaches LSH’s head of transactions

Experienced figure switching agencies
Office

GPE confirms 62,500 sq ft Duke Street prelet to CD&R

Investment firm signs 15-year lease with no break to take all 30 Duke Street’s office space

Office

Q+A: Iput chief on fundraising, Dublin’s global appeal and ramping up its flex brand

Niall Gaffney on the Irish property company’s plan to double the footprint of its flexible office platform
Opinion

Space junk in the REITverse: why consolidation is no longer optional

LondonMetric’s Urban Logistics deal reflects growing momentum behind REIT mergers

Investment

Global capital predicted to shift to European real estate

International investors at Frankfurt conference confident on market prospects
People

CBRE Germany appoints co-head of residential investment

Sebastian Schütte to lead team alongside Konstantin Lüttger
Office

€170m Prague portfolio launched for sale

Hotel, event hall and two offices up for grabs
Office

Bidders circle €300m Düsseldorf steel tower

BNP Paribas Real Estate marketing listed office

Politics

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

As uncertainty reigns the outlook for real estate improves
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
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
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
Office

Congested City skyline sparks uptick in landlord spats

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

Industrial assets: a critical piece of the business transformation puzzle

Tackling the complexities of industrial portfolios can deliver widespread results
Why European logistics real estate is poised to perform

Sector fundamentals suggest the asset class will decouple from the economy and continue its upwards climb
How can we create a sustainable future for data centres?

Big data comes at a cost – but there are innovative ways to reduce consumption, house staff and make centres look good
Why the demise of the small developer could spell big trouble

SMEs contribute more to housebuilding than most realise
Shah on property: yet more evidence of the holes in the EPC regime

Start-up chaired by King’s Cross veteran finds 35% overstatement of retrofitting costs

Grosvenor hires origination director as lending focus widens

James Conolly joins from Topland
Hanover Green poaches Colliers’ London leasing co-heads

Duo will join agency firm as equity partners
Logistics specialists launch new consultancy

Box4 Real Estate to focus on Midlands and North West
Immo’s chief growth officer departs

Former Round Hill head of capital markets had joined residential specialist in London in 2023
Hanover Green promotes duo to partners

Guy Harris elevated to equity partner and Andy Tucker to salaried partner
PBB parts company with UK origination head

Michael Kenney leaves German bank after 25 years

Corporate

Q+A: Newmark’s plan to dominate capital markets, debt and structured finance in Europe

UK heads Michael Lehrman and John Rodgers discuss the European business
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