Prideview principal Nilesh Patel has challenged more property firms to take part in the group's annual charity cricket competition after raising just under £250,000 across 12 years. Real estate professionals and former international cricket stars rubbed shoulders at the Prideview Cricket Cup in London earlier this month, with participants helping to raise more than £40,000 for One Kind, a charitable organisation that works to improve the lives of people suffering from poverty of health and education around the world, on the day.

Major Estates Harrow finished victorious at the 6-a-side tournament with the help of former England international bowler Saj Mahmood, beating event newcomers Spector Constant & Williams at a sunny Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood, Hillingdon. Other sporting stars, such as former England batsman Owais Shah and South Africa cricket coach Herschelle Gibbs, formed part of the other teams taking part in the contest, with Allsop, Vail Williams, REIM Capital and Pitchside all involved.

Patel challenged other property-related businesses to take part in next's years competition in an interview with CoStar News. He said: "Obviously, this is a bit of fun, but you can gain a lot from cricket as a sport. There are many top business people who play, but don’t have enough time to get on the pitch. We’ve been saying for a number of years that we would like some of the larger firms to get involved and support because there are sponsorship opportunities and it’s a great day above all."

Claire Barber will take over as CEO of SGS Group, the vehicle that took control of four large UK shopping and leisure destinations after the collapse of shopping centre group Intu, from the end of September. She joins from FTSE-100 student accommodation developer Unite Group, where she was group asset management director. In that role she was responsible for setting the asset management and investment strategy for the portfolio, valued at circa £8.5 billion. Prior to Unite, Barber spent three years as director of asset management at Cadogan Estates and 13 years as head of retail asset management at British Land. Her appointment comes after SGS Group’s recapitalisation earlier this year.

Hilco Real Estate Finance, the specialist real estate lender, has appointed Duncan Pearson as senior business development consultant. Pearson has 26 years of European real estate industry experience, in a career which has been focused on both equity investing and debt structures throughout the full capital stack, asset management, property recoveries and restructuring. He is a former executive director at PGIM Real Estate in London and led origination for the firm’s various real estate investment strategies. Pearson has also worked at Mitre Capital Partners (Santander), ING, KBC, AIBC, Berlinhyp and Currie & Brown.

Senior real estate figures Fabian Klein and Peter Schreppel are leaving CBRE Germany after more than two decades, with Kai Mende set to take over management of the capital markets team on an interim basis. Both will step down from their roles managing business operations at the end of July, but continue to provide consultancy to the company until January 2025 to ensure a "smooth transition". Klein started in 2002 as managing director and head of investment for Germany and built up the capital markets division.

Schreppel also joined in 2022 and was appointed German chief executive in 2011, before returning to his previous role in 2016. More recently he served as interim CEO from December 2023 to April 2024, in addition to his other role. Mende, CEO of CBRE’s advisory services business in Germany and city lead of Berlin, has more than 25 years' experience in the capital markets sector and will fulfil the interim role alongside his existing responsibilities.

Dalata Hotel, "Ireland's largest hotel operator", has made Kathrin Jung-Reinhard head of development strategy for Northern Europe. The company said the appointment of Jung-Reinhard, who has previously held senior roles with CBRE Germany and Deka, "underscores [its] ambition to expand its portfolio into continental Europe". She most recently served as head of real estate portfolio management at Universal Investment, an investment fund company headquartered in Frankfurt, managing over €35 billion (£29.49 billion) in real estate assets. Dalata said Jung-Reinhard's "deep knowledge of the European hotel market" will support the group’s strategic growth.

Legal & General has appointed Toby Creamer as head of European transactions in its real estate team. Creamer joins the London-based team in a newly created role and will support the firm in "sourcing and executing real estate transactions in mainland Europe". He has 13 years' experience in European and UK real estate and joins from CBRE Investment Management, where he was a portfolio manager of a €4 billion (£3.37 billion) fund. L&G said he will focus on growing its European real estate investment capabilities by sourcing, creating and executing long income transactions and other strategies, particularly in Western Europe. Creamer will report to Gordon Aitchison, head of transactions.