Private credit funds raised £21 billion this year amid commercial lending shift
Non-bank lenders fill financing gaps as traditional banks retreat, but analysts warn of heightened market risks
Private credit funds have raised £21 billion in the first half of 2025 for commercial real estate investments, accelerating a trend that has seen these non-bank lenders emerge as m...
Clipstone Industrial REIT is negotiating sale of entire property portfolio
Sixth Street Partners said to be eyeing £328.8 million portfolio
London-based Clipstone Industrial REIT has confirmed it is negotiating the sale of its entire property portfolio.
Regional office markets show resilience despite headwinds
Scottish cities drive growth as Big Six markets outperform five-year average
Britain's major regional office markets delivered strong performance in the first half of 2025. The Big Six cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester ...
European and UK CMBS market shows strong recovery in 2025
UK logistics sector leads market revival
The UK and European commercial mortgage-backed securities market has sailed past the 2023 and 2024 aggregate total in the first half of 2025, with UK logistics properties emerging ...
Cain International lands industrial tenant for 42% of space at Sherburn42
Sika UK lets 280,000 square feet in North Yorkshire
Sika UK has taken space at Sherburn42 industrial park in north Yorkshire following the signing of a new lease.
Accenture takes 9,000 square feet at Birmingham's Cornerblock Building
Cornerblock nearly full as professional services firm joins Colmore Business District
Accenture, a global professional services firm, has chosen Bruntwood SciTech’s Cornerblock in Birmingham’s Colmore Business District for its newest UK office, taking 9,000 square f...
Custodian REIT launches a £5 million share buyback programme after favourable property sales
London-listed property investment trust says current share price 'materially undervalues' company
Custodian Property Income REIT announced plans to launch a £5 million share buyback programme, citing successful property disposals and an undervalued share price as key drivers be...
Single-borrower loans bolster CMBS market
The deal type has accounted for nearly 60% of offerings this year
Commercial mortgage-backed deal volume surged in the first half of the year, even as interest rates have held near recent highs.
New £227.3 million CMBS fuels GoldenTree's UK industrial growth
Bank of America refinancing acquisition of Abrdn Property portfolio
Bank of America has launched a £227.3 million commercial mortgage-backed securitisation collateralised by a portfolio of principally industrial properties in England and Scotland o...
AustralianSuper boosts London presence with big King's Cross expansion
Despite market slowdown, King's Cross scores another win following a record deal in March
Superannuation fund AustralianSuper has extended and expanded its presence at 2 Pancras Square, in which it is majority shareholder.
Metrocentre unveils retail boost with Superdrug size increase and Danish brand debut
Health and beauty store expands and Sostrene Grene signs
Metrocentre, one of the UK's leading super-regional shopping destinations, is set to enhance its retail offering with a major expansion for health and beauty giant Superdrug and th...
Pacific Oak sells Atlanta-area office complex at steep discount
REIT seeks strategic property deals to reduce debt
A Pacific Oak Capital Advisors fund has sold a three-building office park in an Atlanta suburb for about 60% of what it paid six years ago.
Tokyo’s NTT seeds new data center REIT with US properties
Firm raises $1 billion to buy three assets in California, one in Northern Virginia
Tokyo-based telecommunications and information technology services company NTT has spun off six of its data centers, including four in the United States, to a new Singapore-based r...
Federal Realty buys two open-air Kansas shopping centers, sells pair of LA properties
Washington Prime sold the suburban Kansas City properties as it winds down its business
Federal Realty Investment Trust is shaking up its portfolio after acquiring two centers in the heartland of the country from one-time competitor Washington Prime Group, in addition...
S2 Capital raises $373 million for distressed multifamily fund
Money has helped finance 14 investments, with more to come
S2 Capital held the final closing of S2 Real Estate Fund II with total capital commitments of $373 million, more than doubling the amount raised for its first such fund.
Canada’s Agellan turns to US CMBS market for industrial portfolio refinance
Wells Fargo to originate US$350 million in debt
Toronto-based real estate investment trust Agellan Commercial has turned to the U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities market once again to refinance a substantial portion of i...
Owners seek extensions for Northern Virginia office loans; Miami office building nears bankruptcy sale; Atlanta hotel owner defaults
A weekly look at the commercial mortgage-backed securities business
This week’s column examines loan extensions sought for an office complex in Northern Virginia, a Miami building heading for a bankruptcy sale, and a default on an Atlanta hotel. Re...
Dealmakers, with billions to spend on real estate, grow optimistic for rest of 2025
Momentum could return to market soon with emerging opportunities, industry pros say
Optimism is said to be growing for the deployment of hundreds of billions in capital into North American commercial real estate in the second half of 2025 as sentiment builds from ...
Commercial property pros focus on incentives in sweeping federal tax and funding law
Newly signed measure said to hold some positives for industry, driven by tax incentives
Commercial real estate professionals expect the sweeping $4.5 trillion federal tax and funding bill signed into law by President Donald Trump to have some positive effects on the p...
EQT expands industrial fund’s holdings to West Coast
Firm buys into market serving Port of Oakland
EQT Real Estate has acquired a 2-million-square-foot portfolio of logistics facilities in Manteca, California, within the Stockton and Modesto industrial markets.