Investec-Rathbones and Commerzbank commit to mega-City headquarters
Commitment is one of largest in London this year
The combined Investec Bank and Rathbones wealth management business, and Commerzbank, have regeared the long-term lease on more than 300,000 square feet of offices at 30 Gresham St...
London and South East industrial looking for better take-up in second half of year
SHW says decision-makers have been on pause in first half
The year-to-date has continued to be challenging for occupiers and landlords in Greater London and the South East as global uncertainty and economic difficulties have held back occ...
Oxford Street former BHS redevelopment plans lodged
Nearly 1 million-square-foot makeover is office-led but has huge retail share as vacancy drops to 0.5%
Berkeley Estate Asset Management and architects Kohn Pedersen Fox have submitted a planning application to redevelop 33 Cavendish Square on London's Oxford Street into a close to 1...
Kier gets under way on Bognor Trade City development
Developing 204,000-square-foot hub
Kier Property has started speculative development of a 204,933-square-foot Trade City and Logistics City hub on the Saltbox Business Park in Bognor Regis.
Royal Mail delivers up first major site sale since takeover by Czech billionaire
Savills says London delivery office could be developed as major science and innovation hub
Royal Mail, the UK postal service, has appointed Savills to sell 1 Barnby, a delivery office in London's Camden, for redevelopment, potentially as a landmark innovation and science...
Claire's UK and Ireland prepares to file for administration
Retailer has 280 stores in the UK and Ireland
Claire's Accessories UK, the under-pressure operator of 280 stores across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
European office take-up lifts in first half of year
Corporate return-to-office mandates helping
European office take up increased by 8% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, reports Savills.
NewRiver plans £36 million share buyback
Growthpoint is planning to sell out of NewRiver after Capital & Regional disposal
UK neighbourhood-retail focused real estate investment trust NewRiver is launching a secondary share placing to buy most of the shares Growthpoint Properties is selling.
Groupon commits to flex space at London's Aldgate Tower
E-commerce group has been streamlining real estate operations
Groupon has signed for 6,500 square feet of flex office space at Aldgate Tower in London.
Latest business rates figures point to 'tsunami' of appeals in next seven months
Colliers predicts businesses will flood the appeals process as end of 2023 list approaches in March
Latest figures announced by the government reveal that the business rates appeal system known as Check Challenge Appeal is storing up “a tsunami” of appeals over the next seven mon...
British Land adds flurry of tenants at Euston campus
Biotech business is doubling space at Regent's Place
Biotech business Relation has doubling its space at British Land's Regent’s Place in Euston. The real estate investment trust has also signed nine new occupiers at its adjacent Dru...
WP Carey buys Morrisons supermarket duo for £51 million
Loughborough and Ilkeston stores take group's UK Morrisons portfolio to four
WP Carey, the sale-and-leaseback-focused REIT, has bought two Morrisons supermarkets and associated petrol stations for £51 million.
Assura shareholders back PHP revised bid
PHP's £1.79 billion takeover offer declared unconditional
Assura shareholder backing for Primary Health Properties's revised takeover bid has reached an acceptance level of 62.93% meaning the offer has been declared unconditional.
NewRiver secures duo at Milton Keynes mall
Søstrene Grene and Hollister commit
NewRiver has signed two retailers for Midsummer Place, the Milton Keynes shopping centre.
Hines eyes up to £200 million sale of Oxford Street retail and office landmark
Abercrombie & Fitch London flagship set to change hands
Hines is in talks to sell The Burlian, its landmark retail and office development straddling London's Oxford Street and Bond Street for close to £200 million or a 3.75% net initial...
Derwent set to lodge plans for Brixton office tower-to-hotel scheme
Site is rare development away from Derwent's central London stomping ground
Derwent London will shortly lodge plans to turn Blue Star House, an 86,100-square-foot landmark office tower in Brixton, into a 341-room hotel with coworking offices.
National retailers returning to South East high streets
SHW says rental levels are stabilising too
The South East retail market is showing strong signs of more national, as well as independent, retailers coming back to pitches, according to SHW’s Q3 2025 Retail Focus.
Burberry checks in £145 million Westminster headquarters sale
Derwent London has been pursuing strategic disposals
Derwent London has appointed CBRE to sell Horseferry House, fashion group Burberry's headquarters on Horseferry Road in Westminster, seeking £145 million or a circa 6% yield.
Joint venture picked for Liverpool Festival Gardens site
Site is one of largest urban regeneration opportunities in the North of England
Liverpool City Council has chosen a joint venture company, led by Urban Splash and Igloo Regeneration, for its Liverpool Festival Gardens site following a procurement process launc...
Orchard Street completes multilet industrial estate acquisition for new fund
Marchmont and Pictet sell Taurus Park
Orchard Street Investment Management, acting on behalf of a pension fund, has bought Taurus Park, a multilet industrial estate in Warrington, from Pictet Alternative Advisors and M...