Singapore's Ho Bee Land woos Australia's Macquarie at City HQ
Major requirement ends with financial giant staying put at Ropemaker Place
Australian bank and investment group Macquarie has decided against a major relocation in the City of London or Canary Wharf, opting to keep its European headquarters at 25 Ropemake...
Advisers bidding for mega Metrocentre mall sale
The pitch comes as expectations grow of a bumper year for shopping centre sales
Agencies are pitching to advise on the sale of one of the UK's largest shopping centres, the Metrocentre in Gateshead.
YardNine recruits BNPPRE head of London development
Paul Nicholls joins London developer
YardNine has appointed Paul Nicholls as a director in its London-based development team.
RICS updates ESG and sustainability standard for commercial property valuation
New version applies globally
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has updated its global professional standard on ESG and sustainability in commercial property valuation.
Industrial continues to provide returns as rents rose 3% year-on-year in 2025
Colliers says a quarter of all UK investment was made in the industrial sector last year
Warehouse rents continued to provide returns during 2025, with the average rental growth in big-box units across the UK rising 3% year on year, according to Colliers’ Industrial Re...
Knight Frank launches CPPA Advisory platform
The move comes as government consults on clean energy drive
Knight Frank, the global property consultancy, has launched a Corporate Power Purchase Agreements Advisory Service, as its bolsters its offer in the renewable energy and infrastruc...
L&G appoints global co-heads of real assets
Tim Morris and Philipp Westermann of Proprium take on the roles
Legal & General has appointed Tim Morris and Philipp Westermann, co-managing partners of Proprium Capital Partners, as global co-heads of real assets.
British Land to buy Life Science REIT
Recommended offer values company at £150 million
British Land has agreed to buy Life Science REIT through a recommended cash and share offer that values each Life Science REIT share at approximately 42.8 pence and the company at ...
Sunrise splashes on 111,000-square-foot Park Royal industrial development opportunity
Ares sells site on prized London industrial location
Sunrise Real Estate has bought a self-contained freehold industrial site at 12 Waxlow Road, Park Royal, one of London’s most established and supply-constrained industrial locations...
Business rates slashed for pubs and live venues
Reforms also include review of how pubs are valued
The government has announced a major package of reforms on business rates for pubs, as well as licensing reforms.
Agents celebrate being picked for government's Crown Commercial Service property panel
It is one of of the most lucrative public sector property contracts
The government’s Crown Commercial Service has appointed property agents to its main real estate framework, the Estates Management Services 2 panel.
Frasers Property ties up with Re-defined for UK managed lease platform debut
Multiple buildings at Winnersh Triangle being offered in all-inclusive package
Frasers Property has introduced its first managed lease in the UK at Winnersh Triangle in Wokingham, Berkshire.
Apollo appoints Valor as asset manager on 2.5-million-square-foot European logistics portfolio
The portfolio includes assets in London, Manchester, Lyon and Marseille
US private equity giant Apollo has appointed Valor Real Estate Partners as asset manager for a 230,000-square-meter (2.48 million-square-foot) portfolio of infill logistics assets ...
Praxis and Veld secure Leumi refinancing of six-strong office portfolio
The duo bought the portfolio in 2022
Specialist real estate lender Leumi UK has provided a £39.1 million senior debt facility to a joint venture portfolio managed by Praxis Capital, a privately owned investor and mana...
Blackstone's Indurent secures prelets at Avonmouth hub
Two prelets secured totalling 94,000 square feet
Indurent, the Blackstone-owned developer, owner and operator of warehouse space across the UK, has agreed two significant prelet deals at Access 18 Avonmouth.
Office-to-industrial plans approved for Dell Bracknell site
Blue Coast Capital and Jansons targeting similar opportunities
Blue Coast Capital and Jansons Property have gained consent for a multi-unit logistics and industrial redevelopment of the former Dell offices headquarters in Bracknell.
Hong Kong investor offloads Berkeley Square offices for tidy profit
Prime Mayfair offices bought by family trust at a punchy price
Listed Hong Kong investor and developer Wing Tai has sold 35 Berkeley Square in London's Mayfair to real estate vehicle Berkeley Square Holdings.
Vail Williams recruits valuation specialist in Oxford
David Grove joins the adviser
Property consultancy Vail Williams has appointed a valuation specialist in Oxford. David Grove joins as an associate at the office, which opened two years ago as an extension of th...
Bidwells appoints Sam Potts to lead Oxford office
Potts has a decade's experience advising on Oxford's life sciences cluster
Bidwells has appointed Sam Potts as head of its Oxford office effective 1 January 2026.
Jeremy Bates to retire from Savills
Adviser has been key figure at firm for close to 40 years
Savills has today confirmed that Jeremy Bates has decided to step back from his executive responsibilities and will be retiring this summer after almost 38 years at the broker.