Grant Lonsdale

Padel operators have leased 1.2 million square feet of UK industrial space over the past 18 months, seven times the volume recorded during the previous 18-month period, as Britain’s fastest-growing ...

The time taken to sell UK commercial properties has risen to its highest level in more than four years as geopolitical uncertainty, financing constraints and ongoing price discovery slow ...

A slowdown in new investment listings indicates vendors are stepping back from bringing assets to market following the outbreak of the Iran conflict, interrupting what had been a strong start to 2026.

Scotland’s economy made a subdued start to 2026, with official data showing onshore gross domestic product growth of just 0.1% in the three months to March, leaving it trailing the UK’s 0.6% ...

Overseas investment into UK commercial property slowed sharply in the first quarter of 2026, as global investors grew more cautious amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty, a weaker US dollar and ...

Recent transactions point to how UK commercial property pricing is starting to settle, with industrial offering a clearer pricing floor than other sectors.

Despite availability reaching a multi-year high, UK industrial and logistics supply remains broadly aligned with occupier demand, with any excess supply limited in both geography and unit size.

Glasgow’s city centre office market recorded its strongest quarter for take-up in more than four years in the first quarter of 2026, with leasing activity reaching 230,000 square feet.

Scotland goes to the polls today, with market participants focused less on the vote itself and more on what it may represent.

CoStar this week held a Glasgow offices roundtable with senior figures from across the local market, as part of a wider programme of discussions aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of conditions ...

UK commercial property investment totalled £9.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026. This was less than half the volume recorded in last year’s exceptionally strong final quarter, when US investors ...

Office leasing momentum in the Hertfordshire cathedral city of St Albans has continued into the opening months of 2026, pushing annual take‑up to its highest level in recent history.

Big-box warehouse supply across the Midlands has begun to fall after peaking around the turn of the year, marking a turning point for market conditions in the UK’s logistics heartland.

After a subdued 18 months, office investment activity in Newcastle City Core is beginning to re‑emerge, driven by a combination of softer pricing, improving occupier market dynamics and evidence of ...

AI adoption, the 5G rollout and supportive government policy are pushing the UK into its fastest-ever phase of data centre construction, particularly across London and the South East.

The UK’s regional office markets entered 2026 with a supply-demand profile that looks markedly different from recent years. A slowdown in development, together with ageing stock being removed or ...

UK life sciences demand reached a new record in 2025, with laboratory leasing rising to its highest level in at least a decade. Nearly 960,000 square feet of lab space was acquired nationwide, driven ...

French real estate funds are expected to remain a meaningful source of capital for the UK market through 2026, building on the strong momentum seen last year when they deployed £1.1 billion, an 85% ...

Leicester’s position at the heart of the Golden Triangle has long underpinned its role as a key logistics hub, even as the market has navigated a period of rising vacancy and softer occupier demand. ...

This week, CoStar hosted the webinar “2026 regional office outlook: time to look beyond London?”, where regional office experts Grant Lonsdale and Giles Tebbitts, based in Glasgow and Manchester, ...