French real estate firm promotes long-term UK chief
Thomas Vandecasteele becomes deputy chief executive manager of Groupe Legendre
French real estate developer and contractor Groupe Legendre has promoted Thomas Vandecasteele to deputy chief executive manager and member of its executive committee, Comex.
Real estate consultancy Pantera launches specialist asset valuation business
New hire Kevin Counihan to work alongside group founder Tom Snook
Real estate specialist Pantera Advisory Group has launched a specialist division serving the insolvency and lending markets.
BPF chief executive on Budget hopes; Blackstone hires former Sunak adviser; Hammerson names Ireland boss
Hires, promotions and other personnel changes in UK commercial real estate
BPF boss discusses the Budget on new CoStar podcast
Podcast: Melanie Leech on her Budget hopes and the upcoming British Property Federation merger
CoStar launches Top CREdentials, a regular podcast asking leading real estate figures about their career journeys and industry insights
Melanie Leech, the chief executive of the British Property Federation, is the first guest on Top CREdentials, CoStar News UK's monthly podcast series focusing on the careers and in...
Prologis furnishes retailer with 194,000-square-foot Milton Keynes facility
Occupier doubles space at Marston Green scheme after unit refurb
Prologis has let the whole of a refurbished big-box unit on the outskirts of Milton Keynes to a leading national retailer.
CBRE shuffles UK regional leadership team
Agency appoints new heads of office in Edinburgh, Leeds and Liverpool
CBRE has named new leaders across its offices in Edinburgh, Leeds and Liverpool, effective 1 January.
Cambridge-based investor recruits group property director
Andy Creighton has worked for the likes of Aberdeen and Henderson Global Investors
Regional property investment and development business Howard Group has hired Andy Creighton as group property director.
LondonMetric spends £51 million on portfolio of airport properties
Assets include a UPS-let shed in the East Midlands and 365-bed Manchester hotel
LondonMetric Property has completed a £51.1 million portfolio acquisition comprising a UPS-let logistics warehouse at East Midlands airport and a hotel at Manchester airport.
IM Properties secures 600,000-square-foot deal at Mercia Park expansion
DSV has an existing flagship facility at wider scheme in Leicestershire
IM Properties is set to sign DSV to a 600,000-square-foot facility at its proposed Mercia Park expansion, becoming the first firm to commit to the development and increasing its ex...
'Exceptional' Edinburgh hotel usage drives investment deals
Sector is top performer for investment in the city ahead of offices
"Exceptional" occupancy rates at Edinburgh hotels have helped the asset class become the Scottish capital's top-performing sector ahead of offices, analysis by Knight Frank shows.
Ramboll engineers larger offices at RLAM scheme in Bristol
Firm expands footprint as it targets 100-plus staff in the city
Global architecture, engineering and consultancy company Ramboll has increased its footprint in the centre of Bristol at Royal London Asset Management's The Distillery offices.
Berkeley appoints delivery partner at 4 million-square-foot Milton Keynes logistics project
Stoford to work across 200-acre site next to M1
Berkeley Group has appointed Stoford as its development manager to lead the delivery of MK East, a prime logistics development site off Junction 14 of the southern M1 motorway near...
Flexible office operators urge reversal of 'unfair tax grab'
Firms argue VOA's single hereditament change jeopardises the future of workspaces
(Updated on 17 November 2025 to add VOA comment)
Columbia Threadneedle launches US dollar-based real estate equities fund
Strategy will 'exploit valuation inefficiencies' across global listed property markets
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS sub-fund that will look to "exploit valuation inefficiencies across global listed property markets".
Edmond de Rothschild forms private markets distribution team
Robbert Zoet leading five-member team
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has launched a private markets distribution team in a bid to deepen its institutional investor relationships globally.
L&G and Verdion buy site for £30 million urban logistics development
Greenwich purchase is the first partnership between the companies
Pan-European logistics real estate specialist Verdion and L&G’s Industrial Property Investment Fund have bought an urban logistics development site in the West Thamesmead Opportuni...
London submarkets named in top 10 'most attractive' global business districts report
Asian and European districts occupy four spots each in the top 10
Two London submarkets have been named in the top 10 most attractive global business districts, according to research from the Urban Land Institute and professional services firm EY...
Blackstone hires adviser to former UK Prime Minister
Franck Petitgas becomes European vice chairman
Blackstone has hired a former business adviser to a British prime minister and a Morgan Stanley veteran to bolster its European leadership team.
Government-let Birmingham office hits market for £25 million
Sale comes after 100,000 square feet of lease renewals
Ardstone Capital has put Victoria Square House, a 152,439-square-foot central Birmingham office next to Federated Hermes' £1.2 billion mixed-use Paradise development, up for sale.
Toymaker Mattel's Potters Bar factory put in play for £12.75 million
Hertfordshire site spans 2.6 acres
A four-storey building in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, originally developed as Mattel’s toy factory has been put on the block as part of a two-property sales launch for £12.75 milli...