Retail Reflections: Christmas trading results reveal some resilience amid ongoing caution
CoStar News collates sector sentiment on 2025's 'Golden Quarter'
Shoppers were pounding the pavement and plugging in their PCs to fill their shopping carts last year, as statistics show a tentative turnaround in sales volumes despite a decline i...
Penta Real Estate lands in the UK, targeting £600 million drive
Funds set aside for deployment in 2026 include 30% to 40% equity
Penta Real Estate, the property arm of Czech Republic-headquartered Penta Investments, has “a war chest” of up to £600 million in debt and equity for deployment as it looks to buil...
Wingstop lands at Cribbs Causeway
Texan food chain signs 15-year lease for South West restaurant
M&G Real Estate has leased a 4,500 square foot unit at Cribbs Venue to Wingstop UKI, as the brand aims to capitalise on the mall’s increasing Gen Z presence.
Avison Young appoints head of debt advisory
Richard Day to be based in London headquarters
Avison Young, the global commercial real estate adviser, has appointed Richard Day as head of debt advisory in its UK capital markets team.
Belcor premiers capital markets division
Nick Kelliher appointed to run new service line
Belcor, the specialist City Fringe office and retail agency, has launched a capital markets division, with Nick Kelliher appointed to run the service line.
Edikted fashions European debut on Carnaby Street
Shaftesbury Capital leases to US fashion brand for first international store
Shaftesbury Capital has let a shop on its Carnaby Street estate to US fashion brand Edikted for its first internatioanl store.
Leases signed at King’s Cross for two office headquarters
Occupiers take 26,800 square feet at 2 Pancras Square
The King’s Cross Group has secured two occupiers for a total of 26,800 square feet at offices at 2 Pancras Square.
Redical signs Alo at Victoria Leeds
Premium fashion and lifestyle brand to open its second UK regional location
Redical has signed to lease space at Victoria Leeds to Alo, the premium fashion lifestyle brand known for its athleisure clothing.
Grosvenor records 98% occupancy in London spurred by retail take-up in 2025
Retail occupancy hit over 95%, with 96 leases signed including leisure
Grosvenor’s UK property business has recorded end-of-year occupancy levels of 98% across its retail, office and residential portfolio in Mayfair and Belgravia in 2025, driven by st...
Housing Growth Partnership joint venture to deliver Cornwall residential scheme
Deal comprises £2.5 million equity from HGP and £20 million loan from Pluto Finance
Housing Growth Partnership (HGP), the Lloyds Banking Group and Homes England backed equity investor in the UK Living sector, has invested £2.5 million of capital into the developme...
Canada Life Asset Management funds £129 million refinance of Salford Build-to-Rent scheme
It replaces an existing debt facility for Colliers Yard, a 50-storey 559 apartment site
Canada Life Asset Management has provided a £129 million fixed rate loan to Cortland, a real estate investment, development and management company, for the refinancing of a debt fa...
Grainger and Places for London joint venture forward funds West London Built-to-Rent scheme
Development includes 195 homes plus commercial space
Connected Living London (CLL), the joint venture between Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, and Places for London, has forward funded and acquired a Build-to-R...
Flo Health expands St Katharine Docks office HQ
Women’s heath app signs 10-year lease on near triple original footprint
Flo Health has signed a lease to take 17,024 square feet of office space at International House in London’s St Katharine Docks for its London headquarters.
Wigan crowned as fastest-moving residential property market in fourth quarter
OnTheMarket data tracks speed of sale and rental markets in the UK
Wigan has emerged as the fastest-moving market across sales and rentals in the UK in the fourth quarter 2025, climbing six places from the third quarter, according to OnTheMarket’s...
Next nabs Russell & Bromley brand and key stores
Three shops to be maintained with remainder under review
High street retail giant Next has nabbed the Russell & Bromley brand and all of its assets following a successful bid for the footwear retailer, according to a statement from admin...
Development loan secured for first coliving scheme in City of London
Hub and Bridges land £78.1 million financing from Firma Partners
Hub and Bridges have landed £78.1 million in development financing from Firma Partners for the first coliving scheme in the City of London.
Single family housing overtakes multifamily with £2.4 billion invested in 2025
Subsector makes up 55% of total investment, says Knight Frank
Single family housing has accounted for 55% of total annual investment into the living sector in 2025, overtaking multifamily housing for the first time, research from Knight Frank...
Blend Family set to open food hall at Nottingham’s Victoria Centre
Independent entrepreneurs being asked to apply to line-up
Blend Family, an independent hospitality business founded and run by a husband-and-wife team, is to open a site at the Victoria Centre, Nottingham.
Pluto Finance closes first financing through £2 billion BREDS partnership
The facility comprises a €35 million senior loan for an Irish living acquisition
Pluto Finance, a specialist pan-European real estate lender, has deployed a €35 million senior facility to finance a living sector acquisition in Dublin for N&W Capital, a Dutch fa...
Zenzic Capital and Jensco buy 125 Vistry homes
Deal marks launch of UK single-family rental platform
Zenzic Capital, a real estate credit and special situations investment firm and Jensco Group, a real estate investment firm focused on the UK living sectors, have forward-funded 12...