Westminster City Council’s Cabinet has agreed to appoint Altius Real Estate, and its contractor partner Erith, as a delivery partner for Huguenot House, which is between Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus.
European real estate investment volumes are on course to €95 billion in the first half of the year, an 11% year-on-year increase, according to preliminary Savills figures.
A significant contrast appears to be emerging among Canada’s rental apartment markets as demand is affected by slowing immigration, looming trade tensions and a tightening job market.
Essential Living, the London-based property developer, investor and operator, has appointed CBRE to undertake a review of its build-to-rent business, sparking a sales process for three of its four assets.
Investment manager Tokoro Capital has secured a £27.35 million loan from real estate lender Leumi UK for a cluster-led student housing platform, with scope to increase the facility to £50 million in the future.
Rothesay, the UK's largest specialist pensions insurer, has agreed a £400 million eight-year investment facility secured against 23 Unite purpose-built student homes blocks.
Hines, the global real estate investor, developer and manager, has bought Solasta Riverside, a 324-home, 20-storey build-to-rent scheme in the heart of Glasgow.
Landmark Properties, a global real estate investment manager, has appointed Ioannis Verdelis as managing director of development and investment for its European operations.
Aviva Capital Partners and Moda Group have completed an investment deal with NatWest, Homes England and the West Midlands Combined Authority for an 1,000-home rental community in Digbeth, Birmingham.
Firma Partners and Precede Capital have jointly provided financing to Broad Street Real Estate to support the acquisition and development of Barclay House, an office-to-residential conversion in central Manchester’s Whitworth Street.
Henry Boot's property investment and development arm HBD has secured outline planning consent for phase one of Golden Valley, Cheltenham, an £1 billion government-backed cyber defence, AI and quantum technology-focused development.
Student numbers across Europe hit 21.7 million in 2022-23, according to JLL's European PBSA: Investing in the future report, a 15% jump in the last decade, and it’s no surprise that purpose-built student accommodation has become such a compelling investment story.