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9 December 2025
Mind the sustainability gap: Huge threat of obsolescence increasing for regional offices
Large swathes of the UK's regional office markets are at risk of becoming economically obsolete unless a massive sustainability gap is closed, reports the British Council for Offices.
9 December 2025
Colliers welcomes back office agency expert in Birmingham
Colliers’ national offices team has hired Molly Cook to its team in Birmingham as an associate director, rejoining the firm from Bruntwood.
9 December 2025
Singapore's Mapletree lands one of Manchester's largest office lettings of 2025
Mapletree Investments has secured one of Manchester's largest office lettings of the year.
9 December 2025
Derwent London checks in regear for 162,000-square-foot Burberry HQ
Derwent London has regeared its lease with Burberry, the FTSE-100 British luxury brand, at Horseferry House SW1, extending the term for the 162,000-square-foot headquarters to 2043 and incorporating two new five-yearly fixed uplifts.
9 December 2025
Cybersecurity set to drive 3.3 million square feet of office demand by 2030
The UK office market could require 3.3 million square feet of additional cyber-ready office space by 2030 to meet demand created by the rapid expansion of the UK's cybersecurity sector, reports Savills.
9 December 2025
Evans Randall secures last land parcel for £500 million automotive research hub
Evans Randall Investors and automotive consultancy Horiba Mira, has completed the acquisition of a further 40 acres of development land to unlock the last phase of the £500 million North Site masterplan of Mira Tech Park.
9 December 2025
Has the UK office market’s flight to quality finally eased?
The much-discussed flight-to-quality trend has finally eased after net absorption turned positive for non-prime UK offices, defined as offices rated 4 stars or below by CoStar’s rating system. Preliminary results for 2025 suggest that the demand losses incurred in poorer-quality spaces may have turned into demand gains for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by improving demand and a growing shortage of premium-quality supply.
8 December 2025
Global Net Lease revs up McLaren Campus sale for £250 million
Global Net Lease has entered into an agreement to sell the McLaren Campus – a three-building, 840,000-square-foot property located in Woking in Surrey – for £250 million and a 7.4% net initial yield.
8 December 2025
Deka set to finance Hines's blockbuster Liverpool Street London acquisition
German bank DekaBank is in talks to provide finance to global real estate investment manager Hines backing its circa £185 million acquisition of the City of London's Worship Square offices.
8 December 2025
London's 147-million-square-foot of of out-of-date offices represent £84 billion economic opportunity
Changes to the planning system to enable the upgrade of central London’s offices could spark an £84 billion economic boost and unlock £262 billion in investment value, according to analysis by the London Property Alliance and Knight Frank.
8 December 2025
With the flexible workspace market at an inflexion point, what can operators and landlords expect in 2026?
London’s flexible workspace market is entering a defining chapter. After decades of rapid expansion to circa 7m sq. ft, and post-pandemic recalibration, the sector now sits at an inflexion point.
8 December 2025
Salvation Army sells former Southwark headquarters
Arada has exchanged contracts to buy 99-101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN.
8 December 2025
Henderson Park buys Lloyd's Register's to-be-vacated City HQ
Henderson Park, the international real estate investment manager, has agreed to buy 70 Fenchurch Street, EC3, from Lloyd’s Register Group.
8 December 2025
Consultation launches on first phase of 2-million-square-foot Manchester Airport campus
The partners behind plans for Mix Manchester, a 2-million-square-foot airport-based science, innovation and manufacturing campus have launched a six-week public consultation on the first phase.
8 December 2025
Edinburgh office leasing set for 17-year low
Edinburgh’s office market is set for its weakest year for take-up since 2008, reflecting a lack of suitable supply in the right locations and lingering caution among some types of occupiers over expanding.
8 December 2025
Webinar: UK commercial property year in review
CoStar last week hosted the webinar “Hindsight is 2025: Year in Review for UK Commercial Property”, where senior director of market analytics, Mark Stansfield, shared exclusive insights into the trends that shaped the UK commercial real estate market in 2025.
5 December 2025
Architect Frank Gehry remembered for buildings ‘that elevated the human spirit’
Architect Frank Gehry is remembered for an ability that won him worldwide acclaim for designing buildings that appear to defy gravity, with extreme curves and walls so steeply angled they seem to be falling over.
5 December 2025
Nuveen finalises £335 million 'Can of Ham' sale
Nuveen has sold the Can of Ham office building at 70 St Mary Axe in the City for around £335 million in a market moving sale for the capital, CoStar News understands.
5 December 2025
UK office occupancy hits new high as November records strongest figures yet
Office occupancy across the UK continued its upward trend through November, with Remit Consulting’s ReTurn study reporting a national average of 41.9% for the month.
5 December 2025
Developer CIT seeks funding partner for major London Bridge gateway site
Developer CIT is seeking a funding partner for its major office-led redevelopment plans for the Colechurch House site next to The Shard in London Bridge.

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