A year that began with high hopes for strong UK real estate activity had, by the time of the Mipim real estate conference in March, already become bogged down by concerns over global tariffs and economic uncertainty. It has only really began to show signs of sparking back into life after the government's much-delayed November Budget.
ICG has secured €120 million (£104.9 million) of financing from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation for its recent acquisition of a portfolio of 24 newly developed Lidl supermarkets, most of which are in the UK.
Bp pulse, the UK electric vehicle charging provider, has signed agreements with Columbia Threadneedle Real Estate that will see install charging at 14 retail parks across the UK.
Royal London Asset Management Property has completed the sale of Lower Precinct, the Coventry city shopping centre, to Sheet Anchor Evolve, a London-based private property investment and management company within the M Core group.
LondonMetric Property has sold £64.4 million of retail assets at a net initial yield of 4.98% and bought £26.2 million of warehousing at a net initial yield of 6.9%.
Lakeside Shopping Centre has signed Inditex brand Bershka to a 12,500-square-foot unit as the asset manager continues to revamp Essex’s super-regional retail and leisure destination.
Forecasts for commercial real estate suggest a cautiously optimistic outlook for 2026, as inflation eases and borrowing costs stabilise resulting in revised confidence across key sectors, according to research from Colliers.
The Scottish commercial property investment market ended 2025 strongly to take deals across the year to £1.602 billion, reports Lismore Real Estate Advisors.
A few days ago, the headquarters of Red Bull France officially changed hands: Immobel sold it to the Caisse nationale des barreaux français, CNBF, in yet another off-market transaction. At the helm? Avison Young France, no stranger to off-market deals.
Savills has raised its outlook for the average total return for the next five years for UK real estate in its 2026 cross-sector outlook to 7.8% a year from 7.4% a year in 2025.
P-Three, the retail, leisure and placemaking agency, has been appointed by The City of London Corporation to advise on the repurposing of the City’s Leadenhall Market, with the ambition of creating London’s leading dining destination.