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Retail

£150m Edinburgh mall and resi scheme in play

JLL is handling the sale

London

Developers hunt for £400m Shaftesbury Avenue partner

Proposal gives 250,000 sq ft office scheme a site value of £180m

Retail

Fresh visions for London’s shopping streets inspire development bonanza

New Regent Street and Oxford Street plans could create a boom – if politics doesn’t get in the way
Opinion

Oxford Street: power, planning and the politics of change

The mayor’s new development corporation brings decades of ambition and political drama to a head
Corporate

Q+A: Mitsubishi Estate on aiming big with international expansion

Junji Inagawa discusses the firm’s global real estate investment management strategy following Patron Capital deal
Residential

Barratt site at centre of safety controversy put up for sale

Housebuilder forced to take massive hit on London site after demolishing previous building due to safety issues
Corporate

Savills eyes more large deals in second half

Chief executive Mark Ridley says transactional pipeline has strengthened after slow second quarter
London

UK investor in for £200m Landsec Southwark scheme

REIT agrees latest London office divestment

Spotlight

Opinion

Shah on property: the muddy outlook for the cost of money

A weak economy and sticky inflation mean rates are in no-man’s land
Retail

Institutions make retail return as recovery gathers pace

Shopping centres are back on the radar as retail parks become mainstream again

Europe news

Office

Edge takes reins at €130m Berlin office development

Dutch developer commissioned to complete Equalizer by early 2026
Logistics

€30m Daimler warehouse up for grabs

Site is at the Port of Stuttgart
Sustainability

Inconsistencies revealed in EPC standards across Europe

Savills advises investors and occupiers to interrogate underlying data
Residential

Adia and Greystar on verge of €300m Dutch sale

Modern residential portfolio has been carved up

More from UK & Ireland

Retail

Mango expands at one of UK’s biggest shopping malls

European fashion giant to open a 7,104 sq ft outlet at Basingstoke’s Festival Place
Regeneration

New vision moves forward for long-awaited Altair site

Savills to lead development brief for south Manchester scheme
London

£800m City scheme next up in Landsec summer sell-off

Next cab off the rank in REIT’s £2bn office unwind
Regeneration

Council fires starting gun on 2,300-home regen opportunity

Development partner will be appointed to deliver mixed-use masterplan
Student Accommodation

GSA pauses €500m Irish student sale

Rent control ambiguity became an issue as the high-profile sale progressed

Canary Wharf’s office values edge up

Increase in three months to end of June comes after 11 quarters of flat or falling figures
Ex-Tesla trio bags £60m for EV charging real estate platform

Hubber aims to establish a new institutional real estate asset class: high-powered urban charging hubs
Office take-up hits three-year high

Around 20.3m sq ft of take-up recorded in Q2 2025, says CBRE
Firms take 35,000 sq ft at Spitalfields office

Four companies have relocated to Devonshire Square
Vistry acquires Staffordshire site for resi scheme

Former Rugeley Power Station site offloaded by Engie
Workspace Group’s finance chief to step down

Dave Benson has served as CFO for five years
Avison Young adds director to North West industrial team

Julien Kenny-Levick joins from Roger Hannah
Savills revenue up despite slowing transactions in Q2

Facilities management and consultancy arms support group after tariffs slowdown
Unite and Empiric boards agree terms for takeover

Directors recommend cash and share offer for company valuing it at £723m
Future of 300 shops in doubt as Claire’s enters administration

Interpath appointed a week after US arm files for bankruptcy

Analysis

Sustainability

Investors wake up to climate risks

Focus intensifies on protecting investments from flood, fire and storm damage
Logistics

Multi-let take-up tapers off – but limited development delivers prime rental growth

Ongoing economic uncertainty increases occupier caution
Logistics

Sheds market cools as occupiers are spoilt for choice

Empty stock has reached a 10-year high
Corporate

Singapore’s CapitaLand on the search for European M&A opportunities

Credit, digitalisation and living themes high up on the hit list
Opinion

Shah on property: the concertina pattern of advisory M&A

Acquisitions of boutiques by big players is part of the business life cycle

Opinion

Auction investors stock up on retail assets

Recovery in retail sales is a key trend from the auction market
Why the office sector has nothing to fear from AI

The workplace has always been a place of innovation
Trump, Fink and the case for UK real estate

The UK has reason to be quietly confident about the years ahead
Why leaving a PLC for an SME housebuilder has been eye-opening

Former Berkeley executive Sean Ellis reflects on running a small housebuilder in Kent
Asian capital in the UK: from fleeting trend to structural shift

From Tokyo to Taipei, the appetite for UK real estate is growing

People

Cited adds to growing team with RivingtonHark hire

Asset management director on board
P3 Logistics Parks begins CEO transition process

Current chief executive Frank Pörschke will step down in H2 2026
Flex office agency floated for sale

Deloitte is running disposal process for brokering firm
BNP Paribas Real Estate poaches rating heavyweight

Bruce Wilson joins from Montagu Evans
King Street grows European team with senior hires

New London-based appointment joins former Brookfield and Starwood execs
Brookfield honcho to join new logistics firm RN3 Partners

London-based executive takes on new challenge with Marius Barnett

Residential

Q+A: Schroders on plans for “organic and inorganic growth” across residential

Kieran Farrelly, global real estate CIO, discusses firm’s living strategy in UK and Europe
Corporate

Five questions for Dalata’s chief on Pandox and Eiendomsspar’s new offer

Dermot Crowley on why the board is recommending the offer to shareholders
Fundraising

Q+A: Octopus’ Ed Clough on the firm’s first European steps

Head of real estate discusses new fundraising strategies and growth across Spain and the UK