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Hotels & Leisure

£115m of hotel deals to liven up summer

LondonMetric is targeting a portfolio, while Axa IM has launched a major sale

London

Burberry’s global headquarters on the runway for £145m

Prime Westminster block let to British fashion house up for sale

Office

Outlook finally turns for Canary Wharf’s office market

HSBC deal adds to growing leasing momentum
Corporate

Assura shareholders give PHP offer the nod

PHP offer declared unconditional
Logistics

Oxenwood revamps 650,000 sq ft Midlands logistics sites

Agents instructed to seek new occupiers for Citadel 324 and OXW326
Finance

€120m Dublin hotel refinanced

Institutional lender surfaces to finance Holiday Inn
London

Thai Airways offloads Mayfair block

Private investor buys asset as part of £50m repositioning drive
London

HSBC agrees 210,000 sq ft Canary Wharf office move

Deal keeps banking giant in the Wharf for the longer term

Spotlight

Residential

Is BTR broke?

The short answer is yes – but some investors and developers still believe fortune will favour the brave
Logistics

Sheds market cools as occupiers are spoilt for choice

Empty stock has reached a 10-year high

Europe news

Student Accommodation

Macquarie takes aim at new student powerhouse

Double company deal to become acquisition and development drive
Sustainability

Investors wake up to climate risks

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

Standing assets form 72% of Q2 European resi investment

Transaction volume reaches €13.5bn, finds JLL
Retail

Valentino Paris flagship store up for €150m sale

Owner has increased rents significantly since acquiring the asset in 2018

More from UK & Ireland

People

Cited adds to growing team with RivingtonHark hire

Asset management director on board
Logistics

Panattoni buys £300m double site from delivery giant

Developer is working with Singaporean REIT on 1.5m sq ft logistics development opportunity
Logistics

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

Ongoing economic uncertainty increases occupier caution
Ireland

Blackstone to hand over Dublin office assets to lender

Cedar portfolio acquired by private equity firm prior to Covid
London

City investment manager lured to the West End

London-based firm with £17bn under management moves west

Leading real estate investment managers fall short on climate commitments

Just one manager reached all the standards set by NGO ShareAction
Ronan Group and Fortress seal €177m Dublin resi sale

Ardstone completes deal for prime development
Government mulls further overhaul of planning rules

Rachel Reeves has asked officials to draw up measures for another overhaul of UK planning rules
ABP strengthens Humber asset management team

Ben Wood and Stephen Robinson join the port operator
Development partner on board for Liverpool’s Festival Gardens

Liverpool City Council chooses Urban Splash and Igloo JV to deliver the proposed riverside scheme
Head of Derwent’s investment team steps down

Firm’s executive director Nigel George intends to retire after almost four decades with the business
Sirius grows UK portfolio with £101m acquisition

Ninth business park bought in 2025
Green light for Farringdon office redevelopment

Scheme will expand 19 Charterhouse Street to 85,000 sq ft
Rocco Forte and Emerald Pine team up for Europe and Middle East expansion

Partners will pursue repositioning and development opportunities in gateway cities
Council hoists for-sale sign over Northampton’s Guildhall extension

Vail Williams will lead the disposal of a 1990s office block off St Giles’ Street

Analysis

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
Politics

Why the original Labour yimby crossed the aisle

Chris Worrall discusses his defection to the Tories, the resurgence of Corbynistas and the rise and rise of Angela Rayner
Investment

UK real estate investment slips to two-year low

Asian and European finance dries up as UK institutions continue sales
Residential

Race against time to clear Gateway 3 obstructions

Government and developers rush to clean up process before first schemes reach completion

Opinion

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
The factors that make the EU a REIT good deal

Discounts, liquidity and wider economic uncertainty all mean Europe is ripe for a REIT renaissance

People

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
Former Patrizia exec joins Oryx Real Estate

Phil Irons appointed as strategic adviser at investment and asset manager

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