Top sales and leases recognised in UK
Final quarter sees resurgent UK transactional activity
The final quarter of 2024 was a busy one for UK commercial real estate investment and leasing, as it so often is, and the stand-out transactions recognised in CoStar's Quarterly Ag...
Leftfield buys Wakefield logistics park for £32 million
BGO has sold Prism Park
Leftfield has completed the acquisition of Prism Park, a distribution logistics park in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, from BGO for £32 million.
Retail and leisure agency star duo toasts 30-year property 'marriage'
In time for Valentine's Day, Nick Symons and David Justice reflect on three decades as business partners
FMX Urban Property Advisers’ Nick Symons and David Justice, two of the UK's best-known retail and leisure advisers, are celebrating 30 years working side-by-side with international...
CBRE appoints head of capital markets in Germany
Marcus Lemli joins from Savills
Global commercial real estate service provider CBRE has appointed Marcus Lemli as its head of capital markets, Germany.
France's Sephora sniffs out second Manchester store
M&G and Global Mutual bring cosmetics group to Arndale
M&G and Global Mutual have signed Sephora for a 7,300-square-foot store at Manchester Arndale, its second in the North West city.
CBRE promotes Becky Stormer to lead UK sports sector offering
Stormer is a semi-professional footballer for Fulham FC
Global real estate advisor CBRE has promoted Becky Stormer to lead its sports sector offering in the UK, effective immediately.
Developer Edge grows UK team with leasing expert
Alex Kerr joins from CBRE
European real estate developer and asset manager Edge has appointed Alex Kerr as senior commercial manager in the UK.
Barings and LBS sign flexible offices group NewFlex at London Bankside development
NewFlex taking 32,000 square feet at Tide
Barings, the global real estate investment manager, and joint venture partner and development manager LBS Properties, have signed flexible offices operator NewFlex for 32,000 squar...
DTRE steps up Europe expansion with Milan data centre mandate
Well-known UK adviser has joined Italian partner RIBE
DTRE, one of the UK's best-known industrial and office advisers, and Italian partner RIBE have been instructed on the sale of 'Project Centro, a data centre development in Milan as...
Student homes investment lifted to £3.9 billion in 2024
Development site acquisitions drove the market
Close to £575 million was invested in the UK purpose-built student accommodation market in the final quarter of 2024, taking annual investment to £3.87 billion, reports Knight Fran...
Montagu Evans hires senior ratings partner
Julie Chalmers joins from Colliers
Montagu Evans has expanded its 50-strong national rating team ahead of the 2026 revaluation, appointing Julie Chalmers as Partner.
Knight Frank launches UK flex leasing platform
Team being led by new head Steven Lydon
Knight Frank has launched a flex leasing team in the UK in response to the changing nature of commercial real estate.
Industry welcomes Scottish government's move to end rent controls
SPF says uncertainty has meant as much as £3 billion of investment could be lost
The Scottish government has unveiled major changes to its rent control policy in a move that is being welcomed by landlords and residential investors.
South East office investment sees signs of recovery
Newmark says year ahead likely to see "extreme rental growth" for prime
The South East office investment market showed clear signs of recovery in 2024, with total transaction volumes for the region reaching £1.51 billion, a 16% increase from 2023, acco...
Stanhope and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan get 33-storey City office tower consent
Duo's revised plans are for 550,000 square feet of offices
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Stanhope have gained consent for a landmark, 132 metre-office tower at Seventy Gracechurch Street, at the corner of Gracechurch Street and Fenchu...
'The times they are a-changing' as appetite for core London offices returns
Knight Frank says £5 billion is 'blowing in the wind' at its London presentation
The "times they are a-changing" for London offices in 2025 as £5 billion of global capital is ready to revive the dormant market for core investments, Knight Frank predicted at its...
Firethorn Trust snaps up £100 million east London student homes development
Poland House development proposes 284 beds
Real estate investor, developer and asset manager Firethorn Trust has exchanged with Curlew Capital’s CST2 Fund to buy the Poland House development site in Stratford, East London.
UK real estate sees continued capital and rental growth in January
CBRE says retail was the best-performing sector
Capital values for UK commercial real estate continued to rise during January, recording a 0.3% increase, according to the latest CBRE UK Monthly Index.
Netflix pulls curtain down on west London hub with lease assignment
Film and television giant has been disposing of space taken during the recent boom for UK studios
Netflix, the American subscription streaming service giant, has assigned the lease on an 84,000-square-foot hub in Hayes in west London that it never occupied, as it offloads some ...
Bank of America launches third European CMBS of 2025 as market bursts into life
Transactions in 2025 already come in at more than half of last year's
Bank of America has launched Taurus 2025-1 EU DAC, a €259.8 million securitisation of a portfolio of logistics properties owned by Carlyle Group, in the third European commercial m...