Football star Lukas Podolski eyes kebab chain expansion
Robots will aid expansion into Europe
Kebab chain Mangal, co-founded by former professional soccer player Lukas Podolski, aims to expand internationally.
Serviced office provider prelet kickstarts lettings at Reading office landmark
Lease of the Year for South East
NewFlex, a flexible workspace operator, is one of the first occupiers of One Station Hill, the 275,000-square-foot office development in the heart of Reading. The lease, and its im...
Bristol office gem's £103 million deal kicks on sustainability in the regions
Sale/Acquisition of the Year for South West
The sale of the EQ office building in Temple Meads, Bristol, is shaping up to be one of the top sales and acquisitions of 2024, leading judges to give it an Impact Award for Sale/A...
Marks and Spencer returns to Bristol city centre with vacant House of Fraser lease
Lease of the Year for South West
High-street stalwart Marks & Spencer's new lease at Bristol's Cabot Circus shopping centre is a huge investment for Bristol and the wider region, according to the judges that award...
The Centre:mk deal is crucial for retail pricing
Sale/Acquisition of the Year for South East
This £142 million transaction demonstrates continued investor interest in large-scale retail assets like The Centre:mk, even within a challenging retail environment. It provides a ...
Huge Reading revamp turns the page on derelict site
Commercial Development of the Year for South East
One Station Hill is a best-in-class 275,000-square-foot office development in the heart of Reading. It is a gateway into the wider Station Hill development, which when will have de...
Gloucester's Forum positions the city as a tech hub
Commercial Development of the Year for South West
The Forum development in Gloucester has been nominated as a Commercial Development of the Year due to its impact on the city centre, innovative design and sustainable credentials....
Aberdeen leases Gravelly Point to Alliance Healthcare
The building is the largest Grade A speculatively developed warehouse in Birmingham in the last decade
Aberdeen, on behalf of the Standard Life Pooled Pension Property Fund, has agreed a 15-year lease with healthcare wholesaler and distributor Alliance Healthcare at Gravelly Industr...
JLL expands industrial and logistics team
The company has appointed two new directors
JLL has appointed Tom Watkins and Will Arnold as directors in its national industrial and logistics team, working alongside existing director Sophie Kettlewell.
Mentorship, support and being yourself: International Women's Day panel
Senior real estate women celebrated IWD with networking and a discussion
An International Women’s Day event, Advancing women’s leadership in commercial real estate, saw about 200 women listen to a panel on mentorship and how to grow within a business. T...
Cushman & Wakefield bolsters UK hospitality capital markets team
Andrew Horder joins as a partner and Anastasia Cooper as a consultant
Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has added to its hospitality capital markets team in London by hiring Andrew Horder as a partner and Anastasia Cooper as a consultant.
Holland and Barrett expands on Oxford Street
The health and wellness retailer has shifted down the street
Holland and Barrett, the health and wellbeing retailer, has opened at 146-148 Oxford Street, moving from 52 Oxford Street to benefit from greater footfall, according to landlord Th...
EQT buys four German logistics warehouses
Sheds total nearly 100,000 square metres
EQT Exeter, the investment manager, has agreed to buy four logistics properties in Germany.
Ikea assembles first restaurant on UK high street in Hammersmith
Swedish homeware giant takes on former Wasabi unit in West London suburb
Ikea has opened a standalone restaurant next to its Hammersmith "city" store as part of a nationwide expansion plan to be more accessible to shoppers.
United Living appoints chief operating officer and managing director
Luke Anderson and Scott MacGregor are promoted
United Living Group, a provider of affordable housing, property services, infrastructure and telecoms has promoted two people.
St Helens council and ECF sign Hampton by Hilton for town centre regeneration
The hotel will anchor a mixed-use development in the Merseyside town
St Helens Borough Council and ECF have signed a franchise agreement with Hilton for a new 120-guest room Hampton by Hilton St Helens hotel as part of Phase One of the town centre r...
OBI acquires BE Group’s agency services business
Manchester consultancy snaps up Warrington peer
OBI has bought BE Group’s agency business, the largest brokerage and agency firm in the Warrington region.
The London 2012 Olympics 12 Years On: Lessons for Paris and Los Angeles
'Legacy' Was a Key Word for the City's Bid. CoStar News Examines Whether It Has Delivered
For six weeks in the summer of 2012, the London Olympic and Paralympic Games proved undeniably that the United Kingdom could deliver a global event that was safe, on time and enter...
Hammerson Sells Its Value Retail Interest for £1.5 Billion
LVMH's L Catterton Private Equity Firm Is the Buyer
Hammerson has disposed of its entire interest in Value Retail to a Jersey company established by affiliates of L Catterton, for an enterprise value of £1.5 billion, generating cash...
Addington Capital Hires Operations Director for Living Business
Matt Pears Joins From Wildheart Residential Management
Addington Capital has recruited Matt Pears as the operations director of AddLiving, Addington’s sister residential lettings and management business.