How investors are adapting strategies to incorporate sustainability
Priorities are shifting and sustainability is now embedded in the transactional process
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How the high street can fulfil the UK’s top three needs
Thriving town centres can contribute to economic growth, health and environmental sustainability
More than money: the urgency of tracking social value
Industry experts say focus should be “as necessary as meeting building regulations”
Eddisons appointed to sell £7.5m retail and hospitality portfolio
The nine-property Fenwall portfolio generates an annual rental income of £550,000
Birmingham Council puts four more assets under the hammer
Development plots, a shop and an advertising hoarding will feature in Bond Wolfe’s next auction
£1.2m Brum development site leads Bond Wolfe sale
Site has permission for the development of 50 flats
Striving for net zero should be a legal imperative
Ben Caldecott says voluntary climate pledges simply won’t hack it
‘This is our call to arms’ – understanding the new net zero standard
What the UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard means for the industry and how the pilot will test it
Up on the roof: solar panels on industrial assets
Prologis’s Simon Cox talks about barriers to a faster roll out of PV panels on warehouses
Gender-informed planning: creating safer spaces
Better engagement with women and girls must become the norm to achieve inclusive development
Damning report reveals extent of exec-level gender bias
Unequal pay, micro aggressions and gender role assumptions identified as the most common issues
Grosvenor and Crown Estate lead push to improve accessibility
Major landlords sign up to recommendations in report aiming to bring practical change to UK built environment
London development opportunities help Acuitus raise £28m
Development opportunities in London led the way in the latest Acuitus auction, which raised £28m with a success rate of 75%. Acting on behalf of a major corporate, Dignity, seven development opportunities were sold in suburbs across London, with competitive bidding from investors wanting to develop, let or occupy these assets. Highlights included a property […]
Allsop sets residential record with September sale
Auction house raised £139.4m across residential and commercial sales
Industry launches UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
Free technical standard can be used to prove that built assets align with carbon and energy targets
Industry pays tribute to property ‘titan’ Martin Landau
The founder of Development Securities has died aged 87
Savills raises £54m in early September auction
Latest sale brings annual total to £530m
Allsop gears up for brace of big September sales
Auctioneer will offer its biggest commercial auction since 2022, as well as a 531-lot resi sale
Planning given for eco-home pilot scheme
SCIS Group is hoping showcase will attract interest from developers
Allsop announces financing partnership
Agreement with Empire Global Finance will allow bidders access to short-term funding
Coffer Corporate Leisure relaunches as Portland Leisure Advisers
Rebranded group will be independent from parent company
Cubo books into new London site at former Foyles store
Flex office provider has taken 19,000 sq ft at mixed-use scheme
Starmer urged to embed gender-inclusive design in planning reform
Industry group highlights importance of safety and accessibility for women and girls in new schemes
Commercial auction volumes hit record high in Q2
Latest Acuitus cPad report reveals robust first half and yields trending downwards
Construction starts signal return of confidence
A growth spurt in private housing is leading a resurgence in building
Graham + Sibbald tees up Scottish country hotel sale
Agent is seeking offers of around £1.4m for Rosely Country House Hotel near Carnoustie
Builders merchants drive sales at Acuitus auction
Acuitus chair says investor confidence is showing signs of returning
Finding the best framework for sustainability
Businesses have been urged to start their ESG journey “before it is too late”
LLDC urges developers to drive gender bias out of design
Local planning authority is first to offer guidelines on making places equitable for everyone
Cubo’s flex expansion: ‘We’ve barely scratched the surface’
Founder Marc Brough on what it takes to win blue-chip business and snap up the best space
Savills raises £30m at first July auction
The firm will offer 300-plus lots at a second sale later this month
Kavanagh appointed ULI Europe chair
The former Telford Homes chief executive will serve a two-year term in the role
Clapham Pret A Manger on the menu in latest Allsop catalogue
Other properties include Archbishop Tenison’s school in Oval and four KFCs in Scotland
DVS Properties sells pair of Audi showrooms for £12.5m
The company is marketing a third showroom in Liverpool through Allsop
Duo of builders’ merchant stores among top lots in Acuitus July sale
The auctioneer has revealed the 49-lot catalogue for its next commercial auction
Archbishop Tenison’s School next to the Oval up for grabs
The former Archbishop Tenison’s Church of England High School is on the block for £4.5m
‘Regeneration royalty’: The life and legacy of Sir Howard Bernstein
The driving force behind the transformation of Manchester has died at 71
Asset managers fear high risk of stranded assets
More than half of survey respondents claim 30% of their assets are stranded
£10m Pall Mall lot drives Allsop commercial sale
June sale as whole raised £47m from 48 lots
Allsop releases bumper 347-lot residential auction catalogue
Sixteen lots are guided at more than £1m
Cubo first to snap up WeWork site with Manchester acquisition
Flex operator takes 60,000 sq ft at No.1 Spinningfields
CBRE names new head of UK valuation
Lee Bruce replaces Nick Knight, who is moving to a senior strategic role
Battersea developer names new chief executive
Former Galliard Homes boss Donagh O’Sullivan joins Battersea Power Station Development Company
ASK hands £11.7m to Ziser for Cricklewood BTR scheme
Loan facility secured by retail warehouse currently leased to Matalan
Landsec looks to the Futures as social mobility programme gains traction
The REIT has invested nearly £2m in the first year of the initiative
HGP’s Vic Hepburn on fixing the housing crisis with SME funding partnerships
The investor’s chief executive on social responsibility, upscaling and being “profitable enough”
Birmingham office take-up jumps by a third
Savills report shows grade-A offices accounted for 84% of total take-up in Q1
Stephen Hubbard crowned chair of King’s Cross estate
Former CBRE chairman says his role will be to drive ‘excellence in customer focus’
Rent reviews boost Impact Healthcare
Value of care home and healthcare portfolio rose by 1.5% to £660.8m in the first quarter
Wavensmere unveils plans for Wolverhampton Canalside
More than 500 eco-focused homes plus commercial space proposed for city centre site
