Aeon and LND up funding arrangement to £450m
Deal will provide loans of between £2m and £30m to small and midcap commercial real estate borrowers
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Canadian pension fund appoints former John Lewis boss as head of Europe
Dame Sharon White to join CDPQ in January next year
Rent reviews boost values for Care REIT
REIT formerly known as Impact Healthcare has recorded a 1% uptick in its portfolio
Why completion, not conviction matters
EDITOR’S COMMENT When it comes to buying, British Land has been streets ahead
Crest Nicholson readies for a year of transition
Chief executive Martyn Clark says firm is set to focus on private sales and “value over volume”
Vistry removes COO role
Director Earl Sibley is leaving the business as it shortens reporting lines
Cost to upgrade obsolete buildings to top $1tn, says JLL
Report identifies 4.5bn sq ft globally that needs “substantial investment to remain viable in the near term”
Neville snaps up second hotel from Dalata
Clayton Whites Hotel in Wexford sold to family business
MORNING NEWS: Review of Landlord & Tenant Act launched
Plus – CA Ventures’ European platform fails and US private equity chases retail
Almost 2bn sq ft of European offices at risk of obsolescence
Paris, Milan, Barcelona and Stockholm have highest proportion of offices at risk, finds Cushman
Xpercity drives forward proposals for Weavers Yard
Plans submitted to transform former AA Cheadle HQ into 100 homes
Plans submitted to turn Home Office towers into homes
Ho Bee Land wants to refurbish 1970s-built Croydon towers to deliver more than 600 homes
Persimmon and Barratt Redrow agree 2,500-home jv
Barratt buys half of 440-acre site to help enable delivery
Big Yellow looks to replenish development pipeline
Self-storage firm on the hunt for opportunities as revenues rise
Quality of Life Foundation unveils community engagement code of practice
Code provides a comprehensive framework for meaningful consultation and collaboration
London’s Standard hotel sold in £185m deal
Trinity, Oaktree and Partners snap up 226-bedroom luxury King’s Cross property
Derby launches consultation on railway site regeneration plan
Council is seeking feedback for plans around Derby Midland Station
SVP buys giant Dublin shopping mall
Private equity giant has splashed £500m on 1.2m sq ft Blanchardstown Centre
MORNING NEWS: LondonMetric axes £58m of LXi assets
Plus – RLAM buys 50% stake in centre:mk and Supermarket REIT bags Yorkshire Sainsbury’s
RLAM buys centre:mk stake from AusSuper
Half share in 1.3m sq ft shopping centre is expected to have been sold for around £150m
LondonMetric offloads £58m of LXi assets
CEO says “excellent disposals” reflect strategy of exiting assets incompatible with the REIT sector
Supermarket REIT adds Yorkshire Sainsbury’s to shopping trolley
REIT spends £49.7m on 113,368 sq ft supermarket
Sirius readies ‘significant firepower’ after revenue rise
UK and German investor recorded double-digit rises in revenue and profit in first half of the year
SEGRO bid for Tritax lapses
REIT said it would let takeover pass after securing European deal with Brookfield
Trump election drives Democrat US investors to Ireland
Searches from the US rose by an average of 342% compared with the week before the election, says Savills
UK housing market faces rate turbulence, says Knight Frank
There was no “Liz Truss” moment, but the impact of the Budget will be felt in the housing market for some time
Landsec weighs move into operational residential
REIT is building a potential £3bn living business
MORNING NEWS: Landsec to shift from sell to buy
Plus – GPE’s planned £2bn shopping spree and AlixPartners closes in on new HQ
Landsec remains committed to retail despite lack of deals
REIT boss Mark Allan says business will shift from net seller to buy in second half
Valuation fall pushes Soho Estates deeper into the red
Circa £60m write down on properties pushes central London landlord to £30m loss
Social value firm appoints Folkes
Real estate research expert joins Thrive to make social value reporting more accessible
Hunt on for Huddersfield foodies
Milligan appointed to find operator for 17,000 sq ft food hall
Will it be all change at Homes England?
EDITOR’S COMMENT The agency has the opportunity to unlock and de-risk huge swathes of the UK
Derwent at 40: Lessons on succeeding in London
The investor marks 40 years in business in “the greatest city in the world”
Councils handed powers to auction empty shops from December
Landlords sitting on persistently empty properties will have assets seized and leased
Solihull Council and Muse sign town centre redevelopment deal
Plans include 100,000 sq ft of retail, 1,600 homes and 50,000 sq ft of public green space
MORNING NEWS: SEGRO gets slice of Tritax with fresh deal
Plus – Bitcoin entrepreneur outbids Crown and tower ambitions for student beds set for green light
SEGRO agrees deal for slice of Tritax Eurobox
Industrial REIT will no longer pursue a full takeover
Allsop raises £88m across two days of auctions
Auctioneer is less than £30m away from a £1bn full-year sale total
Related Argent teams up with SNG for Brent Cross homes
Four blocks of 50 social rented homes will sit alongside BTR development at £8bn scheme
Colliers creates dedicated head of hotels role
New position reflects “commitment to supporting rising investor appetite”, says agent
Mera plans £250m prime real estate splash as non-doms exit
“Now is the time to double down on real estate,” says chair Jan Fletcher.
MORNING NEWS: West End in favour as deals add up
Plus – Boylan lined up at Homes England and City pauses markets move
GPE commits to cluster building with Whittington House buy
Firm also secures new £150m ESG-linked revolving credit facility to capitalise on opportunities
Arts college extends footprint at The Amp
London College of Contemporary Arts adds a further 19,000 sq ft at Aldgate campus
Crown Estate plans £1.5bn redevelopment of Cambridge Business Park
Public consultation into new masterplan for 350,000 sq ft park starts later this month
York Central expands development team
CEG lead joins McLaren Property to bring King’s Cross of the North forward
Dalata plans Tower 42 hotel
Irish hotelier has agreed a deal to open a 154-bedroom hotel in the City
Norges splashes £81m on extra slice of West End
Wealth fund ups stake in Pollen Estate to 68%
Smithfield Market move on hold
City of London Corporation presses pause on move to Dagenham
