A year in Editor’s Comments
Another year over, and what a year it has been – 2024 has been nothing if not interesting
Latest Articles by Samantha McClary
Conygar adds 394 more student beds to Notts scheme
Second phase is located next to the 693-bed Winfield Court
Swissport expands footprint with SEGRO
Air cargo handling company has signed a five-year lease at Gatwick
Annington ends MoD legal battle with £6bn deal
Ministry of Defence agrees price for 36,347-home married quarters estate
MORNING NEWS: Landsec buys Liverpool One
Plus – DTZ Investors bags East End retail park, Blackpool seeks new investor and Grigg’s new role
Landsec splashes £490m for 92% stake in Liverpool One
REIT now owns seven of the UK’s top 30 shopping centres
Former BL boss joins government advisory council
Chris Grigg among 16 business leaders appointed to Industrial Strategy board
DTZ Investors drops £37m on Anchor retail park
East London retail park has potential for redevelopment as student flats or build-to-rent
Health and wellbeing should be at the centre of housing strategy
Increased availability of secure, affordable, warm homes can improve long-term health and longevity
Blackpool Council seeks new investor for £300m regen
Agents will be appointed next year following the collapse of development partner Nikal
Devolution set to become default position
The proposals include new powers for mayors to guide infrastructure and development projects
Go-karting operator races into Storybox
K1 Speed agrees deal with General Projects to take 46,000 sq ft
McDermott powers up at Chiswick Park
The global energy solutions provider has signed a 10-year lease
Newmark bags Cold Culture expansion brief
Retailer eyes stores in London, Berlin and Amsterdam
GIC and MEAG pump €1.4bn into Vantage Data Centers
The investment has been made into the US-based firm’s EMEA business
Kingsway House to get aparthotel makeover
32,000 sq ft Midtown office to become a 58-bedroom aparthotel
Heliport homes plans thrown out
NB European had been seeking to build 356 homes across five blocks in Newcastle Forth Yards
Allsop wraps up 2024 with £456m in commercial auction sales
The price of an average lot sold by auction this year has increased to £790,000
MORNING NEWS: All the biggest headlines from 2024
Plus – Frasers’ giant HQ set for nod, Henry Boot goes big on mid-box sheds and Saints look to score with redevelopment plans
Henry Boot and Feldberg unite for logistics push
Origin jv is seeded with £100m of development assets
Frasers set for nod on giant new campus HQ
Warwickshire development “essential” to enable the group to achieve significant productivity gains
AEW offloads slice of Coventry retail park
Sale price of £26.2m reflects 60% premium on purchase price of entire park three years ago
Saints and Southampton Council unite on redevelopment project
The partnership aims to create a premier sports and entertainment offer along the south coast
Developers set to pay pollution offset to get Britain building
Deputy PM Angela Rayner introduces new nature restoration fund to speed up planning process
Savills’ 2024 auction total tops £810m
Record breaking annual total as year-on-year sales grow by 42%
Story of Christmas raises £1m
Stars including Kate Winslet and Sienna Miller were readers at the annual charity event
Publisher doubles down at Oxfordshire’s Milton Park
Hachette UK has signed a deal with MEPC to take a new facility at 188 Park Drive
MORNING NEWS: Councils given mandatory targets in new NPPF
Plus – profits and turnover rise at Allsop and BL adds another retail park to its growing portfolio
Turnover rises at Allsop
“Tight control” of costs enables LLP to deliver almost £16m of profit to partners
Roadside jv snaps up Cambridgeshire services
Latest buy takes spending to more than £100m
Hines confident 2025 will be ‘turning point’ for real estate
Living and retail sectors highlighted as key convictions for investment manager
Blackstone makes Japan’s biggest inward investment
US giant splashes $2.6bn on major mixed-use asset in Tokyo
Government unveils NPPF reforms to deliver 1.5m homes target
New framework sets mandatory targets for councils to ramp up housebuilding
BL adds another retail park to portfolio with Orbital buy
The 11-store retail park is let to a mix of retailers
CBRE names new head of European logistics occupier business
Carl Deppisch joins from logistics and transport giant Kuehne + Nagel
2024: A roller coaster year for real estate
EDITOR’S COMMENT Despite muted investment levels, this has definitely been a year of activity.
House prices rise while rental demand takes a step back
Survey respondents expect house prices to continue rising over the next three to 12 months
Colliers adds disability to pay gap reporting
The company has revealed a 14% disability pay gap in its latest pay gap report
Plans in for £250m Salford data centre
Digital Land & Development wants to redevelop former Whites’ recycling centre site off Liverpool Road
Redevco appoints new UK portfolio director
Deborah Green joins from Oxford Properties
Regal drives forward 98-home Finchley plans
The company has submitted plans to transform the Lodge Lane car park in North Finchley
Bridges offloads grade-A Leeds office
STR Capital buys 6 East Parade for £10m for a private client
Brain specialist commits to Harley Street
Re:Cognition Health has signed a new 20-year lease with the Howard de Walden Estate
USS-backed RP completes board with NED appointment
Orbit finance director Jonathan Wallbank joins Sparrow as non-executive
JLL strengthens Midlands offering with key appointments
Jack Reid, Millie Evans and Nick Harrison will shape the agency’s strategy
CWG completes £610m refi with Apollo
Group has completed more than £2bn of refinancing over the past 12 months
Redevco confirms £518m retail park buy
The company is purchasing a 16-asset portfolio from Oxford Properties and M7 Real Estate
MORNING NEWS: Major overhaul of planning committees planned
Plus – Singaporean investor makes London development debut and GPE toasts fresh deal with Heineken
Heineken pours into GPE’s Wells&More
Beer giant is taking 17,000 sq ft on a new 10-year lease in W1 building
Picton offloads office-to-resi asset
Half vacant Charlotte Terrace block sold for £13.1m
