MORNING NEWS: Prime London office vacancy rates nudge zero
Plus – L&G tries again with Senator House, hotels are hot and Derwent goes all in on Baker Street
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Derwent buys Lazari out of Baker Street project
Firm has paid £44.4m for remaining 50% share in W1 block
PRS REIT opens dataroom as buyers circle
Group says it is in “active discussions” with a number of interested parties
Alternative REIT buys Hertfordshire beauty school
Group adds long-let Champney’s resort to portfolio
Farringdon hotel up for sale for £50m
RE Capital appoints Savills to sell newly opened Ruby Stella hotel
ADIA sells UK Marriotts in £900m deal
KKR and Baupost team up to take on 6,500-bedroom portfolio
Kier gets nod for fresh Arena Central plans
Consent will see 280,000 sq ft of grade-A offices built at 5 Centenary Square
CBRE appoints new head of operational real estate
Tom Morgan replaces David Batchelor in role
BBP launches real estate guidance for TNFD
Resource will help owners apply the task force’s recommendations
Key names quit tech giants
PiLabs founder says firm has made “deliberate recalibration” of business
Male, pale and privileged: welcome to real estate
EDITOR’S COMMENT Real Estate Balance’s survey gives us a depressing picture of our market
Perception is reality: property is male, pale and posh
Real Estate Balance survey finds that women and ethnic minority groups are still under-represented
Volter raises $3.2m to accelerate solar energy generation for real estate
The capital injection will be used to build out start-up’s products and expand its customer base
Catella raises £100m to invest in listed UK real estate
Catella APAM Strategic Equities I will focus on identifying mispricing within the sector
Ardstone gets go-ahead for Calton Square refurb
The Edinburgh office will target top sustainability accreditations as part of its upgrade
Andrew Jones: ‘My job is to buy companies’
LondonMetric’s chief executive on continued consolidation in the listed REIT sector
MORNING NEWS: LondonMetric doubles rents as Helical preps to build
Plus – Sugar sweet on new deals and Rayner steps in on City tower row
‘All-weather’ portfolio performs for LondonMetric
Rental income more than doubles to £193m
Rayner steps in on City tower row
Objections continue to mount over Welput’s plans for a 43-storey tower next to historic synagogue
BTR underperforms all property as values rise just 0.4%
All commercial property capital values rose by 0.7% over the same period
Sugar ‘aggressively endeavouring’ to boost portfolio
The Apprentice star’s Amshold has returned to profit after £27m valuation-led loss
Diamond deal for French investor
Sofidy buys Hatton Garden block from Orchard at £10m discount to previous acquisition price
Real estate’s critical role should be key in industrial strategy, says BPF
Consultation on the government’s Invest 2035 plan closed last night
MORNING NEWS: Knight Frank sued over 2016 PBSA valuation
Plus – Brookfield backs CWG refi plans and GPE sets reused materials targets for development
GPE seeks to reuse 60% of materials in new schemes by 2040
New circularity score will provide a target for developer to increase the use of recycled materials
CapitaLand plans European expansion
Singapore-listed firm will focus on living, logistics and data centres for growth
Plans in for new Notts PBSA scheme
Developer wants to transform former Chinese restaurant into 93-bed student and hotel project
Brookfield promises £900m backstop on CWG refi
Co-owner will provide funding if bondholders refuse Docklands landlords refinancing plan
Trump wants Newmark chair as secretary of commerce
Lutnick will “promote economic growth, drive innovation and strengthen financial security” as part of Trump administration
BlackRock appoints new head of European real estate strategic partnerships
Thorsten Slytå will target logistics and living assets in the UK, Nordics, Germany, France and Iberia
Arup restructures board
Group chair becomes chief executive
ICG secures 40% rental uplift with logistics letting
DSV has expanded its footprint at Mercia Park to more than 500,000 sq ft
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
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
