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Politics

Will Labour have the stomach for new towns?

Investors circle opportunity, but questions emerge over government commitment

People

Hammerson chief exec to step down

Rita-Rose Gagné departs after a five-year stint at the London-based REIT
People

Bruntwood retail boss heads to CBRE

Latest director has expertise across Northern city centres
Residential

Site of £135m Sheffield BTR scheme back up for grabs

Previous buyer’s option expires
Corporate

Charles Irvine and ARC Capital Markets merge to drive European growth

New entity plans to open offices in Amsterdam and Milan
Life sciences

Samsung-backed AI business expands in Oxford

Company is a spin-out from Oxford University
Logistics

Blackstone loads up £430m portfolio sale

Private equity firm acquired majority of logistics platform on offer in 2020

Opinion

Shah on property: how the financial crisis transformed real estate

The banking system’s near-collapse ushered in an era of scale
Life sciences

Q+A: Kadans on the Golden Triangle, Trump and Europe’s first vertical life sciences campus

UK managing director James Sheppard on investing at every point in the life sciences cycle

Investment

UK, Germany and Spain in global top five for cross-border capital destinations

US share of activity fell below 15% from over 17%, according to Colliers
Residential

€20m+ Paris resi asset close to changing hands

Ofi Invest finds buyer for 23-flat property in 8th arrondissement
Logistics

Savills IM bulks up logistics portfolio with €20m Valencia facility

Speculatively developed building is fully let
Corporate

Sirius’ Andrew Coombs: “Defence is just another layer on top”

Chief executive on industrial market drivers in the UK and Germany

Corporate

Avison Young UK books £102m loss for second year running

Number of fee earners drops by 7% as Canadian parent writes off £252m repayment
Residential

Developers and owners weigh options as Barratt ruling opens floodgates

Listed housebuilders alone hold more than £2.3bn in remediation provisions
London

The City’s new planning chair on AI, quality design, and toilets

Tom Sleigh lays out his priorities for the Square Mile for the next three years
Corporate

Legal & General on Proprium deal: “This is the final piece of the jigsaw”

Bill Hughes says the asset manager does not expect to make any more real estate corporate acquisitions
Life sciences

Golden Triangle’s “mid-tech” boom shows shift in science occupier demand

Occupier demand moving away from traditional wet labs

Unlocking the green premium in UK property

Demand for energy-efficient homes is driving up prices – so why isn’t more being done to retrofit properties?
What’s fuelling retail investment’s strong performance?

Confidence and an availability of debt finance are returning to the market
What pension fund reform means for real estate

We can’t just rely on the private sector and overseas investors to drive growth and pay for big infrastructure projects
Decarbonise or devalue: why real estate can’t afford to stall

Sustainability is no longer a niche concern – it’s increasingly a make-or-break factor in asset valuation
Student accommodation should never have been pulled into the Scottish rent controls debacle

After the furore with BTR, this is the last thing the sector needed – but there remains a window

Cluttons hires Fisher German partner to lead London office agency

Ed Moore joins the business
Workman names three new leads in building consultancy team

Trio take on new roles as part of updated structure
Zenith hires asset management director

Appointment follows as firm pursues further acquisitions
Invesco’s head of alternative investments departs

The hotel specialist had been with the US firm since 2018
BlueCastle lures CFO from global real estate role

Chief financial and operating officer has held range of regulated board positions
King Street recruits Brookfield managing director

Exec is moving on after more than a decade

Retail

Q+A: Sovereign Centros boss – “The power in this building is immense”

Eighteen months after his asset management business was acquired by CBRE, Chris Geaves discusses life in the green machine and the mood in the retail market
Residential

Q+A: The lawyer behind the Barratt/URS ruling breaks down its consequences

Rob Horne explains how the ruling will impact developers and builders
Corporate

Q+A: Fortress’ Cyril Courbage on creating “opportunity in uncertainty”

Head of European real estate equity discusses firm’s platform as it closes in on three more transactions following recent Dutch resi deal