JTRE appoints UK managing director
Juraj Marko will lead the company’s investment strategy across London
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Savills launches European Logistics Fund 3
New fund has a target investment volume of at least €600m
Deutsche Finance International hires two new directors
Keith Law joins as general counsel and Sally Taylorson-Lavers as fund controller.
Helical signs Snowflake for Old Street scheme
Data warehousing company Snowflake takes 14th floor in The Tower.
Moorfield opens its Toybox in Birmingham
Moorfield reaches practical completion on 250-bed Toybox student accommodation scheme.
Inland Homes to buy out partner on £620m Cheshunt Lakeside
Inland Homes is to acquire joint venture partner’s 50% stake in Hertfordshire regeneration scheme
L&G continues government hub spending spree with £243m deal
Quarry House is L&G’s second hub investment in Leeds in a month
Building experience into real estate: lessons from the CoreNet Global Summit
Topics ranged from innovation, security and data handling to artificial intelligence and mega-hubs
TfL offloads head office as part of cost-reduction drive
Transport for London has sold its head office at 55 Broadway, SW1, to Integrity International.
Aviva Investors appoints head of ESG
Ed Dixon leaves Landsec to take on new role
Councils make one in five shopping centre transactions
Local authorities have invested more than £770m in shopping centres since 2016
AXA Investment Managers buys Barcelona resi scheme
AXA IM has paid €77m for two phases of the Marina Living residential development in Barcelona
St Modwen appoints non-exec director
St Modwen Properties has appointed Sarah Whitney as a non-executive director.
Hard cash from SoftBank
How to attract investment from the Willy Wonka of banking
What will happen if HS2 is scrapped?
HS2 is facing its biggest threat yet. EG looks at the effects its cancellation would have
Aviva Investors buys £150m central London hotel
Aviva Investors acquires 22-storey Aldgate hotel from London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Investec funds CA Ventures’ UK student accommodation debut
Investec will provide a £64m loan to develop schemes in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Sheffield.
ICG-Longbow backs RoyaleLife with £24.6m loan
ICG-Longbow has agreed a £24.6m loan to bungalow homes provider RoyaleLife.
Cutting the mustard: Meet EG’s Rising Stars 2019
Another year, another crop of the industry’s brightest young players. Meet EG’s Rising Stars 2019
Sprinkler review on high-rise homes will not consider retrofits
Consultation will only decide on sprinklers for eligible residential buildings
DWS wary on UK investment outlook as Brexit looms
Investors shying away from UK but DWS expects capital to return once UK has left the EU.
Ocado/M&S jv sets up its first facility
A 304,000 sq ft warehouse in Purfleet will house a robotic packaging facility
When proptech fights fire
How can proptech companies help prevent and prepare landlords for the devastating effects of a fire?
Councils to make developers’ community contributions public
Councils are now legally required to publish details of how much funding developers have provided
No-deal Brexit could see house prices tumble by 20%
Northern Ireland could see the sharpest fall, followed by London, says KPMG
LXi REIT makes five acquisitions for £55m
LXi adds retail, industrial and hotel assets to its portfolio.
ICG appoints non-exec director
Investor ICG Enterprise has appointed Gerhard Fusenig as non-executive director.
Hackney residents raging over scaffolding saga
City Mills development wrapped in scaffolding for almost a year
Inside L&G’s drive to back government hubs
Last week Legal & General broke its own record for the largest investment into government offices.
Former Co-op Pyramid building up for let
Five-storey building will be refurbished while on the market
Aviva Investors and Brookgate let remaining space at Cambridge office
Brewin Dolphin, Genomics and Cantab Asset Management let space
L&G buys GPA Leeds hub for £211m
The investor will forward-fund the 378,000 sq ft scheme at 7-8 Wellington Place
Real estate heavyweights sign up to innovation board
Big names sign up to help develop appraisal tool company Aprao
LondonMetric Property purchases M62 warehouse for £24m
The REIT will forward fund developer db symmetry to deliver the scheme
Safestore enters Netherlands market in self-storage acquisition
Safestore has formed a joint venture with Carlyle European Estate Fund to acquire M3 self-storage
Simon Bland to leave BNP Paribas Real Estate
National office investment senior director Simon Bland will be leaving after 38 years of service
Foreign & Commonwealth Office picks MRI Software to manage portfolio
FCO will use Horizon CRE system to manage more than 5,000 properties worldwide
Urban Exposure appoints chief strategy officer
Graeme Alfille-Cook was previously managing director at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets.
Flatfair raises $11m in latest funding round
Fintech company allows tenants to secure a rental property with debit card details
Langtree buys out Network Space for full control of company
Company acquires Network Space’s 30% stake
U+I adds 12-storey office to £1.4bn Mayfield plans
220,000 sq ft office building planned for first phase of 24-acre Manchester scheme.
Modular housing – is it viable?
Modular housing is enjoying a resurgence of attention, but is it a long-term solution?
Derwent in expansive mood after £103m office sale
The transaction brings the developer’s total sales so far this year to nearly £200m
IT firm takes Leeds’ 1 Whitehall Quay
Deal is one of the largest transactions in the city this year
Glenhawk appoints business development manager
Turner will manage relationships in London and south east
L&G Homes Modular takes £20.6m hit
Company reports modular home building losses
Warehouse REIT secures Boots lease renewal
Lease renewed at 42% uplift
Liverpool’s Exchange Flags sold for £68m
Ashtrom Properties UK acquires the Grade II listed building at a net yield of 7.67%
Cushman & Wakefield reports net loss of $14.6m for H1
The results are an improvement on H1 2018, when Cushman posted a loss of $126.4m
JV appointed to deliver 3,100-home scheme
South Yorkshire project given go-ahead
