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South-east goes social with first public sector REIT

25 May 2012

Ten housing associations from across south-east England are clubbing together to create the first social housing REIT.
Laura Ashley House, Shipley acquired

23 May 2012

Real Estate Investment Partnerships and Hardy Mill Property LLP have acquired Laura Ashley Housein Shipley, West Yorkshire.
Real Estate Development makes Abingdon Street sale

23 May 2012

Real Estate Development Partnerships, has sold 47/53 Abingdon Street, Blackpool for £705,000reflecting a net yield of 8.05% to Solid Investments.
Shaftesbury continues to impress with solid first-half figures

23 May 2012

Shaftesbury this morning posted another good set of financial results, showing London’s West End is still a ‘different world’.
Consortium pulls out of Pfizer negotiations

22 May 2012

London and Metropolitan has confirmed that it is no longer in discussions with Pfizer to develop the former 325 acre pharmaceutical plant in Sandwich, Kent.
Corestate sells German portfolio for more than €100m

22 May 2012

Corestate Capital has sold a portfolio of German properties to two separate buyers for more than €100m.
€7.6bn German fund to liquidate

22 May 2012

Credit Suisse’s €7.6bn CS Euroreal fund failed to meet investor redemptions yesterday and will be closed down over the next five years.
€7.6bn fund to liquidate

22 May 2012

Credit Suisse’s €7.6bn CS Euroreal fund failed to meet investor redemptions yesterday and will be closed down over the next five years.
International joint venture to invest $500m in Chinese outlet malls

21 May 2012

An international retail joint venture has been formed to invest $500m in Chinese designer outlet centres.
HSBC sells New York branch portfolio

21 May 2012

HSBC has completed the sale of a portfolio of Upstate New York branches for $900m.
Rockspring makes €77m Swedish acqusitions

18 May 2012

Rockspring has acquired six retail assets in Sweden from Redevco for €77m.
Investors circle Gazeley

18 May 2012

Buyers pore over details of UK developer’s £300m of assets before deadline for bids closes at end of month
Rent reform weathers storm as US fund invests in Dublin

18 May 2012

One Warrington Place buy shows new rules have not destroyed market. Christine Eade reports
Rent reform weathers storm as US fund invests in Dublin

18 May 2012

One Warrington Place buy shows new rules have not destroyed market. Christine Eade reports
Colliers bulks up investment team with new hire

16 May 2012

Colliers International has poached Richard Walsh from GVA to help bulk up its national investment team.
GPE sells over £100m of property

15 May 2012

Great Portland Estates has sold three properties for more than £100m as it continues to recycle capital into its major London development projects.
GPE sells more than £100m of property

15 May 2012

Great Portland Estates has sold three properties for more than £100m as it continues to recycle capital into its major London development projects.
Facebook London HQ to be sold

14 May 2012

Facebook’s London headquarters has been put up for sale for offers exceeding £65m, or a yield of 5.25%.
Capitol Shopping Centre gains two new anchors

14 May 2012

Moorfield Group will start reconfiguration works this month at Capitol Shopping Centre in Cardiff to create space for two new anchors, Tesco and easyGym.
Warner to sell in the City

14 May 2012

Warner Estate Holdings has exchanged contracts to sell a City of London office as it continues to battle to pay down debt.
Koreans complete £165m City debut

14 May 2012

A Korean pension fund has completed its £165m debut into the UK investment market with the purchase of an office in the City of London.
Allied to sell retail blocks

11 May 2012

Allied London is to sell a slice of its luxury shopping and leisure quarter at Spinningfields in Manchester.
Ikea in running for Manchester ITV site

11 May 2012

Landprop Holdings, part of the Inter Ikea Group, is among the parties interested in acquiring ITV’s 13.5 acre Quay Street site in Manchester.
01 Properties pulls IPO

11 May 2012

The Russian property investment company 01 Properties, will pull its initial public offering, due to “adverse market conditions.”
Azerbaijan’s oil fund to pump £1bn into European property

11 May 2012

Sovereign wealth fund joins global investors seeking safe haven in prime London assets
Investors not crossing street for ITV site

11 May 2012

Lukewarm interest for historic Quay Street scheme. David Hatcher reports
Need to know: £100m fund for Manchester

11 May 2012

In March the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership and the 10 councils that make up the Greater Manchester region invited projects for its £100m fund.
REIT managements face punishment from investors

11 May 2012

US baseball veteran “Yogi” Berra once said of a game: “It’s deja vu all over again.” Are REIT shares about to repeat 2011’s “year in two halves”?
Now is the time to buy South East secondary, CBRE says

10 May 2012

There has never been a better opportunity to buy South East office property, CBRE has said.
Sainsbury’s to scale back store growth

9 May 2012

Sainsbury’s said this morning it would follow chief rival Tesco in scaling back new retail space growth as it reported a decline in full-year profit.
House prices "fluctuating widely"

4 May 2012

House prices continued to “fluctuate widely” in April as a sign of continued uncertainty in the UK economy, the Lloyds Banking Group’s Halifax House Price Index said today.
Aviva buys stake in massive Australian logistics park

4 May 2012

Aviva Investors has bought a 50% stake in one of Australia’s largest industrial developments,
Greg Nicholson to retire

04 May 2012

Greg Nicholson, one of Britain’s best-known investment agents, is to retire on 1 June.
Investors help to speed retirement plan in Cheltenham

04 May 2012

Private investors have reserved most of the 54 retirement flats that will be developed this autumn at 2 Gloucester Road in Cheltenham (pictured).
Brooks MacDonalds Funds makes Salford ground rents buy

3 May 2012

Brooks MacDonalds Funds has bought the ground rent of a residential development in Salford Quays out of administration.
LandSecs in Nottingham leisure buy

3 May 2012

Land Securities has acquired The Cornerhouse leisure scheme in Nottingham from BP Pension Fund for £50m.
Capital & Regional exchanges on £130m mall

1 May 2012

Capital & Regional has exchanged contracts on its £130m purchase of The Kingfisher Centre in Redditch.
LandSecs buys 10% stake in X-Leisure

27 April 2012

Land Securities has bought a stake of just more than 10% in the £282m X-Leisure fund.
Blackstone’s big box bonanza

27 April 2012

US real estate firm to buy from Barclay brothers as part of £600m industrial property spree
Leslau sells in Midtown

26 April 2012

Nick Leslau’s Prestbury has sold 6-10 St Andrew Street, EC4 for £23.5m.
Matthew Hill joins Alvarez & Marsal in senior European role

25 April 2012

Alvarez & Marsal, the global professional services firm, has appointed Matthew Hill as head of its European real estate advisory services business.
Prupim to sell £110m Millbank landmark

25 April 2012

Prudential has instructed Savills to market the former Imperial Chemicals House, a block on London’s Millbank.
Standard Life exchanges on Cheltenham office

23 April 2012

Standard Life Investments has exchanged contracts to buy a multi-let Cheltenham office for its Property Income Trust.
De Vere exchanges to sell in Bournemouth and Warrington

23 April 2012

De Vere Group has exchanged contracts to sell two hotels for £20m.
British Land sells Virgin health clubs

23 April 2012

British Land has sold five Virgin Active health clubs it bought in a portfolio last summer for £33m.
Segro agrees to sell IQ Farnborough for more than £90m

20 April 2012

Segro has agreed to sell IQ Farnborough for more than £90m as a part of its disposals of non-core assets.
£1bn wealth fund launches

20 April 2012

Queensgate Investments has launched a £1bn property fund.
Brazilian fund leads $4.6bn fundraising in March

20 April 2012

Unlisted real estate funds raised $4.6bn around the world in March, double the amount in February, reports Indirex, the new global online community for the sector.
Forum Partners expands in Australia

20 April 2012

Forum Partners, the global real estate investment management firm, has established an office in Sydney, Australia, under the leadership of Andrew Faulk, a director of Bluestone Capital.
Grosvenor backs IO industrial guru

20 April 2012

Chief Preston’s “diversification” leads to investment with Sims
M&S to grow space despite sales slump

20 April 2012

Marks & Spencer intends to increase UK floorspace by 3% in 2012/13 and grow overseas space by 20%, despite a fall in like-for-like sales.
Pramerica to target unloved global offices

20 April 2012

Pramerica is to roll out a global investment strategy in which it will spend hundreds of millions of pounds purchasing unloved offices.
Tesco opts for fresh focus in £1bn revamp

20 April 2012

Refurbishment preferred over space growth following dip in profits
US private equity helps put Cap & Reg into Redditch

20 April 2012

Oaktree Capital Management starts UK push by backing £130m purchase of Kingfisher Shopping Centre
Deka buys £110m West End office block

19 April 2012

Deka Immobilien has made its second purchase of a large London office building in less than a month, with a £110m off-market deal.
Deka buys £110m West End office block

19 April 2012

Deka Immobilien has made its second purchase of a large London office building in less than a month, with a £110m off-market deal.
Miller Homes to buy Glasgow residential site

19 April 2012

Miller Homes has formed an agreement with Glasgow City Council’s property arm to buy a 54.14 acre site at Crookston Farm.
High-end Russian landlord to list in London

18 April 2012

O1 Properties, which owns $2bn of offices in Moscow, is planning to list on the London Stock Exchange.
IPD: values drop for fifth consecutive month

17 April 2012

Commercial property values continued to fall in the three main sectors in March, according to the latest IPD UK Monthly Index.
Patron and TPG win Uni-invest Dutch portfolio battle

17 April 2012

Private equity firms Patron Capital Partners and TPG Capital have won the battle for a €550m portfolio of distressed Dutch properties.
Moorfield completes £30m Velocity Village purchase

17 April 2012

Moorfield Group has completed the purchase of Velocity Village in Sheffield.
Cushman & Wakefield Investors buys in Cornwall and London

16 April 2012

Cushman & Wakefield Investors has bought two properties for its West Sussex Pension Fund for a total of £19.4m.
Man U’s London HQ sold

16 April 2012

The West End of London Property Unit Trust has sold Stratton House, where Manchester United’s London office is located, for £166m.
Infrared’s second $700m bite of Chinese market

13 April 2012

Opportunistic fund will invest in residential and retail and target 20% returns
Need to know: surgery developer’s Assura footing

13 April 2012

Assura began life in 2003 as Medical Property Investment Fund to invest in GP surgeries and pharmacies
Oil and gas fires up F&C Reit in Aberdeen

13 April 2012

Asset manager to pay £95m for three headquarters in UK’s energy capital
US pension fund reaps Festival harvest

13 April 2012

US teachers’ pension fund TIAA-CREF is understood to be leading the race to buy Grosvenor’s Festival Place shopping centre in Basingstoke , for a price of just less than £300m.
RREEF weighs options for £100m Lacon House

12 April 2012

RREEF is weighing up its options for Lacon House on Theobolds Road in London’s Midtown, including a sale of the building for around £100m.
Luxury Nottingham apartment scheme in administration

12 April 2012

The owner of a luxury residential scheme in Nottingham, which achieved the city’s first £1m apartment sale, has been placed in administration.
Investec and GLL fund to buy Spanish warehouses

12 April 2012

Investec GLL Global Special Opportunities Real Estate Fund, a fund jointly managed by GLL Real Estate Partners and Investec Bank, is to buy two logistics warehouses in Spain.
Christie & Co instructed to sell four hotels

12 April 2012

QHotels has instructed Christie + Co to sell four hotels from its portfolio following a review of its business, ThebusinessDesk.com reported today.
JLL appointed to sell 40-storey Liverpool tower

12 April 2012

Jones Lang LaSalle has been appointed to sell the 40-storey West Tower development in Liverpool, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
DTZ’s Menno Maas quits

11 April 2012

Menno Maas has quit as CEO of the Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) division at DTZ.
Terrace Hill secures funding for Sunderland supermarket

5 April 2012

Terrace Hill has completed the forward funding of a £35m supermarket development at a site in Sunderland.
Cabot Properties buys £23m Leicestershire warehouse

5 April 2012

Orchard Street Investment Management has sold a 362,000 sq ft distribution warehouse in Logix Park in Hinckley, Leicestershire to Cabot Properties for £23.2m.
90 Fenchurch Street for sale

05 April 2012

A City of London office building is to become the first asset to be sold from a €1bn fund set up by Anglo Irish Bank that is in liquidation.
Deka makes £235m Guardian headline

05 April 2012

Guardian Media Group’s headquarters in London’s King’s Cross has been sold off market to a German fund manager.
Inside the deal: Devonshire Square sale

05 April 2012

Private equity firm Blackstone is on course to complete one of the largest and most complex City of London property deals since the downturn began with the £330m purchase of Devonshire Square.
LaSalle fund bags German mall

05 April 2012

A fund managed by LaSalle Investment Management has bought the Luisencenter shopping centre (right) in Darmstadt, Germany, for around €104m from Union Investment Real Estate.
Saxo’s €114m Danish Resolution

05 April 2012

Resolution Property and Saxo Properties have agreed to buy around €114m of properties in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Topland buys Bath hotel

05 April 2012

Topland Group has bought the Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath from the Von Essen portfolio for around £19m after the Livingstone brothers pulled out of the sale.
Aerium and Allied London buy Herbal House for £26m

4 April 2012

The former Daily Mirror printing works Herbal House has been bought by Aerium and Allied London for £26.1m.
Aldo Zilli quits London and sells restaurants to Caring's Bill's Produce

4 April 2012

Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli has quit the London restaurant scene and sold his two remaining restaurants to Bill’s Produce.
Canadians buy famous Paris office building for €245m

4 April 2012

Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has agreed to buy PSA Peugeot Citroën’s historic head office building in Paris for €245.5m.
Deka buys Amsterdam office tower 'The Rock'

4 April 2012

Deka Immobilien GmbH has acquired prime office tower ‘The Rock’ in Amsterdam Zuidas for €132m from privately-held UK investment banking group Evans Randall.
Deka confirms £235m Kings Cross buy

4 April 2012

Deka Immobilien has confirmed its purchase of Guardian Media Group’s head quarters at King’s Cross, as revealed by PropertyWeek.com yesterday.
Savills: European Investment Bulletin - March 2012

3 April 2012

“In most countries the reported lack of financing has restrained investments.”
Jones Lang LaSalle: Global Capital Flows 2011

3 April 2012

“In Q4 2011 there was $106.2bn direct commercial real estate investment globally, up 4% on Q3.”
Valad and Lloyds refinance €1.1bn Duke loans

3 April 2012

Valad Europe has completed a €1.1bn refinancing of Duke, its real estate joint venture with Lloyds Banking Group.
CBRE Global Investors poaches German transactions head

2 April 2012

CBRE Global Investors has poached a new head of transactions for its German business from UBS Global Asset Management.
PEPR sells industrial to Hines and Tristan Capital Partners

2 April 2012

Prologis European Properties (PEPR) has sold eight logistics properties across Poland and Germany for €71.8m.
Lloyds debt talks spell new dawn for Sunrise

30 March 2012

Bank in debt-for-equity swap talks to rescue struggling retirement home operator
Meadowhall cued for sovereign wealth

30 March 2012

Norges and Canada Pension Plan are frontrunners for Sheffield mall
Salford’s 435,000 sq ft Exchange Quay buildings up for sale

28 March 2012

Seven office buildings totalling nearly half a million sq ft in Salford Quays are expected to go up for sale shortly.
Ronson slams "lynching" of RBS boss Hester

27 March 2012

Heron International chief executive Gerald Ronson today launched a passionate defence of Stephen Hester, accusing newspaper editors of “hypocrisy and envy” in their “lynching” of the Royal Bank of Scotland boss.
UK & European buys Farringdon office

27 March 2012

UK & European Investments has exchanged contracts to buy The Smithfield Building in London’s Farringdon for around £7.5m.
Values skyrocket in UK’s private rented sector

27 March 2012

The UK’s private rented homes have spiralled in value by 42% in five years and 1.1 million more need delivering during the next half decade, according to a Savills report published today in conjunction with Rightmove.
Private investor buy Beetham's Trinity scheme

23 March 2012

The Beetham Organisation’s 1m sq ft Trinity scheme has been bought out of administration by private investor Bashir Nathoo.
Knight Frank: UK Market Outlook - March 2012

23 March 2012

July 1994: Brazil won the FIFA World Cup, Tony Blair became Labour Party leader, and Wet Wet Wet were number one with “Love is all around”. However, in the property world love was thin on the ground as capital values moved into a double dip that would last for 2 years.
Collins to lead Patron’s £1bn UK spending spree

23 March 2012

Patron Capital Partners has appointed former GE Capital Real Estate and Land Securities director Mark Collins as chairman of its UK investment division.
Hatfield Business Park in call to investors

23 March 2012

A fund managed by Goodman and Legal & General is selling part of the 400 acre Hatfield Business Park in Hertfordshire.
Inside the deal: how Trinity College struck Project Gold

23 March 2012

Despite having a property portfolio of £800m, Trinity College (pictured), the wealthiest of Cambridge’s 31 colleges, had not invested in supermarkets until January, when it acquired a 50% stake in a portfolio of Tesco stores.
Q+A: LaSalle scales Tower Ramparts

23 March 2012

In December 2011, LaSalle Investment Management bought Tower Ramparts, a struggling 130,000 sq ft Ipswich shopping centre that was built 26 years ago.
London suburbs the safest for retail investment

22 March 2012

New research by BNP Paribas Real Estate shows London suburbs to be the least risky for retail investment.
CapCo in Covent Garden cinema swap

21 March 2012

Capital & Counties has bought three more assets for in London’s Covent Garden, in a swap deal that includes the Odeon cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Britannia buys Scarborough hotels

20 March 2012

Britannia Hotels has picked up two hotels based in Scarborough from administrators, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Hussey homes in on Holborn

16 March 2012

Mike Hussey’s Almacantar has paid around £108m for a pair of office blocks in London’s Midtown, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
Corporates aspire to green dream

16 March 2012

Unilever, Google, Coca-Cola and IBM are stepping up eco-friendly plans. Rachel Hunter reports
Qatar makes Paris offices debut

16 March 2012

MidEast fund looks beyond London to buy German assets
Widows edges into outer London

16 March 2012

Broadwalk shopping centre in Edgware under offer at £70m
Tristan Capital Partners buys in Frankfurt

15 March 2012

Tristan Capital Partners has bought two Frankfurt office buildings for €90m.
Union Investment buys hotel development in Paris

15 March 2012

Union Investment Real Estate has acquired a four-star business hotel development in the La Défense business district of Paris.
Channel Islands Property Fund makes third buy

13 March 2012

The Channel Islands Property Fund (CIPF), the only fund focused on the Channel Islands commercial property market, has made its third purchase.
Evans Property Group sells Tesco's Lichfield facility

13 March 2012

Evans Property Group has sold a 700,000 sq ft Tesco distribution unit for £46.2m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Enterprise Inns sells portfolio to pub rival

12 March 2012

Solihull pub companby Enterprise Inns has completed the sale of a portfolio of pubs to London rival to Fuller Smith & Turner, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Grainger hires director of strategic capital markets

12 March 2012

Listed residential landlord Grainger has appointed a new director of strategic capital markets from Pradera.
LaSalle pays £32m Stockwell tuition fees

09 March 2012

LaSalle Investment Management has bought and will fund construction of a 328-bed student hall scheme known as the Quadrant, in Stockwell, south London.
London in prime position to power up rest of UK

09 March 2012

Prime property yields were unchanged in February, averaging 5.75% and ending a losing streak that started last August.
Morgan Stanley backs £150m fund foray

09 March 2012

Alternative Investment Partners finances Wainbridge’s London venture
Paris burning with slew of sales

09 March 2012

German investor Deka Immobilien has sold the “Axe France” office building in Paris (pictured) for around €166m to a pool of French investors.
D2 Private to offload Savile Row block

8 March 2012

Irish investor D2 Private has hired agents to sell 23 Savile Row for offers of £200m or more, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
CBRE: German Investment Quarterly - Q4 2011

8 March 2012

The German investment market for commercial properties saw a total investment volume of €5.83bnin the last quarter of 2011 and therefore a slightly higher investment volume than in the previous quarter.
MIPIM 2012: Major European fund manager makes UK debut at Canary Wharf

8 March 2012

European fund manager Amundi Real Estate has made its debut investment in the UK, buying a stake in 5 Canada Square in Canary Wharf.
Simon Property Group buys Klépierre stake for €1.5bn

8 March 2012

Simon Property Group has bought a 28.7% stake in European shopping centre owner Klépierre for €1.5bn.
MIPIM 2012: Squarestone founders launch resi development venture

8 March 2012

Squarestone co-founders Robert Sloss and Tim Barlow have raised £100m for a new residential development venture Propertyweek.com can reveal.
Terrace Hill completes £75m resi sale

7 March 2012

Terrace Hill has completed the sale of a portfolio of 574 apartments to Swedish property group Akelius.
MIPIM 2012: Forrester outlines DTZ European strategy

7 March 2012

DTZ’s European chief executive today outlined the firm’s European strategy following its acquisition by UGL last December.
Edexcel's HQ sold to Middle Eastern family

2 March 2012

The London headquarters of the examinations board, Pearson’s Edexcel, has been bought by a Middle Eastern family for £55m.
A futures market

02 March 2012

The Scottish Futures Trust leverages investment through complex, financial initiatives. David Hatcher reports
Hammerson office sale share surge

02 March 2012

Hammerson’s intention to sell its £600m London office portfolio and invest entirely in retail property has won the approval of investors.
MIPIM icons set for sales

02 March 2012

Qatar to buy Martinez, as Carlton to be “flipped”
Patron in Dutch distress deal

02 March 2012

Private equity firms Patron Capital and TPG are close to buying a portfolio of 220 Dutch offices for more than €350m in an innovative distressed debt deal.
Scot prospects

02 March 2012

Office developments and football clubs could be big draws for foreign investors. David Hatcher reports
Wainbridge puts Hammersmith offices under offer

1 March 2012

Wainbridge, the private property investment firm, is close to buying Bechtel House in London’s Hammersmith from CBRE Global Investors.
Yorkshire retail park up for sale at £130m

1 March 2012

British Land, Hermes and Aviva Investors are preparing to bring the Birstall Shopping Park in West Yorkshire to the market for around £130m.
Corestate buys €53m distressed retail portfolio

1 March 2012

Switzerland based private equity investor Corestate Group has bought a distressed portfolio of German high street shops for €53m.
Liberty Living secures £300m debt package

29 February 2012

Student accommodation provider Liberty Living has secured a comprehensive financing package of £300m from HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Residential investment property returned 11.3% last year

29 February 2012

Residential investment property has continued to perform better than commercial property, delivering returns of 11.3% last year, driven by the strong London market.
Capital & Counties announces 11.7% NAV hike

29 February 2012

Capital & Counties has announced strong results for 2011 with a hike in net asset value of 11.7%, to 166p per share.
£270m Woolgate Exchange put into receivership to help sale

24 February 2012

Woolgate Exchange in the City of London was put into receivership yesterday to help the sale of the building, propertyweek.com can reveal.
Legal & General buys £115.4m Tesco shed

24 February 2012

Legal & General has completed a forward funding deal for of a 932,000 sq ft shed in Reading, as revealed by Property Week.
Carlyle Group buys St. James block from Crown Estate

24 February 2012

The Carlyle Group has bought 88 St. James’s Street from The Crown Estate for £36.5m.
Decathlon gets set for first ‘sports village’

24 February 2012

Parent Oxylane to debut leisure and retail concept at site near Nottingham
Foreign affair endures with £600m City trio

24 February 2012

South-east Asian and Qatari buyers could take foreign investment past £2bn
Gourmet Burger Kitchen relishes rollout

24 February 2012

Gourmet Burger Kitchen has launched an expansion drive after being bought by Nando’s owner, venture capitalist Capricorn Ventures.
NAMA beats other lenders to distressed asset vehicles

24 February 2012

Irish “bad bank” sets up funds to attract investment to some assets. Mike Phillips reports
South African lands £100m NAMA scheme in Lewes

24 February 2012

Investor that bought Edinburgh’s Caltongate backs Santon in second UK investment
UGL counts cost of DTZ buy

24 February 2012

Net profit for half-year down by 15% but full-year profits expected to rise; UGL could rebrand as DTZ
Brooks Macdonald's ground rents fund makes first buy of 2012

23 February 2012

Brooks Macdonald Funds has made its first purchase of 2012 for its ground rents funds in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
BGC buys struggling Grubb & Ellis

21 February 2012

BGC Partners, the acquisitive financial services firm which acquired Newmark Knight Frank last October, has expanded its property services platform by buying struggling US firm Grubb & Ellis.
London tops hit list for non-EU investors

20 February 2012

London is the target for 41% of non-European money flowing into Europe’s sector, according to new research by CBRE.
Henderson pulls £35m Commonwealth House sale

17 February 2012

Henderson Global Investors has decided not to sell a 100,000 sq ft office block in London’s West End, after opting to redevelop the property itself.
$1bn Empire State REIT float

17 February 2012

Owner Malkin Holdings prepares IPO of portfolio that includes New York landmark
Canadians arrive at London’s Victoria to meet LandSecs

17 February 2012

Land Securities this week signed a joint venture agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to develop its Victoria Circle scheme in central London, which could have an end value of £1bn.
City office scheme off its Marks

17 February 2012

Axa Real Estate Investment Managers and MGPA have commenced development of their office scheme at 6 Bevis Marks in the City - one of the few speculative developments progressing in the Square Mile.
Hermes takes Westfield trio

17 February 2012

Hermes Real Estate Investment Management has taken full ownership of three shopping centres, worth a combined £400m, after buying Westfield’s half-shares in them.
Key opens up Anglo Irish wealth assets

17 February 2012

City of London’s Royal Exchange shopping mall among jewels to be sold
Peel aims high with Lowry buy

17 February 2012

Developer to dip into lucrative outlet mall sector in Salford
Town Centre Securities’ solid results down to ‘hard work’, says Ziff

17 February 2012

Town Centre Securities this week reported stable half-year figures and a refinancing of £90m of debt.
Vulture funds crave slice of Pizza Hut after after prepack rumours

17 February 2012

Restructuring specialists are believed to be eyeing Pizza Hut UK after it was put up for sale in October.
Schroders buys at London Silicon Roundabout

16 February 2012

The Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust (SEPUT) has completed the purchase of a building in London’s Silicon Roundabout area as a sign of faith in the continuing growth in the area.
Hermes buys out Westfield’s stake in £400m shopping centres

14 February 2012

Hermes Real Estate Investment Management has taken full ownership of three shopping centres with a combined value of £400m after buying the 50% stakes in them from Westfield.
Shareholders back Stobart portfolio deal

14 February 2012

Shareholders of Warrington-based logistics giant Stobart have agreed a deal to buy a portfolio of properties from its chief executive Andrew Tinkler and chief operating officer William Stobart, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Threadneedle makes £11m from Covent Garden sale

13 February 2012

Fund manager Threadneedle has sold an office property in Covent Garden for £37m, nine months after buying it for £26m.
Helical ploughs on despite "severe" lending conditions

13 February 2012

Listed developer Helical Bar will continue to focus on buying investment property against a backdrop of “severely constrained” lending, its chief executive Mike Slade said today.
London tops list of global real estate investment locations, JLL says

10 February 2012

Half of the world’s property investment is concentrated on 30 cities, research from Jones Lang LaSalle has shown – but will diversify significantly by 2020.
Abu Dhabi’s new investment head

10 February 2012

One of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds has appointed a new head of European property.
Aviva's £500m switch

10 February 2012

Sales proceeds will help pay for a host of new schemes. Nick Johnstone reports
British Land adds its quarter of Meadowhall to sale

10 February 2012

British Land will put a 25% stake in the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield up for sale alongside a 50% share currently being offered by London & Stamford Property and its Middle Eastern backers.
DevSecs and Pears take shine to Chrome

10 February 2012

Pair buy £100m Gerry Gannon portfolio from NAMA
Foyles joins £300m West End sales book

10 February 2012

Hines beaten to Charing Cross Road store; Holborn and Mayfair properties close to sale
Gazeley for sale at £400m

10 February 2012

Dubai owner invites pitches for sale mandate
HSBC funds £200m scheme by Bullring

10 February 2012

Salhia Real Estate secures rare development finance outside London
Sleath sells £150m of Segro’s small regional sheds

10 February 2012

Portfolio eyed by institutions and private equity as Sleath accelerates £1.6bn disposal programme
St Modwen has finger on pulse of 'life outside London'

10 February 2012

St Modwen delivered strong annual results this week, as it continued to generate value from residential, secondary and regional property.
Malaysians line up £290m Woolgate buy

9 February 2012

Malaysian wealth fund PNB Holdings is in exclusive talks to buy the Woolgate Exchange in the City of London for almost £300m.
Prologis completes Project Teal sale to Blackstone

9 February 2012

Prologis has sold a 3.5m sq ft shed portfolio to Blackstone for around £211.4m.
One Hyde Park: £60m apartment sold and luxury retail on the market

6 February 2012

One Hyde Park’s last five bedroom apartment has been sold, bringing the total volume of sales in the London luxury residential scheme to more than £1.5bn.
Cordea Savills buys Worcestershire warehouse

6 February 2012

Cordea Savills, acting on behalf of The Charities Property Fund, has bought a large warehouse unit in Worcestershire in a deal worth more than £15m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Canadians negotiate over LandSec's £150m Victoria stake

6 February 2012

Land Securities is in talks with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to fund its £1bn Victoria Circle development.
Helical acquires Broadway House

3 February 2012

Helical Bar has acquired Broadway House, Hammersmith, for £14.1m.
BGC eyes up US property services firm

03 February 2012

BGC Partners is in talks to buy or invest in struggling US property services firm Grubb & Ellis.
Consolidation key as market contracts

03 February 2012

Latest league tables show volumes down on previous year and Jones Lang LaSalle the big winner after its takeover of King Sturge
First Alliance wins £75m workout mandate with Royal Bank of Scotland

03 February 2012

First Alliance Properties, the property investor, developer and asset manager, has won around £75m of “workout” contracts from the Royal Bank of Scotland and proposes to build a team to work with banks on asset management initiatives.
Jurys out on hotel chain cash injection

03 February 2012

Jurys Inn owners aim to restructure debt, but sale is still possible
Saudi pins hope on Pinnacle sale

2 February 2012

Developer to sell stake in attempt to resume construction.
LandSecs in talks to sell Liverpool shopping centre

2 February 2012

Land Securities is in talks to sell off the St John’s Shopping Centre in Liverpool city centre, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Distressed sales could "overwhelm" secondary market, IPD warns

2 February 2012

Increased distressed asset sales are threatening to overwhelm the already-struggling secondary property market, the IPD warned today.
Cowell's Estate Office Group ventures into Japan

2 February 2012

Nicholas Cowell’s Estate Office Group has secured a foothold in the Japanese market through a partnership with a Tokyo based asset management company.
Livingstone brothers complete Cliveden buy

2 February 2012

Richard and Ian Livingstone have completed their purchase of the Cliveden House Hotel, the hotel made famous in the Profumo affair.
Peel puts Castlefield block up for sale

1 February 2012

Peel Holdings has put a Grade II-listed mixed use building in Castlefield in Manchester city centre.
Bruntwood sells £42m block

30 January 2012

Family-owned north-west developer and investor Bruntwood has sold 1 New York Street in Manchester at a yield of 6.5%.
Davos 2012 Blog: Pessimism peppered with hope

27 January 2012

This year in Davos, the mood is a mixture of pessimism peppered with some hopeful signs. With respect to the financial services industry, the need to increase capital ratios along with uncertain costs attributed to new regulations has cast a cloud over the industry.
Davos 2012 Blog: The rise of impact investing

27 January 2012

After a typically busy Davos breakfast, the morning adrenaline rush really kicked in with a quick sub-zero dash between venues in time for my 8am in a very lively work shop debate called Harnessing the hype: Sustainable and impact investing.
Consortium named as preferred bidder for Pfizer site

27 January 2012

Pfizer has confirmed that it is in early stage discussions with a consortium led by London and Metropolitan for the sale of Discovery Park, the former home of the pharmaceutical giant in Sandwich, Kent.
FirstService circles penny share Colliers

27 January 2012

Investors warned that in event of takeover, shares likely to be worthless
Great Portland man with great expectations

27 January 2012

Robert Noel was tipped as Francis Salway’s successor even before the day he walked into Land Securities’ Strand headquarters in January 2010, to run the London division.
Harbingers of Gloom: ULI/PWC Emerging Trends report

27 January 2012

The Urban Land Institute and PWC’s Emerging Trends report, published today, foretells of a depressing year ahead. Co-author Lucy Scott reports
Mayfair fund spends £40m

27 January 2012

A charity fund managed by Mayfair Capital Investment Management has completed £40m of transactions.
Qataris capture Credit Suisse’s Canary crib

27 January 2012

Qatar Investment Authority to pay £325m for bank’s HQ in sale and leaseback
Related raises record funds

27 January 2012

US development and investment firm Related Companies has completed the final closing of its US distressed assets fund with equity commitments of $825m.
Salway picks his moment to leave LandSecs on top

27 January 2012

REIT on Tuesday announced that its chief executive would stand down at the end of March, to be replaced by Robert Noel. James Whitmore assesses his eight years at the helm and looks forward to the Noel years
Shattock returns with investment manager Trinova

27 January 2012

Former Quintain deputy chief executive Nick Shattock is making a comeback at an investment management firm backed by a Spanish investment bank.
The Property Archive: UK Property Investment Bulletin - Q4 2011

26 January 2012

2011 was the year of following the money. Both UK institutions and overseas investors were the largest buyers and sellers throughout the year.
Davos 2012 Blog: rethinking capitalism and long-term investment?

26 January 2012

After starting the day early having breakfast with a very kind journalist from Swiss television, I was prepared for attending a much more heavy debate on the future of capitalism.
Crown and Norges complete Jaeger House buy

26 January 2012

The Regent Street Partnership, the joint venture between The Crown Estate and Norges Bank, has completed its purchase of Jaeger’s flagship store on London’s Regent Street.
Hong Kong firm in £300m Goldman HQ talks

26 January 2012

A Hong Kong-based fund manager is in talks to buy part of Goldman Sachs’ City HQ for £300m.
London & Stamford increases fire-power to £800m

26 January 2012

London & Stamford has increased the amount of funds at its disposal to £800m.
GVA appointed to sell Beetham Birmingham hotel

26 January 2012

GVA has been appointed to sell the long leasehold on a major Birmingham hotel previously owned by Stephen Beetham.
CBRE Global Investors buys across the UK

24 January 2012

CBRE Global investors has bought four properties across the UK for £36.3m.
Man Utd £170m London office on the block

24 January 2012

The home of Langan’s Brasserie and a Manchester United FC office is likely to be put up for sale for around £170m.
New north west investment boss at CBRE

24 January 2012

CBRE has hired a new head of capital markets for its north west division.
LaSalle buys Virgin health club for £11m

23 January 2012

LaSalle Investment Management has bought a Virgin Active health club in London for £11m.
All-in-one website Indirex launched

20 January 2012

Indirex, an online community for global unlisted real estate, was launched this week.
Blackstone's new direction

20 January 2012

Chad Pike to lead “tactical opportunities fund” after internal reshuffle
Caisson cuts self-storage fund equity target due to ‘cautious investors’

20 January 2012

Caisson Investment Management has slashed the equity-raising target for its self-storage fund from £100m to £10m-£20m in light of difficult market conditions.
Care home operator Four Seasons defers debt repayment

20 January 2012

Care home company Four Seasons Health Care has chosen not to prepay at least £100m of its securitised debt, resulting in an increase in the interest it has to pay noteholders.
Gale resigns as JER CEO after firm slims down

20 January 2012

Barden Gale has quit as CEO of private equity real estate firm JER Partners.
Meadowhall sale sparks overseas cash courtship

20 January 2012

Mould and Vaughan to sell 50% stake in Sheffield mall, while Whittaker reveals CSC could follow suit
Moorfield studies in Exeter

20 January 2012

Moorfield has bought the former Printworks site on Western Way in Exeter, to develop as a 487-bed student accommodation scheme.
Morgan Stanley’s St Petersburg shop

20 January 2012

A Morgan Stanley fund has agreed to buy the largest shopping centre in central St Petersburg, Russia, for $1.1bn from Meridian Capital CIS Fund.
Morton leaves BlackRock UK fund

20 January 2012

Jeff Morton, head of investment for the BlackRock UK Property fund, is leaving the firm to pursue other opportunities.
Overseas buyers in industrial action at 2011 year-end

20 January 2012

A slew of portfolio sales at the close of 2011 prompted a 15% rise in UK year-on-year investment activity in industrial and logistics property.
Stobart's £101m bond with Moneypenny

20 January 2012

Transport group is buying portfolio of 18 properties from founder’s son
Swiss buyer for German portfolio

20 January 2012

Corestate Group, the Switzerland-based private equity investor, has bought a €230m German residential and office portfolio.
Rockspring sells Annick Industrial Estate

19 January 2012

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has sold Annick Industrial Estate in Glasgow for £3.4m.
Tishman makes £170m Victoria buy

19 January 2012

US property company Tishman Speyer has bought a government-let building from Land Securities for £170m.
Segro lines up £300m sale

18 January 2012

Segro is close to selling £300m of industrial and regional office space, as its £1.6bn disposal of non-core assets kicked into gear, Property Week can reveal.
Stobart enters agreement to buy portfolio from chief executive

17 January 2012

Stobart Group has entered into a conditional agreement to buy a portfolio of properties from its chief executive.
Corestate Group buys €230m German portfolio

17 January 2012

Corestate Group, the Switzerland-based private equity investor, has bought a €230m German portfolio residential and office portfolio.
Picton buys missing piece in Angel office village

17 January 2012

Picton Property Income has bought the final piece of the Angel Gate Office Village in London.
UK property returns 8.1% in 2011

16 January 2012

UK property generated a return of 8.1% last year, according to the IPD UK Monthly Index.
M&G buys Marylebone hotel

16 January 2012

M&G Investments has bought a 92-bedroom hotel in London’s Marylebone for £15.35m.
Swedes buy £230m Paddington asset

16 January 2012

A pair of Swedish Pension funds has bought a building in London’s Paddington for a total of £230m, paving the way for the development of two new buildings in the area.
Camden Lock Market bought by Brockton-backed jv

16 January 2012

The iconic Camden Lock Market in North London has been purchased by Urban Market Company in a joint venture between the founders of Camden Lock and the retail development firm, Milligan.
Bruntwood close to first Manchester sale

13 January 2012

Bruntwood is expected to complete a deal next week to sell its 1 New York Street office scheme in Manchester to Invesco.
LaSalle buys Market Walk Shopping Centre

13 January 2012

LaSalle Investment Management has bought Market Walk Shopping Centre in Devon for £12.75m.
Bahraini backs student digs

13 January 2012

Tadhamon Capital makes UK student housing debut with 50% stake in Suffolk scheme
Developers fear complex plan will kill West End schemes

13 January 2012

Council gives preference to residential developers. Nick Johnstone reports
Hammerson’s Principal aim to sell stake in City scheme

13 January 2012

REIT to offload £155m half-share in Square Mile flagship asset to reduce exposure to large-scale development
INTELLIGENCE Cushman & Wakefield prime yields

13 January 2012

Demand is there but what about the debt?
Investors and managers must work on communication skills

13 January 2012

Fund managers prioritise quantity over quality, PWC report reveals
Malaysian fund ponders purchase of KanAm’s £1bn City of London portfolio

13 January 2012

Malaysian investment fund PNB is in talks to buy some or all of a £1bn City of London and Docklands office portfolio.
Medicine men: Inside the Wellcome Trust's investment strategy

13 January 2012

How does the investment division of a medical charity consistently outperform the rest of the market? Mike Phillips spoke to the Wellcome Trust’s Danny Truell and Peter Pereira Gray to find out
Oakeshott’s OLIM profits from market distress

13 January 2012

Investor picks up £80m of smaller-sized bargains from receivers. Mike Phillips reports
Petrol group gains Patron

13 January 2012

Patron Capital has bought Motor Fuels Group in the UK.
Pramerica helps Principal Hayley check out and check back in

13 January 2012

Pramerica Real Estate Investors is close to completing a sizeable hotel ground rent purchase, as the bank-led deleveraging of the hotel sector picks up pace.
Retail investments’ Europe surprise

13 January 2012

Retail investment volumes in Europe increased by a third in 2011, despite reports of a dent in consumer confidence across the continent.
Stena Realty sails into former shipping offices

13 January 2012

Stena Realty, the property investment arm of Swedish shipping line Stena, has made its second UK property purchase.
US private equity’s $3.5bn war chest

13 January 2012

Two US private equity houses have amassed $3.5bn to spend on property.
Gerald Eve InvBrief: Property Investment Market

12 January 2012

The release of the second estimate of Q3 GDP figures by the Office for National Statistics revealed that there were no significant changesto the headline GDP figure of 0.5%, up from (a downwardly revised) 0.1% in Q2.
Grosvenor buys in France

12 January 2012

Grosvenor has bought a retail complex in north-east France for €30m.
Administrators prepare to market Beetham Liverpool Tower

12 January 2012

Administrators to the company which owned Liverpool’s West Tower have said they are finally ready to begin marketing the building after hammering out a deal with the City Council over land infringements, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Malaysian wealth fund in talks on £1bn KanAm portfolio

11 January 2012

Malaysian investment fund PNB is in talks to buy some or all of a £1bn City office portfolio being sold by German fund manager KanAm.
Co-Op buys 30-store Scottish supermarket chain

11 January 2012

The Co-operative Group has bought a chain of nearly 30 Scottish supermarkets and reported “encouragingly good” festive sales figures, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Blackstone JV in $1.4bn shopping centre deal

11 January 2012

A joint venture between private equity firm Blackstone and DDR Corporation has agreed to buy a $1.4bn portfolio of 47 US shopping centres.
LaSalle buys Newcastle student accommodation

9 January 2012

LaSalle Investment Management has bought two student accommodation blocks in Newcastle for £23.1m.
Deka buys Manchester office

6 January 2012

Orchard Street Investment Management has sold the Belvedere building at Booth St in Manchester on behalf of client Railway Pension Fund Nominees to German fund manager Deka Immobilien, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Hines snaps up 1 Bartholomew Lane

6 January 2012

Hines has bought a prime City of London office building on behalf of an Asian investor making its overseas property debut.
Allied Irish Bank Investment Management completes City sale

06 January 2012

Allied Irish Bank Investment Management has completed an off-market sale of 1-3 Royal Exchange Buildings in the City of London on behalf of an Irish investor.
Financier sweet on Sugar’s St James’s office

06 January 2012

Lord Sugar has sold a £5.9m block in London’s St James’s that he used as his office.
Hansteen buys Spencer’s sheds

06 January 2012

Hansteen has swooped on a £150m UK portfolio of largely industrial properties with a high vacancy rate.
Henderson's last-minute spending spree

06 January 2012

Henderson Global Investors sealed close to £60m in retail deals during the final months of 2011, including the £31.9m purchase of Almondvale Retail Park, in Livingston (pictured).
Investment volumes fell to £31bn in 2011

06 January 2012

UK commercial property transaction volumes sank by at least 14% in 2011, as the eurozone crisis deepened and European banks began to exit property lending.
Moorfield buys £50m Finsbury Circus building

06 January 2012

Moorfield Group, on behalf of the Moorfield Real Estate Fund II, has completed its purchase of the long-leasehold interest in Salisbury House on Finsbury Circus in the City of London.
New year brings comprehensive no-confidence vote in UK property

06 January 2012

The latest confidence survey by one of the UK’s two largest property lenders makes grim reading for people hoping for a cheery start to 2012.
SWIP buys Brighton retail park

5 January 2012

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has bought Brighton Retail Park from Legal & General Property.
Peel writes down MediaCity value by £23.9m

4 January 2012

Peel Media, the company responsible for Peel Group’s investment in MediaCity:UK, has written down the carrying value of its investment properties by £23.9m, according to newly-filed accounts, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
JLL's 2012 predictions revealed

4 January 2012

Jones Lang LaSalle’s annual property predictions paint a cautious picture of the year ahead with a few chinks of light expected to shine through. Here, PropertyWeek.com presents the notable findings in retail, capital markets, offices, development and industrial.
Another Colliers director quits central London team

22 December 2011

One of Colliers International’s City investment agents has quit the central London team, following the departure of his boss Mike MacKeith last month.
Crosstree and Aviva complete Mayfair deal within two weeks

21 December 2011

Ernesto Bertarelli’s property company has concluded its purchase of Aviva Investors’ 1-3 Berkeley Street, less than two weeks after putting it under offer.
SWIP to sell Reading asset

20 December 2011

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership is to sell a 110,000 sq ft office building and a development site for a further 400,000 sq ft of offices in Reading.
Shortlist for first Olympic homes announced

19 December 2011

The shortlisted parties are:East Thames with Countryside PropertiesBarratt Homes and Le Frak OrganisationSt James Group Limited (Berkeley)Swan Housing Association alongside Urban Splash, Yoo & MaceNotting Hill Housing and United Housing and HTATaylor Wimpey and London & Quadrant
Orchard Street completes Cambridge acquistion

16 December 2011

Orchard Street Investment Management has completed the acquisition of St Andrews House and Radio House in Cambridge from AXA Real Estate for £15.15m.
Threadneedle spends big in Bucks

16 December 2011

Threadneedle Property has placed under offer a 100,000 sq ft office scheme in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, from Invista Real Estate Investment Management for £30m.
The Beatles' Mayfair headquarters sold

15 December 2011

The former headquarters of The Beatles, where the band played its last live performance, has been sold to a private investor for £31.85m.
Two ex-King Sturge partners to depart JLL

15 December 2011

Former King Sturge equity partner Nick Deane and a former salaried partner, both from the London capital markets division, are to leave Jones Lang LaSalle following the firm’s take over in June, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
F&C UK Property Fund hits target with three regional purchases

15 December 2011

F&C REIT Asset Management has bought three properties for its F&C UK Property Fund, bringing the fund to its £50m investment target.
Co-Op picked as preferred bidder for 632 Lloyds branches

15 December 2011

The Co-Operative Group has been successful in its bid to buy 632 branches being sold by Lloyds Banking Group after being named as its preferred bidder.
Kuwaiti property company completes £176m City deal

15 December 2011

Kuwaiti property company St Martins Property Investments has completed its deal to buy 60 Threadneedle Street for £176m, as revealed by Property Week.
Drivers Jonas Deloitte poaches top Strutts City agents

14 December 2011

Drivers Jonas Deloitte has poached two City investment partners from Strutt & Parker.
GI Partners teams up with Rowan to close £83m Aldwych deal

12 December 2011

Investment company GI Partners has joined up with Rowan Asset Management to buy Aldwych House on Aldwych in London’s Midtown.
Belgian investor Vabeld buys in Liverpool

12 December 2011

Belgian property investment company Vabeld Real Estate has bought a retail property in Liverpool from Axa Real Estate for £7.15m.
Yorkshire Forward defends Leeds headquarters sale

12 December 2011

Yorkshire Forward has defended a deal to sell its Leeds headquarters for £10m less than it paid for it, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Silverstein ventures in to Poland

9 December 2011

Larry Silverstein, the US property entrepeneur, has made his first foray in to Poland.
Blackstone and Catalyst buy in Blackpool

9 December 2011

Blackstone and Catalyst Capital have bought the Houndshill Shopping Centre in Blackpool for £85m.
£62.5m West End Foyles portfolio on the block

9 December 2011

The Foyle family have put a Soho portfolio of 10 properties up for sale for £62.5m.
Alpha finds its Romeo in Westbrook Partners

9 December 2011

US private equity firm Westbrook Partners is to buy 14 secondary properties from Standard Life Investments for around £63.5m.
Brockton Capital and Pradera to play first-generation game

9 December 2011

Property fund and asset manager to invest £250m in early out-of-town retail parks
Heitman moves into care market

9 December 2011

Chicago-based firm partners with Signature for first UK venture
Von Essen portfolio bought out of administration

8 December 2011

Private equity firm Patron Capital has teamed up with Halcyon Hotels and Resorts to buy a portfolio of seven properties from the administrators of Von Essen hotels.
Crosstree closes in on Mayfair trophy

8 December 2011

A property company backed by pharmaceuticals mogul Ernesto Bertarelli is close to buying a hotel and office block in London’s Mayfair for between £150m and £160m, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
Blackstone's £500m sheds shopping spree

8 December 2011

Blackstone continued its advance on the UK industrial market this week after agreeing to buy the £300m Triangle shed portfolio from London & Stamford Property.
GE Capital launches Gateway vehicle to invest €1bn in European offices

7 December 2011

GE Capital Real Estate is to embark on a €1bn European office property investment spree.
All-star cast teams up for £300m venture

2 December 2011

Norris, Linnell, Fleishman and Johnstone found Merrick Real Estate
Kuwaiti investor’s regional hat-trick

2 December 2011

WW Advisors, the Kuwaiti-backed property investor, has completed a hat-trick of high-yielding deals totalling £60m, and is now likely to begin a new equity-raising drive.
Deka closes in on £125m Leeds shopping centre buy

1 December 2011

German fund manager Deka is in advanced talks to buy the Victoria Quarter shopping centre in Leeds for around £125m.
Orchard Street buys Mayfair office

30 November 2011

Orchard Street Investment Management has exchanged contracts to buy 61-65 Conduit Street in London’s Mayfair for £36m.
Orchard Street buys £24.5m Edinburgh retail park

29 November 2011

Orchard Street Investment Management has bought an Edinburgh retail park for £24.5m.
Former London Scottish Bank HQ up for sale

28 November 2011

The former headquarters of London Scottish Bank in Manchester have been put up for sale, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Bridges Ventures buys in Gloucester

28 November 2011

Bridges Ventures, the “social” venture capitalist, has bought a Gloucester office development for its Bridges Sustainable Property Fund.
LaSalle buys Stockley office for £21.8m

28 November 2011

LaSalle Investment Management has bought 77,827 sq ft office building at Stockley Park for £21.8m.
Investec buys Manchester distribution facility

28 November 2011

Investec Property has bought a distribution facility to the north-west of Manchester for £10.8m.
Russian buys £75m St James’s block

28 November 2011

The former Jamaican high commission at 50 St James’s in London’s West End has been sold for around £75m to a Russian investor.
CBRE Global Investors sells £31m Atlas portfolio

28 November 2011

CBRE Global Investors has sold the ten-property Atlas portfolio for £31.37m.
Bruntwood puts Centre City under offer

25 November 2011

Bruntwood has placed Centre City in Birmingham under offer for around £22m.
Columbus Capital Management completes its last equity closing

25 November 2011

Columbus Capital Management has completed its last equity closing on its UK real estate fund after raising around £160m.
St Martins Lane hotel and Sanderson hotel purchased for £192m

25 November 2011

St Martins Lane hotel and Sanderson Hotel have been purchased for £192m by Capital Hill Hotels Limited, a Middle Eastern hotels investor.
Hammerson pledges Croydon makeover with Whitgift

25 November 2011

REIT plans £50m investment in leisure at Centrale and to work “directly or indirectly” with Whitgift owners
Zell poised for control of Lehman venture Archstone

25 November 2011

Investor renowned for his timing eyes firm that helped cause downfall of Lehman Brothers
McAleer & Rushe completes £200m W Hotel sale

24 November 2011

McAleer & Rushe has completed the sale of its W Hotel in London’s Leicester Square tp Qatari investor Al Faisal Holding.
Safestyle's Bradford HQ sold to private company

22 November 2011

BTG Restructuring has sold two properties let to Safestyle UK for £3.25m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Oxford Properties completes £400m Green Park purchase

18 November 2011

Oxford Properties has today completed the acquisition of Green Park, the 190-acre business park in Reading, from Prupim for around £400m.
Eurozone crisis KOs property lending

18 November 2011

Market braces itself for €1.5bn black hole as Société Générale follows Eurohypo in pulling funding
Kirsh set for £290m Tower 42 buy

17 November 2011

The family office of South African investor Natie Kirsh is in advanced talks to buy the iconic Tower 42 in the City for around £290m, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
Oxford retail block sold to DTZ IM

16 November 2011

AIB Investment Managers has sold the Northgate Quarter in Oxford to DTZ Investment Management for £31.6m.
LaSalle sells Surrey business park

14 November 2011

Investment managers Investream and Angelo, Gordon & Co have bought the Frimley Business Park in Surrey for £15m.
UK commercial property sees negligible capital growth

14 November 2011

Central London’s role driving UK commercial property returns came to an end in October, the IPD has reported, as the Eurozone crisis and questions over its resolution continued to knock investor confidence.
The Property Archive: UK Property Investment Bulletin - Q3 2011

14 November 2011

The various markets today are now being overshadowed by macro events and not by the fundamentals of the asset class. By using asset class analysis solely based on fundamentals today assumes that the world’s problems will be solved. This is a difficult ask.
JP Morgan Cazenove: Sentiment Survey - October 2011

14 November 2011

Our survey of 159 property players shows that investors have lowered their total return expectations for the coming 12m, expecting returns of 3-4% for listed real estate stocks (vs. 7-8% in March), which is more bearish than our forecasts.
DTZ: European investment market update - Q3 2011

14 November 2011

European total real estate investment activity reached €25.7bn in Q3 2011, a 3% decrease on Q2 2011. The eighth consecutive increase in the four quarter moving average underscores underlying momentum in the market.
Henderson German fund makes UK debut with Covent Garden buy

14 November 2011

Henderson Global Investors has bought a Covent Garden shop for £16.46m in the UK debut for one of its German funds.
NewRiver Retail buys in Essex and West Sussex

14 November 2011

NewRiver Retail has bought The Newlands Shopping Centre in Witham, Essex, for £5m.
London & Stamford to sell 4m sq ft sheds for £300m

11 November 2011

London & Stamford has put up for sale 18 industrial properties known as the “Golden Triangle” portfolio.
Rockspring makes Sweden debut

10 November 2011

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has bought its first property in Sweden, the Myren 6 & 8 logistics property in Sweden for €35m.
Deka Immobilien returns to Birmingham market with £22.5m purchase

9 November 2011

Deka Immobilien has returned to the Birmingham market after five year with the purchase of a city centre office for £22.5m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
French investment market booms in Q3 with return of portfolio sales

7 November 2011

The French investment market enjoyed a booming third quarter of the year, bolstered by three portfolio sales and a number deals over €100m.
Rockspring buys Leatherhead business park

4 November 2011

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has bought the Mole Business Park in Leatherhead for £38.1m.
LaSalle picks a Birkenhead pair

4 November 2011

Investor in talks to buy Grange and Pyramids at discount price of just below £70m
Universities put a price on expansion

4 November 2011

Sarah Stewart looks at what the region’s universities are doing with their property to convince students that their facilities are worth the extra money
Economic uncertainty knocks UK commercial property capital growth down to 0.1%

3 November 2011

Declining occupier demand, caused by the UK’s stuttering economic performance, saw capital growth in the commercial property sector slow to just 0.3% in the third quarter of the year, the IPD reported today.
Coventry's Skydome set for £25m investment

3 November 2011

Up to £25m is set to be invested in the refurbishment of Coventry city centre’s flagship leisure development, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Aviva buys Yorkshire retail park

3 November 2011

Parkside Retail Park in Yorkshire has been sold to Aviva in a deal valuing the site at £6.4m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Frogmore seals Centre Point deal

2 November 2011

Frogmore has completed its purchase of a 25% share in Centre Point, the tower block owned by Almacantar in London’s West End that has been earmarked for residential conversion.
St Martins closes in on £175m Hammerson office deal

1 November 2011

Kuwaiti property company St Martins Corporation has agreed a deal to buy 60 Threadneedle Street in the City from Hammerson for more than £175m.
DTZ Investment Market Update: UK Shopping Centres Q3 2011

28 October 2011

There have been 16 transactions in Q3 2011 totalling £447m, a significant increase on the £339m transacted in Q2. Despite this, it has been a quiet summer period, with little new stock appearing until September.
Aberdeen's oil boom fuels 300,000 sq ft of office prelets

28 October 2011

Three prelets are about to be agreed at a business park on the outskirts of Aberdeen, as North Sea oil continues to buoy the local economy.
Mitsui Fudosan and Stanhope to spec in City

28 October 2011

Mitsui Fudosan is understood to have agreed to buy 8-10 Moorgate in the City of London to speculatively develop a 120,000 sq ft office property with its partner, Stanhope.
Brockton Capital buys majority stake in Virtus Data Centres

26 October 2011

Brockton Capital has bought a majority stake in mid-market data centre specialist Virtus Data Centres on behalf of its Brockton Capital Fund II.
The Charities Property Fund spends £60m in Q3

25 October 2011

The Charities Property Fund, managed by Cordea Savills, has bought five properties over the third quarter of the year, bringing its net asset value to £456m.
Staffordshire pottery museum for sale after liquidation

25 October 2011

A Staffordshire pottery museum which explored Stoke-on-Trent’s most famous industry is to be sold after being placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Legal & General in £46.6m Tesco sale-and-leaseback

21 October 2011

Legal & General Property has bought three Tesco supermarkets in a £46.6m sale-and-leaseback deal.
International rescue

21 October 2011

How do you begin to weigh up the risks and rewards of investing outside your home territory in a world where the US almost defaulted on its debt covenants and the eurozone is constantly on the verge of breaking up?
RBS’s China white knight

21 October 2011

Sovereign wealth fund CIC buys stake in £1.4bn distressed loan portfolio
Salmon Harvester's new catch

21 October 2011

Salmon Harvester Properties, the joint venture between NFU Mutual and Salmon Developments, has appointed Greenbrook Group’s managing director, Pat Mahoney, as a senior development executive.
USS buys west London office park at 9.2%

20 October 2011

Universities Superannuation Scheme has bought the Hayes Park office campus in Uxbridge for £56.25m.
Punch plans further pub sales as it reports profit fall

20 October 2011

Staffordshire-based pub operator Punch Taverns has seen a fall in full year pre-tax profit as cash-strapped customers continue to stay at home rather than eat or drink out, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Land Securities buys Preston's St John's Centre

18 October 2011

Land Securities has bought the St John’s Centre in Preston in a £5m-plus deal, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Receiver appoint to Pearl property

14 October 2011

A receiver has been appointed to a £42m property in David Pearl’s portfolio in order to push through sale of the asset.
‘Analysts’ emotions are depressing mood’

14 October 2011

British Land’s Chris Grigg warns of effects of investment bank losses
Overseas investment dulls Spain's pain

14 October 2011

Unibail-Rodamco buys €189m Barcelona mall as public property comes on market
Property investor returns expectations plummet, says JP Morgan Cazenove

13 October 2011

Property investors have halved their expectations for property returns, according to research from JP Morgan Cazenove.
Rockspring buys £34m London student accommodation block

13 October 2011

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has bought a 232-room student accommodation block in London’s Elephant & Castle for £34m.
Bank of Ireland plans £135m Leeds mall sale

7 October 2011

Bank of Ireland Private Banking is looking to sell its Victoria Quarter shopping centre in Leeds for £135m.
Fix’s counters sell-off

7 October 2011

£140m portfolio of 49 trade counters to be brought to the market
EXPO REAL 2011: Prices should fall on short-term let City stock

6 October 2011

Despite the strenght of London as an investment location, there is a lot of property where aggressive yields are being quoted on properties with short leases, BNP Paribas Real Estate’s senior director of City investment Shaun Gorvin said yesterday.
EXPO REAL 2011: Allianz to increase lending to property... but not in the UK

6 October 2011

Allianz Real Estate’s German chief executive, Stefan Brendgen, today said the company planned to increase its lending against European property as Solvency II regulations make lending for insurance companies more attractive than direct property investment.
EXPO REAL 2011: Sovereign debt crisis strongly impacting investment volumes in affected countries.

6 October 2011

The sovereign debt crisis has already started to cause property investors to concentrate more on prime assets in core markets according to CBRE’s European Investment Market briefing.
Lloyds and Telereal complete £45m Flagstaff deal

6 October 2011

Telereal Trillium has completed a deal to buy the Flagstaff portfolio from Lloyds Banking Group for around £45m, in one of the most keenly watched sales this year.
EXPO REAL 2011: Pramerica - legislative changes will increase attraction of German open ended funds

5 October 2011

Forthcoming legislation changes for German open ended funds will make them a more attractive and stable asset class, according to Pramerica’s general manager Sebastian Lohmer.
EXPO REAL 2011: 56% of London investment from overseas in 2011

5 October 2011

Investment volumes for the year so far in London have hit £8.1bn, 56% of which has been from overseas according to research by Jones Lang LaSalle
EXPO REAL 2011: New York knocks London off top spot for investment

5 October 2011

New York has beaten London to the title of most popular investment destination for the first time since 2007.
EXPO REAL 2011: Solvency II will help boost real estate lending, says AXA Reim's Lavergne

4 October 2011

The Solvency II regulations will boost lending to European property as it will make the sector more appealing to insurance companies, Laurent Lavergne, head of fund management at insurance giant Axa’s investment management arm Axa REIM, said today.
EXPO REAL 2011: Aberdeen Asset Managers to increase spending outside Europe

4 October 2011

Aberdeen Asset Managers will increase its spending in countries outside its traditional European core, the company’s global head of property said today.
EXPO REAL 2011: Investors will stick with property funds because "there's not much else" says Union's Kutscher

4 October 2011

Investors will continue to invest in property funds, despite the difficult economic conditions, because “there isn’t much else around”, Reinhard Kutscher, chairman of the management board at Union Investment said today.
Henderson Research: Think/Europe

4 October 2011

It has been a summer of discontent across financial markets. The latest wave of sovereign debt fears on both sides of the Atlantic, alongside a stark slowdown in economic growth, has revealed that the treacherous debris of the financial crisis is still evident.
EXPO REAL 2011: Property Week's team in Munich welcomes you to the conference

3 October 2011

As the sovereign debt crisis continues to rage, around 36,800 commercial property professionals haver descended on Munich this week for Expo Real - where the Eurozone’s economic woes will no doubt be a key focus.
LaSalle £47m deal to bring Premier Inn to Blackfriars

30 September 2011

LaSalle Investment Management is planning to convert an office in London’s Blackfriars into a Premier Inn hotel.
American-backed Highcross puts faith in British factories

30 September 2011

Fund manager buys out HBOS/Lloyds stake in £260m, 17m sq ft industrial-led portfolio in north-east England
Co-opportunity knocks for Co-Operative Group

30 September 2011

Co-op seeks partner for its £800m regeneration project in Manchester
Equity falls in all regions bar Americas

30 September 2011

The amount of available equity to invest in property across the globe has fallen for the first time in two years because of the global debt crisis, a DTZ report suggests
Expo Real: A real good time at expo

30 September 2011

This ‘strictly business’ conference follows the excesses of Oktoberfest
InfraRed buys €50m Frankfurt shed

29 September 2011

InfraRed Capital Partners had forward purchased a logistics development in Frankfurt.
Private family trust in £15.9m Midtown buy

29 September 2011

Private family trust Arbel Holdings has bought 95 Aldwych, near to London’s Covent Garden, for £15.9m.
WP Carey makes Italy debut with €300m Metro deal

29 September 2011

WP Carey has made its debut investment in Italy via a €300m deal with the world’s largest cash-and-carry operator Metro.
Former Citi global property head scores Plymouth Argyle football club deal

29 September 2011

James Brent’s Akkeron Group has agreed to buy struggling Plymouth Argyle football club out of administration.
Legal & General buys London industrial portfolio

29 September 2011

Legal & General has bought six London industrial estates from Segro for £38.2m.
Cash for property investment drops for first time since 2009

28 September 2011

The amount of equity targeting property investment across the globe has fallen for the first time in two years due to the global debt crisis, according to a new report from DTZ.
Axa poaches head of European transactions

28 September 2011

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has poached Riccardo Dallolio from Grove Capital Partners to be its head of European transactions.
Hermes buys Manchester city centre office

27 September 2011

Hermes Property Unit Trust has bought the Citygate Court building at Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Network Rail completes £91.8m Victoria Place deal

27 September 2011

Network Rail has completed the leasehold purchase of Victoria Place shopping centre at Victoria station in London for £91.8m.
Atrium buys €191m former Quinlan shopping centre

27 September 2011

Atrium European Real Estate Limited has bought the Palác Flóra shopping centre in Prague for €191 million from its two previous owners, AFI Europe and Avestus Capital Partners – the former fund management company of Derek Quinlan.
London & Stamford completes £24.5m residential buy

26 September 2011

London & Stamford has completed its purchase of a £24.4m residential block in Oval, south London.
Tristan teams up with Ellandi

23 September 2011

Duo form £150m venture to invest in secondary malls
Savills: European Investment Bulletin - Summer 2011

22 September 2011

The rising trend reported in Q4 2010 in our survey area continued in the first and second quarters of 2011 and the total commercial real estateinvestment volume in the first half of the year exceeded by about 8% last year’s levels (same period).
Helical joint venture plans £30m Birmingham retail investment

22 September 2011

A Helical Bar joint venture has bought a 13-acre site in Tyseley, Birmingham, for a 141,600 sq ft retail park development.
Al Faisal Holdings emerges as £200m buyer of London’s W Hotel

21 September 2011

A Qatari hospitality company owned by Al Faisal Holdings has emerged as the buyer of the W Hotel on Leicester Square in London.
Manchester’s One Piccadilly Gardens sold to Europa

19 September 2011

Europa Capital, in a joint venture with Paul Parkinson, has bought One Piccadilly Gardens and the Pavilion in Manchester from a private Irish investor for £67m.
CB Richard Ellis sets up ‘conduit to the regions’Doug Smith’s team will help redistribute investment around the UK

16 September 2011

Doug Smith’s team will help redistribute investment around the UK
Hammerson investment chiefs bring ‘non-bling’ development to City pipeline race

16 September 2011

REIT progresses schemes in anticipation of supply shortfall
Dutch fund in talks to buy £1bn student halls developer

14 September 2011

A Dutch pension fund has emerged as the frontrunner to buy a huge student halls company from Barclays Capital, in one of the biggest corporate transactions of the year.
Real Estate Investors wraps up £13m of deals

13 September 2011

Real Estate Investors, the West Midlands based property company, has bought three properties in the Midlands for a total of £13m and a yield of 11.84%.
Bourne Capital puts £90m Queensway Estate on the block

12 September 2011

A set of properties near Queensway Underground station and owned by entrepreneur Robert Bourne are to be put on the market for around £80-90m.
Great Portland / Ropemaker buy £133m ITN building

12 September 2011

The Great Ropemaker Partnership, a 50:50 Joint Venture between Great Portland Estates and the BP Pension Fund has bought 200 and 214 Gray’s Inn Road in London’s Midtown from an affiliate of Beacon Capital for £132.75m.
Great Portland secures major West End development site

12 September 2011

Great Portland Estates has bought a 2.3 acre development site at the east end of London’s Oxford Street from Royal Mail Group, as revealed by Property Week in July.
F&C clinches Middlesbrough and Barnsley mall deals

12 September 2011

F&C Reit has exchanged to buy The Alhambra Centre Barnsley (pictured) and The Cleveland Centre in Middlesbrough from The Mall Fund for £108.1m, as tipped by Property Week (30/6/11).
Cushman and SWIP swoop in Germany

9 September 2011

Cushman & Wakefield Investors and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership have bought a refurbished retail and office scheme in Dusseldorf city centre for just less than €20m, in the debut purchase their Pan-European Urban Retail Fund.
Qataris close to buying £196m London W Hotel

8 September 2011

A Qatari private investor is under offer to buy the W Hotel in London’s Leicester Square for around £196m.
KanAm puts £1bn of London trophies on block

7 September 2011

Munich-based fund KanAm has put up for sale its entire London portfolio of four properties worth £1bn, as it looks to exit UK property and take advantage of the “flight to prime” by London investors.
Tristan’s Curzon fund buys £23m former Kenmore asset

6 September 2011

Tristan Capital has bought a vacant office building in Glasgow from administrators to Kenmore Property Group.
Quintain sells Cambridge office

6 September 2011

Listed regeneration company Quintain, on behalf of its secondary property fund, SeQWuel, has sold 140 Cambridge Science Park to Mayfair Capital Unit Trust for a net initial yield of 7.8%.
Regional shopping centres scare off nervous investors

2 September 2011

Addington Capital pulls out of Birkenhead malls purchase, as Belfast’s CastleCourt bidders baulk at price
Riots fail to halt overseas investors’ raid on UK assets

2 September 2011

Uncertainty in global markets is more likely area of concern say experts
Cushman & Wakefield poaches Barclays global property head

1 September 2011

Cushman & Wakefield has poached the group property director at Barclays Bank as a partner in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) team.
Henderson fund goes to German market with €170m

1 September 2011

Henderson Global Investors today announced it was heading to the German market with €170m of firepower after raising €85m for its Henderson German Retail Income Fund (GRIF).
Lambert Smith Hampton appoints former Knight Frank partner to lead northern investment

1 September 2011

One of the Knight Frank partners made redundant from its Manchester office a week ago has been recruited by Lambert Smith Hampton.
Hannover Leasing buys £139m City office

1 September 2011

German closed-end fund manager Hannover Leasing has bought a 19-storey office in the City of London for £139m.
CareCapital Group sells German healthcare portfolio

31 August 2011

CareCapital Group has agreed to sell its German healthcare property portfolio to NorthWest Value Partners, privately-owned real estate investor based in Toronto, for €27.35m.
RREEF buys Leeds office out of administration

24 August 2011

German fund manager RREEF has bought a major Leeds office block out of administration for £24.25m.
Fears that HS2 rail will see investors favour Manchester over Liverpool

22 August 2011

TRANSPORT authority Merseytravel has said that although it welcomes a new high speed rail link to Manchester, it fears the upgrade could leave Liverpool out of the loop when it comes to inward investment, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Russian investor buys One Hyde Park Rolex store

22 August 2011

A Russian investor has exchanged contracts to buy the flagship Rolex store at One Hyde Park for a net initial yield of less than 3%.
NewRiver announces flurry of deals

22 August 2011

NewRiver Retail today announced a flurry of deals across the country including purchases, a sale and an appointment as development manager.
Aman Resorts on the market with over $400m price tag

22 August 2011

Aman Resorts, the luxury hotel chain, has been put up for sale with a price tag of over $400m (£240m), the Sunday Times reported yesterday.
Targetfollow's Coventry Skydome sold out of administration

19 August 2011

The Coventry Skydome leisure complex has been sold in a £13.5m deal, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Wellcome buys 1,900 acre Cheshire estate

19 August 2011

The Wellcome Trust has completed the purchase of the Alpraham Estate in Cheshire.
Henderson Global Investors: Think/UK - July 2011

18 August 2011

The yield-driven recovery in UK capital values is drawing to a close, leaving the spotlight focused on performance fundamentals.
Resolution in €250m Copenhagen joint venture

18 August 2011

Resolution Real Estate Properties has formed a €250m joint venture to invest in Copenhagen’s central business district.
Cushman & Wakefield poaches partner from DTZ

17 August 2011

Cushman & Wakefield has hired a DTZ European capital markets director as a partner in its central and eastern Europe investment team.
DTZ Investment Management buys £30.9m City office

17 August 2011

Pension fund clients of DTZ Investment Management have exchanged contracts to buy 60 Cannon Street in the City of London for £30.9m.
London & Stamford completes Tesco Harlow shed buy

16 August 2011

London & Stamford has today completed the acquisition of a Tesco-occupied distribution unit in Harlow for £22.9m.
RBS’s West Register and Invesco to wind up £207m listed trust

15 August 2011

Fund manager Invesco Real Estate and West Register – the property management company within Royal Bank of Scotland – today said that they had agreed to liquidate a heavily indebted listed property company before 2014.
Eddisons launches Leeds capital markets desk

15 August 2011

Chartered surveying practice Eddisons has launched a new capital markets department in Leeds, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
MGPA's €220m Danish retail deal

15 August 2011

Private equity fund manager MGPA has bought a €220m Danish department store property in a joint venture with two other investors.
Pramerica raises £98m for ground rent fund

15 August 2011

Pramerica Real Estate Investors today revealed it had raised £98m of new equity for a ground rent fund, taking the total raised for the fund to £225m.
Delancey and Qatari Diar seal Olympic Village deal

12 August 2011

Delancey and Qatari Diar have been selected by the Olympic Delivery Authority to buy the Olympic Village for £557m, as tipped by Property Week.
Oxford University college sells local office

11 August 2011

Oxford University’s Oriel College has sold a local office building for £6.6m.
Warner Estate sells Euston mixed-use property

11 August 2011

Property fund manager Warner Estate has exchanged contracts to sell a mixed-use property near London’s Euston train station for £18.1m.
LaSalle buys Premier Inns in £53.8m sale and leaseback deal

11 August 2011

LaSalle Investment Management is to buy seven Premier Inns in a £53.8m sale-and-leaseback deal.
Rochdale council mulls Wheatsheaf buy

11 August 2011

Rochdale Council is pursuing its attempt to buy the town’s Wheatsheaf shopping centre from administrators, TheBusinessDesk.com reported yesterday.
Grainger on course for £189.2m of sales in the year

11 August 2011

Grainger made £148.7m in sales over the ten months to the end of July, an improvement of £20m on the same period last year.
WELPUT pulls West End's Southside sale

11 August 2011

Southside at 101 Victoria Street in London’s West End has been pulled from the investment market.
Halabi's Time Square shopping centre to be brought to market

10 August 2011

Simon Halabi’s Time Square shopping centre in Sutton will be brought to the market by its LPA receivers.
Legal & General frontrunner for Segro’s GL7

10 August 2011

Legal & General Property has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Segro’s GL7 portfolio of industrial estates.
Aviva tees up giant West End scheme

8 August 2011

Aviva is close to piecing together a development site in London’s West End that could bring to the market about 600,000 sq ft of mixed-use space.
Axa Real Estate sells Grosvenor Shopping Centre

5 August 2011

AXA Real Estate has sold the Grosvenor Shopping Centre in Macclesfield, on behalf of its client Friends Life Company to Eskmuir Securities for £20.86m.
Government rejects Wellcome's £1bn Olympic bid

4 August 2011

Ministers have rejected The Wellcome Trust’s £1bn bid for the entire Olympic Park, The Financial Times reported today.
Gordon Ramsay sells in Maida Vale

4 August 2011

Gordon Ramsay Pub Holdings has sold The Warrington public house in London’s Maida Vale for over £5m.
Mayfair Capital buys nine properties

3 August 2011

The Mayfair Capital Property Unit Trust has bought nine assets in the second quarter of 2011.
LaSalle Investment Management sells Warwick business park

3 August 2011

The Titan Business Centre near Warwick has been sold for £9.8m by LaSalle Investment Management, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Scottish Widows set to buy Manchester's 101 Barbirolli

2 August 2011

Scottish Widows is set to buy the 101 Barbirolli office building at Barbirolli Square in Manchester for £30m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Henderson Research Think/UK July 2011

28 July 2011

The yield-driven recovery in UK capital values is drawing to a close, leaving the spotlight focused on performance fundamentals.
DTZ Research: Investment market update Europe Q2 2011

28 July 2011

European total real estate investment activity reached €25.4bn in Q2 2011, a 14% increase on Q1 2011. The seventh consecutive increase in the four quarter moving average underscore the steady growth in activity.
Picton Property’s NAV remains flat

28 July 2011

Picton Property Income, the property investment company formerly known as ING UK Real Estate Trust, has seen net asset value per share stay stable over the last quarter.
Ireland suffers lowest rate of return since September 2009

28 July 2011

Doubts about the Irish economy and the troubles in the Eurozone have led to Ireland’s commercial property returns falling to their lowest point since September 2009, the IPD has said.
Pendragon property vehicle in £100m sale-and-leaseback deals

25 July 2011

Car dealership Pendragon’s property holding joint venture, PPH1, has sold five packages of car showrooms to a variety of investors for over £100m.
Healthcare group in £36.9m hospitals sale-and-leaseback

21 July 2011

Independent healthcare provider General Healthcare Group has sold two hospitals in sale-and-leaseback deals for £36.9m.
Standard Life Investments buys Southampton office

21 July 2011

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has completed the purchase of a multi-let office in Southampton for £6.1m.
Co-Operative bids for Lloyds branches

19 July 2011

The Co-operative has submitted a bid for the network of 632 bank branches being sold by Lloyds Banking Group, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
LaSalle buys Farringdon block

18 July 2011

Standard Life has sold The Corner at 91-93 Farringdon Road in east London to LaSalle Investment Management for £9.75m.
Allsop in Colliers West End poach

15 July 2011

Allsop is to re-enter the West End leasing and investment market, after poaching two directors from Colliers International.
MPs and PWC to probe £250bn council-owned property use

15 July 2011

The government has today launched an inquiry into how local authorities can better use their £250bn property assets to boost development and economic growth.
DTZ Research: Belgium Secondary Markets - H2 2011

14 July 2011

The activity recorded at mid-year (90,000 sq m) is in line with the average and offers a much better performance to the secondary markets as a whole than Brussels.
DTZ Research: Belgium Investment Market Update - Q2 2011

14 July 2011

Investments are keeping up the good pace set mid-2010 and Q2 2011 accounts for an encouraging €469m. The second part of the year being traditionally more dynamic we can expect the current figure of €909m invested in Belgium commercial real estate to double at least, leaving behind the years 2009 and 2010.
Overseas investment in central London offices up 25%

14 July 2011

Investment by overseas investors in central London offices was 25% higher in the first half of the year than in the same period in 2010, research from Jones Lang LaSalle has shown.
One of Sheffield's tallest buildings brought to the market

14 July 2011

One of the tallest buildings in Sheffield has gone onto the market with a price tag of more than £10.5m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Lord Sugar to sell St James’s block

13 July 2011

Amsprop, the company founded by the Apprentice star, is to sell an office building in St James’s, London.
Highcross buys former HBOS assets

12 July 2011

UK opportunity fund Highcross has bought seven office and industrial properties in Aberdeen, Dunfermline and Glasgow, in a £20.3m deal.
Galliard buys 7-9 Portland Place for resi

11 July 2011

Galliard Homes has paid £11m for 7-9 Portland Place, an office building in London’s West End which it plans to convert into luxury homes.
Liverpool-based B&M bags Focus DIY stores

8 July 2011

Liverpool-based discount retailer B&M has bagged the 11 sites it wanted from Focus DIY’s administrators Ernst & Young for just £1.2m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Cordea Savills buys in Edinburgh

8 July 2011

Cordea Savills has purchased a new prime project in Edinburgh and completed the sale of two assets on behalf of its Student Hall Fund.
Hammerson's £100m City of London buy

8 July 2011

Hammerson has acquired 99 Bishopsgate in London from Prupim £100m.
Helical sells £42m of property

8 July 2011

Helical Bar has completed £42m of asset sales since its year end and has acquired a mixed use block in Basildon, it announced today.
British Land buys £179m Virgin Active portfolio

8 July 2011

British Land has bought a portfolio of Virgin Active health and racquet clubs from Societe Generale for £179m as tipped by Property Week (04.07.11).
Power Network - The Property Investment Network

8 July 2011

A new event for the investment market was launched by Property Week in Mayfair last month
Astellas Pharma in talks for largest south east occupier deal this year

7 July 2011

Pharmaceuticals company Astellas Pharma is considering moving its headquarters to Chertsey in the largest occupational deal in the south east this year.
LXB buys Staffordshire sites for £70m scheme

7 July 2011

AIM-listed investor LXB Retail Properties has acquired two town centre plots in Staffordshire for a £70m retail project and is in talks to acquire a third, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Wellcome publishes Olympic Park takeover plans

5 July 2011

Charitable foundation The Wellcome Trust has made public its plans for a £1bn takeover of London’s Olympic Park.
Norwegian sovereign wealth fund completes second deal

5 July 2011

The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has completed its second deal in a £15bn investment drive, with the purchase of 50% of a €1.4bn Parisian portfolio from Axa.
Welput buys St Martins Place block

4 July 2011

EstCapital has sold 7-8 St Martins Place to the West End of London Property Unit Trust (WELPUT), a closed-end fund managed by Schroders, for £41m.
RBS demands sale of former Guiness factory

1 July 2011

A vacant building at west London’s First Central has been put up for sale by Royal Bank of Scotland.
Perella’s Adelphi debut

1 July 2011

Financial services firm Perella Weinberg is in advanced talks to buy the Adelphi building in London’s West End for more than £285m, in one of the biggest Central London investment deals since the downturn.
F&C REIT under offer on £108m of malls

30 June 2011

F&C Reit has gone under offer to buy The Mall Middlesbrough and The Mall Barnsley for around £108m.
Brighton Pier up for sale

30 June 2011

Brighton’s Grade II listed pier has been put up for sale for the first time in 25 years.
Oxford Properties buys £142m Midtown stake

30 June 2011

Oxford Properties has completed the £142m purchase of a 50% stake in MidCity Place.
SWIP buys BBC building from West Ham owner Sullivan

30 June 2011

Pornography publisher and West Ham United joint owner David Sullivan has sold a BBC let office property on Marylebone High Street.
British Land in £57m City of London residential buy

30 June 2011

British Land has bought a City of London residential property for £57m.
IPD and Savills report sharp regeneration property returns in 2010

29 June 2011

Total investment returns from regeneration property improved sharply in 2010 although they still lag the rest of the investment universe, according to IPD and Savills
Area and Delancey announce £202.6m recommended offer for Minerva

29 June 2011

Area Property Partners and Delancey this morning revealed a £202.6m recommended cash offer for London developer Minerva.
British Land buys Hutchison Whampoa HQ

29 June 2011

British Land has bought a 198,000 sq ft office and leisure complex in Maidenhead town centre for £74m.
The Crown to buy £71m Maidstone retail park.

24 June 2011

The Crown Estate is in talks to buy The Junction Fund’s South Aylesford retail park in Maidstone for around £71m, reflecting a yield of around 5.75%.
Internos sells €36.2m of German property

23 June 2011

Jos Short and Andrew Thornton’s Internos Real Estate Investors has sold €36.2m of property on behalf of the Luxembourg based investment company BGP Investment.
The Property Archive: UK Property Investment Bulletin - Q4 2010

21 June 2011

For the fourth quarter, investment activity rose to £13.84bn, an increase of 87% from Q3’s £7.4bn. The last time such a high level of quarterly activity was in the second quarter 2007 at £14.38bn, just before the UK property market crashed.
The Property Archive: UK Property Investment Bulletin - Q1 2011

21 June 2011

The investment volume for the first quarter was down to £8.09bn from £13.24bn seen in the fourth quarter 2010, but up from the £6.14bn in the same first quarter of 2010.
Cushman & Wakefield: EMEA Property Investment Report - Q1 2011

21 June 2011

European commercial property investment activity hit €28.4bn in the first quarter of 2011, 25% up on the opening quarter of 2010.
Hermes buys 40-50 Eastbourne Terrace

20 June 2011

Hermes Real Estate Investment Managers, on behalf of the British Telecom Pension Scheme, has exchanged contracts to buy 40-50 Eastbourne Terrace from Westlink Global Investments for £76m.
£30m Hong Kong cash for Pinnacle

20 June 2011

Pinnacle Regeneration Group has received £30m of investment from three Hong Kong-based families in order to fund its expansion plans.
St Modwen sells at Connah's Quay

17 June 2011

St Modwen has sold 20,000 sq ft of retail space at the Quay Shopping Centre at Connah’s Quay on the Chester/North Wales border for £2.8m, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Jaro buys in New Oxford Street

17 June 2011

Jaro Real Estate, the investment vehicle of ex-King Sturge partner David Hallett, has struck its first deal by buying Isis House at 64-76 New Oxford Street in London for £9.5m.
DTZ Investment Management buys West Midlands retail park

16 June 2011

DTZ Investment Management has bought a retail park in Wolverhampton for £40.65m.
Brockton Capital and Development Securities agree £47.5m Notting Hill buy

16 June 2011

A joint venture between UK property fund Brockton Capital and Development Securities has agreed to buy a Notting Hill office and retail block for £47.5m.
CMS Cameron McKenna to prelet Hammerson City scheme

15 June 2011

Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna has signed heads of terms to take a prelet at Hammerson’s Principal Place scheme in the City.
Law firm Linder Myers buys Manchester HQ

15 June 2011

Linder Myers, a Manchester-based firm of solicitors, has bought 55 Spring Gardens in Manchester city centre from the British Telecom Pension Scheme for its own occupation, in a deal reflecting a yield of 9%.
£1.1bn Marriott assets to be brought to market

15 June 2011

A portfolio of 42 Marriott hotels bought for £1.1bn at the top of the market will be put up for sale after the appointment of administrators yesterday.
SWIP swoops on Boots block

14 June 2011

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has placed a prime block on Oxford Street under offer at a yield of around 5%.
Bury retail scheme sold for £7m

14 June 2011

Investment fund ISIS Property Trust has completed the £7m acquisition of a new retail warehouse in Bury, Greater Manchester, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Southern Cross landlords agree to provisional restructuring

14 June 2011

Landlords of struggling care home operator Southern Cross last night agreed to a provisional restructuring which is likely to see rents cut for the short term.
Max says secondary buying opportunities persist

13 June 2011

Max Property Group, the company run by Nick Leslau and Mike Brown, said today that buying opportunities would continue to arise in the secondary market, in spite of the “snail’s pace” at which banks are deleveraging.
Knight Frank’s City office to hunt for $1.5bn Chicago skyscraper buyer

10 June 2011

Knight Frank’s City office has been appointed to find a buyer for America’s tallest office building.
£3.7bn pumped in to London residential market annually from abroad

10 June 2011

The London residential market is being fuelled by foreign buyers to the tune of £3.7bn each year according to research by Savills.
Prime £225m St John’s Wood site comes to market

10 June 2011

The Eyre Estate has today launched one of London’s most coveted residential development opportunities - the £225m sale of the St John’s Wood Barracks site in north-west London.
Three shortlisted for £575m Mint hotel portfolio

9 June 2011

Blackstone, London & Regional and a joint venture between Goldman Sach’s Whitehall Fund and the Texas Pacific Group are understood to be on the final shortlist to buy a portfolio of seven Mint hotels for around £575m.
MEC City Tower deal confirmed

8 June 2011

Mitsubishi Estates has bought City Tower on London’s Bishopsgate for £95m.
New Covent Garden loses Barratt from £1bn redevelopment race

8 June 2011

Barratt Group has bowed out of the competition to redevelop the New Covent Garden Market site in Nine Elms, leaving two French firms in the running for the £1bn deal.
Europa buys out €100m former Quinlan mall

7 June 2011

Private equity fund manager Europa Capital has bought the Mall of Sofia shopping centre in Sofia, Bulgaria, from GE Real Estate and Avestus Capital Partners, formerly Quinlan Private.
Carlyle buys Rotterdam office for student accommodation

7 June 2011

US private equity group Carlyle has bought an office building in Rotterdam for conversion into student accommodation, through its joint venture with the MacGregor family.
Colliers hires central London investment director

6 June 2011

Colliers International has appointed a new director of central London investment.
Matrix European REIT plans property sell off

2 June 2011

Matrix European Real Estate Investment Trust is planning to sell all of its assets by the end of 2013.
St James’s Place serves termination notice on fund manager Invista

1 June 2011

The break-up of listed property fund manager Invista Real Estate Investment Management continued today with its largest separate account client giving formal notice of termination.
Middle Eastern resi buyers up 50% in West End

27 May 2011

The Arab Spring has caused an uptick in the number of Middle Eastern buyers of West End residential property, according to a report by West End residential agency Kay & Co.
Kerslake and Carter make construction call

27 May 2011

In the old days of regional planning, it was established that 7,000 homes needed to be built in Kent every year for 20 years to satisfy demand
Private and public sectors pull together for Kent fund

27 May 2011

CB Richard Ellis prepares feasibility study for project
Relentless rise in rents forces couples to cohabit

27 May 2011

Average monthly rents in England and Wales rose 0.8% to £692 in April, matching the record high reached in November 2010, says LSL Property Services
Rockspring buys in Leeds and Shrewsbury

26 May 2011

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has spent £17.8m buying properties in Leeds and Shrewsbury.
Axa buys €55m Spanish petrol stations portfolio

26 May 2011

Axa Real Estate Investment Managers has bought a €55m portfolio of Spanish petrol stations in a sale and leaseback deal with one of the country’s largest supermarket operators.
European listed property sector could double to €600bn in five years

25 May 2011

The European listed real estate sector has the potential to double in size to €600bn over the next five years, according to the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA).
London resi rents show huge increase

25 May 2011

Rents in London have risen by 6.1% in the past six months from £37.87 / sq ft to £40.20 / sq ft, according to Jones Lang LaSalle research.
Quintain reports NAV drop but claims “real progress” achieved during year

25 May 2011

Quintain suffered a 6% decline in its net asset value in the year to 31 March.
Invesco completes £142m City deal

24 May 2011

Invesco Real Estate has completed the first deal for its new global property fund with the purchase of One Finsbury Circus for £142m.
GVA HQ sold to Hong Kong buyer

20 May 2011

Joint Treasure, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, has bought GVA’s headquarters at 10 Stratton Street for £60m.
UK Commercial Property Trust buys Kingston Rotunda

20 May 2011

UK Commercial Property Trust has bought the Rotunda leisure scheme in Kingston for £50.7m, partially funded through a new £150m Barclays Bank debt facility.
Interactive: Find where overseas money is spent in London

20 May 2011

Use our interactive map below to see which of London’s streets and properties overseas buyers have been pouring their billions into buying.
Mr Zara buys £220m Oxford Street block

20 May 2011

Founder of Spanish retailer Zara Amancio Ortega buys 1 acre site in West End
Trio bid £300m for Alban Gate

20 May 2011

Brunei Investment Authority, Hines and Samsung and Tishman vie for City office let to JP Morgan
Crown buys £20m Trafalgar House headlease

18 May 2011

The Crown Estate has acquired the headlease of Trafalgar House at 11-12 Waterloo Place in London’s St James’s for £20 million.
HCA’s Lunts moves to GLA

16 May 2011

The Homes and Communities Agency’s executive director for London, David Lunts, has taken up a new role at the Greater London Authority.
DTZ Investment Market Update: UK Shopping Centres - Q1 2011

16 May 2011

In terms of market activity in Q1 2011, there were 17 completed shopping centre transactions (with a further six assets currently under offer), representing a total of £2.6bn by value.
DTZ Investment Market Update: UK Retail Warehouse - Q1 2011

16 May 2011

It has been a slow start to the year, with a shortage of stock in the retail warehouse investment market, particularly in the £50m+ bracket. Stock totalling circa £815m was openly available on the market during Q1, compared with £1.1bn in Q4 2010 and £1.7bn in Q3 2010.
DTZ: Investment Market Update - UK High Street - Q 2011

16 May 2011

According to DTZ figures, £123m was transacted in the UK high street investment market in Q1, encompassing 32 completed deals, excluding auctions and portfolio transactions. However, there are a number of key deals agreed, which have not yet completed.
Almacantar buys £80m Marble Arch Tower

16 May 2011

Mike Hussey’s Almacantar has bought London’s Marble Arch Tower from clients of Orchard Street Investment Management.
Stobart hits back against “malicious allegations”

13 May 2011

Stobart Group has denied any wrongdoing in relation to its proposed purchaser of a debt-hit property portfolio from its chief executive.
Legal & General under offer on Kandahar's Jackson Square

12 May 2011

Legal & General Property has gone under offer to buy Kandahar’s Jackson Square shopping centre in Bishop Stortford for around £58m.
Armenius vehicles take control of €1bn of German properties

12 May 2011

Two investment vehicles run by Arminius Funds Management have taken control of €1bn of German properties via a debt restructuring.
Thames Valley tech to drive south-east office growth

10 May 2011

The recovery in the south-east office market is being led by the M4 corridor areas of Hammersmith, Maidenhead and Reading.
Tritax looks for investors for Aldershot self-storage property fund

9 May 2011

Tritax has launched a new property fund to invest in a self-storage facility in Hampshire.
Henderson Global Investors buys Kent retail

9 May 2011

Henderson Global Investors has bought the first phase in a Kent retail park for £14.25m, a yield of 5.4%.
Atrium European Real Estate completes €171m Warsaw deal

6 May 2011

Atrium European Real Estate has completed the purchase of the Promenada shopping centre in Warsaw, Poland, for €171m.
Benson Elliott acquires Barcelona office in bank deal

5 May 2011

Benson Elliot has forward bought an office in Barcelona with an end value of €80m.
Public consulted on Sea Containers revamp

4 May 2011

The owner of Sea Containers House on London’s South Bank has begun a public consultation on its proposals to refurbish the building, ahead of submitting a planning application in the summer.
Grainger confirms Lloyds resi deal

4 May 2011

Listed residential landlord Grainger has confirmed its selection as the preferred supplier to asset manage Lloyds Banking Group’s residential properties that are in distress, as tipped by Property Week (03.02.11).
Gatehouse buys £53m Scottish Rolls-Royce factory

3 May 2011

Shariah-compliant wholesale bank Gatehouse has bought a Rolls-Royce manufacturing and logistics plant in Glasgow for £52.7m.
Lloyds puts £60m of assets on the market

3 May 2011

Lloyds Banking Group has put a portfolio of 38 distressed properties on the market through Jones Lang LaSalle.
Last three Kenmore assets for sale

28 April 2011

Administrators to the Kenmore Property Group have put up for sale the three remaining assets formerly owned by the company, which collapsed in November 2009.
Peakside sells Berlin housing complex to TAG

27 April 2011

Peakside Capital, the Zug-based European real estate private equity firm, has sold a residential complex in Berlin to TAG Immobilien.
London & Stamford buys £75m City office

27 April 2011

London & Stamford has bought a City of London office for £75m.
Investment in central London up by a third year-on-year, Cushman & Wakefield says

26 April 2011

Central London property investment in the first quarter of the year increased by 34% on the same period in 2010, figures from Cushman & Wakefield have shown.
RREEF buys Silicon Valley office

26 April 2011

RREEF has bought an office in California’s Silicon Valley for $65m.
Meadow Partners recapitalises Kensington Arcade

26 April 2011

Meadow Partners’ Real Estate Fund has taken control of Kensington Arcade in west London from Englander Group.
Al Fayed mulls "all cash" offer for Pinewood

21 April 2011

Mohamed Al Fayed has emerged as a rival party interested in buying Pinewood Shepperton, the listed film studio company.
Aviva Tower exchanges for £288.25m

21 April 2011

Contracts have been exchanged on the sale of the Aviva Tower for £288.25m – the last property to be sold from Simon Halabi’s Protractor portfolio which was taken into administration two years ago.
Redevco buys Bournemouth parade

20 April 2011

Redevco has bought a parade of Bournemouth shops for £31m.
Moorfield's new £50m joint venture to convert Labour's former HQ into hostel

19 April 2011

Labour’s former London headquarters is to be converted into a hostel as a part of a new £50m joint venture between Moorfield and property company Safeland.
Yield movement drives modest UK growth, IPD says

14 April 2011

Capital values in the UK property market rose by a modest 0.3% in March, figures from the Investment Property Databank have shown, bringing total capital growth for the first quarter of 2011 to 0.6%.
Mitsubishi Estate to buy 150 Leadenhall Street

14 April 2011

Japanese property giant Mitsubishi Estate is under offer to buy the London headquarters of fellow Japanese company Tokio Marine for £35m.
DevSecs eyes £52m Notting Hill buy

14 April 2011

Development Securities is close to buying a retail and office block in for £52m Notting Hill in west London.
Online property trading gains momentum

14 April 2011

London agency John Miles & Company has used the clicktopurchase platform to sell an office property in Egham.
Ronson consortium frontrunner to buy Murco petrol stations

13 April 2011

Gerald Ronson is among a consortium of investors vying for control of petrol station operator Murco UK.
Prupim purchases £67m Tesco Superstore

12 April 2011

Prupim has completed the purchase of a 150,000 sq ft Tesco Superstore in Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff.
Peel makes takeover bid for Pinewood

11 April 2011

John Whittaker’s Peel Holdings has made a full takeover bid for Pinewood Shepperton, the listed film studio company.
70 Gracechurch for sale at £200m

8 April 2011

The Irish owner of 70 Gracechurch Street in the City is in talks to sell the building, which houses Marks & Spencer and XL, for around £200m.
Crosslane makes second student fund purchase

7 April 2011

The Crosslane Student Accommodation Fund has bought its second property since its first closing six months ago.
Cineworld moves into Continental Europe with Spanish buy

7 April 2011

Cineworld Group is moving into Continental Europe with the purchase of Spain’s fifth largest cinema operator.
Delancey agrees £460m City of London buy

7 April 2011

Jamie Ritblat’s Delancey has agreed to buy Plantation Place, the City of London scheme that was developed by his father, for around £460m, reflecting a 5.75% yield.
St Katherine Docks on market for £170m

6 April 2011

F&C Reit and Area Property Partners have appointed Franc Warwick to sell St Katherine Docks by London’s Tower Bridge for around £170m.
AEW Europe promotes Wilkinson in management restructure

4 April 2011

AEW Europe has promoted Rob Wilkinson to chief investment officer.
RDAs’ £500m assets go up for sale

4 April 2011

The government has rejected calls to transfer regional development agencies’ assets to the ownership of local authorities and will sell them instead.
Rockspring buys €69m German shopping centre

1 April 2011

Investment manager Rockspring has bought German shopping centre Das Es! from SEB Asset Management for €69m.
Hammerson in talks to flip Three Spires

1 April 2011

Hammerson is in talks with LaSalle Investment Management to flip the Three Spires shopping centre in Lichfield but any deal is thought to be contingent on the future of troubled retailer TJ Hughes.
Lebanese buyer is toast of Cannes

1 April 2011

Former Dorchester owner Toufic Aboukhater buys €450m hotels portfolio from Morgan Stanley
Rockspring buys €45.5m Spanish retail portfolio

31 March 2011

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has bought a portfolio of shops from Spanish food retailer Eroski for €45.5m.
US hedge fund buys stake in Invista

31 March 2011

A Boston-based hedge fund that buys stakes in unloved property companies and looks to shake up the board revealed a 3.5% stake in Invista Real Estate this morning.
DTZ Investment Management buys Southwark office

31 March 2011

DTZ Investment Management has bought Bankside Central in Southwark for £18.75m.
Scottish Widows buys £36m Debenhams HQ

31 March 2011

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, on behalf of Scottish Widows Unit Funds, has bought 1-2 Welbeck Street in London’s West End for £36m in an off-market deal.
Boultbee buys £18.5m industrial portfolio

30 March 2011

Boultbee has bought a portfolio of six industrial properties from DTZ for £18.5m, reflecting an initial yield of 8.8%.
Skylight Capital to sell main property portfolio

30 March 2011

Fund manager Skylight Capital is to test the strength of the residential investment market with the break up and sale of its main property portfolio.
Ronson – sun will start to shine again in 2014/15

29 March 2011

Gerald Ronson today said that the property market would not fully recover until 2014 at the very earliest – and that investment outside of London would require “luck, bravery and Alka Seltzer”.
Heron Tower completes

29 March 2011

Heron International has announced it has reached practical completion of the Heron Tower, the tallest building in the City of London.
Singapore office sold at record-breaking price

28 March 2011

A Singapore office has been bought for $715m (S$889m) – one of the largest deals globally this year and a record-breaker for the south-east Asian city-state.
Mountgrange buys Cambridge business park

28 March 2011

Mountgrange Investment Management’s Real Estate Opportunity Fund has bought the IQ Cambridge Business Park from Segro for £10.15m.
Wheeler and Brixton end employment row

28 March 2011

Brixton and former chief executive Tim Wheeler have ended their row over Wheeler’s exit from the company in early 2009.
Sale of GVA’s HQ falls through

28 March 2011

The Algerian Embassy has abandoned plans to buy and occupy GVA’s West End HQ at10 Stratton Street for £65m.
Gerald Eve predicts 5.6% all-property return in 2011

25 March 2011

Gerald Eve predicts “subdued” property returns of 5.6% for 2011 with offices being the best-performing sector.
Opus and Palmer in £50m supermarket plan for Castelford rugby stadium

24 March 2011

Opus Land and Palmer Capital have agreed plans to buy and redevelop West Yorkshire rugby league club Castleford Tigers’ stadium in a deal estimated to be worth £50m.
Shard owner buys Oxford Street's Park House

24 March 2011

Qatari owners of London’s Shard tower have bought Park House on the capital’s Oxford Street.
Co-Op celebrates Manchester Victoria-Piccadilly link

23 March 2011

The Plan for Growth, which was published today alongside the Budget, pledged £200m funding for rail projects, with a central Manchester rail link set to be the first to benefit.
AUB buys two student accommodation blocks

23 March 2011

Ahli United Bank has bought two student accommodation assets, in London and Leeds, for a total of £38m.
IPD launches first “investable” European property fund index

22 March 2011

IPD has launched a quarterly pan-European pooled property fund index to reveal the investment performance of cross-border funds.
Punch Taverns plans 2,200 properties sell-off

22 March 2011

Punch Taverns has announced it will sell off nearly half of its 5,967 leased pubs and separate its managed and leased pubs division in order to tackle its £3bn debt.
CBRE Hotels wins 826-room US instruction

22 March 2011

CBRE Hotels has been appointed to sell or recapitalise the Willow Hotels portfolio, which includes the Shoreham, Mansfield and Franklin Hotels in Manhattan, New York.
HSBC, Tesco and Metro buy three shopping malls in China for $280m

22 March 2011

An HSBC Specialist Investments-managed fund has teamed up with Tesco and the Singapore-listed Metro Holdings to buy three shopping malls in China for $280m.
£371m fund terminates Invista contract

22 March 2011

A listed property fund with assets of £371m has terminated its management contract with Invista Real Estate, the second fund to do so in less than a week.
Corestate buys €85m distressed German residential portfolio

22 March 2011

Switzerland-based private equity firm Corestate has bought a portfolio of 153 residential assets located in the Rhine Ruhr region of Germany valued at €85 million.
Blackstone exchanges on £480m Chiswick Park deal

21 March 2011

US private equity firm Blackstone has now exchanged on its £480m purchase of Chiswick Park in west London, and will complete the deal imminently.
Wainbridge buys £39m office trio

21 March 2011

Property company Wainbridge has bought three office assets in Central London, Croydon and Bristol, for £39m.
JP Morgan Asset Management under offer at 10 Aldermanbury

18 March 2011

JP Morgan Asset Management is under offer to buy 10 Aldermanbury Square in the City of London for around £260m.
Qatari Diar and Delancey team up for Plantation play

18 March 2011

Qatari Diar and Delancey have submitted a joint proposal to buy a stake in Plantation Place in the City of London, which is valued at more than £450m.
Delancey buys Derbyshire industrial estate

18 March 2011

Delancey has bought the West Hallam Industrial Estate in Derbyshire for £18.65m from Douglas Bay Capital, reflecting an initial yield of 8.6%.
Cerberus completes Maxim deal

17 March 2011

The restructuring of a 1m sq ft Maxim business park on the outskirts of Glasgow has been completed.
Wellcome in £1bn bid to buy the Olympic Park

17 March 2011

The Wellcome Trust is understood to have offered the Olympic Park Legacy Company £1bn to buy the majority of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London.
IPD: residential underperformed commercial in 2010

16 March 2011

Residential property underperformed the commercial market for the first time in four years last year.
Tchenguiz wins right to bring Kaupthing lawsuit in UK

16 March 2011

Vincent Tchenguiz’s Consensus Group today won the right for a £1bn lawsuit against Icelandic bank Kaupthing to be heard in the UK.
Deka buys Warsaw tower for €103m

16 March 2011

Deka Immobilien has bought a recently-developed office tower building in Warsaw for €103m.
UBS recovery fund buys £19.5m City office building

16 March 2011

UBS Global Asset Management has bought a part-vacant City of London office building for £19.5m for its UBS South East Recovery Fund.
Delancey to be new main sponsor of British ski championships

16 March 2011

Sir John Ritblat has continued his long-standing support of British skiing with a new sponsorship deal.
Orchard Street in £13.4m St Albans sale

16 March 2011

Orchard Street Investment Management has sold two office properties at Centrium Business Park in St Albans to ING REIM.
IPD: capital values rose 0.2% in February

15 March 2011

UK commercial property values maintained their fractional capital growth trend, at just 0.2%, in February, according to the latest Investment Property Databank UK Monthly Index.
Mailbox under offer to Brockton

14 March 2011

Brockton Capital has put The Mailbox in Birmingham under offer.
Invista buys Leeds industrial estate

14 March 2011

Invista Real Estate has bought Gildersome Spur industrial estate in Leeds for £17.5m.
North-east pubs are put up for sale through “click to purchase” online platform

14 March 2011

Two pubs in the north-east of England have become the first marketed for sale by Christie & Co to use the Click to Purchase platform.
JJB looks for £65m working capital

14 March 2011

JJB Sports plans to raise £65m from a new share placing, the retailer said in a stock exchange statement today.
NewRiver sells £10m of assets

14 March 2011

NewRiver Retail has exchanged contracts to sell Princess House in Shrewsbury to Rockspring, for £9.6m, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.2%.
Topland buys Brighton Hilton

11 March 2011

Sol and Eddie Zakay’s Topland Group has bought the Hilton Brighton Metropole for £39.25m from the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Helical puts retirement village business up for sale

10 March 2011

Helical Bar is set to put its retirement village joint venture up for sale for around £70m, as it refocuses on its core investment and development business.
Candys sell £900m of luxury apartments at One Hyde Park (video)

10 March 2011

Christian Candy’s CPC Group has sold £900m of apartments at its luxury One Hyde Park scheme in London – a figure previously only linked to exchanged sales.
Derwent London buys two West End buildings for £76m

10 March 2011

Derwent London has bought two London West End properties for £76m.
Derwent London posts 27% NAV rise for 2010

10 March 2011

Derwent London, the London office REIT, reported a strong set of annual results this morning, achieving a 27% increase in net asset value.
Owen’s Invista REIM buyout collapses

10 March 2011

Duncan Owen has failed in his management buyout of Invista Real Estate Investment Management’s asset management business.
Aerium buys in Bristol

9 March 2011

Aerium has completed the purchase of One Glass Wharf in Bristol for £83m, as tipped by Property Week (10.12.10).
MIPIM 2011 TV: Middle East unrest should see money flock to London

8 March 2011

Safe havens, such as London and Paris, could see international money flooding in as a result of the Middle Eastern political unrest, Jones Lang LaSalle’s EMEA head Christian Ulbrich said today.
MIPIM 2011: McAleer & Rushe launches £200m W Hotel sale

8 March 2011

McAleer & Rushe today launched the sale of the W Hotel at London’s Leicester Square - and is looking for bids of in excess of £200m.
MIPIM 2011 – Corporate occupiers move their sights

8 March 2011

Companies have moved from a focus on cost control to maximum productivity and “smart” growth, according to the inaugural Jones Lang LaSalle and Thomson Reuters’ Corporate Real Estate Global Survey.
Debt finance for UK property difficult according to Savills

8 March 2011

There were fewer German banks in the list of most active lenders to UK property revealed by Savills today, as debt finance for property continues to be scarce.
MIPIM 2011 – JLL highlights key trends for European retail property

8 March 2011

Jones Lang LaSalle this week highlighted the six key trends for the European retail investment market over the next 12 months.
CapCo in Covent Garden property swap

04 March 2011

Co Operative Insurance has sold 1-3 Henrietta Street / 22 Southampton Street in London’s West End to Capital & Counties, in a property swap that sees CapCo bolster its presence in Covent Garden.
Tamar posts slight NAV growth

04 March 2011

Investment company Tamar European Industrial Fund has today reported a 1.2% increase in net asset value in its full-year results.
Allianz signs €470m logistics jv with AMB

3 March 2011

AMB Property Corporation has formed a €470m joint venture with Allianz Real Estate to buy logistics properties at major transport hubs in Europe.
Shaftesbury to raise £100m for West End spree

3 March 2011

Shaftesbury this morning announced a £100m share placing to take advantage of opportunities coming to the market in its core West End locations.
Cubex buys Bristol’s West Gate

2 March 2011

Bristol-based developer Cubex is to buy a vacant 90,000 sq ft city centre office block from Aviva Investors.
Cross-border deals jump by 60%

2 March 2011

Global cross border investment increased by 60% year-on-year in 2010, accounting for 40% of all commercial property deals, according to new research by Jones Lang LaSalle.
Crown Estate buys £61m Portsmouth retail park

2 March 2011

Capital & Regional’s Junction Fund has sold Ocean Retail Park in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to the Crown Estate for £60.85m.
TIAA-CREF buys half of Google’s London HQ

1 March 2011

The US teachers’ pension fund has been confirmed as the buyer of Henderson Global Investors’ 50% stake in Google’s London HQ, as revealed by Property Week (03.12.10).
Sunderland council buys Vaux brewery site for £22m

1 March 2011

Sunderland City Council, regional development agency One North East and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have bought the 26-acre former Vaux brewery site from Tesco, ending a 10-year row over the site’s future.
DevSecs cautious as market still lacks “clarity”

1 March 2011

Development Securities today issued a cautious statement on the outlook for the property sector, alongside its results for 2010.
Henderson buys £33m Cambridge retail asset

28 February 2011

Henderson Global Investors has bought Christ’s Lane, a high street asset in Cambridge, from Land Securities for £33.16m, representing a 5.25% net initial yield.
Raven Russia agrees $54.4m Moscow shed purchase

28 February 2011

Raven Russia has agreed to buy a warehouse in the Domodedovo district of southern Moscow, close to the international airport.
F&C REIT Asset Management: Market Review and Outlook - Q4 2010

24 February 2011

Total returns in 4Q 2010 were 2.8% at the all property level to give 15.2% for the year as a whole, with the bulk of the performance occurring in the first half of 2010.
CB Richard Ellis: European Capital Markets - Q4 2010

24 February 2011

Total investment turnover surprised on the upside in the final quarter. European investment activity picked up to almost €40bn. A sharp increase in the number of larger deal strongly influenced this result.
CB Richard Ellis: UK Residential Investment Monitor - Q1 2011

24 February 2011

In the last two years equity markets have recognised the opportunity to invest, both in scale and for good returns, in the residential investment and development market.
CB Richard Ellis UK Monthly Index - February 2011

24 February 2011

An index showing total returns and percentage changes in total return.
Knight Frank: Shopping Centre Investment Quarterly - Q4 2010

23 February 2011

Transaction volumes are expected to fall from their Q4 peak, constrained by a lack of stock. Demand will remain strong with interest selectively turning to more secondary stock because of the lack of prime opportunities.
CapCo in Far East talks over Earls Court funding

23 February 2011

Capital & Counties is in early stage talks with Asian investors to get funding for the largest prime residential scheme in west London.
London investment market becomes less attractive

23 February 2011

The City and West End of London investment markets have become less attractive over the past quarter, according to the latest DTZ Fair Value Index.
Lothbury completes £50m of deals

22 February 2011

Lothbury Investment Management has confirmed that it has bought a £23.35m redevelopment opportunity in London’s West End, originally tipped by Property Week (14.01.11), as it announces completion of three deals worth £50m this year.
Standard Life sues Topland over 2003 Holborn deal

21 February 2011

Investment company Topland is being sued over the £58m purchase of a Holborn property in 2003, because the vendor Standard Life alleges that Topland failed to disclose details of negotiations with the tenant while the deal was being done.
Henderson in £70m King’s Cross P&O tie-up

21 February 2011

Henderson Global Investors has entered into a joint venture with Istithmar P&O Estates to develop the £70m final phase of its Regent Quarter scheme on York Way, next to King’s Cross station in London.
Great Portland Estates in Oxford Street property swap

21 February 2011

Great Portland Estates has completed a property swap on London’s Oxford Street to enable a retail and office development next to one of the new Crossrail stations.
Invista on verge of £34m disposals

18 February 2011

Invista European Real Estate Trust said today that three of its assets were under offer at a total price of £33.5 as part of an accelerated disposals process.
Google agrees €99.9m Dublin office buy in NAMA first

17 February 2011

Google has agreed to buy Dublin’s tallest office building from Real Estate Opportunities for €99.9m.
UK Commercial Property Trust buys £50m Leicester retail park

15 February 2011

UK Commercial Property Trust, the UK’s largest property investment trust, has bought the St George’s Retail park in Leicester for £49.9m.
British Land buys £30m shopping centre as it reports 4.4% NAV growth

15 February 2011

British Land has bought a shopping centre in the south-west of England for £30m and reported net asset value growth of 4.4% in the last quarter of 2010.
Aviva buys West End office

14 February 2011

Aviva Investors UK Real Estate Recovery Fund has purchased the freehold of 10 -11 Great Newport Street, in London’s West End for £10.25m.
£590m of central London property brought to the market

14 February 2011

Two major City of London properties have been brought to the market valued at just under £600m.
Hammerson buys shopping centre south of Paris

11 February 2011

Hammerson has bought a shopping centre near Paris that requires reconfiguring.
Threadneedle to buy New York portfolio

11 February 2011

Threadneedle has placed under offer the New York portfolio of 156 high street banks and offices for around £90m, representing a yield of around 6.6%.
Glasshouse Group secures £7.5m Barclays loan

11 February 2011

Barclays Corporate has provided a £7.5m to property investor Glasshouse Group.
Barclay brothers put The Cavendish up for sale

11 February 2011

The Cavendish Hotel on Jermyn Street has been put up for sale by the Barclay brothers for around £240m.
£120m to be spent in City

11 February 2011

Hines to splash £95m and LaSalle £35m on offices
IM and Allied London spin-off

11 February 2011

New joint venture vehicle to buy £45m of retail and leisure assets at Manchester’s Spinningfields
Cornerstone buys former Morris property out of LPA receivership

10 February 2011

Cornerstone Real Estate Investors has bought 2 Brewery Wharf in Leeds city centre for £5m.
Grafton Advisors hires DTZ surveyor following US tie-up

10 February 2011

Grafton Advisors has hired a senior DTZ surveyor following its tie-up with US-based Aion Partners to spend £1bn in the UK.
Moorfield completes Leeds LPA receivership buy

10 February 2011

Moorfield Group has bought a £48m mixed-use block in the centre of Leeds, West Riding House, as revealed by Property Week (03.12.10).
Hammersmith & Fulham council confirms eight property sales

9 February 2011

Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council has approved plans, first revealed by Property Week (07.01.11), to sell eight council buildings in a bid to reduce its historic £133m debt.
Berlin pulls $4bn property sale to UK fund

9 February 2011

Berlin city council has pulled out of talks to sell its real estate management firm, Berliner Immobilien Holdings GmbH, to a UK fund.
Oak asks investors to say Yes!

9 February 2011

AIM-listed property company Oak Holdings is trying to raise new equity, two weeks after Rotherham council withdrew its support for the £350m Yes! “entertainment resort” in Rotherham.
Quintain continues fund management progress

9 February 2011

Quintain said this morning it was on track to hit its targest of £1.25bn of funds under management by the year end.
Capital & Regional makes first purchase since 2007

9 February 2011

Capital & Regional has exchanged contracts to buy the Waterside Shopping Centre in Lincoln, its first purchase since 2007, as tipped by Property Week.
Akkeron buys 10 hotels

4 February 2011

Akkeron Hotels has today bought 10 hotels from the administrators of Butterfly Hotels and Crowne Hotels.
Sell commercial property early this year, says Gresham Down

3 February 2011

Commercial property owners should sell early this year, Gresham Down Capital Partners has advised.
Carlyle buys Swedish centres from Boultbee

2 February 2011

Carlyle Group has bought the Gallerian and Punkt shopping centres in Sweden from Boultbee.
Plantation sale continues in spite of opposition

1 February 2011

The borrowers and debt servicer of £435m of debt secured against Plantation Place in the City of London will seek to push on with the sale of the building, in spite of opposition from Jamie Ritblat’s Delancey.
Helical buys Leicestershire shopping centre

1 February 2011

Helical Bar has completed £23m of investment property deals
Greene King spends £55.8m on gastro-pubs chain

31 January 2011

Greene King has bought a chain of regional gastro-pubs for £55.8m.
Kettering's Newlands comes to the market

28 January 2011

The Newlands shopping centre in Kettering is set to come to the market in the next couple of weeks.
DTZ Research: Asia Pacific Investment Market Update - Q4 2010

27 January 2011

Total commercial real estate investment transactions fell only marginally, by 2%, in the final quarter of 2010 to reach US$37bn. Activity across the region remained constant despite the introduction of cooling measures in several countries aimed at the residential sector.
Corestate sells €39m German resi portfolio

27 January 2011

Specialist private equity investor Corestate has sold a portfolio of Berlin apartments for €39m.
CSC wins shareholder support for £1.6bn Trafford Centre purchase

26 January 2011

Capital Shopping Centres this afternoon won overwhelming support from its shareholders for the £1.6bn purchase of Manchester’s Trafford Centre.
Rockspring opens Netherlands office

26 January 2011

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has opened its first office in the Netherlands and appointed Laurien Van Wieringen to head it up.
AXA frontrunner for 20 Gresham Street

25 January 2011

AXA Real Estate Investment Manager is close to exchanging contracts to buy 20 Gresham Street in the City of London for around £200m.
Vico secures Canary refinancing from new UK lenders

24 January 2011

Irish property investment manager Vico Capital has secured a £107m refinancing of its office building at 17 Columbus Courtyard in Canary Wharf, with new lenders entering the UK market.
London investment up 50% in 2010

24 January 2011

Investment transactions in the West End rose 115% in 2010 compared with the previous year, according to new figures.
Barclay brothers take Claridge’s stake

24 January 2011

Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay are understood to have bought a quarter stake in Maybourne Hotel Group, which owns the Berkeley, Claridge’s and the Connaught in London.
US insurer lands Grosvenor Place

21 January 2011

Beacon Capital’s property is debut deal for WR Berkley
European investment to hit €123bn this year, DTZ says

20 January 2011

Investment in European commercial property will increase by 28% in 2011, bringing it close to the €125bn ten-year average, research from DTZ has shown.
Henderson Global investors sells Parisian office

20 January 2011

Henderson Global Investors has sold a Parisian office building for €19.5m
£450m Plantation Place sale set to continue

19 January 2011

A group of investors that bought bonds secured against Plantation Place in the City of London said today it wanted to press on with an open-market sale of the property, in spite of opposition to the plan from Delancey.
Crown Estate buys £34m SW1 lease

19 January 2011

Invista Real Estate Investment Management has sold the 73-year leasehold interest in 10 Spring Gardens in London’s St James’s to the Crown Estate, which owns the freehold, for £34m. The sale reflects a yield of 6.7%.
JLL: Global transaction volumes totalled $316bn in 2010

19 January 2011

The amount of commercial real estate transacted last year was $316bn, which was more than 50% higher than in 2009, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.
ProLogis buys two warehouses in France

18 January 2011

ProLogis has bought two logistics warehouses in France from the Simply Market supermarket chain for €30m on behalf of ProLogis European Properties Fund II.
Brum deal for Salmon Harvester

18 January 2011

Salmon Harvester Opportunity Fund has bought 1 Victoria Square in Birmingham from Serviced Office UK for £17.5m, as tipped by Property Week.
Invesco completes £17m Bromley buy

18 January 2011

Investment manager Invesco Real Estate has completed its first purchase for its third UK fund. It has bought a 104,026 sq ft retail property in Bromley, south-east London for £17.05m.
Corestate appoints former Terra Firma man as chief executive

18 January 2011

Private equity real estate investor Corestate Group has appointed Phillip Burns as chief executive.
Capital & Regional completes £50m Bristol sale

17 January 2011

Capital & Regional’s Mall Fund has completed the £50.2m sale of The Galleries shopping centre in Bristol to HSBC European Active Real Estate Trust, as revealed by Property Week.
Metric Property Investments buys in Bristol

17 January 2011

Metric Property Investments has bought a 63,000 sq ft Bristol retail park for £6.25m.
Blackmore buys Hilton hotel at Exeter Airport

14 January 2011

Blackmore Capital had made its second investment for its Branded Commercial Opportunities Fund, buying the Hampton by Hilton hotel at Exeter Airport.
Norges Bank chief explains £15bn property strategy

13 January 2011

Karsten Kallevig, global head of real estate asset strategy at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), explains his strategy for deploying more than £15bn on property over the next four to eight years - starting in London.
Agreement signed in £452m Regent Street deal

13 January 2011

Norges Bank, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, today signed an agreement to purchase a 25% stake of the Crown Estate’s Regent Street portfolio.
Private investor buys South Mundells estate

11 January 2011

A private investor has bought South Mundells business park in Welwyn Garden City for £3.44m, reflecting a net initial yield of 9.92%.
Threadneedle buys in Avonmouth

11 January 2011

Threadneedle has bought the IO Centre, Bristol from the Church Commissioners for £7.1m, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.4%.
Midweek Bulletin: Simon looking foolish and the iPad revolution is here

11 January 2011

Property Week editor in chief Giles Barrie and executive editor James Whitmore discuss the breakdown of Simon Property Group’s bid for Capital Shopping Centres and introduce the latest member of the Property Week family - our iPad app.
Madejski sells Station Hill to Benson Elliot and Stanhope

11 January 2011

The £400m Station Hill development in Reading has been bought by a joint venture between private equity firm Benson Elliot and Stanhope, whose involvement was tipped by Property Week.
Lime Property Fund bags £114m of deals

10 January 2011

Aviva Investors’ Lime Property Fund has completed four investment transactions totalling £114m.
Azure sells last petrol station in £200m portfolio

10 January 2011

Azure Property, the joint venture between Palmer Capital and RREEF Alternative Investments, has sold the last property in its 104 petrol station portfolio bought in 2005.
Free white paper: Empty property - Protect and Survive

10 January 2011

Owners of more than three-quarters of UK properties are at risk if their building is extensively damaged, because they don’t have the right insurance. And even worse, they don’t know they’re at risk.
Mountgrange buys in Poole

10 January 2011

Mountgrange Investment Management has bought a Poole industrial estate for £24m.
Aerium sells €210.5m Parisian portfolio

10 January 2011

European property fund manager Aerium has sold a portfolio of Parisian offices for €210.5m.
Henderson buys €35m Spanish retail park

10 January 2011

Henderson Global Investors has bought a retail park in the north-west of Spain for €35m.
Hansteen Property Unit Trust makes second major purchase this week

7 January 2011

Hansteen Property Unit Trust (HPUT) has completed the purchase of one of the largest industrial parks in south Wales in its second major purchase this week.
Aviva buys £36m superstore

7 January 2011

Aviva Investors has bought a Sainsbury’s superstore in Macclesfield for £36m.
Chiswick spark: Blackstone to buy £480m office park

7 January 2011

Blackstone beats London & Stamford to buy west London business park for £480m
British Land confirms £240m Drake Circus buy

6 January 2011

British Land has this morning confirmed the £240m purchase of the Drake Circus shopping centre in Plymouth, as revealed by Property Week.
Winfield and Leach quit Cushman & Wakefield

5 January 2011

Two senior investment agents at Cushman & Wakefield, Peter Winfield and James Leach, have left the firm.
Reading's Adelphi House bought by F&C Reit

5 January 2011

F&C Reit has bought Adelphi House in Reading for its UK Property Fund. The 29,792 sq ft office building was bought for £7.29m at a net initial yield of 7.65%.
Grosvenor raises £80m and refinances £650m Liverpool One

5 January 2011

Grosvenor Fund Management has raised around £80m of equity and put in place a debt facility for its 1.6m sq ftLiverpool One retail scheme.
Canada Life buys in Sheffield for £24m

4 January 2011

Canada Life has bought 1 St Paul’s Place, an office and retail block in Sheffield, for £24m from Standard Life Investments.
BNP Paribas REIM buys €27.2m Milan store

4 January 2011

BNP Paribas REIM has bought a 100,000 sq ft Milan shop for €27.2m (£23.3m).
Hansteen picks up Brum business park

4 January 2011

Saltley Business Park in Birmingham has been bought for £23.3m by Hansteen Property Unit Trust from LPA receivers acting for Lloyds.
Pamera to let Frankfurt office scheme

31 December 2010

Pamera Asset Management, a newly formed German real estate company, has been appointed by LaSalle Investment Management on the letting of one of the Frankfurt’s most prestigious office developments, the 49,500 sq ft Borsentor scheme.
The biggest property stories of 2010...who made the list?

31 December 2010

Almost two million of you (1,940,040) visited PropertyWeek.com during 2010 - looking at a combined total of more than 10 million pages….but what were you looking at?
Brainspark 'close to construction' on Italian theme park

31 December 2010

Investment firm Brainspark has announced it is close to starting construction on Mediapolis, an Italian theme park with an outdoor theatre, a shopping centre and a four-star hotel, now that contractors have been appointed.
Cosgrave offloads £95m Oxford Street site

30 December 2010

A private investor is understood to have bought 301-307 Oxford Street in London from Irish investor Cosgrave for around £95m.
Boston’s John Hancock Tower sold for $930m

30 December 2010

The 1.7m sq ft John Hancock Tower in Boston, USA, has been sold for $930m (£600m) to Boston Property, a real estate investment trust.
Park Plaza in £21m London hotels deal

30 December 2010

Park Plaza Hotels is to pay £21m for full ownership of three London hotels, funded by a placement of shares on AIM tomorrow.
Highcroft buys £1.5m Leamington shed

30 December 2010

Rodenhurst Estates, a subsidiary of Highcroft Investments, has bought three units in Leamington Spa for £1.47m.
CBRE completes €80m sale and leaseback of Spanish TV headquarters

29 December 2010

CB Richard Ellis has completed the €80m (£68m) sale and leaseback of the headquarters of the largest provider of digital pay television in Spain, Distribuidora de Television Digital S.A.U. (DTS).
US shopping centre portfolio acquired for $75m

29 December 2010

A portfolio of seven shopping centres across the US has been acquired for $75m.
Cap & Reg confirms sale of Bristol Galleries for £50m

24 December 2010

Capital & Regional has confirmed the sale of Bristol’s Galleries shopping centre to HSBC’s European Active Real Estate Trust, as revealed by Property Week on November 26.
Segro confirms £27.7m Welsh industrial sale

24 December 2010

Segro has confirmed the sale of Wales’s biggest industrial estate, as revealed by Property Week on December 10.
Malaysians exchange on £148m Fleet Street buy

23 December 2010

The Malaysian Employees Provident Fund this morning exchanged contracts to buy 65 Fleet Street from Union Invest for £148m.
Council picks up Targetfollow’s £100m Stockport development site

22 December 2010

Stockport Council is set to buy the Grand Central leisure complex in Greater Manchester from the collapsed subsidiaries of property company Targetfollow, under plans to attract £100m of private money for its redevelopment.
Hermes cancels Bluewater stake sale

22 December 2010

Hermes Real Estate has unexpectedly cancelled the sale of its sale of a 7.5% stake in the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, propertyweek.com can reveal.
Loch Lomond golf club to be bought by members

22 December 2010

Loch Lomond Golf Club in Scotland, whose members include Prince Andrew and Sir Sean Connery, is close to being bought out of administration by its 800 members.
AEW and Tristan buy Polish shopping centre for £78m

22 December 2010

European Property Investors Special Opportunities Fund has bought the Jantar Shopping Centre in Poland for around €92m (£78.3m). The fund is co-advised by AEW Europe and Tristan Capital Partners.
Vaskronan buys £400m property in Stockholm

22 December 2010

Vasakronan has bought Blåmannen 20 in Stockholm, also known as “Klara Zenit”, for SEK 4.35bn (£414m) from HausInvest, in Sweden’s largest ever single-asset property deal.
Henderson to develop Silver Hill after Thornfield purchase

22 December 2010

A 600,000 sq ft stalled development in Winchester will be brought back to life after Henderson Global Investors bought the project’s owning companies. The scheme could now be completed in 2015.
British Land and Oxford Properties agree Cheesegrater JV

22 December 2010

British Land and Oxford Properties have agreed a 50/50 joint venture to develop the 610,000 sq ft Leadenhall Building, nicknamed “The Cheesegrater”, in the City of London.
Lend Lease renews Bluewater fund and looks for buying opportunities

21 December 2010

Lend Lease has extended the life of the £629m Lend Lease Retail Partnership fund, which owns a 25% stake in the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent, and is set to make acquisitions for the first time in several years.
Knight Frank recruits retail investment head from CBRE

21 December 2010

Knight Frank has recruited Bruce Nutman as partner to head up its retail investment business.
Demand for secondary retail grows says DTZ

21 December 2010

Investors’ appetite for good secondary retail assets has grown in the last quarter, according to research from DTZ.
Nama picks up €70bn of property loans

21 December 2010

Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency confirmed last night that it had taken on 11,000 loans worth €70bn from Ireland’s biggest property companies.
Kungsleden swoops on NR Nordic’s £460m assets

21 December 2010

Property company NR Nordic & Russia is poised to sell its £460m property holdings to Swedish firm Kungsleden.
Delancey acquires portfolio backed by £900m RBS loan

20 December 2010

Jamie Ritblat’s Delancey today completed its purchase of a portfolio backed by a £900m Royal Bank of Scotland loan from Glenn Maud’s Propinvest.
PWTV: Inside JP Morgan's Bank Street deal

20 December 2010

JP Morgan’s purchase of 25 Bank Street in Canary Wharf, plus its continued commitment to develop a scheme at Riverside South in the financial district, and its purchase of 60 Victoria Embankment in the City, today gave a major boost to London as a global financial centre.
JP Morgan also buys 60 Victoria Embankment

20 December 2010

JP Morgan has bought 60 Victoria Embankment in the City, an office that was once valued at £350m.
Hussey fires £120m shot at Targetfollow’s Centre Point

20 December 2010

Former Land Securities executive Mike Hussey’s Almacantar is agreeing heads of terms with Deloitte to buy Centre Point in London’s West End for £120m.
Olympic Village bidders announced

17 December 2010

A shortlist of nine bidders for the Olympic Village has been announced by the Olympic Delivery Authority.
Balaji buys St Helen's hotel out of administration

16 December 2010

Balaji Hotels has bought the Park Inn St Helen’s out of administration.
DevSecs buys in Burnley

16 December 2010

Development Securities has bought a Burnley leisure park for £4.025m.
Hammerson poised to buy St Martins retail assets for around £250m

15 December 2010

Hammerson is poised to buy six of the retail assets in the St Martins portfolio.
Primary Health buys in Scotland

15 December 2010

Primary Health Properties has bought a medical centre in South Queensferry, Scotland, for 4.35m.
Helical Bar buys Suffolk shopping centre out of administration

15 December 2010

Helical Bar has exchanged contracts to buy The Guineas Shopping Centre in Newmarket, Suffolk for £17.75m.
Hammerson completes £557m Bishops Square disposal

15 December 2010

Hammerson today announced the completion of the sale of its Bishops Square office building in the City, owned in a 25:75 joint venture with the state of Oman, to JP Morgan Asset Management for £557m.
IPD: values increased 0.1% in November

14 December 2010

UK commercial property values continue to stall, rising by just 0.1% in November.
Metric buys Welsh retail park

14 December 2010

Metric Property Investments has bought a Welsh retail park from Land Securities for £14.4m.
53-59 Chandos Place sold for £17m

13 December 2010

A 19,500 sq ft office block in the West End has been sold to a private French investor for £17.3m.
Aberdeen and LaSalle invest in strategic land fund

13 December 2010

Aberdeen Asset Management and LaSalle Investment Management have invested in Welbeck Land’s £45m strategic land fund.
Henderson Global Investors acquires FedEx distribution unit in Newcastle Under Lyme

13 December 2010

Henderson Global Investors has bought a 103,000 sq ft distribution unit from a private investor for £6.34m.
Gulf’s greatest goal

10 December 2010

Qatar prepares to greet the world after winning the bid to host the 2022 World Cup, concluding a stellar year of property success
LaSalle buys £53m shopping park

9 December 2010

LaSalle Investment Management has bought the Arena Shopping Park in Haringey for £53m, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.34%.
Praxis sells £26m portfolio

8 December 2010

Praxis Holdings has sold a portfolio of five UK offices to an overseas investor for around £26m.
IPD appoints new head for France & southern Europe

8 December 2010

Stephanie Galiègue has been appointed managing director of IPD France & Southern Europe.
Floating hotel at former coal jetty touted by auctioneer

8 December 2010

A former London coal jetty is being marketed as a berth for a floating hotel to help meet the shortage of hotel beds ahead of the 2012 Olympics.
Allsop hits 80% sale rate at December auction

8 December 2010

Cash-rich foreign buyers and new Far Eastern investors helped Allsop drive its sale rate back to 80% at its last commercial auction of the year yesterday.
Kadoories to pick up 25-27 St George’s Street

8 December 2010

A wealthy Hong Kong family is poised to buy 25-27 St George Street in the West End for around £70m from Aegon Asset Management, as tipped by Property Week last Friday.
Hermes buys Westcore from Segro

8 December 2010

Hermes has bought the Westcore portfolio from Segro for £79.6m at a yield of 7.35%, as tipped by Property Week.
Great Portland Estates confirms £42.5m West End purchase

7 December 2010

Great Portland Estates has confirmed its purchase of the long leasehold at 20 St James’s Street in London’s West End, as revealed by Property Week yesterday.
L&G sells Walbrook Square leasehold to Bloomberg for new HQ

6 December 2010

Legal & General today confirmed that it has sold a long-leasehold interest on its Walbrook Square development scheme to media company Bloomberg, which will develop a 500,000 sq ft headquarters on the City site.
Highcross pays £16.3m for Silverburn House in Aberdeen

6 December 2010

Highcross has bought Silverburn House in Aberdeen for £16.27m. The deal reflects an initial yield of 10.03%, rising to 11.08% in 2012.
Great Portland buys £40m St James’s Street office

6 December 2010

Great Portland Estates has placed 20 St James’s Street in London’s West End under offer for around £40m, PropertyWeek.com can reveal.
Invista: UK Commercial Property Market Overview - Q3 2010

6 December 2010

Income expected to drive returns over the medium term, meaning that valuations of better-quality property could prove surprisingly stable.
DTZ Fair Value Index - Q3 2010

6 December 2010

The DTZ Fair Value Index (FVI) score for the UK rose to 48 in Q3, indicating that there are, on balance, better investment prospects than in Q2, when the score was 38.
Terrace Hill in £53.5m Victoria sale

6 December 2010

Terrace Hill has sold 129 Wilton Road in London’s Victoria for £53.5m to Cordea Savills’ European Commercial Fund.
L&G to rock on £305m Rolls

3 December 2010

Legal & General Property is set to buy the Rolls Building on Fetter Lane in London for £305m.
Moorfield rides into £48m Leeds asset

03 December 2010

West Riding House tower block to be bought out of receivership
Aerium completes £181m 40 Portman Square sale to Malaysians

2 December 2010

The Malaysian Employees Provident Fund, through ING Real Estate Investment Management, has completed the £181m purchase of 40 Portman Square, as tipped by Property Week.
Plantation Place set for sale

2 December 2010

The consortium that owns the 550,000 sq ft Plantation Place office building in the City is exploring a sale of the property in order to pay down a £448m debt pile.
Axa announces plans for speculative City office scheme

2 December 2010

Axa Real Estate Investment Managers has announced plans to speculatively develop a 215,000 sq ft City of London office scheme.
USS buys Savoy Court for £45m

30 November 2010

Redevco has sold Savoy Court, an office block in London’s West End, to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) for £45m, representing an initial yield of 6.25%.
Moore to step down as Prupim chief

30 November 2010

Martin Moore is stepping down as head of Prupim.
Scott becomes Grosvenor trustee

30 November 2010

Alexander Scott has been appointed to replace Lord Home as a trustee of the Grosvenor Estate.
Midweek Bulletin: Shaftesbury shake up and Capital Shopping Centres sale

30 November 2010

Giles Barrie, Property Week editor, and James Whitmore, deputy editor, look at the big sotires being talked about this week - including Jonathan Lane, founding chief executive of central London REIT Shaftesbury, announcing he is to retire next year and Simon Property’s interest in Capital Shopping Centres.
Unite transfers £144m of student housing to fund

29 November 2010

Student accommodation developer Unite has sold £144m of assets into its UK Student Accommodation Fund.
CB Richard Ellis Marketview: EMEA Rents and Yields - Q3 2010

26 November 2010

“This report is designed to provide our clients with an immediate view on prime rents markets and sectors in the region as at the end of the quarter.
Minister to announce £500m of new money for Olympic Park infrastructure after Games

25 November 2010

Thames Gateway minister Bob Neill will today announce that the government has found £500m of new money to invest in physical infrastructure in the Olympic Park and surrounding boroughs after the Games in 2012.
Curtis to manage Grosvenor Liverpool Fund

24 November 2010

Grosvenor has appointed Sarah-Jane Curtis as fund manager of the Grosvenor Liverpool Fund.
British Land and USS poised to buy Drake Circus for £230m

19 November 2010

British Land and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) are poised to buy the Drake Circus Shopping Centre in Plymouth for more than £230m.
Henderson set to rescue Silver Hill scheme

19 November 2010

Henderson Global Investors is understood to be in detailed negotiations to take over Thornfield Properties’ stalled Silver Hill scheme in Winchester.
Metric buys Scottish retail park

17 November 2010

Metric Property Investments has exchanged contracts to buy a retail park in north east Scotland for £10.3m.
British Land reports modest NAV growth

16 November 2010

British Land delivered an unremarkable set of half-year results today and committed to London’s largest office development programme.
Max reports small NAV increase

16 November 2010

Max Property Group increased its net asset value by 4% in the six months to 30 September.
IPD: values rose just 0.1% in October

12 November 2010

UK commercial property delivered a 15th consecutive month of positive capital growth in October, albeit at just 0.1%, according to the latest IPD UK Monthly Index.
MEPC sells Leavesden studios to Warner Bros

12 November 2010

MEPC has completed the £22m sale of part of its 300-acre Leavesden Park near Watford to Warner Bros.
Pembroke set to buy 41 Lothbury

12 November 2010

Pembroke Real Estate, the company that invests in property on behalf of the owners of giant fund manager Fidelity Investments, is under offer to buy 41 Lothbury in the City from Glenn Maud’s Propinvest.
MAPIC 2010: The Crown Estate's Shaw exchanges on its £450m Norwegian Regent Street deal

12 November 2010

The Crown Estate has exchanged contracts on the £450m sale of a 25% stake in Regent Street to Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, and David Shaw spoke to Property Week about the deal.
Grosvenor Fund Management and Vega buy "The North"

10 November 2010

Grosvenor Fund Management and Vega Wharlock Properties, a retail property investment and fund management group has bought “The North” retail development for its Grosvenor Vega - China Retail Fund.
Tritax investors make 20% return from Bucks office sale

10 November 2010

Tritax, the property syndicator and manager, has achieved a 20% profit for investors from the sale of the InterContinental Hotels Group global headquarters in Denham, Buckinghamshire.
Union buys Glasgow’s Equinox building

10 November 2010

Union Investment has acquired the Equinox Building in Glasgow for its open-ended real estate fund UniImmo: Deutschland.
Tice appointed CEO of CLS Holdings

10 November 2010

Richard Tice is to become CEO of European secondary office investor CLS Holdings at the beginning of next year.
£450m Chiswick Park sale

8 November 2010

The fund that owns the Chiswick Park business park has put the scheme up for sale for £450m.
St James's Hotel and Club sold

5 November 2010

The St James’s Hotel and Club has been bought by Far Eastern-based investors for around £60m.
McCready: property vehicles to be publicly owned (video)

5 November 2010

The government wants to keep its property vehicles in public ownership, Property Unit chief John McCready has told Public Property UK.
Rockspring buys industrial estate near Heathrow

5 November 2010

Rockspring’s Hanover Property Unit Trust has bought the Court Lane Industrial Estate in Iver, Buckinghamshire, for £12.6m.
Co-operative refinances Ladysmith shopping centre

5 November 2010

The Co-operative Bank has provided a £36m loan to refinance the Ladysmith Shopping Centre in Greater Manchester.
Unite reveals ambitious development plans

5 November 2010

Unite Group has a construction pipeline of 2,300 student beds in London between 2012 and 2014, according to its latest interim management statement.
London & Stamford buys £82m distribution portfolio

5 November 2010

London & Stamford has bought the £82m Lojix distribution portfolio from Harbert Management Corporation.
Pentagon portfolio sold for £36.5m

05 November 2010

Aviva Investors has sold a portfolio of five south east offices to Knight Frank Investors for £36.5m, reflecting a net initial yield of 9.5%.
Evans Randall completes Drapers Gardens buy

4 November 2010

Evans Randall yesterday completed the £242.5m purchase of the Drapers Gardens office complex in the City of London.
£1.3bn bank HQ sell off

4 November 2010

The London headquarters of two of the world’s largest investment banks have been are set to be put up for sale.
Standard Life Investments buys £13.8m car park

4 November 2010

Standard Life Investments has bought a Sheffield car park for £13.8m.
Norwegian fund buys £448m stake in Regent Street

4 November 2010

The Crown Estate is to join forces with the managers of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global in a new £1.8bn Regent Street partnership.
Wereldhave set for return to UK retail with £80m Poole buy

3 November 2010

Dutch property investment company Wereldhave has emerged as front runner to buy Grosvenor’s Dolphin shopping centre in Poole for more than the £80m asking price.
HSBC buys final phase of Yorkshire scheme

3 November 2010

HSBC’s European Active Real Estate Fund has bought the final phase of Valad and Shepherd Developments’ West Moor Park Development in Doncaster.
CSC sees operations improve

3 November 2010

Capital Shopping Centres this morning revealed improved operational performance, in spite of the uncertainty in the wider economy.
Podcast 30: CoStar reveals results of its London Inventory project and investors get a 'heads up' on what's hot

3 November 2010

Hear what CoStar is doing through its London Inventory Project to calculate the true vacancy rate in the capital - also, Richard Hunter of Hargreaves Lansdown looks at where investors should target their efforts in the coming months and years.
Moorfield and Resonance make first JV purchase

2 November 2010

Moorfield and Resonance Capital have bought SkyPark in Glasgow from Kenmore Property Group and Paradigm Real Estate Managers for £54m, representing a yield of 10%.
Land Securities is front runner for Dundee's Overgate

2 November 2010

Land Securities is front runner to buy Overgate shopping centre in Dundee for more than its £130m asking price.
Wainbridge completes fundraising for UK debut

2 November 2010

Wainbridge Capital Limited has completed the first close of its debut real estate fund, Wainbridge Global Opportunities London.
Mayfair Capital takes property fund past £100m

2 November 2010

Mayfair Capital Investment Management has bought two industrial properties in Langley, Berkshire, for £7m, taking assets under management for its charity fund past £100m.
CLS completes West London buy

2 November 2010

European property investment company CLS Holdings has completed the purchase of a 98,869 sq ft office in New Malden, west London.
Elystan Capital Advisers buys office in Munich

1 November 2010

Elystan Capital Advisers has bought a 65,000 sq ft office building in Riem, Munich from a private investor for an undisclosed price.
Piccadilly Estate deal collapses

1 November 2010

The sale of the 1.3 acre Piccadilly Estate in London’s West End has collapsed and will be remarketed from today.
Development Securities buys former Kemsley assets

27 October 2010

Development Securities has bought a mixed portfolio of 14 assets for £23.3m from the Rock Group of companies.
Area Property Partners in talks to buy Hermes stake in X Leisure

27 October 2010

Bill Benjamin’s Area Property Partners is in talks to take Hermes Real Estate’s 30% shareholding in leisure park fund X Leisure.
Westfield in talks to sell stake in Stratford mall

25 October 2010

Westfield is in talks to sell a stake in its £1.5bn Stratford City shopping centre in east London.
Valad sells final phase of Woolwich io Centre

25 October 2010

Valad has sold the final phase of its £33m, 375,000 sq ft io Centre in Woolwich. The last remaining unit has been bought by Faircloth.
Acuitus sells 52% for £17.3m at autumn auction

25 October 2010

Acuitus raised £17.3m from 29 lots at its autumn auction last week, selling 15 lots to achieve a sale rate of 52%.
Aberdeen to wind up €1.3bn fund

22 October 2010

Fund manager Aberdeen is to liquidate a European €1.3bn property fund managed by subsidiary Degi, a German open-ended fund.
Targetfollow proposes £150m lifeline

22 October 2010

Property developer Targetfollow said this morning that it had lined up a deal with a new investor to pump £150m into the business.
ProLogis confirms $1bn sale to Blackstone

22 October 2010

ProLogis has sold a North American industrial portfolio, its interest in a hotel and interests in three of its property funds to Blackstone for $1.02bn.
Delek Real Estate sells 1 Croydon

22 October 2010

Delek Real Estate and Major Belle have sold the 1 Croydon building in south London to an unknown buyer for £31m.
The Property Archive: UK Property Investment Bulletin - Q3 2010

22 October 2010

There has been selective movement in yields with the industrial and retail warehouse sectors moving out and the retail and office sectors moving in as the graph below shows.
Meyer Bergman teams up for £100m Mayfair buy

22 October 2010

European real estate investment and fund management firm Meyer Bergman is thought to have teamed up with Thor Equities to buy the £100m Burlington Arcade in Mayfair.
Carlyle agrees BSI Tower sale

22 October 2010

Carlyle Group is making its first disposal from the £670m Thames portfolio, by selling the BSI Tower in Chiswick to US private equity investor Harbert and developer and asset manager Canmoor
Cushman poaches Asia-Pacific capital markets MD from DTZ

21 October 2010

Cushman & Wakefield has poached its new managing director for Asia Pacific capital markets from DTZ.
Berkeley Group looking at second residential fund

21 October 2010

Berkeley Group is working up plans to bring housing on several of its current development sites together for a second residential investment fund.
Invista buys on Borough High Street

21 October 2010

Invista Real Estate Investment Management has bought a property on Borough High Street in central London for £5.75m.
Former WP Carey foursome set up sale-and-leaseback firm

20 October 2010

Four former executives at WP Carey have set up a company to carry out sale-and-leaseback property deals.
Cushman poaches CBRE investment star

19 October 2010

Cushman & Wakefield has hired a senior CB Richard Ellis man to lead its capital markets business.
DJ Deloitte poaches DTZ’s Simon Williams

19 October 2010

DJ Deloitte has recruited former DTZ and Donaldsons partner Simon Williams as a partner in its capital markets team heading up retail investment and central government procurement.
Investment in European property in 2010 surpasses that of last year

19 October 2010

Investment in commercial real estate across Europe in 2010 has reached €63.6bn, surpassing last year’s total volume of €62.4bn, according to DTZ Research.
Property big hitters back Osborne’s cuts

18 October 2010

Companies including Max Property and Hammersonhave given public backing to the £83bn cuts due to be announced by chancellor George Osborne on Wednesday.
Development Securities to buy former Kemsley assets

15 October 2010

Development Securities is in talks to buy part of Paul Kemsley’s former property empire
Cowell Group buys Hilton London Hyde Park hotel

14 October 2010

Cowell Group has also completed on the purchase of Hilton London Hyde Park, as first revealed by Property Week.
Boston skyscraper sold for $930m

13 October 2010

Boston’s tallest skyscraper is being sold to the real estate tycoon and newspaper publisher Mort Zuckerman’s company for $930m.
Savills acquires CBRE team to open second Swedish office

13 October 2010

Savills is to open a second office in Sweden after acquiring a four-strong team from CB Richard Ellis.
Pears and LaSalle buy £131m Notting Hill Estate

13 October 2010

William Pears Group and LaSalle Investment Management have bought London’s Notting Hill Estate from Land Securities and Delancey for £131m..
First Property Group fund makes debut purchase

13 October 2010

First Property Group has made its debut purchase for a new opportunity fund.
Targetfollow wins two week reprieve

12 October 2010

The administration process for property company Targetfollow has been adjourned and delayed for two weeks, a court heard today.
Metric buys Congleton park

12 October 2010

Metric Property Investments has exchanged contracts to buy Congleton Retail Park in South Manchester from North West based investor and developer, Bluemantle, for £14.8m.
Rockspring makes student housing debut

12 October 2010

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has made its debut student accommodation purchase.
Cooper-Parry to leave CBRE for Savills

8 October 2010

Peter Cooper-Parry, head of portfolio investment at CB Richard Ellis is leaving to join rival Savills.
LSE snaps up Land Registry Office Building for £37.5m

8 October 2010

London School of Economics is set to buy the Land Registry Office building in central London for £37.5m.
Peabody accepted by Crown for key worker estates

7 October 2010

The Peabody Trust is the frontrunner to buy four key worker estates in London which were put up for sale by the Crown Estate.
Scottish and Southern Energy buy Glasgow office

7 October 2010

Scottish and Southern Energy has bought an office block in the heart of Glasgow city centre for its new base in the city.
Saga goes gaga for Hastings office

7 October 2010

Saga Group is planning to buy a 45,000 sq ft office in Hastings to house a new customer support centre.
Arab Investments aims for £60m West End sale

7 October 2010

Arab Investments is looking to sell 10 Stratton Street in the West End for in excess of £60m.
Invesco launches second European hotel fund

7 October 2010

Invesco Real Estate today launched a second European hotel fund with an exclusivity agreement to purchase a €168m seed portfolio.
M3 Capital Partners buys service stations

6 October 2010

M3 Capital Partners, the real estate investment banking group, has bought a portfolio of motorway service station out of administration.
EXPO REAL: Allianz plans to increase allocation to real estate to €30bn

6 October 2010

Allianz, the German insurer, plans to increase its allocation to real estate to €30bn.
Former CPC Group Beverly Hills site bought by Hong Kong investor

6 October 2010

A site formerly owned by Christian Candy’s CPC Group’s Project Lotus, in Beverly Hills, has been bought by a Hong Kong based investor for $350m less than CPC bought it for in the boom.
EXPO REAL: Barrie blogs on Europe's views on Britain

6 October 2010

What was the consensus on Britain at this week’s EXPO Real investment bonanza in Munich?
EXPO REAL: London still "most important" for investors, says CBRE

5 October 2010

London is still “the most important city in the timezone” and is attracting investors, CB Richard Ellis’s head of EMEA capital markets, Jonathan Hull, said today.
AEW and Tristan enter Berlin residential property market

5 October 2010

EPISO, a value-added/opportunistic fund co-advised by AEW Europe and Tristan Capital Partners, has formed a joint venture with Caleus Capital Investors with plans to invest up to €300m over the next 18 months in residential investments in Berlin.
Cushman report: Moscow is where companies want to go

5 October 2010

Moscow has been named the most favourable city in Europe for companies looking to expand, according to a survey by Cushman & Wakefield.
EXPO REAL: French investment volumes 60% higher, Savills says

5 October 2010

French investment volumes in the first three quarters of 2010 are set to total €7.2bn – 60% higher than for the same period in 2009, research from Savills has shown.
First Property Group sets up opportunity fund for Poland

5 October 2010

First Property Group, the AIM-listed property fund manager, has set up an opportunity fund.
Hermes Real Estate to sell its 7.5% Bluewater stake

5 October 2010

Hermes Real Estate is to sell its 7.5% stake in Kent mega mall Bluewater.
Rockefeller buys majority stake in Europa Capital

4 October 2010

Rockefeller Group International, the US real estate investor and developer, has returned to Europe’s property market by buying a 75% stake in fund manager Europa Capital.
London & Stamford Property sells Aintree retail park to The Crown

1 October 2010

London & Stamford Property has sold its Racecourse Retail Park in Aintree to The Crown Estate for £101.5m, reflecting an initial yield on the sale of 5.3%
Oxford Properties buys UBS’s 50% stake in Watermark Place

1 October 2010

Oxford Properties, the real estate arm of OMERS pension fund, has exercised its pre-emption right to purchase a 50% stake in Watermark Place from UBS.
Evans Randall sells 10 Old Burlington Street

1 October 2010

Evans Randall has sold 10 Old Burlington Street, in London’s West End, for around £46m – £2m less than was paid for the building two years ago.
Berkeley’s £150m London hat-trick

01 October 2010

Housebuilding supremo Tony Pidgley has pulled off a double coup, buying three sites in central London for nearly £150m
Savills' Ireland Investment Market Report: Autumn 2010

30 September 2010

Irish investment market turnover is 95% higher for the first three quarters of 2010, compared to the same period last year.
Hammerson completes £134m Exchange Tower sale

30 September 2010

Hammerson has completed the £134m sale Exchange Tower in London’s Docklands.
Irish investment up 95%, Savills says

30 September 2010

Investment in the Irish property sector has increased 95% compared with 2009, research from Savills has shown.
Deka buys €95m New York office

30 September 2010

Deka Immobilien has bought a New York office block for €95m.
Spanish hotel group set to buy London hotel

30 September 2010

A Spanish hotel group is set to buy a half-built luxury hotel on London’s Strand.
Development Securities sells in Grimsby

30 September 2010

Development Securities has sold it’s House of Fraser store in Grimsby for £13.15m.
Carlyle buys B&B Hotel Group for €480m

29 September 2010

US private equity firm Carlyle has bought a chain of 223 budget hotels in Europe for €480m from European investment firm Eurazeo.
Grosvenor puts for sale sign over £80m Dolphin shopping centre

28 September 2010

Grosvenor has put its Dolphin shopping centre in Poole up for sale.
Where should investors put their money for the next few years?

28 September 2010

With this new age of economic austerity hanging over most of the continent and weak growth projections for many countries for years to come, where do investors put their money for the next few years?
Asian hotel group in talks to take control of six star London hotel development

28 September 2010

KOP Group, a luxury Asian based hotel group, is set to make its UK debut and is in talks to take control of a large hotel development in London.
Fidelity spends £85m in UK

27 September 2010

Fidelity Investment Managers has expanded its European Real Estate team and has bought five assets for its UK Real Estate Fund.
Hines looking for record rent in Mayfair

24 September 2010

Record Mayfair office rents for this cycle are being sought with the launch of Hines’ One Grafton Street in London’s West End.
Salmon Harvester makes Birmingham debut

24 September 2010

One Victoria Square in Birmingham has been placed under offer by Salmon Harvester Opportunity Fund for just under £18m, its first purchase in the city.
Targetfollow seeks legal advice as Lloyds pushes for administration

24 September 2010

Targetfollow has lined up its lawyers to seek advice if its lender Lloyds forces it into administration.
Deka sells £42m Mayfair property

23 September 2010

A part-vacant Mayfair property in London’s West End has gone under offer for around £42m.
Fidelity buys Scotland retail

23 September 2010

Fidelity’s UK Real Estate Fund has bought a Scottish retail park for £17.4m.
Mitchell's & Butler plans £200m spend

23 September 2010

Mitchells & Butler intends to spend £200m next year buying single properties and small portfolios, it announced today.
Malaysia pension fund in talks for Visa’s Paddington HQ

23 September 2010

Malaysia’s largest pension manager, Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is the front runner to buy Visa’s 1 Sheldon Square headquarters in Paddington for around £150m, reflecting a yield of around 5.75%.
Aviva buys Gateshead hotel

22 September 2010

McAleer & Rushe has forward sold a hotel development in Gateshead for £19m.
ING buys Clifton Moor retail park

22 September 2010

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has sold phase three of Clifton Moor retail park on Hurricane Way in York to client’s of ING.
Heysham industrial estate up for sale

22 September 2010

Northern Tissue Group is selling a 42-acre industrial estate in Heysham, Lancashire.
Simon Blake rejoins CBRE

21 September 2010

Simon Blake is rejoining CB Richard Ellis as head of capital markets UK and is leaving Altyon Partners, the fund management firm he set up with Simon Holley when the pair left CBRE a year ago.
Crown Estate completes Nottingham retail buy

21 September 2010

The Crown Estate has completed the purchase of the Victoria Retail Park in Nottingham for £56.87m, as tipped by Property Week.
The £900m test

20 September 2010

St Martins is to offload all but its prize assets in a sale that could be an indicator for the future of the entire investment market
LaSalle buys London office block for £26.5m

17 September 2010

LaSalle Investment Management, in conjunction with Generation Estates, has bought 100 Middlesex Street on the eastern edge of the City of London from Blackstone for £26.5m on behalf of a pension fund client, as tipped by Property Week.
Brims Construction wins Toffee Factory contract

17 September 2010

North East firm Brims Construction has been chosen as the contractor to develop the former Maynard’s toffee factory in Newcastle’s Lower Ouseburn Valley.
Expansion for JP Morgan’s European property asset management arm

16 September 2010

JP Morgan Asset Management’s €3.5bn European property arm has set up teams in Frankfurt and Paris as part of an expansion.
F&C Reit reappointed to manage F&C Commercial Property Trust

16 September 2010

The £820m F&C Commercial Property Trust has agreed a new management contract with F&C Reit, which had been served with a six-month termination notice in June.
PAIFs to become "industry standard" for property funds

16 September 2010

The tax advantages of property authorised investment funds (PAIFs) means they are likely to become the industry standard for real estate funds in the future, according to leading real estate professionals speaking at seminar held by Capita Financial Group this week.
Outlook for private-rented sector is "very tricky"

16 September 2010

The outlook for the private rented sector is “very tricky” and institutional investors must be encouraged to invest to ensure it can grow to meet housing tenure demands.
Macquarie to buy Presidio Partners

14 September 2010

Macquarie Group has entered into an agreement to buy Presidio Partners, a US-based real estate private capital raising and advisory firm.
IPD: industrial property values dropped in August

14 September 2010

UK commercial property values rose just 0.1% in August, the shallowest monthly growth since the market rebound began last summer, according to Investment Property Databank’s latest UK Monthly Index.
Global investment deals totalled $132bn in first half of year

14 September 2010

Global commercial real estate investment returned from the doldrums in the first half of this year.
Aberdeen hires UBS man for CIO job

14 September 2010

Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Dr Russell Chaplin as chief investment officer for property.
JSM Indochina appoints CBRE to sell portfolio

13 September 2010

JSM Indochina has appointed CB Richard Ellis to sell a portfolio of properties and development sites.
Bishops Square stake on market

13 September 2010

Investors are being quietly approached by the State of Oman about purchasing a stake in the large Bishops Square complex near London’s Spitalfields market, the Independent on Sunday reported yesterday.
Dundee's Overgate shopping centre for sale

10 September 2010

Lend Lease is selling its 420,000 sq ft Overgate shopping centre in Dundee.
Morgan Sindell acquires Connaught social housing contracts

10 September 2010

Morgan Sindall’s affordable housing provider, Lovell is to acquire the majority of the social housing division of Connaught for £28m.
Valad sells £94.25m Swedish portfolio

9 September 2010

Valad Property Group has sold a portfolio of Swedish commercial properties for £94.25m.
Invesco launches third UK fund for German institutions

9 September 2010

Invesco Real Estate has launched and completed the first closing of its third UK fund for German-speaking institutional investors.
Typhoo Tea factory sold

8 September 2010

The former Typhoo Tea factory in Birmingham has been sold to a private investor for an undisclosed sum.
ING attracts €500m for multi-manager business

7 September 2010

ING Real Estate Select, the multi-manager business, attracted €500m of net new money from European institutional investors, mainly in the Netherlands, in the first half of this year.
Dencora buys business park in Peterborough for £10m

7 September 2010

Dencora has bought the 125,000 sq ft Peterborough Business Park from Invista Real Estate Investment Management for around £10m.
Prupim buys further Romford Brewery stake

7 September 2010

Prupim has bought a further 25% stake in the Brewery Romford, following its purchase of 25% in July.
Resolution buys 50% of Bremen retail scheme

7 September 2010

Resolution Property has bought a 50% stake in the Waterfront shopping centre in Bremen, Germany, as part of a €130m joint venture with LNC Property Group.
LDA seeks manager for £50m green buildings fund

7 September 2010

The London Development Agency has today launched the search for a fund manager to distribute a £50m fund dedicated to energy efficiency.
Stenham Asset Management acquires Montier Partners

6 September 2010

Asset manager, Stenham Asset Management has acquired niche investment management firm, Montier Partners to expand its investment team.
Metric buys Loughborough shopping centre for £16.8m

6 September 2010

Metric Property Investments, the listed retail property company headed by Andrew Jones, has completed its third purchase since floating in London in March.
Clacton Travelodge bought by private investor

2 September 2010

A Travelodge in Clacton-on-Sea has been bought by a private investor from Real Estate Leisure Capital Limited for £2.16 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 7%.
British Capital Property makes debut UK purchases

2 September 2010

British Capital Property, a Guernsey based vehicle for South African property investors, has made its first two purchases in the UK.
SWIP buys £48m Northern Ireland retail park

2 September 2010

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has bought a Northern Ireland retail park for £48m.
Aldi portfolio bought by MGPA

1 September 2010

Discount retailer Aldi has sold a portfolio of 140 properties to MGPA for an undisclosed sum.
Invista buys Aberdeen shopping centre

31 August 2010

Invista Real Estate Investment Management has bought the Westhill Shopping Centre in Aberdeen for £9.25m.
Land Securities sells Stratford mall

31 August 2010

Land Securities has sold its Stratford shopping centre to Catalyst European Property Fund for £91.5m, as first tipped by Property Week.
Berners Hotel up for sale

31 August 2010

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has been appointed by administrators of Berners (BVI), to sell The Berners Hotel in London’s West End.
Hansteen focuses on income, as capital growth prospects “limited”

31 August 2010

Hansteen, the European secondary industrial property REIT, suffered a 5% drop in its net asset value in the first half of the year, due mainly to adverse currency movements.
Jenny Buck leaves Schroders

27 August 2010

Jenny Buck, head of Schroders’ £1.8bn property multi-manager business for the past nine years, has resigned.
ING sells Canadian property portfolio for C$1bn

27 August 2010

ING has agreed to sell its 50% stake in a light industrial property portfolio in Canada for C$1bn (£0.6bn), including debt.
Prezzo to buy rival restaurants

26 August 2010

Italian chain Prezzo has agreed terms to buy the leaseholds of 11 rival restaurants for £3.1m.
Holley and Blake’s Altyon in talks to buy €4bn German portfolio

26 August 2010

Altyon Partners is fronting a consortium of investors in negotiations to buy Berliner Immobilien Holding owned by the German federal state of Berlin.
RREEF eyes a further £246m of acquisitions this year after hitting targets

25 August 2010

RREEF Spezial Invest is planning a further €300m (£246m) of acquisitions by the end of the year after having hit its 2010 target of acquiring properties valued at more than €500m.
Evans Randall buys Drapers Gardens in the City

25 August 2010

Evans Randall has bought the recently-completed Drapers Gardens development in the City of London for £242.5m from Canary Wharf Group and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds.
Pooled funds raised £1.4bn in the second quarter

24 August 2010

Pooled property funds raised £1.4bn of new money in the second quarter, which was 30% less than in the previous quarter.
Pandoz agrees €1bn Norwegian hotels company deal

24 August 2010

Swedish hotel owner Pandox has agreed an €1bn deal to buy Norwegian company Norgani Hotels.
Hansteen buys Kilmartin portfolio

24 August 2010

Hansteen has bought a portfolio of secondary assets from some of collapsed property company Kilmartin’s joint ventures for £13.5m.
Redevco buys in Jersey

23 August 2010

Dutch property company Redevco has bought a Jersey mixed-use property for £19m.
CBRE Investors buys three retail properties

23 August 2010

CBRE Investors has bought three retail properties from a joint venture between AEW Europe/Tristan Capital partners and Mountgrange Investment Management for £15.3m.
Westex Carpets buys Yorkshire mill

20 August 2010

Westex Carpets has bought Calder Bank Mills in West Yorkshire from BDO, the administrators of former owner S.Lyles Sons and Co, for an undisclosed sum.
Tower 42 sale scrapped

20 August 2010

Tower 42 is no longer for sale after talks with a potential buyer for the 600ft skyscraper ended this month.
Mitchells & Butlers to sell 333 pubs

20 August 2010

Mitchells & Butlers is planning to sell a portfolio of 333 pubs for £373m.
Allianz buys 80 German Aldi stores

20 August 2010

Allianz Real Estate Germany has bought about 80 retail assets from Aldi Grundstücksgesellschaft mbH & Co.
Manchester’s Piccadilly Gate under offer

20 August 2010

Manchester’s 124,000 sq ft Piccadilly Gate office scheme has been put under offer by overseas investors for more than £48m, reflecting a yield of 5.75%.
Private investors in West End show

20 August 2010

Wealthy individuals target resurgent London market
Hammerson to net €217m from O'Parinor sale

19 August 2010

Hammerson is to net €217m from the sale of a stake in the O’Parinor shopping centre in Paris after announcing today it had exchanged contracts on the deal.
Rockspring buys €45m Spanish retail portfolio

18 August 2010

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has bought a portfolio of 21 Spanish food stores for €45m.
Six former Merchant Inns sold to Bespoke Hotel Group

18 August 2010

Boutique hotel operator Bespoke Hotel Group has signed a management contract for six 4-star former Merchant Inns hotels.
Hammerson in talks to sell 51% of O’Parinor retail scheme

17 August 2010

Hammerson is in talks with The National Pension Service of Korea to sell a 51% stake in its flagship O’Parinor shopping scheme on the outskirts of Paris.
Retailers buy up Bond Street

16 August 2010

MaxMara and Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy are each buying a store on London’s Bond Street, as luxury retailers snap up property on the exclusive shopping street.
Rockspring completes Mall fund shopping centre deal

16 August 2010

Capital & Regional has completed the sale of four shopping centres today. As tipped by Property Week, Rockspring Investment Managers has paid £135.9m for the four schemes.
CBRE Investors buys Belfast M&S

16 August 2010

CBRE Investors has bought an 83,000 sq ft Marks & Spencer store in Belfast city centre for £8.75m.
Henderson buys Maidenhead Boots

16 August 2010

Henderson Global Investors, on behalf of Henderson UK Property Unit Trust, has acquired a retail unit on Maidenhead High Street.
IPD: UK values rose just 0.2% in July

13 August 2010

UK commercial property capital value growth has virtually ground to a halt.
Invista buys in Farringdon Street

13 August 2010

Invista Real Estate has bought 30 Farringdon Street in the City of London.
Countryside Properties gets the go ahead in Barking

13 August 2010

Countryside Properties has been granted outline planning permission by the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation for Fresh Wharf in Barking.
CoStar appoints Oxford Economics as data partner for new Investor product

13 August 2010

CoStar has selected Oxford Economics as data partner for its CoStar Investor suite of services which it is planning to launch in the autumn.
LaSalle plans new German investment vehicle

12 August 2010

LaSalle Investment Management is planning to launch a new investment vehicle in a bid to attract Swiss, Austrian and German investors.
Cantor Fitzgerald and CIM Group create new investment platform

11 August 2010

Cantor Fitzgerald and CIM Group have created a new investment platform for commercial real estate lending.
A quarter of Irish property “over-rented”, says IPD

11 August 2010

More than a quarter of Irish commercial property income is over-rented, research by Investment Property Databank shows.
Knowles' Proinvest in administration

11 August 2010

A property investment firm run by the Lancashire-based entrepreneur Tim Knowles has gone into administration.
Istithmar sells £173m West End asset

10 August 2010

One of the largest office investment deals in London’s West End has been carried out.
Rockspring buys in Basildon

10 August 2010

Rockspring’s Hanover Property Unit Trust has bought the freehold of the Wollaston Industrial Estate in Basildon from Standard Life.
Welsh government appoints LSH and Amber to manage £55m fund

10 August 2010

The Welsh Assembly government has appointed Amber Infrastructure and Lambert Smith Hampton to manage a £55m EU-backed Welsh regeneration fund.
LaSalle Investment Management closes deals worth £218m

10 August 2010

LaSalle Investment Management has completed three transactions in the Asia-Pacific region worth a total of £218m.
Shareholders vote down F&C Reit and Ignis’s £1.6bn fund merger

9 August 2010

The £1.6bn merger between two listed property income trusts will not proceed.
DTZ secures sale of City Link Hub

9 August 2010

DTZ has advised City Link on the sale of a 153,481 sq ft distribution facility in the West Midlands to a private investor for an undisclosed amount.
Bridging Finance Solutions wins auctions appointment

9 August 2010

Auction House has appointed short-term lender Bridging Finance Solutions as a preferred finance supplier.
Mitchells & Butlers sells Hollywood Bowl

9 August 2010

Mitchells & Butlers has agreed the sale of its Hollywood Bowl business.
Greenwich Peninsula's Pier Walk sold

9 August 2010

Quintain and Lend Lease have sold Pier Walk at Greenwich Peninsula to German fund Deka Immobilien.
The Property Archive: UK Property Investment Bulletin - Q2 2010

6 August 2010

Investment volumes are up, property yields have continued to compress in the second quarter, so why worry?
Cushman & Wakefield: An Overview of the UK Property Market

6 August 2010

The second quarter was a difficult time for all derivative markets, not least property, as the entire financial community was locked into a state of inertia ahead of the UK general election, allied with much uncertainty surrounding the fi scal defi cit and the sovereign debt issues related to other European partners such as Greece.
Cushman & Wakefield Business Briefing: The UK Property Investment Market - Heading for a Cooler Summer?

6 August 2010

Prime yields were unchanged in June, averaging 5.79% for the second month running. The market has slowed a little, with many feeling it willnow face a quieter period through the summer before investors return in the autumn. Others, however, see this as a window of opportunity!
Metric heads to Cornwall for second purchase

5 August 2010

Metric Property Investments has made its second purchase since its £190m flotation on the London Stock Exchange in March.
Peel invests in Ellesmere Port

4 August 2010

Peel Ports has bought the 46-acre Ellesmere Port site from Bridgewater Paper Company’s administrators Ernst & Young for £10.5m.
Investor demand for regional offices up by 63% on last year

4 August 2010

Investor demand for prime regional offices has continued to improve with volumes during the first half of 2010 up by 63% on the same period last year.
RBS agrees £1.65bn branch sale to Santander

4 August 2010

The Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to sell 318 branches and other assets to Spanish bank Santander for £1.65bn at at a premium of £350m to net asset value.
Stalled housing developments secure investment from London mayor and HCA

3 August 2010

Stalled development projects which would deliver more than 500 affordable homes in London have today secured investment from the London mayor Boris Johnson and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
Property market forecast to tumble in 2011

3 August 2010

The UK commercial property market is set for a gloomy period next year, according to the latest pricing in the property derivatives market.
Ex-Morgan Stanley trio secure backing for new venture

2 August 2010

Three former Morgan Stanley Real Estate real estate directors, John Carrafiell, Sonny Kalsi and Fred Schmidt, have received financial backing from a Dutch-listed company for their new venture.
St Modwen and Persimmon in £300m housing joint venture

2 August 2010

St Modwen and housebuilder Persimmon have entered into a joint venture initially to develop 2,000 homes on seven sites owned by St Modwen.
Prupim buys 25% stake in Henderson's Brewery

2 August 2010

Henderson Global Investors has sold a 25% stake in the Brewery in Romford for £44.25m.
Sleeperz secures £7m of new capital for budget hotel expansion

30 July 2010

Connection Capital, a new private client investment business, has made its first investment in budget hotel operator Sleeperz Hotels.
Cornerstone buys German supermarket

30 July 2010

Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers Europe has completed its first acquisition in Germany since it took over the management of the Cornerstone German Retail Fund in 2008.
RREEF buys Kent distribution unit

30 July 2010

RREEF UK Industrial Property Fund has purchased a distribution unit in Erith, east London, for £10.1m, reflecting a net initial yield of more than 7%.
CBRE seals two sheds deals in West Midlands

30 July 2010

British Capital Property has bought a 130,000 sq ft warehouse near Wolverhampton from a private investor for £8.35m, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.53%.
Consortium buys second round of Spanish assets

30 July 2010

A consortium of RREEF Europe, Area Property Partners and Europa Capital has bought a second portfolio of Spanish property assets from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA).
Prospect buys in Telford

30 July 2010

Prospect Estates has bought the freehold of Halesfield Seven for £1.83m, the largest industrial deal in Telford this year. The 15.63 acre site will be divided to create a new industrial estate known as Epic Park.
CoStar Investment Update: June 2010

29 July 2010

The June summary of the investment market shows activity rising following a slow start to the year. The Q2 2010 total exceeded Q1 2010’s total by 17%.
CB Richard Ellis: Prime Rent and Yield Monitor - Q2 2010

29 July 2010

Prime rental growth for commercial property was flat this quarter following two preceding quarters of marginal growth.
Manchester councils to run £350m North West kickstart fund

29 July 2010

A consortium led by ten Greater Manchester councils has been chosen to manage a £350m regeneration fund to lend to developers in the north-west.
IPP buys former Croda site in Bromborough

29 July 2010

Croda’s former fatty acid plant at Bromborough Pool in Merseyside has been bought by Dibbin Estates and Equipment, an International Process Plants and Equipment Corp (IPP) affiliate.
Irish rents stifle recovery, IPD Q2 figures show

28 July 2010

A sharp fall in Irish commercial property rents is stifling the market’s recovery.
Europa sells €60m Düsseldorf development

28 July 2010

Europa Capital has completed the sale of an office development in Düsseldorf for €60m.
Derwent completes Central Cross buy

28 July 2010

Derwent London made its biggest purchase for three years this week.
Qatari investor sees value in Mayfair

27 July 2010

F&C Reit has sold 27 Dover Street in Mayfair, London for £6.35m. Claymore Asset Management bought the property on behalf of Qatari-owned Oryx Property.
Euro Disney sells €47m mall

27 July 2010

Klepierre and AXA have bought the Val d’Europe mall from Euro Disney for €47m.
Redefine agrees £106m London hotels deal

26 July 2010

Redefine International has agreed to buy five Holiday Inn hotels in London for £106.3m.
St Martins to sell £900m portfolio

23 July 2010

St Martins has put up for sale a £900m portfolio of assets located across the UK and Europe.
Standard Life Investments in talks to invest in Schroders Moorgate scheme

23 July 2010

Standard Life Investments is in talks with Stanhope, Schroders and the Clothworker’s Company to join the joint venture to invest in the proposed development of 8-10 Moorgate.
L&G buys in Wales

23 July 2010

Legal & General Property has bought two office buildings from developers WISP Newport and WISP Swansea for £23.44m, an average net initial yield of 5.15%.
Le Meridien Piccadilly sold to Host Hotels & Resorts

22 July 2010

Starman Hotels has sold its Le Meridien Piccadilly hotel in London to Host Hotels & Resorts for £64m.
Staffordshire police offices up for sale

21 July 2010

Staffordshire Police has put the freehold interest of 5,573 sq ft of commercial office space at Crossfields, 35 Cannock Road in Baswich, near Stafford, up for sale.
Tritax completes Brindleyplace sale

21 July 2010

Tritax has completed the sale of £190m worth of offices at Birmingham’s Brindleyplace, as first revealed by PropertyWeek.com.
London and Stamford buy in Battersea

21 July 2010

London & Stamford Property has bought apartments and car parking spaces at Bridges Wharf, Battersea, in south London.
Tenant failure risk as companies try to trade out of recession, Cluttons warns

20 July 2010

Companies trading too much and suffering cash flow problems as they emerge from the recession could threaten the occupational markets, research from Cluttons has shown.
Henderson buys Islington shopping centre for £112m

20 July 2010

Henderson Global Investors’ German business Warburg-Henderson KAG has bought the N1 shopping centre in Islington for £112m.
Specialist property funds outperform the market

19 July 2010

Specialist funds outperformed the direct market by almost 500 basis points over the last year, figures from the Investment Property Databank (IPD) have shown.
Investec recruits Gandy to UK acquisition team

19 July 2010

Investec Property Investments has appointed Crispin Gandy to its UK and Ireland acquisition team.
Cap & Reg reports rise in fund values

16 July 2010

Capital & Regional reported a rise in the value of its three funds this morning for the quarter ending 30 June.
Mitchells & Butler sells £91m lodge business

15 July 2010

Mitchells & Butlers has announced the disposal of the majority of its lodge business and the sale and leaseback of eight pubs for £91m.
Global investment in Q2 doubles to $66bn

15 July 2010

Global real estate investment in the second quarter of 2010 was $66bn – double the same period in 2009, research from Jones Lang LaSalle has shown.
IPD: UK values rose 0.5% in June

14 July 2010

UK commercial property has eased to its slowest quarterly growth since the market rebound began last August.
Jones Lang LaSalle wins Fairoaks Airport instruction

14 July 2010

Jones Lang LaSalle has been instructed to find a buyer for part of Fairoaks Airport in Surrey after owning company Albermarle Fairoaks fell into administration in February.
AXA Real Estate raises €230m

12 July 2010

AXA Real Estate has raised €230m for the first closing of its pan-European development fund Development Venture III.
Flood of interest for ING sale

09 July 2010

ING Group has received interest from several of the world’s biggest fund managers and institutional investors to buy its real estate investment management unit, Reuters reports.
Carlyle completes £671m White Tower purchase

8 July 2010

Carlyle Group has exchanged contracts for to buy six central London properties, which were formerly part of the portfolio securing the White Tower 2006-3 commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) vehicle.
Hyde Park hotel sold to private buyer

8 July 2010

The Park Inn in Hyde Park has been sold to a private buyer for around £35m.
Gatehouse Bank buys BT HQ in Leeds

5 July 2010

Gatehouse Bank has bought One Sovereign Street, the HQ of BT’s regional headquarters in Leeds, for £40.1m in one of the biggest deals in Yorkshire this year.
Invista buys Sheffield office building

2 July 2010

Invista Property Foundation Trust has bought the Portergate, an office building in Sheffield, for £10.2m.
Moorfield and Hines exchange on £200m Brindleyplace deal

1 July 2010

Hines and Moorfield have tonight confirmed their purchase of eight buildings at Brindleyplace in Birmingham.
Starwood and L&R buy London's Cumberland in Europe's largest hotel deal this year

1 July 2010

Starwood Capital and London & Regional have bought the Cumberland Hotel at London’s Marble Arch.
Hammerson buys Brookfield Europe’s stake in Cricklewood project

29 June 2010

Hammerson has bought Brookfield Europe’s stake in the £4.5bn Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration scheme in West London.
Tesco to carry out £950m property securitisation

29 June 2010

Tesco is planning a £950m property securitisation in the latest phase of its programme to release value from its UK property portfolio.
Terrace Hill begins marketing residential property fund

29 June 2010

Terrace Hill and Aegon have begun marketing for a residential investment fund that will be seeded with some of Terrace Hill’s assets.
Valad fund renews €204m debt facility

28 June 2010

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Bank of Scotland have renewed a €204m investment facility to V+UK, a fund managed by Valad Property Group.
Moorfield and Hines team up for £200m Brindleyplace bonanza

28 June 2010

Moorfield and Hines have teamed up to buy eight buildings at Birmingham’s Brindleyplace office scheme for just below £200m.
LaSalle launches £500m UK fund

28 June 2010

LaSalle Investment Management has launched the LaSalle Balanced UK Property Fund for institutional investors.
Blackrock buys £58m Covent Garden building

28 June 2010

Blackrock UK Property Fund has bought the freehold of 25 Bedford Street in London’s Covent Garden for £58.8m.
London and Paris "safest markets" says Rufrano

28 June 2010

London and Paris are two of the safest markets to invest in today, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s new global CEO.
ING REIM Netherlands sells 13 offices

25 June 2010

ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) has sold a portfolio of 13 office properties to a consortium of international investors.
Rockspring teams up with former Mall fund director to buy four shopping centres.

25 June 2010

Rockspring Property Investment Managers has exchanged contracts to buy four shopping centres from the Mall fund.
Land Securities HQ back on market

25 June 2010

Land Securities’ headquarters at 5 Strand, close to Trafalgar Square in London, is up for sale for £53m.
Retail parks remain in favour

25 June 2010

More than £200m of retail parks changed hands or were placed under offer this week, proving the sector is still popular.
Fosse Park up for sale

24 June 2010

The Irish investors behind retail park Fosse Park have hired Franc Warwick to sell the £360m park.
Trikona Trinity appoints new Indian investment manager

23 June 2010

Trikona Trinity Capital, the AIM-listed Indian property investor, has appointed a new external investment manager.
Segro completes Airport Property Partnership deal

22 June 2010

Segro’s acquisition of BAA’s 50% interest in the Airport Property Partnership, a joint venture with Aviva Investors, will be completed today.
Hammerson buys remaining stake in Battery retail park

21 June 2010

Hammerson, which owns 25% of Battery Retail Park in Birmingham, has bought the remaining 75% from its partner TIAA-CREFfor £49.5m.
AEW Europe buys Polish warehouses for €91m

21 June 2010

AEW Europe has bought five warehouses in Poland from Panattoni Europe and Standard Life Investments for approximately €91m through its European Property Investors Special Opportunities fund.
SEB completes Condor House purchase

21 June 2010

SEB Asset Management has completed its purchase of Evans Randall’s Condor House in the City of London for its open-ended real estate fund SEB ImmoPortfolio Target Return Fund.
Metric makes £28.4m debut purchase

17 June 2010

Metric Property Investments has bought its first property following its £190m flotation on the London Stock Exchange in March.
Allianz to buy €176m stake in Hammerson Paris shopping centre

17 June 2010

Allianz Real Estate has exchanged contracts to buy a 75% stake in Hammerson’s Espace Saint Quentin shopping centre in Paris in a deal worth €176m.
Land Securities sells £250m Park House scheme

17 June 2010

Land Securities has agreed to forward sell its Park House development on London’s Oxford Street to a Qatari property company for £250m.
Simon Treacy to become CEO of MGPA

16 June 2010

MGPA, the private equity real estate firm has appointed its Asian head Simon Treacy as CEO.
Howard Property Investments buys RBS building

15 June 2010

Howard Property Investments has bought the RBS building on Silbury Boulevard in Milton Keynes for £3.2m from Blackrock Land.
IPD: property values rose just 0.5% in May

14 June 2010

The UK commercial property market recovery slowed down last month.
Meyer Bergman buys Ilford's Exchange Shopping Centre

11 June 2010

Meyer Bergman, the European real estate investment and fund management firm has acquired The Exchange Shopping Centre, Ilford, from the Mall Fund for around £71 million.
Invista sells three at Cambridge Science Park

11 June 2010

Invista Real Estate has sold three buildings at Cambridge Science Park on behalf of a client, to Legal & General Property.
Hermes £58m London office

11 June 2010

Hermes Real Estate has bought Wimbledon Bridge House for £58m from Tristan Capital Partners and AEW Europe.
Legal & General buys in Islington

10 June 2010

Legal & General has bought an Islington property for £16.5m - a net initial yield of 5.43%.
Klépierre sells three retail assets for €72.8m

10 June 2010

French property company Klépierre has sold three retail assets as it seeks to dispose of €400m of property this year.
USS buys NatMags House

8 June 2010

Universities Superannuation Scheme has exchanged contracts to buy National Magazine House in London’s West End for £42m.
Henderson completes first £90m closing of Central London office fund

8 June 2010

Henderson Global Investors has achieved a first closing of its Central London Office Fund II (“CLOF II”) raising £90m of capital from a number of European and North American institutional investors providing it with around £200m for acquisitions.
Highcross buys Waverley Gate

14 May 2010

Highcross has bought WaverleyGate, one of Edinburgh’s city centre landmark office buildings, from the joint administrative receivers of Castlemore (Edinburgh) Ltd.
The Farebrother IPD Midtown Investment Report 2009

14 May 2010

"By the end of 2009, 2.0 million sq ft had been added to Midtown’s office stock in just ten years. 3.6 million sq ft of new office space and 4.9 million sq ft of refurbished office space was created. 20.7 million sq ft as taken-up over the same period."
PWTV: CoStar warns of further pain

30 April 2010

Commercial property information consultancy CoStar has warned that the low level of transactional volumes being recorded in the market could mean more pain for the property sector.
Cushman & Wakefield Business Briefing: The UK Property Investment Market: March 2010

01 April 2010

"A further increase in risk tolerance from investors and financiers will follow an improvement in the occupier market and trends in the prime sector are encouraging, with most sectors now thoughtto be close to the bottom. Secondary markets however have further to fall and with the rental recovery likely to be supply led, rental trends will be very ifferent market to market."
BNP Paribas Real Estate: Investment in Europe - Q4 2009

12 February 2010

"Most European economies are now past the recession, since GDP started to increase again on a quarterly basis. Nevertheless GDP growths for the whole year of 2009 were negative and will remain weak this year."
HM Treasury: Investment in the UK private rented sector

12 February 2010

"The Government’s objective for housing policy in England is simple and fundamental – to ensure a decent home for all. We face significant long-term demographic pressures from a growing and more mobile population that will make meeting this objective more challenging. These housing pressures can impact on a broad range of economic andsocial policy objectives: delivering macroeconomic stability; helping households manage assets, savings and risk; meeting people’s housing aspirations; ...
CB Richard Ellis Marketview: CEE Office investment

12 February 2010

"Several Central and Eastern European (CEE) economies are again recording positive growth and evidence is mounting that most CEE economies bottomed out in H1 2009. Still, the recovery remains in its early stages and is neither sustained nor robust at this time. Nonetheless, current sentiment is much more positive than several months ago."
Knight Frank Shopping Centre Investment Quarterly: Q4 2009

29 January 2010

“Following the downturn the banks are significant holders of UK shopping centres. Their actions will be fundamental to transactional activity in 2010 as they look to restructure their property loan books.“However, activity is likely to remain relatively subdued, as assets may be released to the market selectively in order to maximise value.”
CB Richard Ellis Marketview: Central and Eastern Europe Property Investment

22 January 2010

"Investment in institutional property in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) totalled €2.5 billion in 2009 in 90 transactions. Approximately €2 billion of this total was traded in H2 2009, a significant increase (+314%) from H1 2009 turnover."
The Property Archive - Property Investment Bulletin

15 January 2010

"Yes, liquidity returned to the market with increased investment activity of £13.6bn in the second half of 2009, a 56% increase from the level seen in the first half. Total investment volume for 2009 was £22.3bn, down from £24.7bn at the end of 2008."
Colliers CRE: Real Estate Investment Forecasts - Q4 2009

18 December 2009

"Colliers CRE fourth quarter forecasts estimate a positive return of 3.4% in 2009, based on equivalent yields finishing the year below the level at which they began it. The outlook for 2010 has also improved slightly, as we expect to see a continuation of the recent yield compression into the New Year."
Standard Life Investment's Investment Decisions for 2010

18 December 2009

"As economies rebalance from the excesses of thebubble years, and policymakers begin to withdraw their unprecedented policy response, investors face substantial opportunities as well as risks within a volatile market environment."
DTZ Echinox: CEE Investment

04 December 2009

"Transaction activity practically froze in H1 2009 with a volume of approximately €26 million, representing a 97% decrease year-on-year. The volume diminished by a third (quarter-on-quarter) in Q3 when institutional transactions amounted to €13.3 million."
CoStar Investment Bulletin Q3 2009

06 November 2009

"Investment activity is gathering pace as investors look to enter the market at the lowest point in the cycle. Deal volumes are now rising and a total of £6.1bn was sold in Q3 2009."
Reading UK Development and Investment Review

06 November 2009

"The economy of the South East region is the 22nd largest in the world, bigger than countries such as Denmark, Austria, Sweden, South Africa, Singapore and Greece. As home to over eight million people, it is the largest region in the UK – bigger than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined, and covers the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and East and West Sussex."
The Property Archive: UK Real Estate Investment Activity - Q3 2009

30 October 2009

"Investment activity has continued to grow in the third quarter 2009 with £5.85bn worth of deals done, taking the total amount for the year to date to £14.5bn. This quarter’s figure is the highest of the year to date, as well as being the highest quarterly total since Q2 2008. The average lot size was £21m, an increase from the Q2 figure of £16m, but below the Q1 figure of £28.6m."
Invest UK: Hear our in depth interview with Peter Robinson, First Minister for Northern Ireland.

14 October 2009

Register for the FREE Invest UK event to hear the electric interview with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson at 11.30am today.
Ernst & Young: The proposed EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

02 October 2009

"The AIFM Directive is designed to address a number of risks identified by the European Commission related to alternative investment funds (AIFs). The Commission does not believe that fragmented national approaches constitute a robust and comprehensive response to these risks."
£25m fund looks to capitalise on weak housing market

18 September 2009

Investors given route to purchase-and-leaseback deals with distressed housebuilders
B&Q deal takes Aprirose past £150m spending

18 September 2009

Mayfair-based investment manager Aprirose has bought a retail warehouse let to B&Q from receivers in the Midlands, taking its spending past the £150m mark in the last 12 months
Stellar lines up Scottish woodland for debut forest fund purchase

18 September 2009

Stellar Asset Management’s first forest fund has lined up its debut purchase
REDC ponders online-only auctions as repo lot levels fall

11 September 2009

Controversial US newcomer may shelve third auction and move operations exclusively to web
Fourth month of inflows

04 September 2009

UK retail property funds continued to experience net inflows for the fourth successive month
Mustbesold.com scores with distressed sales

04 September 2009

The perceived recovery in the housing market helped Mustbesold.com achieve an 85% success rate at its sale on Wednesday
Private investors look Stateside

04 September 2009

Private investors are beginning to look Stateside for higher yields
Seven Dials heads for high street with £50m fund

04 September 2009

Private investor fund manager launches vehicle to target shops let to ‘household names’
London & Devonshire seeks £25m for industrial purchases

21 August 2009

Fund will target prelet schemes and income-producing investments in the south-west
Nature reserve sold by Carter Jonas for £60,000

21 August 2009

Carter Jonas has sold a nature reserve in Somerset to a local environmentalist at auction
Pattinson goes regional

21 August 2009

Pattinson auctions is abandoning London as a sales venue to focus on sales in regional locations
Visium Group ceases trading

21 August 2009

Private investor property consultancy and publishing company Visium Group ceased trading last week after being hit by the downturn in overseas sales
BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment in Europe: Q2 2009

14 August 2009

This research looks at the contraction of the investment markets across 25 European cities in the second quarter of the year.
Invista European Investment Quarterly: Q2 2009

14 August 2009

Fund manager Invista's report into the European market, looking at changes in the leasing and investment markets as well as other factors including movement in property share prices.
Savills' Retail Investment Transactions: H109

14 August 2009

A monitor of retail investment transactions within the Savills network of countries.
The Property Archive: H1 Investment

14 August 2009

A report looking at investment in UK property in the first half of the year, including increased spending from overseas investors.
Sellers beware as FSA tightens rules on retail distribution

07 August 2009

Fund managers and advisers protest against proposed rules on selling of investment products
Competition earns Andrews & Robertson its commission

31 July 2009

Competitive bidding at almost 40% above guide prices helped Andrews & Robertson to lift the sales rate at its auction last Thursday to 75% – up three percentage points from its sale in June
Mayfair buys in Bristol and sells in Basingstoke

31 July 2009

Mayfair Capital Investment Management has bought a distribution warehouse in Bristol on behalf of overseas private clients
Keen investors fuel Allsop’s marathon £40m resi sale

24 July 2009

But auction house warns that cash could soon run out unless banks relax constraints on finance
Aprirose drives away with bargain

17 July 2009

Private investor manager Aprirose Real Estate has bought two driving test centres from Greatline Developments
CB Richard Ellis EMEA View Point: Industrial and Logistics Investment,

10 July 2009

'Despite generally subdued levels of investment activity in the European real estate market over the past year and a half, there is still evidence of interest in the industrial and logistics sector.'
Glanmore rejects Ciref bid offer

17 July 2009

The embattled £843m Glanmore Property Fund has this week rejected the proposed share offer and rescue equity injection from AIM-listed Ciref
Lambert Smith Hampton's UK Investment transactions Quarterly Bulletin: Q2 2009

17 July 2009

Overseas investors were responsible for the highest proportion of investment market purchases in the second quarter of 2009 as the dual effects of the falling value of UK real estate and the appreciation of the € and $ against the £ meant that foreign investors continued to be in pole position when bidding for property.
Lot sizes grow as 'big three' net £139m at auctions

17 July 2009

Risk takers put yields under pressure at Allsop, Jones Lang LaSalle and Cushman & Wakefield sales
Knight Frank's shopping centre investment quarterly: Q2 2009

15 July 2009

The attractive pricing of good quality assets has brought an increasing number of requirements to the market, including more active interest from new opportunity funds.
BNP Paribas Real Estate's commercial property investment yields - June 2009

10 July 2009

A table of prime commercial property investment yields across all asset classes.
Private eye: Richard Auterac

10 July 2009

In my position as chairman of the RICS Real Estate Auction Group, I have been asked to comment on the issues of innovation in the auction industry
Yields fall to 6.9% as property volumes decrease

10 July 2009

ARAS data shows 93 basis point differential from IPD average
Glanmore sells up to reduce debt

03 July 2009

The £843m Glanmore property fund has sold a portfolio of eight properties to pay down its debt, bringing total sales to £83m since the start of the year
Mixed fortunes at auctions

03 July 2009

Barnard Marcus’s sale rate fell to its lowest in almost a year at the New Connaught Rooms in central London last Monday
Pinder Fry's small offices fund to go into liquidation

03 July 2009

Bank forecloses on fund after loan covenant breaches
Valad’s PILinvests starts fundraising for £22m vehicle

26 June 2009

Collective investment scheme operator aims for 10%-plus total returns
IFAs change tune and advise clients to invest in property

19 June 2009

Investment Property Forum survey shows that IFAs see positive change in asset class
Aprirose continues spree for syndicate

12 June 2009

Aprirose Real Estate has bought a 100,000 sq ft retail warehouse in Colchester let to B&Q, for a private investor syndicate, which has also bought a Travelodge in Birmingham this week
Pattinson's new approach is choked by old hands

12 June 2009

Pattinson’s debut London sale suffered from being held on the same day as an Allsop residential sale
Rising house prices swell Allsop's coffers

12 June 2009

Latest results show an 86% sale rate and £46m raised
Glanmore’s investors still left seeking redemption

05 June 2009

Property fund aims to extend bar for a further four years and suspends performance fees
'Big three' auction houses score hat-trick of results

29 May 2009

Prime yields hold steady for Allsop and fall for Cushman & Wakefield and Jones Lang LaSalle
Dairy is cream of Strettons' crop

29 May 2009

Strettons enjoyed a strong follow-up to its April sale, which was marred by the G20 riots, at London’s New Connaught Rooms last Monday
Barwood Capital to launch £50m industrial fund

22 May 2009

Fund management arm of Northampton-based developer aims for 6% ‘priority return’ to investors
CoStar Investment Bulletin: Q1 2009

22 May 2009

With the exception of a flurry of activity in December, investment activity has been extremely subdued since mid-2008. The expected depth and longevity of the current downturn has deterred most investors from all non-essential transactions.
Barnett Ross takes comfort from prime London properties

15 May 2009

Barnett Ross achieved a ‘comfortable’ result at its commercial and residential sale at London’s Radisson SAS Portman Hotel last Thursday
Investors splash out on pooled funds

15 May 2009

Pooled property funds (PPFs) are starting to attract new investment, as the rate of redemptions slows
Premier may be among first to reopen in time for recovery

15 May 2009

Increased investor confidence means fund will seek to raise new equity
Pattinson teams up with estate agents for online sale

08 May 2009

Newcastle auction house to host internet auction and hold first-ever London sale
Auction coup for Pugh & Co

01 May 2009

Pugh & Co had its most successful sale in more than a year last Thursday
Noble men's 'opportunistic' £20m pension fund mandate

01 May 2009

Founder members of Glasgow-based Keills to invest in keenly priced property
REDC row settled

01 May 2009

US auction house Real Estate Disposition Corporation (REDC) has released a buyer from a sale contract after she complained she had been misled about the property’s value
Private eye: Duncan Moir

24 April 2009

I reach my half-century at the end of this month.
US auctioneer REDC under fire over valuation discrepancy

24 April 2009

Buyer claims ‘previous valuation’ price was inflated after auction house’s Leeds sale
Auction success rates dip

17 April 2009

Andrews & Robertson failed to sell a third of the lots at its auction last week, after it included new-build Spanish flats in its catalogue
Lenders hit back at disquiet over US-style auctions

17 April 2009

Sellers at REDC repossession auctions dismiss UK auctioneers’ claims of compromise of duty
Two-tier market emerging

17 April 2009

A two-tier market is emerging in the auction market, as prime yields fall and secondary yields rise
Auctioneers call bottom of market after strong week

09 April 2009

Allsop’s back-to-back sale raises almost half of sector’s £78m total
G20 protests rain on Slyper’s farewell parade

09 April 2009

Strettons auctioneer Graham Slyper’s final sale behind the rostrum was marred by the G20 protests
Allsop auction uplifts with ‘strong’ £64m sale

03 April 2009

Best sales total for 10 months as investors force yields down to 5.9%
American auction house defends buyer fee model

03 April 2009

Real Estate Disposition Corporation says prices will reflect ‘true market value’
Pinder Fry pulls land fund

03 April 2009

Pinder Fry & Benjamin has been forced to put its £20m strategic land fund on ice after its backers pulled out.
Private buyer for Kenmore’s French sheds

03 April 2009

A private investor has bought a portfolio of industrial units in France from Kenmore European Industrial Fund for €14.5m at a 9.4% yield.
Private eye: David Pearl

03 April 2009

In my last Property Week column at the beginning of the year, I tried to cheer things up by recounting what I thought was an amusing little moral tale, which resulted in my being accused, through the letters page, of being sexist.
Aprirose buys car park at yield of 6.5%

27 March 2009

Aprirose Real Estate has used debt to buy a robotic car park in Edinburgh from KPMG at a 6.5% yield
Slow sales at Whyte debut

27 March 2009

Chek Whyte, star of Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire, had a weak start to his first foray into the auctions sector
Stellar Asset Management branches out into forestry

27 March 2009

Ex-Close Brothers team launch £5m fund to target growing demand for timber
Auctioneer alarm at US repo house

20 March 2009

Auctioneers have warned that a US auction house is going to drive down prices when it debuts in the UK this month
Cushman & Wakefield doubles auctions takings

20 March 2009

Private investors spurred by the latest interest rate cut helped Cushman & Wakefield lift sales by 45%
Jones Lang LaSalle cancels after failing to fill catalogue

20 March 2009

1 April auction called off as income-producing sale properties become more scarce
Kenmore sells West Mids shed at 9% yield

13 March 2009

A private investor has bought an industrial shed in the West Midlands from Kenmore at a 9% yield
Regions lift Mustbesold.com sales by a third

13 March 2009

An increased regional appetite for residential property helped Mustbesold.com to raise one-third more money at its latest auction
Rowan branches out with £500m 'value-added' fund

13 March 2009

Former Goodman European CEO Jeff Pulsford to raise equity
Busy room helps Jones Lang LaSalle sell at higher prices

06 March 2009

Debut sale of 2009 achieves falls in prime retail yields and increased lot sizes
Resi auctions’ 85% show

06 March 2009

The residential auction houses had another successful week as investors packed in and provided strong sales rates.
Richard Auterac on PropertyWeek TV

06 March 2009

Auctioneer Richard Auterac calls the bottom of the prime market
CBRE Investors sells Croydon shop at 9% yield

27 February 2009

A private investor has bought a shop in Croydon, south London, from CB Richard Ellis Investors at a 9% yield
Competitive bids produce mixed results for trio

27 February 2009

Two of the three commercial auctions last week achieved improved sale rates, despite two of the auction houses experiencing a dip in the amount raised because of smaller lot sizes.
Residential investors out in force for £90m spree

27 February 2009

Allsop sales climb 16%; Savills and Andrews & Robertson lifts sales by a third
Allsop achieves 83% success rate in best result since May

20 February 2009

Yields fall from December high as £45m sells for 15% above reserve prices
Aprirose-led consortium buys City Travelodge at 6% yield

20 February 2009

African and UK-based investors target ‘recession-resilient’ sector with 69% bank debt
Invista sells bank units at 5.25% yields

20 February 2009

Invista Real Estate Investment Management has sold two high street bank retail units in Bath and Canterbury to private investors at yields of 5.25%
Private eye: Michael Barrie

20 February 2009

Given the volume of funds forced into suspending redemptions over the last 12 or more months, many have been quick to criticise the structure of open-ended retail funds as a viable model for real estate investment
'Secret millionaire' Whyte's auction house to sell repossession lots

20 February 2009

Chek Whyte, the star of Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire, has launched an auction house that will sell repossessed homes, yachts and cars
New Hotbed head hired

13 February 2009

Hotbed, the private investor property syndicate, has appointed Julius Gottleib as head of property
Stellar goes into space with £10m self-storage fund

13 February 2009

Asset manager launches closed-ended fund to invest in UK sites
Strettons posts 70% success

13 February 2009

Strettons, in association with Edwin Evans, beat the bad weather and made a solid start to 2009 at its mixed residential and commercial sale on Monday.
Auction loan applications up by 30%

06 February 2009

The number of private investors seeking short-term loans for auctions increased by 30% in the last quarter of last year.
Azure sells five Texaco petrol stations

06 February 2009

Azure Property, a joint venture between Palmer Capital Partners and RREEF Alternative Investments, has sold five Texaco petrol stations at an average net initial yield of 6.8% to private investors.
Closed chapter for Cooke as two funds halt redemptions

06 February 2009

Close Investments makes Simon Cooke redundant and freezes withdrawals from two property funds
New year brings hope for resi auction houses

06 February 2009

Barnard Marcus and Harman Healy score 70%-plus success rates
… as Coral sets up £100m student fund

30 January 2009

Coral Portfolio is setting up an ungeared £100m fund of funds for private investors to invest in student accommodation.
Brandeaux’s £850m student fund offers investors exit …

30 January 2009

Fund manager to launch new share class with ‘more suitable redemption terms’
Last year was tough for the auctions market.

30 January 2009

How will 2009 be?
Knight Frank's UK Investment Market Outlook: January

28 January 2009

There is little comfort to be taken from the current raft of available figures, with a shrinking economy, rising unemployment and rapidly falling house prices.
Gresham sells £1m City HQ

22 January 2009

Gresham House, the former listed investment trust, has sold its 1,600 sq ft City headquarters in Elder Street to an undisclosed buyer for £1m or £625/sq ft
Private investor's £3m London buy

22 January 2009

A private investor, advised by Drivers Jonas, has bought Kings House at 8-10 Haymarket, in London’s West End, from the Crown Estate
First-time auction buyers target bargains

22 January 2009

Almost two-thirds of residential properties bought in the last three months of 2008 were intended as investments rather than for occupation, research by Allsop and Essential Information Group has found
Lender forces Paignton's Crossways into receivership

22 January 2009

German bank lender appoints GVA Grimley as receiver as retail downturn hits
England stars back Caribbean resort fund

15 January 2009

Essential Investments has launched a £24m fund backed by England footballers Rio Ferdinand and John Terry to invest in a luxury beach resort on the Caribbean island of Caicos
Hughes pledges best practice at UK property funds body

15 January 2009

Legal & General Property chief wants increased transparency from members
Commercial property auction sales halve in 2008 ...

09 January 2009

Volumes fall to £905m from £1.9bn but prime yields have peaked
Knight Frank's European Investment Commentary 2008

19 December 2008

Following two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth in Q2 and Q3 2008, the Eurozone has fallen into recession.
Jones Lang LaSalle hits 88% sale rate in year-end auction

19 December 2008

Allsop also experiences improved success rate in £29m sale
Launch of £15m farm fund

19 December 2008

Manor House Farm, an agricultural asset manager, has launched a £15m ungeared farm fund for private investors
Muted demand at Cushman and Co

19 December 2008

While the top two auction houses revelled in high sales rates, investor demand at the other commercial sales last Wednesday was muted
Savills: market ‘at bottom’

19 December 2008

Savills achieved a strong result at its residential auction on Monday last week
Fund uploads £50m into Euro data centres

12 December 2008

Pinder Fry & Benjamin commit whole fund to four sites
Interest rate cuts bolster Barnett Ross success rate

12 December 2008

Barnett Ross noticed improved investor demand at its commercial and residential sale at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel in London last Thursday.
Savills ends year with strong performance

12 December 2008

In its last commercial sale of the year, Savills produced a strong sales rate of 75% from a reduced catalogue, raising £7.6m from 12 of the 16 lots on offer.
Brookside Close for sale

05 December 2008

Brookside Close, the set from the Channel 4 soap, is lot 307 on offer at a guide price of £550,000-£600,000 at Allsop’s sale on 17 December.
Managing Partners on Pompey street

05 December 2008

Managing Partners, a London-based fund manager, is attempting to buy up an entire street of 48 houses in Portsmouth.
Mustbesold.com scores 80% hit rate

05 December 2008

Low interest rates, a host of repossessions and local marketing resulted in a strong residential sale for online auction house mustbesold.com.
Bovey left to Imagine what might have been

3 December 2008

Property empire falls after collapse of furnishings business follows Imagine Homes takeover
Bolder bidders push Strettons success to 63%

28 November 2008

A less cautious approach from investors meant that Strettons, in association with Edwin Evans, produced a steady performance in its residential and commercial auction last Tuesday.
Invista launches all-equity property fund

28 November 2008

Vehicle to target retail investors and small funds
King Sturge sells less than 50% again

28 November 2008

In its second-ever commercial auction, held last week, King Sturge raised £6m and sold just 45% of the catalogue.
Repos add to Allsop success

21 November 2008

Allsop continued to achieve remarkable success in the second of its two-day residential auctions in London last week.
Noble sells off ‘non-core’ fund management arm

21 November 2008

Ex-Arlington men Howie and Speedie set up Keills with £80m of assets
Mayfair appoints Larkin

21 November 2008

Mayfair Capital Investment Management, the private investor fund manager, has appointed former Jones Lang Wootton director David Larkin as its chairman.
Allsop sets resi auction standard

14 November 2008

Barnard Marcus and Harman Healy have been unable to replicate the extraordinary success achieved by Allsop in the residential auction market.
Alternative assets on the rise

14 November 2008

Private banks are confident about the prospects for alternative assets over the coming year, research by Hotbed, the UK’s largest private investor syndicator, shows.
PIL Invests launches £20m European fund of funds

14 November 2008

Valad Property Group-owned manager to offer 5% income distribution a year
Bargain hunters boost Allsop success rate to 86%

7 November 2008

Distressed residential lots help auction house to almost £60m of sales
Cripp steers Andrews & Robertson to £5.8m

7 November 2008

In its first auction since it was acquired by Robin Cripp earlier this year, Andrews & Robertson, in association with Willmotts, sold just under half its residential catalogue.
JLL auction sells less than 60%

7 November 2008

Jones Lang LaSalle was the weakest performer of the big auction houses in the October commercial sales.
Yields rise on HBOS branches at Cushman’s latest auction

31 October 2008

Sale produces 67% success rate on back of 12 Halifax branch lots
Investors seek solace from GuestInvest fallout

31 October 2008

Private investors who bought rooms in the failed GuestInvest hotel developer and operator have formed a support group to try to salvage their investments.
Pearl calls Tyne on Byker Grove

31 October 2008

David Pearl’s Structadene has put a former BBC studio in Newcastle upon Tyne on the market.
Allsop begins auctions rally with 64% success rate

24th October 2008

UK’s largest auction house turns around performance slide and takes £33.7m
Investors should reduce property exposure

24th October 2008

Independent Financial Advisers believe their clients should slightly reduce their exposure to property.
Barnett Ross’s birthday treat

17 October 2008

Barnett Ross celebrated its sixth birthday by selling 54 lots at its auction last week – leading to a 78% success rate.
Going, going, gone? Auctions suffer their worst-ever fall

17 October 2008

ARAS data shows a 119 basis point increase on average yields in the third quarter of 2008
Seven Dials and Lightstone merge

17 October 2008

Two private investor property fund managers have teamed up.
Bank of Scotland calls it a night for GuestInvest

10 October 2008

Buy-to-let hotel room group goes into administration
Distressed sales help Allsop to 86% resi success

26 September 2008

Allsop produced a strong residential auction result at its two-day sale, against a backdrop of global financial meltdown.
Investors still see value in banks despite turmoil

26 September 2008

Auctioneers predict healthy interest in the wake of Lloyds-HBOS merger
Close Investments’ funds in deep freeze

19 September 2008

Private investor fund manager Close Investments has extended the freeze on redemptions put in place earlier this year on two of its property funds.
Glanmore asks investors to increase borrowing limit

19 September 2008

Extraordinary general meeting called as £1.1bn fund plummets in value
Gym boxes clever in the City

19 September 2008

Private investor syndicate Hotbed has funded the expansion of fitness club Gymbox into the City of London.
Norwich Union launches Asia-Pacific fund

12 September 2008

Norwich Union has launched a fund aimed at private investors that want to buy into property in the Asia-Pacific region.
Smaller lots key to auction success says Jones Lang LaSalle

12 September 2008

Research by firm reveals large lot sizes not selling and historically high yields in non-retail sectors
Auction Finance’s Emson tie-up

5 September 2008

Specialist lender Auction Finance has completed a tie-up with property auction house Clive Emson to help give private investors access to debt.
Hunter gathers Czech assets

5 September 2008

Edinburgh-based Hunter Property Fund Management has made its first purchases in the Czech Republic since completing a joint venture with a US property company
New Star fails to shine as investors claw back funds

5 September 2008

Fund manager posts 70% fall in profits as slowdown leads to soaring redemptions
Auction success rates climb in spite of uncertainty

29 August 2008

July sales raising £415m bring halt to sector’s year-long decline
Private eye: Mike Phillips

29 August 2008

As the property industry comes out of the dog days of summer and braces itself for the final quarter of 2008, its gaze will turn to the auction sector.
Eddisons auction results buoyed by cut-price residential lots

22 August 2008

Cut-price residential lots sold well and provided a solid base at Eddisons’ property auction in Leeds last week.
Investors experience relief as five-year swap rates fall

22 August 2008

Dramatic fall attributed to growing feeling that interest rates are unlikely to rise
New Star fund price shoots up and down

22 August 2008

Pricing for New Star Asset Management’s International Property Fund moved from bid price to offer, then back again last week, as the fund experienced outflows for the first time.
Axa opens door to investors to redeem cash from funds

08 August 2008

Insurance and pension company lifts suspension on redemptions in £2bn of funds
Gottlieb jumps into Hotbed as non-exec director

08 August 2008

Julius Gottlieb has joined UK private investor syndicate manager Hotbed as a non-executive director.
Property fund returns plummet

08 August 2008

Returns from property funds sold directly to private investors fell sharply in July, as sentiment towards property worsened further.
European Investment Commentary

6 August 2008

Knight Frank
Bassi’s Bigwood and Bond Wolfe merge

01 August 2008

Local entrepreneur’s West Mids auction houses join to tackle downturn
First to launch emirates fund

01 August 2008

First Group, the British-owned United Arab Emirates developer, is to launch an opportunity fund later this month.
Harman Healy suffers new resi auction low …

01 August 2008

Harman Healy has suffered its worst residential property auction this year.
… but market overall nosedives

25 July 2008

The property market for private investors continued to shrink in the first half of the year.
Allsop offloads 75% of lots in marathon resi sale …

25 July 2008

Two-day auction’s strong performance is echoed by improved Savills result
Hotbed warms up City with £9m buy

25 July 2008

Hotbed, the private investor syndicator, has bought a mixed-use property on the edge of the City of London for £9m.
Rocksure Propertys Bravo Fund raises £3.8m of equity

25 July 2008

Rocksure Property’s Bravo Fund, which gives private investors the chance to own luxury residential schemes in Thailand (pictured) and the rest of the world, has raised £3.8m of equity from 20 investors.
Get Close to self-storage

18 July 2008

Close Investments is to offer private investors the chance to buy into the self-storage sector.
High-yielding lots help Jones Lang LaSalle outperform rivals

18 July 2008

Success rate of 69% aided by office and industrial properties offered at 10%
Trillium sales fail to boost Savills auction

18 July 2008

Savills’ success rate dipped at its commercial property auction on Monday, despite the fact that the catalogue featured several lots being sold on behalf of Land Securities Trillium – the outsourcing arm that is up for sale.
HBOS returns to auctions, but HSBC makes rapid withdrawal

11 July 2008

Halifax puts 13 branches under hammer, but HSBC pulls sale and leasebacks days before auction
Private eye: Mike Phillips

11 July 2008

Just as many property funds release private investors from their redemptionless purgatory, one fund is locking them in for longer.
Auction house buddies up with property lender

04 July 2008

A property lender has teamed up with an auction house to provide advice and decisions on lending while auctions are taking place.
Eddisons results reveal no appetite for commercial

04 July 2008

Regional property auctions continue to struggle as sentiment towards commercial property remains weak.
Flow into property funds slows

04 July 2008

Private investors exercised caution in May.
New Star switches focus to Europe

04 July 2008

International fund starts to see value on the continent
Buyers reticent at Harman Healy

27 June 2008

Buyers sat on their hands and tried to secure sales after the bidding had finished at the Harman Healy residential property auction last Wednesday.
M&G tops the funds but sector continues to underperform

27 June 2008

£925m M&G vehicle provides 4.2% return but most funds finish in negative territory
Rowan’s new UK fund

27 June 2008

Rowan Asset Management has sold the last properties in one UK fund back to its investors to concentrate on its new UK fund.
IFAs: property a risk

20 June 2008

Many independent financial advisers feel their clients have too great an exposure to property, and have been advising them to reduce their investment.
Savills’ resi lots suffer

20 June 2008

Vacant property fared well but residential investment property continued to suffer at the Savills residential auction on Monday.
Inflation drives five-year swap rates to 11-month high

20 June 2008

New investments and refinancing to suffer as hope of market upturn fades
Auction success for Cushman & Wakefield

13 June 2008

Cushman & Wakefield maintained its position as the UK’s second-largest commercial property auction house in the first half of this year.
Investors roll over for new Hunter fund

13 June 2008

Fund manager winds up one fund and launches another
Mayfair winds up fund ahead of schedule

13 June 2008

Mayfair Capital Partners has wound up its closed-ended UK fund ahead of schedule and returned cash to investors.
Goodfellows takes up Tops’ offer for auction expansion

06 June 2008

Estate agency Goodfellows has expanded and will now hold commercial and residential property auctions.
Investors are ‘in it for the long haul’

06 June 2008

Investment Property Forum finds most are unperturbed by volatile market
Private eye: Mike Phillips

06 June 2008

Returns are still broadly flat, the sector has only just stopped haemorrhaging cash and the Financial Services Authority is thought to be considering whether current rules and regulations are up to scratch.
Bank sale and leasebacks buoy Cushman

30 May 2008

Bank sale and leasebacks provided a boost to the Cushman & Wakefield commercial auction last Wednesday.
Bank sale and leasebacks lose their lustre at JLL sale …

30 May 2008

Yields on Barclays branches rose nearly 10% after consistent falls earlier in the year
Harman finds ‘hard room’

30 May 2008

The relaunched Harman Healy residential auctions team got off to a stuttering start last Tuesday, as worries about the housing market impacted on success rates.
Eddisons success slump

23 May 2008

A lack of interest in residential property resulted in a poor success rate at Eddisons’ Leeds auction last Thursday.
Liquidity flows back into Norwich Property Trust

23 May 2008

Potential £70m sale of Coventry shopping centre should boost levels further
Seven Dials up institutional investors

23 May 2008

Property fund manager Seven Dials is to target institutional investors in an effort to grow its European fund-of-funds business to £100m in the next 12 months.