Valeo plots £750m push into UK student housing sector
Group aims to spend around £150m a year on new UK sites as part of pan-European acquisitions strategy
Sony Music signs for King’s Cross
Property Week understands music label is closing in on a deal to take 124,000 sq ft across six floors at 4 Handyside Street.
Plans submitted for £3bn Silvertown development
Keystone London and GLA Land & Property have submitted plans to the London Borough of Newham for their £3bn residential-led, mixed-use redevelopment of a 40- acre site in Silvertown.
Royal Mail sells Nine Elms site to Galliard Homes
Royal Mail has exchanged contracts to sell a 0.9 acre plot on its Nine Elms Park site to Galliard Homes for £22.2m.
BTR home numbers jump 22% in a year
The number of build-to-rent homes completed, under construction or in planning has increased by 22% to 139,508 over the past year, according to research published produced by Savills for the British Property Federation (BPF).
Europa and Atlas buy tallest tower in Salford
Europa Capital and Atlas Residential have agreed a forward agreement to acquire a 44 storey PRS development in Greater Manchester from developer Renaker Build.
AXA IM beats target to raise €643m for value-add fund
AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has raised €643m for its second pan-European value-added venture fund.
Kensington hotel plans set for judicial review
Council fighting mayor’s decision to call in plans for new 749-room Forum hotel.
West Coast Capital and CALA sign JV for thousands of homes in Scotland
West Coast Capital has agreed a joint venture with CALA Homes to bring forward 3450 new homes at Winchburgh in West Lothian just outside Edinburgh.
Almacantar chief joins Martin’s Properties
Mike Hussey has taken a seat on the board of Martin’s Properties, the investor and developer that owns one of the largest property portfolios in Chelsea.
AXA IM beats target to raise €643m for value-add fund
AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has raised €643m for its second pan-European value-added venture fund.
Howard de Walden Estate completes £280m private placement issue
Howard de Walden Estates has completed a £280m private placement issue with eight institutional investors from the UK and US.
Octopus raises £133.5m for care home fund
Octopus Healthcare has raised £133.5m for its Octopus Healthcare Fund and has agreed to acquire seven care homes.
Big players join the BTR party
Landsec and British Land are among the big developers and investors targeting the maturing BTR market.
Lendlease outlines ambitions for Birmingham Smithfield
Developer to create new cultural and leisure district with 2,000 homes in £1.5bn council-backed project.
Are amenity-rich BTR schemes really worth the cost?
Gavriel Hollander reports on whether renters really want to live in new BTR developments that offer everything from rooftop yoga to ‘Bobs’
Redrow tool reveals schemes’ social value
Calculator puts monetary figure on factors such as having good neighbours.
Regeneration should be less toxic
In recent years regeneration as a concept has become toxic, a byword in the public mind for gentrification, social cleansing or some other negative practice. It is often thought of as something done to communities, not for them — and certainly not by them.
Slow recovery to follow after market bottoms out in 2019
If you thought 2018 was a bad year for the UK property market, hold on to your hats.
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