News analysis
Retailers turn developers to diversify their income stream
John Lewis is among the brands planning to redevelop their stores to include residential and office space
What next for Oxford Street’s sticky sweet-shop problem?
The rise of US-themed candy stores, some selling counterfeit items, has led to calls for landlords to take action.
Q&A: Long Harbour’s MD on outlook for BTR
Rebecca Taylor on the firm’s BTR white paper and the challenges the sector faces
Experts sceptical about the latest right-to-buy scheme
The prime minister’s proposal to sell housing association properties would create a host of problems.
Q&A: Grosvenor head on biodiversity aims
James Cochrane on Trumpington Meadows and teaming up with Wildlife Trust
Residential and development
Nexus Residential secures funding to complete Baltic Triangle scheme
Property developer Nexus Residential has secured £19.5m worth of funding to complete its Baltic Triangle apartment scheme in Liverpool.
Host and Partners Group create £1bn PBSA and co-living JV
Host and Partners Group, acting on behalf of clients, have formed £1bn UK student accommodation and co-living joint venture.
Planning granted for Knaresborough retirement village
Adlington Retirement Village has won a planning appeal to build 61 homes in Knaresborough, north Yorkshire.
Phoenix Group invests £90m in affordable housing
Phoenix Group has provided £90m of long-term funding by means of a private placement for social housing provider Alliance Homes to develop around 2,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years to help “address the UK housing crisis”.
Chesterton partnership readies 500,000 sq ft Cambridge mixed-use park development
Chesterton Partnership has submitted plans for the next phase of a mixed-use scheme next to Cambridge North Railway Station.
Data
‘Stand-off’ between London’s industrial and residential sectors
London’s industrial and residential sectors are in a deadlock over space that threatens to damage them both, according to recent findings from Savills.
Housing market moved at record pace in first quarter of 2022
Applications for UK residences to change hands are being filed at a record pace, according to research published by property data analyst Search Acumen
Retail parks tipped to be property’s best performers up to 2026
Retail parks will be the best-performing segment of the UK property market over the next five years, research from Colliers reveals.
Birmingham BTR boom as investment soars 40% to £553m
Birmingham ranks as the second most attractive UK build-to-rent (BTR) market, behind central London, due to an acute undersupply of housing, according to research released this month by Gerald Eve.
UK housing supply rising again after months of low supply, says Knight Frank
Housing supply is at last starting to rise, with a 19.2% increase in the number of new listings in England and Wales between January and April, following a “vicious circle” of low supply affecting the UK residential market in recent months, according to research from Knight Frank.
