David Parsley
David Parsley is contributing editor on Property Week, specialising in finance and general news. His career has included being founding editor of City AM, markets editor on The Sunday Times and business editor on the Sunday Express. He began his career as news editor on Property Week in 1994.
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Industry heavyweights Hyman and Hopkins target £500m listing for new investment group
Industry veterans including Primary Health Properties founder Harry Hyman and former Workspace head Jamie Hopkins launch venture.
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Cain International reveals merger with Blackbrook Capital
The merged group of Cain International and Blackbrook Capital will bring the firms’ combined assets under management to over $17bn (£13.6bn).
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SGS completes shopping centre £445m refinancing with Lloyds
SGS owns the former intu centres in Lakeside in Essex, Atria Watford, Victoria Centre in Nottingham and Braehead near Glasgow.
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Irish housebuilder Glenveagh’s forward order book rises to €963m
Irish housebuilder Glenveagh Properties has issued a robust trading update ahead of its annual general meeting on Thursday.
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Custodian produces solid final quarter figures
The group also revealed a 9% increase in its target dividend from 5.5p to 6p.
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US capital swoops into UK commercial property with 64% year-on-year growth
London recorded its highest share versus the rest of the UK in almost a decade, new research has found.
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Springfield signs £10m affordable housing contract with Scottish council
The contract is part of the Moray Growth Deal, designed to boost economic performance of the north-east Scottish region.
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Investec promotes Goolab as head of private client real estate lending
She will lead a shift towards targeting more lending in the living sector.
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Grosvenor reports fall in asset values and profits for 2023
Pre-tax profit at Grosvenor fell by £11.2m, driven by losses in its international business.
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CapReg bounces back from pandemic as footfall and rental income rise
The group’s net rental income rose 5% and asset valuations grew 2.6% in 2023.
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LGIM launches student living platform with £122m purchase
Company buys two PBSA schemes in Exeter and Glasgow on behalf of Legal & General Retirement Institutional.
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Supermarket Income REIT buys £64m French portfolio
The portfolio comprises 17 Carrefour Market supermarkets.
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GPE makes raft of appointments as it targets 1m sq ft of flex space
GPE’s is looking to double the size of its flexible office portfolio.
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Home completions at Persimmon fall 10%
Housebuilder posted drop in new home completions during the first three months of it financial year, but reported an improvement in sales rates and “firm pricing”.
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NewRiver achieves record 98% occupancy during fourth quarter
The group completed 785,100 sq ft of lettings in the year to the end of March at an average 3.6% above estimated rental value.
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FT columnist Stevenson joins Workspace board
New non-exec director is an investment columnist and founder of news and analysis service ETF Stream.
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Warehouse REIT adds £1.4m to rent roll in fourth quarter
The company secured 22 deals in it fourth quarter at rents an average 28.6% above previous levels.
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Anti-greenwashing rules could lead to ‘greenhushing’, claims lawyer
Claim followed introduction of tougher anti-greenwashing investment rules by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) this week.
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Ground Rents Income Fund slams government leaseholder reforms over 25% valuation fall
The fund told shareholders that the potential outcome of government legislative change “remains uncertain”.
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Watkin Jones appoints new CFO and updates on first half
Simon Jones has been appointed to succeed Sergeant as CFO designate and will join the board on 21 May.