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NewsUK proptech investment activity plummets in first half of 2019
Investment in UK-based proptech firms fell by 62% year on year in the first half of 2019. In the same period, investment in the sector surged globally, according to figures from proptech data firm CREtech.
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RESIcast: Responsible investment increasingly important for residential
Investing in a responsible manner has become the norm across many industries and sectors recently, including residential and real estate. Listen to Philip Nell, head of real return assets at LaSalle Investment Management and Mervyn Howard, executive chairman at Apache Capital Partners, discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding responsible resi ...
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Guild Living acquires site for third retirement development
Legal General has bought a 2.5-acre site in Walton-on-Thames town centre from British Land for the development of a 300-unit retirement living scheme.
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L&G funds £211m government hub in Leeds
Legal and General (L G) has forward funded a new £211m government hub in Leeds.
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Regional REIT snaps up £26m office portfolio
Regional REIT has bought a 172,442 sq ft portfolio of six office buildings for £25.9m, reflecting a net initial yield of 8.9%.
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Palm Capital sells Edinburgh office building for £27m
Private equity firm Palm Capital has sold the 1 Waterfront Avenue office building in Edinburgh to the Bank of London The Middle East for £27m.
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Curlew Capital acquires Stratford student property
Apeiron Capital has sold a 100-bed student accommodation property and a neighbouring vacant development site in Stratford to Curlew Capital and CBRE Global Investment Partners.
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Angelo Gordon pulls in $175m for new European fund
Angelo Gordon has been backed by two US pension funds for its latest European fund, for which it intends to raise a total $1.2bn (£1bn) of capital.
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Cushman & Wakefield reports 23% capital markets drop off in Q2
Commercial real estate activity in the UK slumped 23% year on year in the second quarter of 2019, according to Cushman Wakefield’s latest capital markets briefing.
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Prime yields hit 32-month high
Average all-property prime yields hit 4.9% in July, the highest level since November 2016, according to research conducted by Savills.
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Threat of no-deal Brexit speeds withdrawals from UK property funds
The threat of a no-deal Brexit sped outflows from the UK’s property funds in July during the race to replace former prime minister Theresa May, according to Calastone’s Fund Flow Index.
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SEGRO purchase paves way for north London logistics park
SEGRO is to develop a 185,000 sq ft logistics scheme after acquiring eight acres of land in north London.
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Iron portfolio purchase marks L&G’s first foray into self-storage
Legal General has made its debut acquisition in the self storage sector with the purchase of a portfolio of three properties totalling 140,000 sq ft.
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Commercial property investment in Cambridge beats Oxford by 52%
Investment in commercial property in Cambridge has outpaced Oxford by more than half over the past three years.
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H1 investment falls 20% year on year amid Brexit uncertainty
Ongoing Brexit uncertainty sent UK property investment plummeting 20% in the first half of the year, new data from JLL has revealed.
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Franklin Templeton takes social infrastructure fund investments to £175m
Franklin Templeton has bought six education and healthcare properties in western Europe for its Social Infrastructure Fund.
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Catella APAM appoints CBRE to market Manchester office
CBRE has been appointed by Catella APAM to market a five-storey office building undergoing renovation in central Manchester.
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Care home portfolio acquired for Lime Property Fund
Aviva Investors has bought a portfolio of five care homes in Yorkshire and Country Durham from Hadrian Healthcare Group.
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Patrizia strikes £82m Dublin build-to-rent deal
Patrizia has agreed an £82m (€93m) deal to forward purchase a 166-unit build-to-rent development in Dublin on behalf of Bayerische Versorgungskammer, Germany’s largest public pension fund group.
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Tchenguiz ploughs £6.4m into medi/agri tech firm
Property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz has invested £6.42m into Singapore-based The Trendlines Group, which specialises in medical and agricultural tech.
