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Davies to lead regional valuations and advisory at Cushman & Wakefield
The northern valuation and advisory team leader will step up to the position of head of UK regions, valuation and advisory.
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House prices fell 1.8% in 2023 amid ‘weak’ market activity, with rapid rebound ‘unlikely’
UK house prices ended 2023 down 1.8% compared with December 2022, leaving them almost 4.5% below the all-time high recorded in late summer 2022, according to Nationwide’s house price index.
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Grosvenor begins £35m transformation for regional office portfolio
Grosvenor has started a £35m capital investment programme to transform its 500,000 sq ft regional office portfolio, including seven offices in Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds, into low-carbon workspaces.
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Savills calls for lenders to be ‘bold’ in helping unviable assets towards net zero
Lenders have been urged to take control of commercial assets to aid environmental refurbishments in the secondary markets as prime assets look set to leave them behind
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PfP Capital forms £390m regional resi JV with Housing Growth Partnership
Real estate fund manager PfP Capital and Housing Growth Partnership, an equity investor backed by Lloyds Banking Group, have launched a joint venture to develop a £390m pipeline of homes across regional UK cities, Property Week can reveal.
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Online
Chorley super prison decision delayed three months
A decision by levelling-up secretary Michael Gove on whether to build a super prison at Chorley, Lancashire, has been delayed three months.
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GAIL’s opens Manchester site in northern expansion
Artisan bakery GAIL’s has signed a 10-year lease with DTZ Investors to open its first Manchester outlet, taking 3,847 sq ft at 16-18 King Street, following the launch of its first northern England site in Wilmslow.
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Santander UK takes space at Barings RE’s Manchester Landmark
Real estate investment manager Barings Real Estate has secured Santander UK, a subsidiary of Spanish bank Banco Santander, as tenant for 14,012 sq ft across the eighth floor of its Landmark office development in Manchester city centre.
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Predicted 10% drop in house prices temporary, says Savills
Average house prices in the UK are expected to drop by 10% next year but will increase by 7% by 2026, according to latest five-year forecast from real estate adviser Savills.
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Government agrees £540m Yorkshire devolution deal
Levelling up secretary Greg Clark is set to sign a devolution deal in Yorkshire on Monday, which will create a new combined authority across the region with a directly elected mayor.
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Manchester office take-up enjoys strong third quarter
Office space take-up in Manchester is expected to be above average for 2019 although it won’t match last year’s record year, according to new research.
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Online
ID Manchester launches international competition to build innovation district
The University of Manchester has officially launched an international competition to find a partner to invest in its ID Manchester innovation district.
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RESIcast: Regional regeneration has the power to help ‘left-behind’ towns
With congestion and soaring house prices forcing people out of London, is it any wonder that the regions are booming? This podcast finds that as major investment piles into Britain’s regions, schools and hospitals have been the anchors for regeneration projects designed to help towns left behind during the boom ...
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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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Markets
Blackpool rides the regen wave
Council has brought in private developers to help diversify town’s appeal
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University of Leeds buys 10-acre plot for high-speed rail institute next to HS2 depot
The University of Leeds has bought a 10-acre plot to build its high-speed rail institute next to a planned HS2 depot.
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Insight
2019 forecast: Simon Cooke (APAM)
”I hope the booming regional markets in Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow are globally recognised as cosmopolitan places to work and live and, as a result, the UK economy is seen as much more than just a London-centric global financial services hub”
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2019 forecast: Neil Sinclair (Palace Capital)
”Far Eastern investors in particular just see Brexit as a blip, and I would like to see politicians have the courage of our national convictions”
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Insight
Brexit’s winners – and losers – city by city
UK cities with strong tech and life science sectors such as Cambridge will continue to outperform those with economies based on agriculture and manufacturing in the months following Brexit – but their growth is likely to slow significantly, predicts a report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr).
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Karbon homes issues £250m bonds
Karbon Homes, a North-England focused housing association, has issued £250m of bonds in its first offering.