https://www.bisnow.com/sitemap Bisnow London News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-US Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/economy/real-estate-shares-climb-as-budget-proves-not-as-scary-as-feared-132085 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/economy/real-estate-shares-climb-as-budget-proves-not-as-scary-as-feared-132085 Shares in real estate stocks reacted positively to the Budget Wednesday, as fears that Labour’s tax and spending plans would roil financial markets did not materialise.  The FTSE 350 Real Estate index rose 2% on Wednesday after UK government borrowing... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:47:10 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/mixed-use/debt-markets-just-dont-get-major-urban-projects-warn-developers-132025 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/mixed-use/debt-markets-just-dont-get-major-urban-projects-warn-developers-132025 The global credit market doesn't get real estate like it used to. The rise of a new breed of lender, driven by the growth of the private credit sector, is making large-scale projects increasingly difficult to fund, Bisnow’s London Real Estate Outlook... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:42:47 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/sustainability-climate/less-strategy-more-proof-what-cop30-meant-for-real-estate-132057 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/sustainability-climate/less-strategy-more-proof-what-cop30-meant-for-real-estate-132057 COP30, recently held in Belem, Brazil, was labelled by many as a disaster. Although attendees agreed to collective efforts to tackle climate change, the agreement didn’t include a framework for reducing fossil fuel production. However, though the outcome... felicity.francis@bisnow.com Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:32:26 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/capital-markets/heres-how-a-low-key-investor-plans-to-profit-from-150m-london-deal-132007 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/capital-markets/heres-how-a-low-key-investor-plans-to-profit-from-150m-london-deal-132007 The purchase last month of the Notting Hill Gate Estate by Mago Capital and Prideview for £150M was one of the biggest deals in London so far this year. The buyer is forecasting it can likewise make a big impact. “We buy with a private investor mentality... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:14:15 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/capital-markets/flight-to-quality-accelerates-but-budget-jitters-unsettling-investors-131961 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/capital-markets/flight-to-quality-accelerates-but-budget-jitters-unsettling-investors-131961 Investors are increasingly focusing on a broadening array of asset classes in London, but prebudget leaks have caused jitters among international investors, according to panellists at Bisnow’s Women Leading Real Estate Summit. Despite optimism over... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:53:29 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/women/career-and-life-lessons-from-bisnows-women-leading-real-estate-summit-131962 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/women/career-and-life-lessons-from-bisnows-women-leading-real-estate-summit-131962 If you could go back and give your younger self career advice, what would you say? Lean on the supporters you have around you and don't listen to the voice calling you an impostor were the key messages from some of the industry’s most influential real... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:13:54 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/capital-markets/boehlys-lender-backs-developer-to-the-tune-of-1b-131941 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/capital-markets/boehlys-lender-backs-developer-to-the-tune-of-1b-131941 Eldridge Real Estate Credit, the real estate lending division of Todd Boehly’s investment firm, has lent £146M to student and coliving developer Vita for a big new project in Manchester, a transaction that means the two parties have done more than... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:19:07 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/affordable-housing/emergency-measures-londons-housing-kick-start-or-a-political-side-step-131889 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/affordable-housing/emergency-measures-londons-housing-kick-start-or-a-political-side-step-131889 London housebuilding is in crisis, hit by a barrage of problems including high interest rates, rising construction and materials costs, high rent and mortgage costs, and regulatory blocks. So when the Labour government stepped in to shake up planning... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:37:46 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/hotel/715m-listed-company-is-latest-to-eye-deal-with-private-equity-131895 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/hotel/715m-listed-company-is-latest-to-eye-deal-with-private-equity-131895 The two largest shareholders in London-listed PPHE Hotel Group are set to hold talks with investors about new investment in the company or selling part of their stakes. The company’s shares trade at a 37% discount to the net value of its assets, and... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:30:04 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/deal-sheet/supermarket-reit-enters-c-store-market-the-london-deal-sheet-131867 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/deal-sheet/supermarket-reit-enters-c-store-market-the-london-deal-sheet-131867 The Deal Sheet is a weekly compilation of Greater London and beyond's biggest leases, sales, financing deals, construction updates and personnel moves. Have news you’d like to submit? Email mark.faithfull@bisnow.com.  Supermarket Income REIT has completed... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:16:59 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/retail/redical-emerges-as-280m-frontrunner-for-merry-hill-shopping-centre-131847 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/retail/redical-emerges-as-280m-frontrunner-for-merry-hill-shopping-centre-131847 Specialist retail investor Redical is the preferred party to acquire the 1.4M SF Merry Hill shopping centre for around £280M, according to Green Street News. The retail real estate investor and operator appears to have seen off rival bidders, including... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:16:19 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/hotel/uk-investor-and-singapore-fintech-platform-expand-portfolio-with-hotel-buy-131835 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/hotel/uk-investor-and-singapore-fintech-platform-expand-portfolio-with-hotel-buy-131835 UK investor and asset manager Oberland has teamed with a Singaporean investment platform to buy a Manchester city centre hotel, Bisnow can reveal.  Oberland and RealVantage have bought the 61-room Heathcote Hotel, formerly the Abode Hotel, for an undisclosed... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:01:33 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/affordable-housing/lloyds-banking-group-targets-50000-rental-homes-as-portfolio-hits-2b-mark-131827 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/affordable-housing/lloyds-banking-group-targets-50000-rental-homes-as-portfolio-hits-2b-mark-131827 Lloyds Banking Group has become one of the country’s largest residential landlords, with property holdings valued at £2B, after the bank built up a portfolio of more than 7,000 homes in recent years, according to analysis from the Financial Times. The... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Tue, 11 Nov 2025 06:18:51 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/retail/mapic-report-forget-trumps-tariffs-the-chinese-plan-thousands-of-western-stores-131771 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/retail/mapic-report-forget-trumps-tariffs-the-chinese-plan-thousands-of-western-stores-131771 President Donald Trump’s tariffs are still up in the air, but the message from the annual retail industry event MAPIC in Cannes this year was that Asian brands don’t care — they are heading west anyway, and they plan to go big. With European and... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Fri, 07 Nov 2025 05:15:02 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/hotel/luxury-hotel-sector-growth-pulls-top-end-market-in-its-wake-131803 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/hotel/luxury-hotel-sector-growth-pulls-top-end-market-in-its-wake-131803 The luxury end of the London hotel market has always been something of a rarefied space, set apart from the world of mere mortals. But such has been its growth in the postpandemic period of high inflation and growing wealth inequality, the sector just... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Sat, 08 Nov 2025 10:37:13 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/sustainability-climate/bank-offers-100m-of-loans-for-green-retrofit-projects-131751 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/sustainability-climate/bank-offers-100m-of-loans-for-green-retrofit-projects-131751 A UK lender has set aside £100M to finance projects where owners reduce the carbon emissions of their properties.  Unity Trust Bank, which has a remit to lend to sustainable and socially impactful projects and borrowers, said it is looking to fund... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:49:17 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/data-center-capital-markets/one-week-10b-of-data-centre-deals-in-the-uk-131705 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/data-center-capital-markets/one-week-10b-of-data-centre-deals-in-the-uk-131705 Data centre developments with a projected end value of more than £10B have been sold, received planning or started the planning process in the south of the UK in less than seven days.  The activity comes as the data centre development boom that has... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:38:10 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/senior-housing/octopus-plans-400m-rental-senior-living-fund-as-sector-takes-off-131661 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/senior-housing/octopus-plans-400m-rental-senior-living-fund-as-sector-takes-off-131661 One of the biggest names in UK senior living is planning a fund that will own properties to rent, rather than build for sale, as the later living model slowly but surely evolves.  Octopus Capital Investment Director Domas Karsokas outlined the new vehicle... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:43:21 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/construction-development/as-strong-as-its-been-in-40-years-london-office-development-pays-off-if-you-can-build-131647 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/construction-development/as-strong-as-its-been-in-40-years-london-office-development-pays-off-if-you-can-build-131647 When Cheyne Capital and Stanhope bought the site formerly known as Red Lion Court from Landsec last month, it was the first ground-up office development site to trade in central London for two years, an unprecedented barren spell for the UK capital.  The... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:16:14 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/deal-sheet/equinix-in-39b-uk-data-centre-investment-the-london-deal-sheet-131640 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/deal-sheet/equinix-in-39b-uk-data-centre-investment-the-london-deal-sheet-131640 The Deal Sheet is a weekly compilation of Greater London and beyond's biggest leases, sales, financing deals, construction updates and personnel moves. Have news you’d like to submit? Email mark.faithfull@bisnow.com.  Equinix is to create a 250-plus-megawatt... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:18:10 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/industrial/aberdeen-to-take-full-control-of-tritax-by-2029-as-logistics-returns-rebound-131616 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/industrial/aberdeen-to-take-full-control-of-tritax-by-2029-as-logistics-returns-rebound-131616 Aberdeen has agreed to buy the entirety of Tritax Management, one of the UK’s largest logistics real estate managers, by 2029. Having initially acquired 60% of Tritax in 2022, Aberdeen will increase its holding to approximately 80% in April 2026 and... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Wed, 29 Oct 2025 06:50:35 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/hotel/criterion-capital-set-to-ramp-up-london-hotel-portfolio-with-tooting-department-store-131577 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/hotel/criterion-capital-set-to-ramp-up-london-hotel-portfolio-with-tooting-department-store-131577 Morleys department store in Tooting, which closed in April after its independent owners said they could no longer justify the cost of maintaining and modernising it, is now in the conversion queue. The building will be repurposed into a 92-bedroom hotel... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:30:15 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/brookfield-takes-big-losses-struggling-office-buildings-plans-billions-in-sales-131531 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/brookfield-takes-big-losses-struggling-office-buildings-plans-billions-in-sales-131531 emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:23:31 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/self-storage/us-specialist-gets-planning-permission-for-britains-most-expensive-self-storage-facility-on-grosvenor-square-131557 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/self-storage/us-specialist-gets-planning-permission-for-britains-most-expensive-self-storage-facility-on-grosvenor-square-131557 London’s poshest self-storage facility has been given the go-ahead underneath the five-star Biltmore Mayfair hotel on Grosvenor Square. Planning permission has been granted to U.S. self-storage specialist 1784 Holdings for the development of a 42K SF... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:34:44 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/capital-markets/battersea-on-the-block-131539 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/capital-markets/battersea-on-the-block-131539 The Malaysian owners of Battersea Power Station’s commercial elements have appointed advisers to explore a sale. The pension funds that own the scheme have appointed BNP Paribas as approach buyers after receiving inbound inquiries, Green Street News... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:40:21 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/deal-sheet/derwent-london-and-related-argent-eye-old-street-the-london-deal-sheet-131499 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/deal-sheet/derwent-london-and-related-argent-eye-old-street-the-london-deal-sheet-131499 The Deal Sheet is a weekly compilation of Greater London and beyond's biggest leases, sales, financing deals, construction updates and personnel moves. Have news you’d like to submit? Email mark.faithfull@bisnow.com.  Derwent London has formed a partnership... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:58:56 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/healthcare/royal-london-bets-1b-on-the-property-sector-investors-havent-cracked-yet-131510 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/healthcare/royal-london-bets-1b-on-the-property-sector-investors-havent-cracked-yet-131510 Britain’s ageing population is growing, but more care homes are closing than opening in the UK. That would seem to provide a compelling argument to invest in the sector, but institutional investors have largely steered clear. Royal London Asset Management believes... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:37:11 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/commercial-real-estate/the-downfall-of-upward-only-rent-reviews-could-be-the-change-the-market-has-been-waiting-for-130431 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/commercial-real-estate/the-downfall-of-upward-only-rent-reviews-could-be-the-change-the-market-has-been-waiting-for-130431 For the first time in decades, the UK government has disrupted the fundamentals of commercial leasing. July’s surprise ban on upward-only rent reviews — absent from the Labour party’s manifesto — has shaken a market long accustomed to predictability.  While... felicity.francis@bisnow.com Tue, 05 Aug 2025 03:13:30 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/life-sciences/the-crown-estate-expands-oxford-life-sciences-plans-with-45m-sf-scheme-131457 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/life-sciences/the-crown-estate-expands-oxford-life-sciences-plans-with-45m-sf-scheme-131457 The Crown Estate has acquired a site in Oxfordshire to support a major life sciences development expected to be worth up to £4.5B. The Harwell East site, adjacent to the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, could ultimately deliver around 4.5M SF of... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Tue, 21 Oct 2025 04:24:45 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/coworking/new-coalition-wants-to-end-the-fact-that-valuers-still-dont-fancy-flex-space-the-flex-office-sector-isnt-a-new-phenomenon-any-more-evidence-is-mounting-that-income-from-well-run-flex-facilities-is-resilient-but-valuers-still-dont-put-a-high-enough-r-131403 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/coworking/new-coalition-wants-to-end-the-fact-that-valuers-still-dont-fancy-flex-space-the-flex-office-sector-isnt-a-new-phenomenon-any-more-evidence-is-mounting-that-income-from-well-run-flex-facilities-is-resilient-but-valuers-still-dont-put-a-high-enough-r-131403 The flex office sector isn’t a new phenomenon anymore, and evidence is mounting that income from well-run flex facilities is resilient, but valuers still don’t put a high rating on that income.  For now.  mike.phillips@bisnow.com Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:21:55 -0400