Jamie Bennett-Ness
Jamie is news editor at Property Week.
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Assura strikes £250m deal with USS pension scheme to invest in NHS infrastructure
The JV will focus on assets let directly to NHS or GP tenants, with the potential to increase the £250m commitment to £400m.
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Knights’ Bristol office deal smashes regional headline rents
Letting at CEG’s spec development sets highest prime rent outside London.
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Helical sells £55m stake in City office redevelopment
The sustainability-led redevelopment of 100 New Bridge Street is already under way.
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HFD puts Morgan Stanley’s Glasgow headquarters on sale
Morgan Stanley’s Glasgow base is the firm’s largest European office outside London, housing over 2,000 employees.
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Puma writes £21m loan for Greyarc’s Oxford life sciences conversion scheme
Greyarc has snapped up Oxford Business Park’s Building 2700 with plans to create a life sciences and modern office facility.
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London and Glasgow deals bring Boutique Workplace Company to 40 UK locations
Operator opens first Scottish location and bolsters presence in London.
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National Lottery operator takes 64,000 sq ft pre-let at Watford office scheme
Allwyn will occupy six floors, the equivalent of 45% of the total floorspace, at The Clarendon Works.
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UK’s biggest regional cities see biggest climb in prime rents in 20 years
The recorded rise in prime rents across the UK’s biggest regional cities is the highest since 2000.
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JTRE London appoints Keegan as head of acquisitions ahead of growth push
Former head of Knight Frank’s development team is latest recruit at JTRE.
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Scale AI chooses London for European headquarters
US-based Scale AI said the UK was a “hotbed for technology, talent, and diverse ideas”.
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Blackstone buys former Britishvolt site for mega data centre scheme
The Cambois site in Northumberland had originally been designated for Britishvolt to build a giant £3.8bn battery factory.
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Tritax Big Box REIT and UKCM merger wins shareholder approval
Around 95% of UKCM shareholders backed the merger deal with Tritax Big Box REIT.
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WeWork agrees £358m bankruptcy rescue plan to shut out Neumann’s bid
The restructuring plan would effectively end Adam Neumann’s bid to buy back the firm.
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Derwent London sells Clerkenwell office block for £77m
Titan Investments has snapped up the 70,300 sq ft building.
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Fitch predicts Canary Wharf vacancy rises despite Morgan Stanley deal
Morgan Stanley’s lease extension with Canary Wharf Group has “alleviated some downside risk” for the landlord, rating agency said.
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Grosvenor to build 300,000 sq ft portfolio of flex offices
Grosvenor’s chief executive James Raynor said there was a “significant opportunity” to take advantage of occupier demand for flex.
- Insight
Real Estate Balance names Avison Young’s Jo Davis as next chair
Davis will take over from Liz Peace as chair of Real Estate Balance in May.
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Fora unveils 70,000 sq ft Henry Wood House flex space in West End
Fora says its occupancy rates at other London’s West End locations stands at over 90%.
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British Land and GIC secure major pre-let from Citadel at Broadgate skyscraper
The hedge fund will take around a third of the office space in the landmark two-tower development.
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Superdry launches rent-slashing restructuring plan to fight off administration
The fashion retailer has 94 shops in the UK and plans to slash rents at 39 of them.