Singapore-listed Elite UK REIT is pushing on with disposals as it sets out on a new strategy that will see it enter the residential sector.

Prologis is advancing discussions with the first potential occupier at 2000 Discovery Drive on its Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Bit.bio is in talks to prelet 50,000 sq ft of workspace. The ...

Landsec has submitted a hybrid planning application to redevelop the 1970s shopping centre in Lewisham, south-east London. The proposals, made by the REIT’s LandsecU+I arm, map out a 17-acre ...

LS Estates has appointed Paul Crosbie to lead its newly created division dedicated to the industrial and logistics sector. To be known as LSi, the new business is currently evaluating £200m of ...

MEPC has revealed proposals for another 11-storey office building at Wellington Place in Leeds. The 12-building estate, with more than 1.9m sq ft of commercial, retail and leisure space, sits in the ...

Boxpark is preparing to open Boxhall City, the first outlet for a new food hall business, at London Liverpool Street, EC2. The hospitality group has signed a 15-year deal with Places for London, the ...

COMMENT Since the Localism Act of 2011, six mayoral development corporations have been established across England. After two and a half years working in Stockport’s MDC, Greater Manchester’s first, I ...

M&G Real Estate has bought Premier Park in Trafford, Greater Manchester, from Lothbury for £47m – a net initial yield of 3.3%.

COMMENT Having Flo Health take space with Kitt last month was a real signal of intent as to what tech businesses want from their workspace and where the office leasing market is headed. The firm joins ...

Occupier activity across the Golden Triangle so far this year is lagging 2023 levels, according to DTRE. Some 42,300 sq ft of laboratory space was transacted in Cambridge in the three months to the ...

Legal & General’s Managed Fund has acquired its 12th asset of the year, taking its total spend for 2024 to £370m. The company acquired Aviva Investors’ 30 Golden Square, W1, a roughly 32,500 sq ft, ...

Hopes are high for some big-ticket investment deals to close in the capital before the year is out – transactions that could help owners of London offices get a clearer idea of their value – and the ...