US Luxury Duo Set for European Debuts on Mayfair’s Mount Street
Two American luxury labels are launching their first European flagship stores on London’s Mount Street in Mayfair. New York designer Adam Lippes will debut a 2,100‑sq‑ft boutique in June, followed a month later by fine‑jewellery house FoundRae with a 2,300‑sq‑ft shop. Both join an established roster of high‑end brands, reinforcing Mount Street’s reputation as a premier luxury destination. Grosvenor reports retail occupancy above 96% and a 7.1% footfall increase year‑over‑year, with Q1 2026 sales outpacing the same period in 2025.
Knight Property Group Snaps up Glasgow Site for Speculative Industrial Development
Knight Property Group has purchased a six‑acre former Jewson depot at 55 Carnegie Road in Glasgow’s Hillington Park. The speculative scheme will deliver roughly 130,000 sq ft of high‑specification industrial accommodation, designed for flexible build‑to‑suit use. The development targets logistics, storage, manufacturing...
Allsop Releases 356-Lot Catalogue for April Resi Auction
Allsop released its fourth residential auction catalogue for 2026, featuring 356 lots across the UK, including 15 priced above £1 million. The headline asset is a freehold building of 102 self‑contained flats in Peterborough, guided at more than £7.5 million (about $9.5 million)...
GPE Toasts Record Year for Leasing as Fully Managed Momentum Continues
Great Portland Estates (GPE) closed its financial year with a record‑breaking leasing performance, signing 28 new leases and renewals in Q4. The 20 fully managed flex deals averaged £233 per square foot, delivering £24.4 m ($31 m) of annual rent and pushing...
International Parcel Firm Touches Down at SEGRO Park Axis Near Heathrow
Asendia, the joint venture of La Poste and Swiss Post, has signed a lease for an 81,500 sq ft Grade‑A warehouse at SEGRO Park Axis, a logistics park adjacent to Heathrow Airport. The site will be enlarged by 29,349 sq ft, raising the internal...
Brent Cross Town Secures £188.7m Refinancing of First BTR Assets
Related Argent secured a £188.7 million (≈ $236 million) refinancing from HSBC and Barclays for the first two build‑to‑rent assets of its Brent Cross Town masterplan in north London. The assets, branded The Maple, will deliver 540 homes alongside a 25 m pool, gym, co‑working...
Barratt Redrow Reiterates Guidance After Solid Q3 but Uncertain Backdrop Hits Land Buying
Barratt Redrow posted a solid Q3, delivering 3,273 homes—a 11.9% YoY decline—but reaffirmed its full‑year completions target of 17,200‑17,800 homes and pre‑tax profit outlook. Forward sales rose to £3.54 bn (≈$4.43 bn) with a 94% reservation rate, while net cash is now projected...
Edmond De Rothschild Looks to Sell £71m Resi Rental Portfolio
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management is marketing a portfolio of 405 rental homes across Glasgow, Nottingham, Newcastle and Leicester for more than £71 million (about $90 million). The four buildings, known as the Coyote Portfolio, comprise 235,973 sq ft and were constructed...
Greenshank Wins Approval for Nutrient Neutrality Scheme Set to Unlock up to 5,000 Homes
Greenshank Environmental, partnered with Dace Environmental, has secured approval for the Stodmarsh Stream Enhancement Scheme, a nutrient neutrality program aimed at unlocking between 3,000 and 5,000 homes in Kent’s Stour catchment in its first phase, with a second phase potentially...
Dublin Council Acquires Major Mixed-Use Development Out of Receivership
Dublin City Council has taken ownership of Camden Yard, a mixed‑use site comprising roughly 407,000 sq ft of office space and 299 residential units in the city centre. The development entered receivership after senior lender BentallGreenOak appointed Grant Thornton to recover the...
Spacemade Signs Pair of Flex Deals with London Landed Estates
Spacemade has secured two new flexible‑office locations in London, adding 17,000 sq ft at 22‑23 Bedford Square in Bloomsbury and 26,000 sq ft at 50 Queen Anne Street in Marylebone. Both deals are with historic landed estates—The Bedford Estates and The Howard de Walden...
UK to Require 62,000 New Rapid Chargers by 2030 to Meet EV Demand
Knight Frank’s latest report warns that the UK will need an extra 62,000 rapid EV chargers by 2030, requiring roughly 1,900 acres of land. The country’s electric‑vehicle fleet is expected to swell to 7.6 million vehicles, representing about 20% of all...
Bodycare Set for High Street Return with 25 Stores to Open by End of Year
Bodycare, the former 147‑store health‑and‑beauty chain, was bought out of administration in October 2025 by an investment group led by former Body Shop CEO Charles Denton. The new owners have signed six leases for flagship locations and plan to open...
Borough Yards Development Handed over to Lender Cheyne Capital
MARK Capital Management transferred its Borough Yards mixed‑use project to lender Cheyne Capital after a failed sale to True Capital Partners. Cheyne had previously provided a £123 million (~$155 million) loan to refinance the 160,000‑sq‑ft scheme, which was 75% let at the...
Young’s in £30m Swoop for Central London Pub Portfolio
Young’s Brewery announced a roughly $38 million acquisition of the Cubitt House portfolio, adding eight leasehold pubs in prime central London locations. The newly acquired sites include three Belgravia venues, plus pubs in Mayfair, Chelsea, Notting Hill and Marylebone, bringing Young’s...
