The Social Hub, a €2.2bn (£1.9bn) hybrid living developer and operator, is looking to invest £253m in the UK and is hunting for obsolete offices to redevelop. Read more exclusively at EG ⬇️ egi.co.uk/news/the-socia…

.Get Living is looking to sell a land parcel in its East Village masterplan in Stratford, E20, for offers over £30m. The N16 plot has consent for 504 student beds, 35% of which would be affordable. Read more exclusively at EG - egi.co.uk/news/get-livin…

Most-read on EG today: Legal & General Investment Management has appointed Cushman & Wakefield to market two London Premier Inn hotels for £45.8m egi.co.uk/news/lgim-appo… via Akanksha Soni

.EG EXCLUSIVE: Harris Associates has been appointed to market a portfolio of five purpose-built student accommodation assets with a total of 795 beds for offers over £84m Read more ⬇️⬇️ egi.co.uk/news/five-asse…

.EG EXCLUSIVE: Almost 13m sq ft of office space in the South East of England could be turned into homes under permitted development rights. The buildings tracked by LambertSmithHampton have the capacity to provide 20,000 two-bedroom homes. egi.co.uk/news/south-eas…

.EG EXCLUSIVE: Build-to-rent, student and co-living operators are witnessing an explosion in the use of flexible rental strategies as they evolve beyond traditional leasing practices. Read more on the research by Lavanda ⬇️⬇️ egi.co.uk/news/flex-rent…

.EG EXCLUSIVE: Get Living has launched a public consultation with revised plans to add 450 purpose-built student accommodation beds to the West site of its Elephant and Castle town centre redevelopment. Read more ⬇️⬇️egi.co.uk/news/get-livin…

Real estate professionals in the residential sector are optimistic about Labour’s pledge to deliver 1.5m homes while remaining anxious about clarity around rent control Read more on what Labour's win will mean for resi at EG egi.co.uk/news/what-labo…

.EG EXCLUSIVE: Investment into operational build-to-rent assets in the UK looks set exceed £20bn in the next decade, with the market accounting for some 30% of all deal flow in the asset class - data from Savills Read more ⬇️egi.co.uk/news/operation…

A few weeks ago, Savills kindly hosted my first-ever EG roundtable in their London offices. It discussed the emergence of the operational BTR sector that kicked off earlier and what the trend means for the next decade of UK BTR Read more ⬇️egi.co.uk/news/btr-from-…

A huge thank you to Harry Downes from Greystar, Rob Hudson from Grainger plc , Rebecca Taylor from Long Harbour , and Freddie Wonnacott from M&G Investments for participating!

BREAKING: Grainger plc has acquired a 135-home, stabilised, fully occupied, build-to-rent scheme in Manchester from M&G Investments for £31m Read more at EG - egi.co.uk/news/grainger-…

Oh, do you all believe me NOW?

As the Labour government clocks up its 1st month in power, it is clear that ministers across the party are keen to get down to business quickly Angela Rayner and Matthew Pennycook MP have written open letters to the housing sector, read more at EG ⬇️ egi.co.uk/news/labour-mi…

.EG exclusive: Urenco, a nuclear specialist company has signed a 10-year lease to occupy a 25,186 sq ft in Paddington, W2. It will take occupation of its new global HQ next month, read more ⬇️⬇️ egi.co.uk/news/great-wes…

Later living developer Preferred Homes has set out plans to grow its portfolio five-fold over the next seven years. Read more from ⁦Akanksha Soni⁩ ⬇️⬇️⬇️ egi.co.uk/news/preferred…

Richard Desmond’s £1bn plans for Westferry Printworks have been approved While we’re on the subject - the Tower Hamlets Council planning meeting tonight - the very definition of ‘painfully long’, or what? Anyway read more about the approved scheme at EG tomorrow

LISTEN to my latest EG Podcast with Peter Mason leader of EalingCouncil Mason speaks about the tripartite collaboration of a Labour council, mayor of London and national government ⬇️⬇️ podbean.com/ep/pb-euzzx-16…

Genuinely affordable homes, housing targets, density and height, YIMBYs v NIMBYs, the NPPF, New Towns, Lewis Silkin and a new Labour government. There’s not much we didn’t cover in my recent EG podcast, so take a listen.

“One of the challenges London is going to face, particularly in the next 10 -20 years, is making sure the type of growth we achieve is both sustainable and equitable," Ealing Council's Peter Mason tells Akanksha Soni in this interview for EG egi.co.uk/news/ealing-co…