LONDON Ross Sayers, @LandsecGroup's head of development management for central London, has mapped out four priorities as he takes the chair at the City Property Association. City Property Association egi.co.uk/news/city-prop…

PEOPLE Flex office operator Industrious has hired Eli Lew from The Office Group as its London-based real estate growth lead for Europe Industrious egi.co.uk/news/industrio…

DEAL Custodian Property Income REIT has sold a former JTF Mega Discount Warehouses facility in Warrington, Merseyside, to Edwards Cheshire Company for £9m egi.co.uk/news/custodian…

PEOPLE Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Gillian Bowman from Knight Frank as a partner and head of sustainability in its UK valuation and advisory team.
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FINANCE Sheds and beds are expected to top capital deployment lists for cross-border capital this year, with the UK set to be a key beneficiary, according to research from Knight Frank egi.co.uk/news/logistics…

RESIDENTIAL UK housebuilders are seeing a recovery in buyer interest and are actively seeking land opportunities after a more cautious approach in 2023, says Knight Frank
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PEOPLE Lillian Chandler has left JLL after being with the consultancy for over 25 years egi.co.uk/news/jlls-lill…

PEOPLE Investec has appointed Shivani Goolab as head of private client lending in its real estate team egi.co.uk/news/investecs…

PEOPLE Related Argent has appointed former Cushman & Wakefield global CEO and president John Forrester as strategic adviser, as Argent completes its merger with Related Argent.
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MORNING NEWS: US investment in London real estate rebounds to new high, investors target industrial and logistics with £16bn of dry powder, and Birmingham's Two Snowhill hits the market for £101m egi.co.uk/news/morning-n…

RESULTS Strong leasing activity has regional investor Custodian Property Income REIT confident that recovery is around the corner. egi.co.uk/news/custodian…

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Punch Pubs and Co has bought the Milton Three Pub Group out of administration.
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The government's new #EmptyPropertyRelief is a kick in the teeth to #landlords struggling to let their properties. As I say in EG, similar policies spectacularly failed in Wales & Scotland, and the new system is open to further abuses.
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DEAL Regional REIT has fully let its Bennett House offices in Stoke-on-Trent and Delta 1200 building at Swindon’s Delta Business Park with two leasing deals. egi.co.uk/news/regional-…

INVESTMENT US investment in London real estate totalled £1.9bn in the first quarter, the capital’s highest share versus the rest of the UK in eight years, according to BNPParibasRealEstate
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DEVELOPMENT A joint submission by architects Carmody Groarke and Sheppard Robson has won the competition to design London School of Economics and Political Science’s LSE Bankside, which aims to deliver the “best university halls of residence in London”. egi.co.uk/news/designs-p…

OFFICES M&G plc has instructed JLL to sell Two Snowhill, an office tower in Birmingham, for over £101.7m
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