FINANCE A non-executive director at AEW UK REIT has suffered a bruising at today’s AGM, with close to a quarter of votes cast being against his reappointment owing to worries over his number of other roles egi.co.uk/news/aew-uk-re…

PLANNING The John Lewis Partnership has submitted an application to Reading Borough Council to transform its former distribution warehouse on Mill Lane into a 251-home build-to-rent scheme. egi.co.uk/news/john-lewi…

DEAL EvolveEstates has sold an Asda store at the Carters Square retail park in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, for £5.6m, 5% up on the asking price. egi.co.uk/news/evolve-es…

LETTINGS ArrowHeadz to open first UK site in Norwich egi.co.uk/news/arrowhead…

FINANCE Mercia Real Estate has secured a £32.5m funding package from Paragon Bank’s development finance division to support the first phase of a 411-room student accommodation scheme in Edgbaston, Birmingham egi.co.uk/news/mercia-ge…

FINANCE Cloud-based property management company Re-Leased has completed an oversubscribed $12.5m (£9.5m) fundraise. The investment will enable Re-Leased to boost the use of AI within its software and finance expansion in the UK and US. egi.co.uk/news/re-leased…

RESULTS Vistry has posted a rise in profit and revenue and in its half-year results. The housebuilder completed 7,702 homes in the six months to the end of June, up 9% on H1 2023. egi.co.uk/news/rise-in-c…

FINANCE PPHE Hotel Group has refinanced a loan with Aareal Bank covering its six Dutch hotels. egi.co.uk/news/pphe-seal…

PEOPLE The chief financial officer at Irish housebuilder Glenveagh Properties will step down at the end of this year. Michael Rice will be replaced by chief strategy officer Conor Murtagh. egi.co.uk/news/glenveagh…

MORNING NEWS: Meet this year’s EG Rising Stars, industry reacts to Grenfell findings, and the latest EG Demand Barometer reveals what occupiers are chasing. egi.co.uk/news/morning-n…

Dr Navjit Sagoo and Stephanie Handjiiska, Climate X will join us at London Real Estate Forum to help us imagine a future where the impacts of severe weather will affect the cities of our future. To join this special lunch and learn session, RSVP here: bit.ly/3Se3rEf #EGatLREF

FINANCE A new real estate debt advisory business has been launched to advise clients on what its founders call “a complex financing environment” for dealmakers egi.co.uk/news/new-debt-…

PLANNING Islington clears 30 Finsbury Square retrofit egi.co.uk/news/islington…

PEOPLE Lambert Smith Hampton names first head of planning egi.co.uk/news/lambert-s…

LEISURE AG Hondo has appointed Savills and BGP to sell the freehold and part leasehold of Brixton market egi.co.uk/news/brixton-m…

LETTINGS Block Workspace takes 21,000 sq ft at Oval’s Fairfax in Bristol egi.co.uk/news/block-wor…

PLANNING Camden planning officers have recommended Regal's proposed £125m PBSA scheme on Chalk Farm Road, NW1, for approval egi.co.uk/news/planners-…

DEAL A duo of occupiers have signed up for Fabrix’s Bottle Factory, repurposed Victorian warehouse space off the Old Kent Road, SE1, in the London Borough of Southwark egi.co.uk/news/fabrix-fi…

RETAIL/RESIDENTIAL Lothbury Investment Management has put Anchor Retail Park in Mile End, E1, up for sale, with Savills targeting offers over £30m for the redevelopment opportunity egi.co.uk/news/mile-end-…