Property Week

05/08/2025

Visa is closing in on a deal to move its European headquarters from 1 Sheldon Square in Paddington to Canary Wharf.

Read Jamie Bennett-Ness' report: https://ow.ly/rt4Y50WAcM7

05/08/2025

July was a month of big numbers in UK real estate. Property Week covered a string of major deals and half-year results, and published one of our most anticipated features of the year: ‘Who owns London in 2025?' (https://ow.ly/XLfz50WA28z), which includes a breakdown of significant London deals.

From The Crown Estate’s £95m purchase of the 100 Regent Street headlease to BlackRock’s €1.2bn fundraising push for European real estate, here are some of the standout stories from July, handpicked by our finance and data editor Madeleine Knight:

1. BlackRock raises €1.2bn to invest in European value-added real estate: https://ow.ly/OBRR50WA28A
2. The Crown Estate acquires 100 Regent Street headlease for £95m: https://ow.ly/Zfpg50WA28E
3. Princes buys Liverpool's Royal Liver Building in cut-price £60m deal: https://ow.ly/P0nA50WA28w
4. Hammerson seals £319m deal for control of Birmingham shopping centres: https://ow.ly/mKJC50WA28s
5. Shaftesbury Capital boosts profit as West End portfolio booms: https://ow.ly/p12U50WA28B
6. SEGRO reports robust rental growth and 11% profit boost in H1: https://ow.ly/tveV50WA28C
7. Rental growth and Irish acquisition push PHP's earnings up to £47.3m: https://ow.ly/r9N850WA28u
8. Assura swings back to profit as rent reviews and acquisitions boost performance: https://ow.ly/2tmK50WA28y
9. Fire safety and CMA payments send Taylor Wimpey into the red: https://ow.ly/XFc150WA28t
10. Cala Group’s profits down over 80% following £1.35bn sale in 2024: https://ow.ly/HJ8450WA28x

05/08/2025

Henry Boot chief executive Tim Roberts says planning reforms have unlocked outline approvals at appeal, but detailed consent remains a grind.

Read Lem Bingley's report: https://ow.ly/JRmZ50Wxs5N

Just over a year into the current parliament, not everyone in property would award Labour high marks. But Tim Roberts, chief executive of Sheffield-based developer Henry Boot, gives the administration at least a couple of stars out of five.

04/08/2025

The Devonshire Group has appointed Kathryn Fleming as chief financial officer.

Read Madeleine Knight's report: https://ow.ly/jmpZ50WzwCT

The Devonshire Group, a collection of businesses and charities with estates in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Sussex and County Waterford, Ireland, has appointed Kathryn Fleming as chief financial officer.

04/08/2025

UK property stocks stayed resilient in Q2 with housebuilders seen as a safe haven from tariffs, but a more cautious second-half outlook has cancelled out the gains.

Read Madeleine Knight's report as he speaks to Oli Creasey from Quilter Cheviot, Aynsley Lammin from Investec and Nicholas Finn from Garrington Property Finders: https://ow.ly/qsFB50WxrAf

The second quarter of 2025 was characterised by US president Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ on 2 April, which introduced a surge of tariff charges, shaking financial markets globally.

01/08/2025

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Stuart Bird as an associate within its growing leisure and restaurants team.

Read Lewis Berrill's report: https://ow.ly/67cP50WyL31

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Stuart Bird as an associate within its growing leisure and restaurants team.

01/08/2025

Berkeley Group is turning Bromley-by-Bow Gasworks – home to seven grade II-listed gasholders – into a major housing development that blends both the new and historic aspects of the site.

Read James Wilmore's report as he speaks to Simon Lewis from Berkeley Group: https://ow.ly/ziqx50Wxrn7

31/07/2025

Arora Group submitted Heathrow Airport expansion plans to the Department for Transport.

Read Ciaran Nerval's report: https://ow.ly/1Yv850Wy8p7

31/07/2025

FORE Partnership’s scheme, notable for its innovative reuse of pre-war steel, shows that recycling materials can be a viable retrofitting development solution.

Read Tim Clark's report as he speaks to Basil Demeroutis from FORE Partnership, Lady Lucy French from Fleet Street Business Improvement District and Richard Dudzicki from RDA UK: https://ow.ly/45BF50WxqVW

30/07/2025

Dolphin Living has appointed Jason Green as chair, Setareh Neshati as Westminster City Council’s representative on its board and Darren Parker, Foong-Yee Cross and Jess Wallis as subcommittee members.

Read Anandita Malhotra's report: https://ow.ly/xw7q50Wxtw6

Affordable housing provider Dolphin Living has appointed Jason Green as chair of its board, replacing Andrew Giblin, who has held the position for eight years.

30/07/2025

Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at Blackstone, was among five people killed in a mass shooting at the firm’s global headquarters in Manhattan on Monday.

Read Jamie Bennett-Ness' report: https://ow.ly/Z35e50Wxm7F

Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at Blackstone, was among five people killed in a mass shooting at the firm’s global headquarters in Manhattan on Monday.

30/07/2025

Later living developers and operators Audley Group and Elysian Residences have completed a merger to create the largest retirement village provider in the UK.

Read Ciaran Nerval's report: https://ow.ly/qGmg50Wxh5h

Later living developers and operators Audley Group and Elysian Residences have completed a merger to create the largest retirement village provider in the UK.