Rayner rejects Ebbsfleet stadium and housing plan due to lead poisoning risk
Housing secretary Angela Rayner has rejected the 3,500-home Northfleet Harbourside scheme in Kent as concerns such as fears of lead poisoning from a neighbouring refinery “significantly and demonstrably” outweighed the…
Deepki acquires specialist agentic AI firm Camion
Real estate software-as-a-service platform Deepki has acquired UK-based Camion, a specialist agentic AI firm for the built environment, as the firm looks to broaden its offering to include electrification, energy…
I&L take-up climbs as retailers target grade-A spaces, Knight Frank finds
Take-up of UK industrial and logistics (I&L) space has rebounded in the second quarter of 2026, as retailers look to expand and occupiers continue to focus on the "best-quality" assets,…
Taylor Wimpey launches £41.9m share buyback as net cash falls
Taylor Wimpey has launched a share buyback progamme after its adjusted half-year profits to 28 June fell 19.4% and its net cash reduced by nearly half to £168.6m. The group…
Long Harbour wins £160m NatWest loan for two London BTR assets
Real estate investment manager Long Harbour has arranged a five-year, £160m NatWest loan secured against completed London build-to-rent (BTR) schemes The Eades in Walthamstow and Riverstone Heights in Bromley-by-Bow. Riverstone…
Burnham unveils ‘devolution revolution’ to give more powers to local areas
Prime minister Andy Burnham has unveiled his devolution strategy, handing mayors across the country more decision-making powers as well as a share of income tax for the first time. As…
Hammerson acquires £218m Manchester Arndale stake as it eyes more external acquisitions
Hammerson has purchased a 50% stake in Manchester's Arndale shopping centre for £218m as the firm pivots towards external acquisitions in a bid to scale the business. The 50% stake…
Airbnb partners with Oneder to add London flex workspaces to its offer
Airbnb has partnered with London flexible office provider Oneder to offer workspaces through its website, in what the company claimed is the first service of its kind. Airbnb will list…
Oliver Bonas to enter retail park market with stores at two British Land sites
Oliver Bonas is to open its first ever retail park stores at British Land's Glasgow Fort and Teesside Park near Middlesbrough this autumn. The leases mark Oliver Bonas’s retail park…
Redevco snaps up Jaguar’s Widnes open industrial storage site
Redevco has acquired a prime industrial open storage (IOS) site in Widnes, Cheshire, in a £20m deal from an unnamed private investor. Redevco has acquired the Ditton Road site in…