Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Bridges Fund Management has successfully closed the Bridges Property Alternatives Fund VI with total commitments of more than £440 million.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The IKEA property investment arm has strengthened its senior leadership team with a new managing director.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSentinel Real Estate has hired Ben Sanderson as managing director, to lead the firm’s entry into the UK living sector.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Unite Students has also launched a £100 million share buyback programme and reiterated its full-year guidance as its university partners show continued demand.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Retail entrepreneur Mike Ashley has taken a stake in Grainger, Britain’s largest listed residential landlord.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Investment manager Venn has made two new loans totalling £182 million under the Private Rented Sector Guarantee Scheme (PRSGS), which Venn manages on behalf of the UK Government.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Convene Hospitality Group has acquired the coworking and private membership brand NeueHouse following the latter’s bankruptcy proceedings.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The operator of Beechenhurst House, a Birmingham student accommodation building, has appointed administrators.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Vita Group has acquired 15 Dalkeith Road, a prominent site on a main route into Edinburgh’s city centre.
Reading Time: 2 minutesArchitects brown + company has won approval for a scheme of more than 800 units in Exeter.
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