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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScotland: The University of Glasgow has entered into a £180m agreement with global investor Plenary Group to deliver the next phase of its campus development programme.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The IKEA property investment arm has strengthened its senior leadership team with a new managing director.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Riverdale Developments has acquired a 26-acre site in Surrey with a gross development value of £30 million, securing the land from Wates Developments in a deal brokered by Knight Frank.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Harrison Street Asset Management has sold six PBSA assets comprising 1,616 beds to Australian pension fund AustralianSuper, for an undisclosed sum.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Landmark Properties, the largest student housing developer in the US, has closed on its first land acquisition in the UK, securing a prime site on William Road, near London’s Euston station.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Data collected by coworking and flex-space consultancy Spaces to Places has found that 71 per cent of workers would increase office attendance for better
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A recent national survey by student housing charity Unipol has highlighted growing concerns about affordability in the student accommodation sector.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Grainger, the country’s largest residential landlord, has converted to Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) status.
Reading Time: 4 minutesJemma Shorrock of Boyer looks at ways the UK could return to 1977, the last time 300,000 new homes were delivered in a year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Mott MacDonald and Arcadis have been appointed as the technical delivery services partners for Places for London, the Transport for London (TfL) property company.
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