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Why UK Real Estate Whitepaper
On the anniversary of the first UK COVID-19 lockdown, we are reminded of Karl Marx’s quote that “there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” 2020 saw an explosion in governmental deficits, a move to negative interest rates in much of Europe and the mass adoption of new workplace and […]
Fiera Real Estate and Wrenbridge acquire new 40,000 sq.ft logistics site in Dartford to develop £12m scheme
Fiera Real Estate (“FRE UK”) and Wrenbridge are pleased to announce the purchase of a new site in Burnham Road, north east of Dartford Town Centre to develop a 40,000 sq.ft logistics scheme with a GDV of c.£12m. The new scheme will comprise of two warehouse units of 14,338 and 25,759 sq.ft and the proposed […]
How can Real Estate help ‘plug the gap’ for DB Pension Schemes?
Patrick Freestone, Associate Director The COVID-19 pandemic will long be remembered for turning our world upside down and kickstarting dramatic change across all aspects of our everyday lives. It is fair to say no family, community, industry or economy has been left untouched by the pandemic. Across the world, unprecedented fiscal stimulus has propped up […]
Creating placemaking which complements – not competes with – your surroundings
Written by Sarah Trahair-Williams, Associate Director at Cubex. 2020 was a year like no other, ‘unprecedented’ and ‘next slide please’ became catchphrases we all probably wish we didn’t have to hear. Among the tough news stories, we did have some cheer, but the contrast of highlighting the divide in society between the ‘haves’ and the […]
Private Equity Has $300 Billion for Pandemic-Hit Real Estate
Real-estate bosses at Blackstone Group Inc. quietly smiled when Britain’s biggest-selling tabloid unwittingly endorsed their largest European real estate deal since the pandemic.
The Sun’s front page teased readers that foreign travel curbs meant they’d be splashing their cash at the much-maligned seaside town of Bognor Regis this year. Less than two weeks earlier, it had emerged Blackstone was in talks to spend about 900 million pounds ($1.3 billion) on a majority stake in the owner of Butlins, which has run a popular holiday park in the south-England town for 60 years.
Driving operational change from home: people first
The pandemic and the last year working from home has given all of us a new optic on life. The challenges have been numerous. I was used to the immediacy of working in an open plan environment, my meetings were joyous uninterrupted affairs, and I could never have imagined the quantity of food needed to […]
Wrenbridge and Bridges to develop £45m key Stevenage employment site for industrial/logistics
Wrenbridge and Bridges Fund Management have acquired a strategic employment site on North Road, Stevenage to develop over 200,000 sq ft of logistics/industrial space. The JV Partners have purchased the 16.5 acre site which sits 0.5 miles to the west of Junction (8) of the A1(M) and are planning to deliver a scheme with the […]
Jon Ivory to join Urban Living Lite Webinar
On Monday 1st March at 2pm, Jonathon Ivory is set to join the Investment strategies of the future panel at Urban Living’s Lite Series discussing the unique opportunities investors expect to see in 2021 and beyond. As the UK transitions outside of the EU, and the crisis passes, how are real estate investors adapting to the […]
AREF welcomes Emma Cullen to the Management Committee
Fiera Real Estate UK are delighted to announce the new appointment to the AREF Management Committee, Emma Cullen, Chief Operating Officer. She replaces Adrian Benedict as Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee, after Adrian took up the role of Chair of the AREF Board. Emma has been a member of the CGC for some time and was […]
Packaged Living hires development manager
The build-to-rent developer has appointed Peter Rowe from planning consultancy Turley to oversee the delivery of the 350-apartment Heyrod Street scheme in Manchester known as the Castings.