Articles and Features

Anderson Strathern’s commercial real estate team has advised Sleeperz Hotels in the latest phase of its expansion plans, with the launch of its rooms-based sister brand, Cityroomz, which opened in Edinburgh on 15 May. »

With many major chains opening new stores and investors showing strong interest in retail properties, the US retail real estate sector is set to continue its recovery in the second half of 2013. »

Offices in the growing London Southbank market delivered the second highest total returns in London in 2012, at 9.6 per cent, second only to the West End at 10.6 per cent, according to the latest IPD/Farebrother London Southbank Investment Market Report. »

Trading in shares of GCP Student Living, the first student accommodation REIT in the UK, have begun on the London Stock Exchange (Specialist Fund Market) and on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX). »

England’s struggling high streets could receive a boost from a change in planning law which will allow disused office buildings to be converted into residential use, according to Consensus Capital Property, a private equity-backed property investment firm. »

Legal & General Property (LGP) has agreed to forward fund a student accommodation scheme in Elephant & Castle, London for a total consideration of GBP25.7m.  »

LaSalle Investment Management has held the final close of LaSalle Residential Finance I (LRF I). »

Offices in London’s Midtown returned 8.7 per cent in 2012, one of the highest returns of any European office market. »

LSL, a provider of residential property services, has reported increases in activity levels, indicating that market transaction volumes are improving. »

MirLand Development Corporation has reported an increase in total assets of 7.6 per cent to USD800.4m for the three month period ended 31 March 2013. Of that total, 94 per cent of assets are property and land.  »