Ifeoluwa Taiwo

Knight Frank’s head of London sales James Clarke will be stepping down from the role following a recent diagnosis of motor neurone disease.

LaSalle Investment Management has promoted Katie Hynard to head of UK commercial asset management and Marc Fauchille to head of development and repurposing in Europe.

Helical has let a floor of The Tower, its mixed-use scheme at The Bower, Old Street in London’s Midtown, to digital financing platform Stenn Technologies.

Hillview Real Estate and Sh.i.r. Shlomo, a subsidiary of Israel’s Shlomo Group, have acquired a multi-let office building in Leeds’ financial district from Ardstone Capital for £12.6m.

Research published by commercial law firm EMW has shown that between 2020 and 2021, local authorities denied 45% of applications to turn shops into homes. 

The Building Safety Act received Royal Assent and became an Act of Parliament at the end of April, giving leaseholders legal protection against having to foot the bill to fix safety defects. 

Bruntwood and Bury Council have acquired the Mill Gate shopping centre in Bury town centre as part of a wider regeneration plan.

As part of the property industry’s drive to attract young talent, Urban Land Institute (ULI) hosted an UrbanPlan workshop at University Technical College (UTC) Reading last month, challenging 240 of the school’s students from years 10 and 11 to pitch ideas for how to rejuvenate a blighted site in a hypothetical town.

UK self-storage group Storage King and UK-focused real estate fund manager Moorfield Group have acquired Frome-headquartered self-storage operator Storagebase for £59m in a deal led by FRP Corporate Finance.

British Land has partnered with brasserie Revolve to open a restaurant at Broadgate, London.