Investors

German venture capital fund PropTech1 Ventures is opening an office in the United Kingdom following openings in Munich and Zurich. The UK office is to serve as the centre for PropTech1's investment expansion in the UK, led by senior…
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Fund manager DTZ Investors (DTZI) and co-living platform The Collective have launched a joint institutional co-living fund with the aim of raising total equity of up to £650m. The fund, COLIV, will seek to acquire or forward-fund…
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Property developer and investor Land Securities is planning to sell its stake in a leisure portfolio for £650m in order to provide a ‘war chest’ to invest in more London property. The Sunday Times says that Landsec has agreed to sell…
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Work is expected to start soon on former Manchester City footballer Vincent Kompany’s mixed use property development in Ancoats, Manchester. Contractor Artez has signed a deal to build the scheme with a completion date set for summer…
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WeWork has gone from Wall Street’s hottest float prospect to financial basket case as the business is unravelling at lightning speed – and this could have an impact on the London property market, an article in The Telegraph says. A…
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M&G Prudential is investing £875m in 40 Leadenhall, in the City of London, where it will develop a new 905,000 sq ft prime office complex. The site has been purchased from AIMCO and Nuveen Real Estate and has planning permission for…
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Legal & General has purchased three office investment properties in Bristol city centre for £27.7m, it is reported. The company has bought the blocks on Temple Quay – North Quay House, South Quay House and DAS House – from…
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ID checking app Thirdfort has raised a seed round of £700,000 led by Mishcon de Reya, personal investment from Chris Marks, CEO of NatWest Markets, and support from existing investors including Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman and Lawyer…
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Property entrepreneur Jon Hunt’s investment and development company Ocubis has reported sales growth and continues to be confident in the London commercial market a report says. The Evening Standard reports that turnover grew 5% to…
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Proptech start-up ZapFloorHQ has raised €1m (about £0.89m) to develop its co-working space management platform. The investment has been provided by the LeanSquare investment fund and Stefan Grosjean. ZapFloorHQ is a platform for…
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President Donald Trump has dropped down the latest Forbes 400 Rich List, and is now only the 275th richest person in America – 119 places lower than before he became president. Forbes estimates that Donald Trump is still worth…
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The CEO at podcasting business Audioboom Group plc, which is backed by property mogul Nick Candy, has stepped down with immediate effect. Rob Proctor has left the position and been replaced by current COO Stuart Last on an interim basis…
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Property mogul Nowsad Gani says that Brexit won’t adversely affect the UK property market, and that he is looking for more property deals as a result. Speaking in an interview with the Evening Standard Gani, who is CEO of Ganco Assets,…
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Grainger Plc, which says it is the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, is being further linked to a complex court case involving Lloyds Banking Group subsidiary Bank of Scotland. The joint liquidators of Ventra Investments…
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Property investment and development company Great Portland Estates Plc has pledged to achieve a 40% reduction in energy intensity and at least a 69% reduction in carbon intensity across its portfolio by 2030 – as well as for all new build…
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Property mogul Robert Tchenguiz has sold a high profile property investment he owned in Leeds and intends to use the proceeds to rebuild his property empire, a report in The Telegraph suggests. The newspaper says that Tchenguiz has sold…
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