Natasha Voase

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Natasha Voase

Assura Plc is engaging with a bid from rival Primary Health Properties Plc, a move that threatens to derail its sale to private equity and that could signal a shift in the wave of consolidation sweeping listed real estate. The healthcare landlord “has commenced due diligence in relation to PHP to determine whether to recommend the PHP offer to Assura shareholders,” according to a statement Friday.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Natasha Voase

Healthcare landlord Assura Plc has started due diligence discussions with Primary Health Properties Plcover the latter’s revised cash and share offer, placing on hold a potential deal with a consortium led by buyout giant KKR & Co.PHP this month raised its bid for Assura, offering a 4.7% premium to the cash deal from KKR and Stonepeak Partners and valuing Assura at about £1.68 billion ($2.3 billion).

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Voase

London’s office market has been dented by a series of shocks that have made developers cautious on starting new projects. (Bloomberg) -- British Land Co. expects earnings to be flat next year as the company works to replace lost income from buildings it has sold with new developments currently in progress. The landlord reiterated its guidance for rental growth of 3% to 5% across its portfolio with underlying profit growth of 2%, according to a statement Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Natasha Voase

London. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Landlord Great Portland Estates Plc expects London office rents to surge next year as a shortage of new development collides with robust demand for the best new space. The company upgraded its guidance for rental growth to as much as 7% across its portfolio and 10% for the best new space, according to a statement Wednesday. That’s up from 3% to 6% for the year through March, a period in which it delivered overall rental growth of 5%.

1 month ago | investorschronicle.co.uk | Natasha Voase

The London estate agency has highlighted efforts to change its culture for years, but insiders reveal troubling incidents and distrust in HR as recently as 2024Published on May 1, 2025People are at the heart of the estate agency business. Chief executive Guy Gittins made this clear when he took the reins at Foxtons (FOXT) in September 2022. But it has taken media investigations for the company to bring in external consultants to help clean up the company’s culture, Investors’ Chronicle can reveal.