Here’s a wrap-up of some of the top stories from Estates Gazette from the past week.
Italian fashion label Max&Co, part of the Max Mara Fashion Group, has signed for its first standalone UK store at 133–135 Regent Street, W1. The Grade II listed former HSBC branch will house the brand across the basement, ground and first floors following planning consent secured by landlord the Crown Estate.
Max&Co to open debut UK store on Regent Street
Marks & Spencer has appointed Prologis to deliver a £340m, 1.3m sq ft national distribution centre at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, Northamptonshire. The fully electric scheme, targeting BREEAM Outstanding, will be the largest investment in M&S’s food supply chain to date.
M&S invests £340m in Daventry distribution hub
Avison Young has relocated its 500-strong London team into 37,000 sq ft at Lazari Investments’ Met Building, W1. The move brings staff together from Gresham Street and Regent Street offices, with the retrofitted block providing four floors of workspace, terraces and upgraded end-of-journey facilities.
Avison Young unites London team at Met Building
Places for People and Elim Housing have entered merger talks that could see Elim and its 900 homes across Bristol and Gloucestershire join the group later this year. The proposals remain subject to consultation and due diligence.
Places for People in merger talks with Elim Housing
BNP Paribas Real Estate extends partnership with GPA
Retrofitting empty homes could unlock 400,000 solutions to the housing crisis
Aviva Investors commits £200m to aqueduct resilience programme
Tameside Council seeks development partner for Ashton regeneration
Barwood Capital makes student housing debut with £30m Edgbaston scheme
Wavensmere Homes submits £45m Edgbaston redevelopment plans
HBD tables expansion plans for Airport Business Park Southend
European healthcare giant moves into former Wimbledon Debenhams
Capital & Centric reshapes Buxton’s £100m regen plans
Nottingham university secures city’s largest post-Covid office deal
Mango picks Basingstoke’s Festival Place for new flagship store
Superdrug to take over Oxford Poundland site as expansion continues
MCR snaps up Plymouth site for office-to-resi conversion
Danish retailer Søstrene Grene set to arrive at Hammerson’s Grand Central
Henry Boot secures planning for 2,470 homes
Conygar offloads Nottingham site below value
Funding unlocked for Quayside West transformation at Newcastle’s Forth Yards
L&G completes £4.7bn property funds merger
Central London retail investment hits £1.6bn in H1
London prime housing market lags global peers as prices fall 2.5%
Landsec sells Queen Anne’s Mansions to Arora Group for £245m
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