In the national news today, The Times has reported that German media group Axel Springer more than doubled its share in online real estate business Purplebricks.
The Times also reports that American multinational private equity firm Blackstone, has signed off on the world’s biggest private property deal after it agreed to purchase close to 180m sq ft of industrial warehouse space for $18.7bn (£14.8bn).
Elsewhere, this story explores the start-ups that are taking their businesses from digital spaces into bricks and mortar, creating a big demand for temporary offices (Independent)
RBS and Lloyds most at risk from collapse of commercial property market (Independent)
Philip Green’s Topshop crisis: 300-page tome sent to landlords pleading for financial relief (Telegraph)
BMO Commercial Property Trust has difficult story to sell (The Times)
