UK - Legal & General Property (LGP) announces that, on behalf of the Industrial Property Investment Fund, it has secured Norbert Dentressangle Logistics as a tenant at Centurion Park, Centurion Way, Tamworth.

UK - Goodman has let 5,600 sq ft of office space to Berkeley Insurance Group at its Colton Square office development in Leicester.

UK - Pinsent Masons has secured the services of Norman Smith, one of Scotland's most senior property lawyers.

UK - Room rates in London have surged through their previous peak of June 2008 as profitability at hotels in the UK capital soars, according to the latest HotStats survey from TRI Hospitality Consulting.

UK - Major institutional investors have put their weight behind the updated Due Diligence Questionnaire launched by INREV.

Europe - On paper the last quarter saw a further improvement in the European real estate market, with dealing volumes rising 19%, yield compression continuing, capital value growth accelerating, better sentiment spreading away from just core countries and occupier markets...

UK - Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels announced the sale of Le Meridien Piccadilly, in the heart of London’s West End, on behalf of Starman Hotels. The grade II listed, 266-room leasehold hotel has been acquired by an affiliate of...

UK - Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Simon Hartley to join its growing retail asset management team. Simon, who joins from GVA Grimley, will be working on a wide variety of shopping centres. The team, led by John Prestwich, has secured eight new mandates1 in the last 12...

France - Tamar European Industrial Fund today announces that it has sold a portfolio of three light industrial buildings situated in the Paris region, to a private investor (“PCVI Group”), for a total consideration of €7.45...

Europe - The combination of an uncertain rental outlook and constrained access to development finance will delay the start of the next European office development cycle, according to a new report by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).

UK - Austerity measures to reduce fiscal deficits adopted by eurozone countries and the UK affect property markets, says the latest RICS Global Commercial Property Survey published today, (26 July 2010).

UK - UK pooled property funds have delivered 22.9% annual total return over the 12 months to the end of the second quarter, as measured by the IPD UK Pooled Property Fund Indices (PPFI). This compares with a 23.9% return on...

UK - Specialist leisure agency Restaurant Property landed Jonathan Downey’s surf and turf concept Redhook for a new restaurant at 89 Turnmill Street Farringdon, EC1. Situated on the former St Germain French brasserie Redhook is a stylish New York style steak and seafood...

UK - Take-up in the Scottish office market increased in the first half of 2010, according to the CB Richard Ellis (Scotland) Scottish Offices Market View.

UK - Scarborough Development Group (SDG) has obtained planning permission for a multi million pound redevelopment of a prime three acre site in Congleton town centre.