Strong rental yields and affordability propelled the Scottish city to first place.
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The East Midlands led as 99 deals were struck for 100,000 sq ft-plus units – the highest yearly figure since 2022.
While 14% of respondents to the GRESB and Mipim survey now avoid using the term 'ESG', only 4% expect to do less to measure and improve sustainability performance.
The Building Safety Regulator's latest gateway 2 figures show continued positive progress following its summer reforms, with a record number of year-end determinations.
The platform was formerly known as the Active Growth Logistics portfolio.
In Investec’s Future Living survey, 76% of respondents cite the higher-interest-rate environment as a barrier to UK commercial real estate growth.
Northern cities are struggling to close gap in attracting foreign direct investment, according to the law firm’s Investment Attractiveness Index.
UK and Ireland commercial real estate transactions have grown 3% in volume to €13.1bn in Q3, compared with €12.7m last year, according to MSCI’s Europe Capital Trends report.
Savills’ figures show take-up bouncing back, with the 2025 total set to top 30m sq ft for the first time since 2022.
In the year ending June 2025, district level planning authorities granted 28,700 residential applications in England, down 9% compared with the year ending June 2024.
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