George Keyes

Sixth Street is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 37-asset portfolio of high-quality multi-let industrial assets across London and the South East of the UK as part of a new joint venture partnership with Clipstone Investment Management Limited.   The acquisition underscores our conviction in the UK’s industrial real estate market, where multi-let industrial continues to be supply-constrained despite strong occupational fundamentals, and complements our existing single-let exposure.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/gi2wWDG3

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Private equity manager Foresight Group has invested in Scottish chartered surveyors and property consultants firm, Graham + Sibbald, and facilitated the acquisition of Aitchison Raffety, creating a combined business poised for accelerated growth across the UK.

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The UK real estate market is showing signs of resilience as we enter the second half of the year. We expect Inflation to stabilise, interest rates to fall, and investor sentiment to improve. Our 2025 UK Real Estate Outlook Mid-Year Review reveals sector-by-sector insights, forecasts, and what’s next for UK real estate. Read the full report: https://cbre.co/4mzjcT7

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Goodbody Capital Partners provided a £12m co-investment alongside Duke Street to fund the acquisition of McAvoy, one of the UK’s largest providers of premium modular social infrastructure. • Founded in 1972, McAvoy designs, builds, and rents high-quality temporary and permanent modular building • Headquartered in Northern Ireland, the business provides critical infrastructure to the health, education, pharmaceutical and commercial sectors. • Premium modular buildings are in high demand due to their cost-effectiveness and sustainability. Goodbody Capital Partners looks forward to working with the McAvoy management team and Duke Street on this exciting journey. We would like to thank Maples Group, Goodbody Capital Partner’s legal advisors, for their involvement. Finlay McFadyen, Alan Mahon, Timothy McCarthy #MarketingCommunication

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✅ Members of AREF (The Association of Real Estate Funds), BPF and Investment Property Forum have voted overwhelmingly in favour of creating Real Estate:UK (RE:UK).   Launching on 1 January 2026, RE:UK will serve as a unified convenor and voice for the whole of the real estate sector, bringing together institutional and private investors, property companies, developers, asset owners, managers and advisers.   Its work will focus on six key pillars: 📢 Advocacy 📊 Research and data 💡 Thought leadership and innovation 🤝 Networking and events 📚 Upskilling and training 📏 Standards and guidance   This is an exciting milestone and a strong endorsement of a shared vision for a unified and powerful voice for real estate in the UK.   ➡️ You can read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/erfj_2Hb

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🚀 Later-Living Developers Merge to Form UK's Largest Retirement Village Provider Audley Group and Elysian Residences Ltd combine under new group company with external institutional investment, creating combined sales value over £3bn and pipeline of 30+ retirement villages comprising ~3,000 individual properties. ✨ Opportunities unlocked: The merger addresses the critical scale challenge in UK's retirement housing sector, which reached 30,000 homes pipeline in 2024 but needs 50,000 annually to meet growing demand from aging population. All three existing brands (luxury Audley Villages, mid-market Mayfield Villages, and Elysian) will be retained under the new corporate group led by Gavin Stein as CEO and Nick Sanderson as chair. With £1.25bn invested in retirement housing in 2024 and investment expected to increase in 2025, the combination capitalizes on investor recognition of long-term secure income streams that retirement villages offer. The merger establishes retirement living as an asset class in its own right while expediting additional retirement housing units the country desperately needs. Learn more from Nick Sanderson, Chair: "This sector needs scale. It is still very small, given the size of the opportunity and the growing older population, and this is a first step to expediting the additional retirement housing units the country so desperately needs"; Gavin Stein, CEO: "We will provide a best-in-market retirement-living business of real scale and expertise"; & Stephen Musgrave, Chair, Elysian Residences: "The merger of two market leaders in retirement living is a transformational move for the sector and firmly establishes it as an asset class in its own right." 👇 Audley's team: Philip Rolfe, Lynn Vellin CIPD, Michelle Forbes, Emma-Louise Fawcitt, Gary Langford, Elliott Walker, Chantelle Parish, Matthew Nicholson, Elysian Residences' team: Katherine Rose, Victoria Glavas, Giles Stevens, Karolina Plewinska, Lucy Rowlands, Christian Armstrong, Jessica Lindsay-Smith, Lucy Fuller, Ed Blake 💡200,000+ real estate leaders receive the most relevant industry news and insights directly to their inbox every week. You can join via the sign-up form at the bottom of the page linked above.

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🎧 Listen now to our latest Talking Capital Markets podcast episode covering the trends shaping UK real estate investment: 🔗 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eBxzsAvZ 🔗 Online: https://lnkd.in/gGTDMxsx 🎙️ Episode: Living, Lending & Liquidity: Investor Trends As we enter Q4 2025, Daryl Perry and Jason Winfield are joined by James Dunne to unpack what’s driving investor sentiment, sector performance, and capital flows across the living sector. 🏘️ From BTR and PBSA to single-family housing, the conversation covers: Development viability and pricing gaps Portfolio activity and market challenges Where capital is moving, and why #CWLiving #TalkingCapitalMarkets #BetterNeverSettles

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Did you know that the construction and operation of buildings account for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions? 🏢🏗️🏬 Ahead of the launch of our first ever benchmark of real estate investment managers next week, our Senior Campaigns Officer, Jo Ferris-Weightman, breaks down how buildings contribute to the climate crisis. Real estate investors, and the investment managers acting for them, need to take responsibility for their climate impacts to ensure a just transition in the built environment. 🔔Stay tuned for the release of our new report, ‘Built to Last?’, next week. To discover more about our work on the built environment, visit our website through the link in the comments. 👇

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Real estate's "say-do gap" on culture isn't just a people problem – it's a missed opportunity for commercial value. Our Head of ESG, Vicky Cotton, makes the case in Green Street News: firms that invest in culture see genuine economic returns. Currys saw profits up 37%, while law firm Lewis Silkin achieved 30% profit growth after progressive policy changes. At Workman, we're committed to building the best culture in the sector because it makes business sense: better culture means improved talent retention, stronger client relationships, and superior service delivery. Read Vicky's full article at the link in comments. #PropertyManagement #BuildingConsultancy #RealEstate #Workmanship

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Duncan Williams, Acquisitions Director (Single Family Housing) at Apache Capital featured in last week's Property Week commenting on New Towns. He said: "The government needs to make it clear that it is in favour of private and institutional capital driving build-to-rent sites forward as part of the new town mix. Furthermore, in order to truly placemake, there will need to be supporting commercial infrastructure that communities can thrive on for years to come. Public-private collaboration has never been more essential and the plans for new towns need to be drawn up in the right way from day one.” Duncan adds: "It’s been reassuring to see several mentions of BTR in the MHCLG’s New Towns Taskforce Report. We’re ready to work with government, industry, housebuilders and capital to deliver purpose-built rental housing at pace (and scale). BTR not only helps accelerate build-out rates but also plays a vital role in creating and sustaining new communities." Read the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/eW5ZhWsD Read the New Towns Taskforce Report here: https://lnkd.in/e8-ZHPyN #singlefamilyhousing #buildtorent #rentallivingplatform #housing #newtowns #placemaking #rentalcommunities

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BC Partners and Pollen Street Capital ready £2bn Shawbrook IPO in London. The move would mark a return to the public markets for Shawbrook, which was taken private by its current owners in 2017. Earlier this year, IPO preparations were paused due to market volatility. A successful flotation would be one of London’s largest in years and provide a rare boost for the city’s equity markets, which are on track for their lowest number of listings on record in 2025. Other IPOs on the horizon include Princes and Beauty Tech Group, while private equity firm Hg has provisionally selected London for a 2026 listing of software giant Visma, potentially valuing the company at $20bn. Learn how Shawbrook’s flotation could revive confidence in the UK IPO pipeline: https://lnkd.in/dd6tuqba #PEInsights #privateequity #IPO #banking

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