David Hatcher
Estates Gazette
United Kingdom
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Macdonald Hotels weighing £400m sale
Family-owned Macdonald Hotels is in talks with KOP Properties over a sale of the business → Read More
LISTEN: How the GVA/Avison Young deal went, who’s in charge – and what’s next
Following Avison Young’s £200m purchase of GVA, EG’s head of content, David Hatcher, sat down with Avison Young’s chairman and chief executive, Mark Rose, its head of UK, Jason Sibthorpe, and GVA’s chief executive, Gerry Hughes, to discuss how the two businesses came together, the next steps in determining the leadership of the UK operation and Avison Young’s ambitions to keep buying more firms. → Read More
M7 launches €1.5bn Project Meg sale
It comprises around 300 assets totalling 20m sq ft, predominantly in Germany and the Netherlands. → Read More
London Executive Offices buyer unmasked
The firm describes itself as a 'single-family office' → Read More
Four GVA directors quit
Departures follow that of Neil Dovey, head of transactions and capital markets, last week → Read More
Brookfield prepares bid for £2.1bn intu
Brookfield is believed to have been working on a prospective deal for more than two months → Read More
Avison Young takes a peek at GVA
Acquisitive Canadian property advisory firm Avison Young is considering a bid for GVA → Read More
Toone hooks up with LIV to create new division
Mike Toone, the co-founder of Tudor Toone, has joined forces with build-to-rent operator LIV to establish a new investment advisory division. Alongside LIV chief executive Graham Bates, Toone is setting up LIV Capital, which will look to harness LIV’s specialist experience in the sector as well as Toone’s capital markets background and client base. Last … → Read More
UK gender pay gap narrower than US
The gender pay gap in the UK commercial real estate industry stands at 9.1% → Read More
DHL logistics veteran joins DTRE
European logistics expert to leave logistics giant after 30-years for niche property consultancy → Read More
CPPIB’s debt chief leaves for tech firm
Rawle Howard, the European head of private real estate debt at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, has left the giant pension fund to join real estate tech firm Cloudscraper. → Read More
Hines to make UK logistics debut with JV
Partners to take advantage of the growing occupational and investor demand for last-mile units → Read More
What next for Blackstone and Telereal’s £1.5bn Arches?
The new owners of the £1.46bn Arches portfolio must now get to work extracting value from the assets whilst maintaining promises to tenants through a new charter → Read More
Taylor Wimpey swallows £30m cladding bill
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey spent £30m in the first half of the year to replace cladding on its developments in light of the Grenfell tragedy. → Read More
Bhuchar takes top job at Deutsche Bank EGi
Rishi Bhuchar has been promoted to head of real estate, gaming, lodging and leisure in EMEA at Deutsche Bank. → Read More
Facebook in 600,000 sq ft King’s Cross move EGi
The social media firm will occupy three buildings on a site owned by the Argent-led King’s Cross Central Partnership → Read More
Henderson Park in £94m West End buy EGi
Nick Weber’s Henderson Park has made its latest splash in the London offices market with a £94m acquisition in Marylebone. → Read More
Surprise £1.5bn Arches portfolio shortlist revealed EGi
Three of the most famous faces in global and European investing are amongst a surprise shortlist of five parties to have been taken through to the next round of bidding for Network Rail’s £1.5bn Arches portfolio. → Read More
Late-cycle property M&A: a tough call EGi
GVA may not be the only property services firm that engages in corporate activity this year as margins become squeezed and firms search desperately for economies of scale → Read More
Pinnacle Group names Claire Kober as new housing director EGi
Former Haringey Council leader will help to improve customer experience and develop the firm's PRS offer → Read More