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Cycas signs E&O's first European serviced apartments
UK: Cycas Hospitality has signed a deal with Eastern & Oriental (E&O) to manage the group’s inaugural European serviced apartment property; a 54-room property in London.
Flying Butler appoints finance director
UK: Flying Butler Apartments has appointed Kamran Ahmad as finance director.
Adagio launches second London property
UK: Aparthotel Adagio London Stratford will open from the 12 April for key workers and essentials stays, with the property welcoming leisure guests from 17 May.
Planning application for £1 billion London scheme withdrawn
UK: Queensgate Investments has withdrawn its planning application for the £1 billion redevelopment of the Kensington Forum hotel, which included serviced apartments and residential units.
F&B and retail playing major role in London mixed-use schemes says report
UK: Consumer and location intelligence specialist CACI says its latest research has revealed the emergence of "a new mixed-use asset class in London".
MGT buys Battersea Power Station BTR units
UK: MGT Investment Management has agreed to acquire 92 apartments within Battersea Power Station’s Electric Boulevard.
Cheyne Capital funds The Collective’s Westbourne Park site
UK: The Collective has acquired a site in London’s Westbourne Park, having secured £28.5 million of capital from Cheyne Capital.
Staycity is London’s fastest growing hospitality brand
UK: Staycity will add 887 units to its London portfolio over the next few years, making it the fastest growing brand in the capital.
Vonder secures Wembley site for coliving scheme
UK: Vonder has secured a site in Wembley, north-west London, for a 313-unit coliving scheme.
edyn announces 2021 Locke opening dates
UK: edyn has announced the opening dates for seven Locke aparthotels in 2021.
Plans for apartment-style hotel in London revealed
UK: The Portfolio Club has appointed RED Construction to transform the Harrington Hall Hotel into a premium flexible stay hotel, due for completion in spring 2022.
STAY opts for Infor PMS
UK: Serviced apartment provider STAY has deployed Infor HMS property management system for its 169 apartment properties in Camden, London.
Tonic to create UK's first LGBT+ retirement community
UK: Tonic Housing is will open the UK's first LGBT+ retirement community in south London later this year.
Modular construction contract awarded for Canary Wharf Locke aparthotel
UK: The 279-key Locke aparthotel in London's Canary Wharf will be built using modular construction techniques.
Scape and APG team up for PBSA joint venture
UK: Student living firm Scape and investment group APG have agreed a £500 million joint venture that will develop and operate student accommodation schemes.
Avanton launches £500 million war chest for London BTR sites
UK: Developer Avanton has launched a £500 million fund to acquire sites for BTR projects in London.
Synergy adds London units with City Apartments partnership
UK: Synergy Global Housing has added a new property in The City of London to its inventory.
Ascott properties awarded SafeGuard Label
UK: Bureau Veritas has awarded five of Ascott's London properties the SafeGuard Label for health, hygiene and safety procedures.
DTZ forward funds The Collective's Battersea scheme
UK: DTZ Investors has forward-funded The Collective’s 260-unit coliving scheme on Chatfield Road in Battersea, south London.
Ritchie joins CallisonRTKL to head hospitality practice
UK: Architecture practice CallisonRTKL (CRTKL) has appointed Ramsay Ritchie as associate principal and hospitality practice lead.
Barings makes move in to PBSA market
UK: Barings has made its first European PBSA investment in a £43.8 million deal to forward fund the development assets in London and Manchester.
Gravity raises $1.4 million for coliving expansion
UK: London-based coliving start-up Gravity has raised $1.4 million to fund its growth plans.
Croydon aparthotel takes in coronavirus patients
UK: The Best Western Plus London Croydon Aparthotel in Thornton Heath has been accommodating coronavirus patients to ease pressure on a nearby hospital.
Cain provides £74 million development loan for Locke aparthotel at Canary Wharf
UK: Real estate investment firm Cain International has agreed to a £74 million development loan with Canary Wharf Group and edyn to finance the development of a 279-key Locke aparthotel in London.
Cheval adds Kensington apartments
UK: Cheval Collection is adding 30 serviced apartments in London's South Kensington to its portfolio from Spring this year.
Jurny partners with Clockwork Group for first London location
UK: Hospitality tech company Jurny has announced its expansion into the European serviced apartment and aparthotel market with its first location in London.
Supercity's Roger Walters on new investment and doubling the company's portfolio
UK: Supercity Aparthotels founder and chairman Roger Walters spoke to SAN about how a recent £10 million investment in the company will help it to double its portfolio by 2025.
Crosstree makes first PBSA move
UK: Crosstree Real Estate has made its first move into the student accommodation sector with the £55 million purchase of an asset in north-east London.
London office building with "urban forest" granted planing consent
UK: Roots In The Sky, a redevelopment of the former Blackfriars Crown Court, has been given planning consent.
BridgeStreet's operations arm goes in to UK administration
UK: Sarah Rayment and Mark Shaw of BDO have been appointed joint administrators of BridgeStreet Accommodations London Limited, which has ceased trading, leaving guests urgently seeking alternative accommodation.
The Collective gets green light for Walthamstow scheme
UK: Coliving brand The Collective has received a resolution to grant planning permission for a 300-room scheme in Walthamstow, north-east London.
edyn to open Locke aparthotel in Dalston next month
UK: The 14-key Kingsland Locke will open in London's Dalston neighbourhood, in January 2021.
Unite acquires £150 million London site
UK: Student accommodation provider Unite Students has acquired an 800-bed development site in London's Paddington neighbourhood.
Saxbury secures Staycity for London aparthotel
UK: Staycity is to operate the Middlesex Street Aparthotel in east London, under its Wilde brand.
Brookfield raises £1 billion European property war chest
UK: Brookfield has raised £1 billion (€1.14 billion) for its latest property fund, which will buy assets across Europe’s biggest markets.
£1bn London hotel and serviced apartments complex approved
UK: Queensgate Investments and Rockwell have been given permission to redevelop the Kensington Forum, which will become a £1 billion hotel and serviced apartments complex.
Clarendon puts London apartments up for sale
UK: Clarendon Apartments has appointed Savills to sell 140 Minories, a 14-key serviced apartment freehold property in the City of London.
Green light for Kingston coliving scheme
UK: Developer Viewranks Estates has been granted planning permission to build a £60 million coliiving schemeon the site of two retail units in Kingston, south-west London.
London to move to “high level” Tier Two restrictions from Saturday
UK: The UK Government is placing the City of London under “high level” Tier Two restrictions, effective from midnight on Friday / Saturday morning, affecting around nine million citizens in the capital.
IHM hosts first Urban Living Lite event in London
UK: International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, has hosted the first in a series of limited capacity business networking events.
Urban Living Lite launches as festival postponed until July 2021
UK: International Hospitality Media (IHM), the publisher of SAN, has announced it will be postponing the inaugural Urban Living Festival until July next year, and is launching a series of Urban Living Lite online and offline events following a recent announcement from UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
COLIV forward funds The Collective's Earlsfield scheme
UK: DTZ Investors' London coliving fund COLIV has forward funded a £70 million scheme in south-west London.
Quintain rebrands BTR arm and hires COO
UK: Quintain has rebranded its Tipi BTR arm as Quintain Living and hired Danielle Bayless as COO to head the division.
CitySpace opens Bermondsey property
UK: CitySpace, an operator offering workspace with accommodation and dining options, has opened its second London property, in Bermondsey.
Plans lodged for Kennington room2 aparthotel
UK: Developer Espalier Property Ventures has submitted plans for a 142-key, five-storey aparthotel on Clapham Road in Kennington, south London.
Sigma and EQT partner for £1 billion London BTR push
UK: Sigma Capital has launched a £1 billion-plus JV with Swedish investment manager EQT Real Estate to development BTR units in and around London.
UnderTheDoormat and Cadogan announce boutique aparthotel
UK: Landlord Cadogan and short-term rental company UnderTheDoormat have launched a boutique aparthotel at 3 Sloane Gardens in the heart of Chelsea, opening 1 October 2020.
AXA completes acquisition of Dolphin Square
UK: AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has completed the acquisition of Dolphin Square in London from vendor Westbrook Partners.
IHM hosts Dine and Learn at new Bermonds Locke property
UK: International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, held its first face-to-face event since March in London yesterday.
Ascott opens London Citadines property
UK: Ascott has opened Citadines Islington London, the newest addition to its aparthotel portfolio in Europe.
