United Kingdom
8
Deals Tracked
£11.6bn
Total Deal Value
18
Companies
2
Markets Covered
Market Coverage
Deals
7
Value
£11.6bn
London's commercial real estate market enters 2026 in a strengthening position, with Central London office investment reaching £9.76 billion in 2025, a 61% increase on 2024 and 1% above the five-year annual average, according to Cushman and Wakefield. Annual office take-up of 10.6 million sq ft in 2025 represented the best leasing performance in six years, with Grade A space accounting for a record 74% of all transactions. Supply constraints are deepening - the City Core held just 1.1 years of Grade A supply at year-end and the development pipeline thins materially from 2026 onwards - underpinning continued rental growth and positive investor sentiment. The UK REIT sector is undergoing active consolidation, with multiple London-based mergers and portfolio transactions completing or advancing in early 2026.
Updated 2026-04-06
Deals
1
Value
£74M
Bristol's commercial property market remains one of the strongest performing regional UK markets, with healthy occupational demand across both office and industrial sectors. Office vacancy is 8.4% in Q4 2025, and prime office rent has held at £50 per SF - demonstrating landlord pricing power on quality space. Industrial vacancy across the South West is 5.9%, with prime rents at £10.50 per SF and a 5.25% yield. LondonMetric's £74 million acquisition of a 390,000 SF Marks and Spencer pre-let logistics warehouse in Avonmouth underlines sustained institutional appetite for the Bristol and South West logistics market.
Updated 2026-04-06
Deal Tracker
| Date | Type | Asset | Firms | Detail | Value | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | Acquisition | Other | Nuveen, TIAA, Schroders | Nuveen Acquires Schroders in £9.9B Deal to Create Global Asset Management Giant | £9.9B | London, London |
| 2026-03-12 | Merger | Other | Savills, Eastdil Secured | Savills Acquires Eastdil Secured in £880M Deal to Build Global CRE Advisory Powerhouse | £880M | London, London |
| 2026-03-24 | Acquisition | Mixed Use | LondonMetric Property, Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust, Picton Property Income | LondonMetric and Schroder REIT Consortium Targets Picton Property in £400M Possible Offer | £400M | London, London |
| 2026-03-24 | Acquisition | Mixed Use | AEW UK REIT, Alternative Income REIT | AEW UK REIT Confirms Possible All-Share Bid for Alternative Income REIT | — | London, London |
| 2026-04-01 | Disposition | Office | Derwent London, Burberry | Derwent London Sells Burberry HQ Horseferry House for £131.8M to Overseas Investor | £131.8M | London, London |
| 2026-01-28 | Acquisition | Other | British Land, Life Science REIT | British Land Acquires Life Science REIT in Golden Triangle Deal | £150M | London, London |
| 2026-02-26 | Disposition | Office | Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII, Derwent London | Lone Star Buys 90 Whitfield Street Fitzrovia from Derwent London for £110.5M | £110.5M | London, London |
| 2026-03-25 | Acquisition | Industrial | LondonMetric Property, Marks and Spencer, Epta Development, Stoford Developments | LondonMetric Acquires £74M M&S Pre-let Logistics Warehouse in Avonmouth Bristol | £74M | Bristol, South West England |