Commercial property
Independent gyms jump into gaps in UK high street amid shift to local living
More than 1,000 independent health clubs have opened since 2019 as landlords look for alternatives to retail
Sarah Butler
11, Oct, 2024 @2:00 PM
Back to the office, say bosses. Thank goodness for that, say property firms
Staff working from home half the week put an inevitable damper on the office property sector. Will changing patterns keep the lights on and returns attractive?
Jane Croft
29, Sep, 2024 @11:00 AM
Canary Wharf owners’ credit rating cut deeper into ‘junk’ territory
Further downgrade prompted concerns about debts as firm struggles to attract workers back after the pandemic
Jane Croft
11, Sep, 2024 @6:12 PM
Canary Wharf Group to carve chunks out of HSBC tower after bank leaves
Revamp of 42-storey block when bank moves out in 2027 will include new terraces and leisure facilities
Jack Simpson and Alex Lawson
18, Jul, 2024 @4:57 PM
Fat fees for Royal Mail’s advisers, no detail for its shareholders | Nils Pratley
The offer document for proposed £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail parent company couldn’t be more vague
Nils Pratley
26, Jun, 2024 @5:01 PM
‘My studio costs half my income’: can British art survive soaring rents and property developers?
In London, studio size has halved since 2020, and across the UK artists are campaigning for affordable space. What happens when a country’s creative resources all suddenly disappear?
Anita Chaudhuri
24, Jun, 2024 @9:00 AM
Opening of Ikea’s Oxford Street store put back to spring 2025
Company says latest delay at central London site bought for estimated £378m is due to water leaking into basement
Sarah Butler
10, May, 2024 @12:29 PM
‘Nervous of its own boldness’: the (almost) radical rebirth of King’s Cross
The two-decade transformation of the industrial site north of King’s Cross station in London, once notorious, now a pleasant enclave of offices, homes, shops, bars and boulevards, is essentially complete. It’s a huge success – and yet is there something missing?
Rowan Moore
28, Apr, 2024 @12:00 PM
The US could be facing a 2008-style financial crisis. Why does Sunak want to copy it?
The PM’s admiration for Washington’s economic model may backfire amid looming US banking and stock market disasters
Phillip Inman
09, Mar, 2024 @5:00 PM
M&S wins court challenge to Gove’s block on razing of Oxford Street store
Judge rules levelling up secretary’s attempt to prevent the rebuilding of the Marble Arch shop is unlawful
Zoe Wood
01, Mar, 2024 @3:50 PM
From beating burglary to weight gain: 12 ways that working from home has changed Britain
A new review of post-Covid social research has revealed how much society has changed since the pandemic – and in unexpected ways
James Tapper
17, Feb, 2024 @5:34 PM
Ministers plan to push cash-strapped English councils to sell assets
Exclusive: Critics warn of a ‘fire sale’ of public assets under plans being explored by Levelling Up Department
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
30, Jan, 2024 @3:52 PM
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