The Crown Estate’s chief executive has warned that the business has another “difficult year ahead” after the value of its London portfolio fell by £700m year on year.

Evans Randall Investors has sold Bureau, its office building in the heart of London’s Midtown, for £118m to the real estate arm of German asset manager Deka Group, Deka Immobilien.

Upmarket housebuilder Berkeley has dismissed the current boom in demand from buyers looking for larger homes outside London during the pandemic claiming it does not “represent a permanent structural shift”.

Kajima Properties has signed global investment manager Loomis Sayles as a tenant at NIA, 77 Coleman Street, in the City of London.

Digital-first healthcare provider Babylon Healthcare has taken a new 65,000 sq ft office at 1 Knightsbridge Green in Central London, Property Week can reveal.

Joe & the Juice is set to open its first store outside of London at Redevco’s Hanningtons Estate in Brighton.

Online used car marketplace cinch is opening a headquarters in London.

Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Nakanojo is making its debut in Chelsea, Property Week can reveal.

A judge has ruled that annual rent for a retail unit in Central London should be less than half of what it was in 2011, setting a commercial precedent that could have a significant impact on rents in the prime West End retail market.

Buyers at Auction House London’s latest sale engaged in “enormous” bidding wars for properties in the Home Counties, according to auctioneer Andrew Binstock..