Property Management

News

Launch of White Label Flexible Workspace Operator

Flexible workspace operator Covalt has formally launched to market, having previously signed a number of agreements to immediately manage over 100,000 sq ft of office and amenity space. Covalt offers owners, landlords and investors a start-to-finish management service for flexible workspaces, covering everything from branding and design through to fit out and community management. Whether…

News

Driving Long-term Value for Commercial Landlords

A fifth-generation family business in Greater Manchester has launched a new commercial property and asset management company to share its experience in tenant service. Century-old George Moss & Sons has transferred its property management activities into new entity GM Property Management, which has taken over the management of Moss Industrial Estate in Leigh, Greater Manchester. Now…

News

Bringing High Powered EV Charging to Commercial Tenants

Knight Frank Investment Management is partnering with EV charging company Mer to install charge points at more than 100 client-owned sites in the United Kingdom. Karl Anders, Mer UK managing director, explains: “Following an in-depth tender process, it is a privilege to become the exclusive EV charging partner for a leading real estate investment manager.…

Germany

Strabag PFS Completes Merger with Strabag Building and Industrial Services

Strabag Building and Industrial Services GmbH has completed a merger with its parent company, Strabag Property and Facility Services (Strabag PFS). The company, which formerly traded as DIW Instandhaltung following the 2014 acquisition of the DIW Group by Strabag PFS and its rebranding to Strabag Building and Industrial Services in 2021. At the time of…

News

Commercial Workspace Opens in Sale Regeneration

The opening of a new co-working space in Sale on the outskirts of Trafford, Greater Manchester, represents a major milestone in the regeneration of the town. Located in the heart of Sale’s Stanley Square shopping centre development, The ClassRooms comprises a collection of innovative commercial spaces. The cutting-edge development, which was recently praised by Member…

News

Planon Acquires Largest IT Property Management Platform in DACH

Planon has acquired Bremen-based control.IT Unternehmensberatung GmbH, and subsidiaries easol GmbH and Synapplix GmbH as it strengthens its cloud-based real estate (RE) asset and portfolio management capabilities. control.IT has supported the real estate sector in Germany for more than 27 years, and has a user base across the DACH region and worldwide. Its SaaS products,…

News

Cushman & Wakefield to Manage 8.1 Million Square Feet in Silicon Valley

Cushman & Wakefield Northern California Asset Services has been awarded the management contract for a 14-building, 1.1 million sq. ft (msf) office portfolio and 7 msf NNN ground lease portfolio at the Stanford Research Park (SRP) in Palo Alto, California. Affiliated with Stanford University since 1951, the park is in the heart of Silicon Valley’s…

Contracts

Momentum Group Expands Property Management Portfolio with Grade A Liverpool Office Building

The Momentum Group has been awarded the property management contract for Grade A office accommodation, Aviation House on the Estuary Business Park in Speke, within the vicinity of Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport. The appointment adds 18,000 sq ft of space under management to the company’s growing portfolio of property management instructions including city centre properties,…

News

Millennial Property Managers Leading Software Adoption

A survey of UK property managers by MRI Software reveals millennials have emerged as the dominant age group in the industry and that women continue to be underrepresented. The Voice of the Property Manager report was produced from a survey sample of 250 property management professionals in association with the UK Apartment Association (UKAA), the…

Contracts

STRABAG PFS Awarded DEMIRE Integrated Services Contract

STRABAG Property and Facility Services (STRABAG PFS) has been awarded a 3-year integrated property and facilities management, and ESG reporting services contract at 65 commercial properties owned by DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate in Germany. DEMIRE’s portfolio offers a total leasable area of over a million square metres, with the company’s investment strategy focused on…

Appointments

Seasoned Multifamily Executive Joins Cushman & Wakefield

05.08.2021, 22:19 Seasoned Multifamily Executive Joins Cushman & Wakefield Tina West has joined Cushman & Wakefield from CBRE as Senior Managing Director, Multifamily Asset Services for the western United States. West, who previously served as Managing Director and Multifamily Practice Leader for CBRE’s Property Management business in the Americas, brings more than three decades of…

Australia

ANZ Property Management Software Contract

20.05.2021, 14:43 ANZ Property Management Software Contract Real estate fund manager Centuria Capital Group has selected MRI Software to provide a cloud-based property management solution for a portfolio of around 200 assets. The solution will automate the full lifecycle management of the real estate assets which are part of Centuria Capital’s AUD $10 billion property…

News

How did I Escape?

05.05.2021, 11:12 How did I Escape? Serco has successfully trialled an innovative electronic system to manage prisoners’ property at HMP Dovegate, a Category B adult male facility near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England. Loss of prisoners’ belongings that are being held while they are in jail has been a constant challenge in prisons around the world,…

Automation & AI

MRI Enhances Real Estate Software Portfolio

27.10.2020, 22:20 MRI Enhances Real Estate Software Portfolio MRI Software has announced multiple enhancements to its real estate software portfolio at the first virtual edition of its North American users conference, MRI ‘Ascend Anywhere’. With more than 1,700 registrants, the conference brought together professionals from across the real estate industry to attend virtual keynotes, presentations…

Contracts

Bank Street M&E Contract

23.03.2020, 13:38 Bank Street M&E Contract MAPP Property Management has awarded Jaguar Building Services a three-year mechanical and electrical (M&E) services contract at 50 Bank Street, a 216,000 sq. ft. building overlooking Jubilee Place in the heart of London’s Canary Wharf.   The contract which commences in April 2020 will be led by Account Manager,…

News

Doubling-Down on Downtown Sacramento

17.03.2020, 12:52 Doubling-Down on Downtown Sacramento Cushman & Wakefield have facilitated the acquisition of 87,140-square-foot mixed-use office and retail building, 630 K Street in downtown Sacramento, California by New York Life Real Estate Investors (NYL REI). As part of a new repositioning plan, the owner will be making significant capital improvements to the asset that…

News

Digitising Access to Managed Lets

07.08.2019, 09:00 Digitising Access to Managed Lets An innovative partnership between smart intercom company Klevio and home rental service provider Hostmaker will give digital access to Airbnb guests in the UK.   Under the deal, Hostmaker which works with more than 2,000 hosts globally, will offer them exclusive discounts for connecting their existing intercom systems…

Blog

Optimising Waste Management in Buildings

23.05.2019, 16:48 Optimising Waste Management in Buildings Jo Gibbs, corporate sector director for waste management services provider SWRnewstar considers current best practices in waste and recycling management. When it comes to managing waste, there are specific complexities in the property management sector. With many stakeholders; from tenants to managing agents, building managers and landlords, the…

Blog

Optimising Waste Management in Buildings

23.05.2019, 16:48 Optimising Waste Management in Buildings Jo Gibbs, corporate sector director for waste management services provider SWRnewstar considers current best practices in waste and recycling management. When it comes to managing waste, there are specific complexities in the property management sector. With many stakeholders; from tenants to managing agents, building managers and landlords, the…

Germany

STRABAG PFS Acquires CORPUS SIREO Property Management Business

05.03.2019, 17:13 STRABAG PFS Acquires CORPUS SIREO Property Management Business STRABAG Property and Facility Services (STRABAG PFS) has acquired the property management business of Swiss Life Asset Managers subsidiary, CORPUS SIREO Real Estate GmbH, in a deal involving the parallel delivery of property services at 340 buildings operated by the Swiss Life Group. Under the…

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