Paris and London both recorded increases in banking sector office take-up in the first quarter of 2008, defying the slowdown in the rest of Europe where take-up fell 6% compared with the last quarter of 2007 as the credit crunch continued to take its toll, according to the latest research report by property consultant Cushman & Wakefield (C&W).
Singapore's Mapletree Investments has acquired 31 student housing assets in the UK and Germany from Cuscaden Peak Investments for £1 bn (€1.2 bn).
