Aberdeen Standard Investments has put the largest asset in its Aberdeen UK Property Fund on the market for £89m as it looks to reduce its retail exposure.

Shopping centre specialist proptech firms PlaceWise Digital and Boostcom are merging.

William Hill has appointed CBRE to advise on its plan to dispose of up to 600 shops across the UK.

South Africa’s Growthpoint Properties has agreed a deal to acquire a majority stake in Capital & Regional through a combination of a partial offer and a subscription of new shares.

Marks & Spencer has taken 60,000 sq ft at British Land’s Nottingham Giltbrook Retail Park.

Leasing and asset management platform VTS has announced it is buying proptech firm PropertyCapsule.

HB Reavis has won planning permission for its 1.2m sq ft redevelopment scheme in Waterloo, London, paving the way for construction to begin next year.

Henry Boot Developments has sold a Bromley shopping centre to a consortium of international investors for £20m.

Even as company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) become a high street fixture, landlords have started to question whether they are actually preferable to a tenant entering administration or liquidation. CVAs often force landlords to swallow huge rent discounts on the basis that a diminished income is better than potentially no income ...

There is much to be applauded in the Building Better, Building Beautiful report, which rightly identifies today’s challenges facing the high street.