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• Bank of Montreal launches search for larger London HQ

  The Bank of Montreal is on the hunt for a new and larger London headquarters - making it the latest bank to defy expectations of a Brexit-related cool-off in occupier demand in the capital.

• Aviva forward funds Bristol office building

  Aviva Investors has forward funded an office building in Bristol, which is pre-let to engineering firm Babcock Integrated Technology, for just over £30m.

• South African investors secure off-market City of London office for £19m

  A group of South African private investors have acquired 35 King Street in the City of London in an off-market deal for £19.4m

• Unilever's Surrey HQ for sale

  Unilever’s UK headquarters in Leatherhead, Surrey, has been put on the market by its Malaysian owners.

• Encore+ acquires £50m Eindhoven office

  Encore+ has acquired the Kennedytoren office tower in Eindhoven for €50m (£44.6m).

• Pure Offices to open new workspace at the Blade in Reading

  Serviced office provider Pure Offices will open three new centres across the UK.

• 25 Berkeley Square revamp gets planning permission

  Planning permission has been granted for the extension and redevelopment of 25 Berkeley Square – an office building owned by Lazari Investments.  

• BNP Paribas REIM acquires Nissan European HQ

  A Middle Eastern private investor has acquired Nissan’s Hajimé campus near Paris in a share deal via the OPCI K Montigny, managed by BNP Paribas REIM France.

• Kalibrate chooses 196 Deansgate for new UK HQ

  Global software company Kalibrate Technologies has signed to take space at 196 Deansgate in Manchester for its new UK headquarters.

• Carter Jonas takes Leeds & Birmingham leases to expand regional offices

  Property consultancy Carter Jonas has expanded its regional operations by taking 6,000 sq ft of office space in Leeds and Birmingham.

• LGIM puts One Portland Street Manchester on the market

  Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets has announced plans to sell One Portland Street in Manchester for £20m.

• L&G sells Cardiff’s Two Central Square for £56.5m

  Legal & General Capital has announced the sale of Two Central Square in Cardiff to Credit Suisse Asset Management for £56.5m, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.25%.

• PHSO takes new Manchester base

  The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has taken 31,000 sq ft of office space at the Citygate building in Manchester.

• Kensington High Street building hits market

  Trinity College Cambridge has put a mixed-use property on Kensington High Street on the market for £27.64m.

• Q3 West End office take-up highest since 2005

  Office take-up in Central London hit 3.4m sq ft in Q3 2017, a quarterly increase of 3% and nearly 10% above the 10-year average of 3.1m sq ft.

• PwC shrinks London base

  Professional services giant PwC UK is moving out of one of its three major London offices in a drive to base more staff in the regions and implement flexible working.

• Hermes and BAM to develop Edinburgh's biggest spec dev office

  Hermes Investment Management and BAM Properties have announced plans to develop what will become Edinburgh’s largest speculative office development at Capital Square.

• RICS signs deal to relocate to 55 Colmore Row

  IM Properties (IMP) has let 30,000 sq ft of office space to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) at 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham.

• AIB takes full pre-let of 10 Molesworth St

  IPUT has pre-let the entire of 10 Molesworth Street to Irish financial services group Allied Irish Banks on a 20-year lease.

• Nearly half of UK staff say their offices are not up to scratch

  Almost half of British employees think their offices are “not fit for purpose”, according to a new report.