EN Home Expertise Real estate & construction Real estate & construction ON THIS PAGE Overview Experience Insights Our team Tools Events There are many new issues creating opportunities and challenges for players in the real estate and construction industries. We're experiencing a shift in the way real estate is being used and occupied. Organisations are responding to generational influences by encouraging agile working, adapting traditional business models to reflect new trends, and creating spaces focused on wellbeing and work/life balance. There is greater demand for technology in buildings and innovative construction methods. Sustainability is one of the biggest priorities for our clients, driving change across the board. Our clients benefit from our involvement in some of the largest real estate transactions in the market and our expertise in all sectors from office and retail to logistics and hotels. They complement us regularly for the strong platform we provide for overseas investors and our network of specialist lawyers that reflect a truly global team. We advise on all manner of real estate transactions, from high-profile acquisitions and disposals to pan European portfolios, to highly structured corporate transactions, to large scale development schemes, to the financing of all these and more. We have the diverse skills needed to support our clients on all aspects of their real estate needs and to help them leverage the opportunities of operating within an exciting and dynamic real estate market. 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Press release Mark Rajbenbach Victoria Butcher See full team BentallGreenOak on the acquisition of prime logistics portfolio We have advised BentallGreenOak on the acquisition of a seven-asset strong logistics portfolio from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The platform includes seven logistics assets, totalling 2.18m sq ft. Over 80% of the portfolio is let to tenants such as Sainsburys, British Gas, DSV and Clipper on core logistics parks including Magna Park, Lutterworth, D.I.R.F.T, Hams Hall and Warth Park. Press release Christopher Turley Emma Danks See full team Accor on investment into AGO Hotels We have advised Accor on their investment into the innovative AGO Hotels platform, including branding arrangements. AGO has secured an initial nine hotels from the Travelodge CVA which will be branded as Ibis budget hotels with the platform open for further hotels to join into 2021. As well as participating in this innovative vehicle alongside AGO management and the landlords, Accor has also committed seed funding to assist with the platform launch and to provide working capital. 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