After a challenging year, what is the outlook for UK commercial real estate in 2025 and has the market turned a corner?

Anna is joined by our UK head of commercial research, Will Matthews, London research head Shabab Qadar and associate in retail research Emma Barnstable.  

We hear from Emma on how attitudes towards the retail sector are the most positive they have been for years, with retail the best performing mainstream property asset class in 2024. Two-thirds of the Top 300 retailers are rated low-risk. Despite this, investment volumes last year fell short of

10-year averages. Could 2025 be a more profitable year for investors?

Shabab talks about how the London office market is at an inflection point, with investor sentiment stabilising, pointing to renewed activity into 2025, particularly for top-tier office spaces. The investment market is polarised, however, with demand strongest for prime office buildings in the top UK markets. In certain areas of the capital, there is a significant shortage of high-quality office space. Specifically, less than 0.5% of the available office stock in London's City and West End submarkets is classified as grade A.

The panel also look at projections for overall investment volumes into UK commercial real estate this year, and discuss why new infrastructure projects present significant opportunities.

Produced by Ollie Peart at Rethink Audio.

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