Today, Friday 20 March

20th March 2026 By Staff Reporter | news@propertyticker.co.nz | @propertyticker

National

Property investors’ $24.8b impact on economy questioned by economists
NZH

A flooded flat, a lost case, and the legal email telling this landlord to keep out of the news
Stuff

$100m Waikato steel manufacturing plant wins fast-track consent, 200 jobs to be created
NZH

Tensions at Wellington City Council over mayor and councillors’ offices at new Jervois Quay HQ
NZH

‘Must sell’: Faded ‘House of Pain’ pub on the market after 162 years of pulling pints
OneRoof

New takeaway store planned for busy Tauranga highway, to open end of year
BOPT

Wild meat processor Southern Alps sets up shop at Alliance’s former Smithfield site
BD

Woolworths to open new store in Paerata Rise
SN

East Coast’s Turihaua Angus expanding to meet demand
NZH

Plumbers a step closer to signing off on their own work
BD

Power agreement secured for AI factory near Invercargill
ST

Private island paradise hits market for first time in a decade
WT

International

Dubai property sector shows early signs of weakness
Reuters

Real estate could be the big winner in the private credit exodus
CNBC

Apollo Global commits $1 billion for retail joint venture with Realty Income
Reuters

Skanska scores $165M Texas A&M biology building
CD

Shareholders back British Land’s Life Science REIT takeover
PW

French hotel chain Accor shares fall after Grizzly short seller report
Reuters

Australia attracts growing share of global capital – Colliers
Commo

Rivage leads £85m financing for I Squared-backed nLighten to drive UK data centre growth
IPE

Hilton’s franchise agreement with Yotel will grow the tech-first hotel brand
CoStar

Office vacancy rate in Hong Kong’s Central falls to single digits after 2 years
SCMP

US hotel industry ‘looking much better’ with latest data
CoStar

Office agency shake-up for Covent Garden’s Space House
EG

Milwaukee mass timber project, billed as nation’s tallest, reportedly faces foreclosure
MFD

Britain Says It Hates Brutalism. London Can’t Get Enough of Southbank Centre.
Bloomberg