Today, Tuesday 28 April

28th April 2026 By Staff Reporter | news@propertyticker.co.nz | @propertyticker

The Ticker’s daily roundup of national and international property industry news, views and analysis.

National

Foreign investment soars, Crown’s $15m for St James deal, construction company woes – Property Insider
NZH

Half empty offices are costing businesses big bucks
Post

Growing economic headwinds buffet retirement sector shares
NR

Auckland industrial, commercial land shortage pushing prices to record-high levels
RNZ

Calder Stewart developing $3b Hornby Quadrant industrial hub in Christchurch
NZH

UFL Group furniture firm in liquidation with debts of $1.58m
NZH

Here’s how much sellers are cutting house prices
RNZ

Tauriko Business Estate: Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growth drives 182-bed RSE housing proposal
NZH

Work to begin on traffic lights for new Te Rapa Pak’nSave
WT

Commercial land shortage drives property prices to record high
FMCGB

International

It’s complicated: How French, German and UK property markets are responding to war in Iran
CoStar

Metrics to offload mega site after Chinese developer’s $270m default
AFR

AI firms set to drive 4m sq ft of London office demand by 2033
EG

CBRE predicts London’s AI occupier boom will create 4m sq ft of take-up by 2033
PW

L&G proposes new partnership model to unlock £9bn of affordable housing
IPE

Asian private wealth an emerging force in property investment
SCMP

Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Planning REIT to Boost Property Gains
WSJ

Blue Owl agrees to buy healthcare REIT Sila Realty Trust for $2.4 billion
Reuters

BGO sells Tokyo office building for $628 million to condo seller
TJT

Building automation continues to overperform, Honeywell says
FD