NEWS ROUND-UP: Bidders line up to buy Homebase

EG brings you a few highlights from yesterday’s news, in case you missed the daily round-up RETAIL: Bidders line up to buy Homebase The future of DIY chain Homebase could finally be resolved this week as Australian owner Wesfarmers seeks to end its association with the UK retail sector. Find out who’s in the running OFFICES: Empty space equal to 72 Shards could hit London office market Radius Data Exchange calculates that 36.4m sq ft across the capital is as at risk of vacation, representing nearly 17% of overall office stock in the capital. What’s going on? DATA: London resi planning apps drop by 32% The number of residential planning applications in London fell by nearly a third, year-on-year, in the first quarter of 2018 despite an active start in the UK as a whole. EG’s UK Planning Update has all the data RESIDENTIAL: Khan publishes Housing Strategy The 264-page document housing strategy covers much of the policy already announced by Khan, as well as that in the draft London Plan. But there are some amendments. Read all the information here