LONDON-Credit Suisse has sold the Buckingham Estate, consisting of 16 separate buildings south of the Strand in London's Midtown, to Golfrate.

LONDON-Jones Lang LaSalle has been brought in to advise on the sale of Railtrack Developments, which owns 20 major city centre sites across the UK.

LONDON-British Land has added to its retail holdings with the purchase of the Meadowbank Retail Park in Edinburgh. The deal is part of a spate of acquisitions and disposals at the company in the past three months.

LONDON-Henderson Global Investors has purchased a landmark 138,000-sf refurbished office complex at 1 Hagley Road, Birmingham from The Raven Group.

LONDON-In a move likely to open the floodgates for more high-rise development in the City of London, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has approved Heron's controversial plans for a 720-ft development at 110 Bishopsgate.

LONDON-The Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor has capitalised on the strong demand for retail investments with the sale of two shopping centres in Bolton, Manchester and Perth, Scotland for a combined Pounds 91 million ($144 million).

LONDON-Barclays Bank has agreed a Pounds 198 million ($310 million) sale of its 314,000-sf headquarters at 54 Lombard Street in the City with Morley Fund Management.

LONDON-The sluggish Thames Valley office market is showing new signs of life with a 55,000-sf letting to airline ticketing group Galileo on MEPC's Axis Park at Langley, near Slough in Berkshire.