Doctors’ surgeries bid battle is shot in the arm for UK property
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.What better place to test the health of the UK property market than a doctor’s office? A takeover battle for NHS landlord Assura — which involves a private equity bidder slugging it out with a listed competitor — has renewed the debate over the future of the City of London. Assura, which owns a portfolio of mainly GP surgeries and healthcare centres, seemed set to become the latest in the procession of...