Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The demolition of a car park to make way for a Wilde by Staycity aparthotel in Cambridge has been delayed by the withdrawal from the project of contractor Sir Robert McAlpine.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Local developer Satya is building a dual-branded hotel project near Houston’s Texas Medical Center.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJapan: Oakwood has opened Oakwood Suites Yokohama, the company’s 12th property in the country.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Oakwood has appointed Maria Ashton as vice president, development – Europe.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Tharaldson Hospitality Management (THM) has opened a 104-key Homewood Suites extended stay hotel in Livermore, California.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustria: Ascott has signed a management contract with SIGNA Real Estate and ARE Austrian Real Estate for its first property in Austria.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a one month national lockdown for England, effective Thursday 5 November and lasting until 2 December.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The UK Short Term Accommodation Association [STAA] has followed up its successful nationwide “NHS Homes” initiative with the launch of a new scheme, “Trusted Stays”, to offer NHS staff and key government workers discounted safe and clean accommodation near their places of work, to help protect them and their families as the UK’s Covid-19 infection rates rise.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetherlands: Corporate Housing Factory has launched its new website, corporatehousingfactory.com, which serves as a booking engine and guide for its six properties in the Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Eindhoven.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Brookfield has raised £1 billion (€1.14 billion) for its latest property fund, which will buy assets across Europe’s biggest markets.