Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to delay a new nuclear plant backed by China makes it more likely that expansion at London Heathrow Airport, which also has Chinese investors, will win UK government backing, Chief Executive Officer John Holland-Kaye said. The UK will be reluctant to fuel tension with China, which reacted angrily to May’s decision last month …

  Bloomberg Post Properties Inc. shares rose the most in seven years after Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. agreed to buy the real estate investment trust for about $3.9 billion, forming a company with about 105,000 multifamily units amid rising demand for rental housing. Post Properties investors will get 0.71 of a Mid-America share for each of their shares, the companies …

  Bloomberg Starwood Property Trust Inc. plans to sell its European real estate loan servicing business Hatfield Philips International and has chosen Situs Group LLC as the preferred bidder, two people with knowledge of the matter said. HPI, which manages about 11.3 billion pounds ($14.8 billion) of loans in 15 countries, will bolster the European business of Houston-based Situs, which …