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UK Business Council for Sustainable Development – latest name to sign up for UKREiiF

The Beyond Net Zero Pavilion is back, bigger and with a packed showcase programme featuring some of the leading thinkers and companies from across the development sector. The UK Business Council for Sustainable Development (UKBCSD), in partnership with the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, have announced their involvement in this year’s event.  Following a […]

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Nearly £50m in funding agreed for 693-bed student scheme in Nottingham

The developer Conygar has entered into a new facilities agreement with Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) comprising a development facility and an investment facility (together the “Facilities”) up to £47.5 million in aggregate. The Facilities will enable the completion of the construction, targeted by the summer of 2024, and subsequent letting of the 693-bed student accommodation development at The […]

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Solar firm acquires £56m portfolio

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has acquired a 46.4 megawatt peak (MWp) capacity portfolio of solar farms from Fengate Asset Management for £56 million. Bluefield is an income fund which is focused on the acquisition and management of UK renewable energy and storage assets. The portfolio is comprised of a 39.3 MWp plant in Scunthorpe (Raventhorpe) […]

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Legal & General Capital commits £5bn of alternative asset investments globally, delivering new homes, offices, clean energy infrastructure and urban regeneration schemes

Legal & General Capital announces that it committed around £5bn towards levelling up the UK’s towns and cities across 2022, driving regional economic growth, tackling the housing crisis, and supporting the climate transition, whilst expanding its footprint into the US for the first time. Despite globally economic uncertainty, Legal & General Capital has significantly increased […]

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ADG submits plans for Peterlee retail centre

Yorkshire-based Almscliffe-Dhesi Group (ADG) has submitted plans to Durham County Council for a new centre on the former Vauxhall Car dealership site off Passfield Way, in a move it says would create up to 100 full and part-time jobs. High-profile tenants already signed up for the 13,027sqft sq ft development include national retailers Sainsbury’s, Tanning […]

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Avant Homes announces new regional launch with five development sites

Avant Homes has announced the launch of its seventh region with five developments set to deliver 726 new homes in North Yorkshire with a total gross development value of £206m. The business already has work underway at its 80-home Ambretone Park development in Green Hammerton, Harrogate; 154-home Greenwards Point development in Easingwold, York; and 129-home […]

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New partnership to create 2,000 homes for Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Council and its property company Warwickshire Property & Development Group (WPDG) have announced a major new joint venture with leading developer Countryside Partnerships, which will see 2,000 new homes created across the county. Develop Warwickshire will help bring sites forward for housing over the next 30 years, with three being taken forward for […]

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OakNorth Bank completes £9.8m loan to Eccleston Square Hotel

OakNorth Bank has provided a £9.8m loan to boutique London hotel, Eccleston Square Hotel. The capital will be used to refinance existing debt and support the hotel’s future growth strategy. Previously known as Elizabeth Hotel, the five-storey, grade-II listed site was converted from a B&B in 2010, is managed by Olivia Byrne, and comprises of 39 double […]

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