UKREiiF News

30,800 homes & 300 hectares commercial property propose in Shropshire

Shropshire Council’s Cabinet will be asked to endorse a response to the Planning Inspector’s Interim Findings report next week, as part of ongoing work to establish Shropshire’s new Local Plan. The draft Shropshire Local Plan was submitted for examination in September 2021, followed by a first stage of hearings with inspectors in July 2022 and January 2023. […]

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Plans submitted for Crescent Innovation North

Following a major community consultation exercise, plans have been submitted to Salford City Council by The English Cities Fund (ECF) and the University of Salford to bring forward Crescent Innovation North – a key part of the wider £2.5bn, 252-acre Crescent masterplan. The Crescent Innovation North application covers an area of approximately 29 acres and […]

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Cohort Capital £11 Million Loan for West London Life Sciences Hub

Cohort Capital has facilitated a £11 million loan for the refinance of The Life Science Park located in Sunbury-on-Thames, West London. The park, which is housed in a Grade II-listed Victorian pump house, underwent extensive conversion and restoration in 2022. Spanning over 55,000 square feet, the park comprises high-quality laboratory space. The loan, with a […]

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Tilbury Douglas to lead construction of Garden Mills Refurbishment Project for Bradford College

Tilbury Douglas, a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out business, is set to lead the construction of the Garden Mills Refurbishment Project for Bradford College, which will deliver a new higher education facility. The project to refurbish the five-storey 1900s building, will see it transformed into flexible higher education STEM training and educational facilities […]

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Octopus Real Estate provides £36.8m loan for residential development

Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has provided a development loan of £36.8m to repurpose and extend a vacant office block into 174 private residential apartments. The loan provided to Sheen Lane Developments will finance the conversion of a vacant office block in Addlestone, […]

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SCREF secures planning permission for prime Bloomsbury 106,000 sq ft office repositioning

The Schroders Capital UK Real Estate Fund (‘SCREF’) has secured planning permission to redevelop Minerva House, Fitzroy House, and Telephone Exchange, contiguous, part Grade II listed landmark office buildings on Chenies Street in Bloomsbury into a 106,736 sq ft high-quality workspace, a 37% increase on the current floor area, following the addition of two further […]

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