UKREiiF News

M7 and D.E. Shaw Group JV acquires 15 UK value add industrial, retail warehouse and office investments

M7 Real Estate, the pan-European investor and asset manager specialising in multi-tenanted properties, announces that it has acquired 15 industrial, retail warehouse and office assets in the UK, via 11 separate transactions, on behalf of a joint venture targeting value-add UK real estate with a fund managed by global investment and technology development firm the […]

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UKREiiF achieves ISO20121 Event Sustainability Management Accreditation an inaugural event

Built Environment Networking, the organisers behind The UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), has official been given ISO20121 Event Sustainability Management Accreditation – following an onsite audit at the inaugural UKREiiF event in May. The accreditation looks to mitigate the impact events have on resources, society and the environment – whilst also relieving […]

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Peel L&P gains approval for 1,110 homes at Glasgow Waters

Plans to create a low carbon community with 1,100 new homes, a hotel, leisure facilities and public open space at Peel L&P’s Glasgow Waters have been approved. Glasgow City Council has today granted planning permission at Yorkhill Quay on the northern banks of the River Clyde. The proposals include 1,100 new homes for open market, […]

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PIC forward funds £200 million Birmingham build to rent skyscraper

Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), UKREiiF attendee and specialist insurer of defined benefit pension funds, has forward funded One Eastside, which will be the tallest Build to Rent tower outside of London, standing at 154 meters tall. The£200 million investment will finance the construction of 667 residential apartments in central Birmingham on an existing brownfield […]

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Dagenham Green given green light for 935 homes

Peabody has been granted permission for the first phase of Dagenham Green, with plans to build 935 homes on the site of the old Ford stamping plant, subject to agreement from the Environment Agency. The first phase of the development will be in the south-west corner of the site in the borough of Barking and […]

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Major Leeds development secures council approval

Plans for 9 Wellington Place have been given the green light by Leeds City Council. The latest addition to the MEPC developed urban quarter will provide 176,413 sq ft of office and 6,851 sq ft of ground floor retail and leisure space. Bringing hundreds more jobs to the Leeds city centre business destination, 9 Wellington […]

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Ingenious lends £26M to finance project in East Ham

Ingenious Real Estate Finance has completed a £26m loan financing deal to support the development of a mixed-use scheme consisting of 88 apartments, commercial space and a gym at the former Boleyn Cinema site in East Ham, London. This deal was introduced by broker Daniel Sovitch at Life Financial Solutions. The development will consist of […]

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