Platform files application for a £500m mixed-use development in Leeds Oct 11, 2022 Leading build-to-rent (BTR)developer and operator, PLATFORM_, has submitted a planning application to Leeds City Council to create an ambitious 1.3 million sq ft mixed-use development on Sweet Street. The site is located in the South Bank regeneration area which is extending the city centre to the south. Signalling long-term investment in the region, the proposed […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Spanish company Ferrovial sells Amey for £400 million to UK investment firm Buckthorn Partners LLP Oct 11, 2022 Amey works in infrastructure services and is a consulting business that employs 11,000 people and has a turnover of £1.4bn. Blackthorn, who boast Former chancellor Lord Philip Hammond as a partner at the firm, said they will “invest in Amey to strengthen and grow the business and to access new opportunities, particularly in energy transition.” […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Investec closes £19.3 million loan to Edmond de Rothschild for Rugby Build to Rent development Oct 11, 2022 Investec Real Estate (“Investec”) announces that it has provided Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (“Edmond de Rothschild”), the real estate investment management business within the Edmond de Rothschild group, with a 39-month, £19.3 million development loan, to support its construction of a 357-unit Build to Rent (“BTR”) scheme in Rugby, Warwickshire. Offering a mix […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
PIC invests £55 million in Northern Ireland based Clanmil Housing Association Oct 10, 2022 Pension Insurance Corporation plc (‘PIC’), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension funds, has invested £55 million as debt in Clanmil Housing Association (‘Clanmil’). PIC’s investment will be drawn down over a two-year period, helping Clanmil reduce interest payments, allowing them to complete their planning process. This is PIC’s second investment in a Northern Ireland-based […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Northern Roots plans to be decided by councillors Oct 10, 2022 Plans for the UK’s biggest urban farm and eco-park in Oldham which leaders hope will attract 100,000 visitors a year are set to be decided soon. Officers are recommending approval for the first major phase of the Northern Roots project, which focuses on the top half of the 160-acre site in Snipe Clough. It will include […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Early plans unveiled for new 1200 home village in Edinburgh Oct 10, 2022 Hatton Village is being planned as an entirely new community which will offer much needed homes for Edinburgh with homeworking facilities in a sustainable location in close proximity to a range of first class transport links and employment opportunities. Inverdunning (Hatton Mains) Ltd are promoting the new village on behalf of landowner WS Crawford. The […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Plans to regenerate area around Northampton train station Oct 10, 2022 blocwork – a partnership between Network Rail and bloc Group – is hosting a public consultation ahead of the submission of a planning application on its proposals to regenerate an area surrounding Northampton Train Station. The plans will see a new multi-storey car park constructed to allow for an increase in passengers using the station. […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Blackstone to develop new, expanded headquarters on London’s iconic Berkeley Square Oct 10, 2022 Blackstone (NYSE: BX), the world’s largest alternative asset manager, announced that it has reached an agreement to establish a newly constructed, purpose-built European headquarters located in its long-term London home, Berkeley Square. Blackstone has been a major investor in Europe for more than two decades with substantial investments across its private equity, real estate, infrastructure, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Unite Students moves into BtR investment with £71m test Oct 10, 2022 Unite Students, the UK’s leading owner, manager and developer of student accommodation, has acquired 180 Stratford, a 178-unit purpose-built build-to-rent (‘BTR’) property in Stratford, East London for £71m. The acquisition will enable the Group to test its operational capability to extend its accommodation offer to young professionals and retain them as customers as they move on to […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Lord Kerslake appointed chair of local authority-owned regen company Oct 7, 2022 Former civil service head and Chair of the UKREiiF Advisory Group is to run a £3bn plan to develop council land in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Lord Bob Kerslake has been appointed chair of a local-authority owned regeneration company that is aiming to create £3bn worth of development in the area. The former head of […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
