Verdion Commits to 1.75 Million Square Feet of Doncaster logistics space Sep 20, 2022 Verdion today announces a major £300 million speculative development programme that will deliver all remaining warehouse capacity at iPort, the 6 million sq ft multimodal logistics hub just outside Doncaster. Totalling 1.75 million sq ft, this final stage of development at iPort will offer five buildings from 82,000 sq ft upwards, with delivery from June […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Riverside plans £60m Cheshire regeneration Sep 20, 2022 The social housing provider plans to breathe new life into the Halton Lea area with a redesign of the local centre, new mixed-tenure housing in Palace Fields and improvement of Hallwood Park. Estimates put the project cost at £60m over 10 years with a further £30m in public funding. Still in its early design stages, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Kwarteng will announce planning deregulation zone policy on Friday Sep 20, 2022 Reports say Kwasi Kwarteng will announce plans for a number of low-tax investment zones, where planning rules and other regulations will be eased to boost development. The chancellor is expected to include plans for the new zones in Friday’s tax-cutting “mini-budget”. According to the Guardian, planning regulations will be relaxed in up to 12 places […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Plans for UK’s longest road tunnel Sep 20, 2022 Transport for South East (TfSE) have tabled ambitious plans to ease congestion on the A27 in the South East by creating the UK’s longest road tunnel. The plans were supported by Worthing Borough Council council at a meeting earlier this month. Plans for the road tunnel would cost roughly £2bn as part of TfSE’s Strategic […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
400 homes plan prepared by Tameside Sep 20, 2022 Tameside is making plans for over 400 homes and commercial accommodation in Stalybridge. The ‘Stalybridge West opportunity’ will be discussed by the council’s Place and External Relations Scrutiny panel’. A total of £130,000 GM Evergreen Surplus funding has been landed by the council to undertake development studies on eight sites in Stalybridge West. A “regeneration […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Octopus Renewables announce new UK investments Sep 16, 2022 Octopus has acquired a further 7.75% ownership interest in the Lincs Offshore Wind Farm from a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management. This follow-on investment adds to the original 7.75% stake in this wind farm that ORIT acquired in May 2022. Lincs, located off the east coast of England, has been operational since 2013 and has long-term […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Gresham House expands shared ownership portfolio with £50m HSPG partnership Sep 16, 2022 Gresham House, the alternative asset manager, has joined forces with top social impact real estate firm HSPG to build a portfolio of shared ownership and affordable housing. With the option for Gresham House to acquire HSPG’s shared ownership properties upon completion, the terms of the deal allow HSGP to sell the properties. The asset manager plans […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Plans submitted for Oldham health centre Sep 16, 2022 The three-storey Shaw and Crompton Health & Wellbeing Hub would be able to provide medical care to more than 13,000 patients. If approved by Oldham Council, the United Healthcare Developments project would become the Oak Gables Partnership and Village Medical Practice. Both are currently based at Crompton Health Centre, a 1970s building with no room […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
£300m industrial drive moved forward by Invesco, Barwood Sep 16, 2022 Plans for 83,000 sq ft of logistics space in Trafford submitted by the investors as they progress building their last-mile warehousing portfolio. Invesco Real Estate and Barwood Capital partnered up earlier in 2022 to buy four acres from Neary Way from Peel L&P, and announced they were creating a £300m industrial portfolio. The partnership has […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Geothermal drilling site and power plant approved Sep 16, 2022 A geothermal drilling site and power station have been granted planning permission. Cornwall Council’s strategic planning committee approved the development for a site near Truro. Geothermal Engineering Limited (GEL), which has already carried out testing and is set to generate power at a site in United Downs, had applied for permission to drill two geothermal wells and […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
