Residential Secure Income (ReSI plc) secures Orbit portfolio in £21m deal Apr 11, 2022 Residential Secure Income plc (ReSI plc), which invests in independent retirement living and shared ownership property to deliver secure, inflation-linked returns, has acquired 182 shared ownership homes from leading English housing association Orbit. The £21m transaction comprises 182 houses across 10 counties. This marks the second shared ownership tenanted transaction between ReSI plc and Orbit, following […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Amazon pledges to invest £1.8bn into UK digital infrastructure Apr 11, 2022 The news comes as demand for digital infrastructure continues to rise as well as to bolster the country’s infrastructure assets, doubling AWS’ total investment in the UK. As of 2018, AWS had three availability zones in its London Region, as well as various edge locations across the UK which are connected to the AWS region […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Harworth secures planning consent at Manufacturing Park Apr 11, 2022 Harworth Group plc, a leading regenerator of land and property for sustainable development and investment, announces that is has secured planning consent for the direct development of 93,000 sq. ft of employment space at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (“AMP”) in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The development will comprise the next phase of the AMP and will […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Avant Homes acquires 15-acre site for £44m for new housing scheme Apr 11, 2022 Housebuilder Avant Homes has acquired a 14.7-acre site in the village of Carlton near Rothwell, Leeds where it will deliver a £44m development of 129 new homes. Located on Main Street close to Swithens Farm and Oulton Hall, the new development received planning approval from Leeds City Council in March 2022. In addition to providing […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Opportunity London delegation sees all the capital’s 33 local authorities showcased at UKREiiF Apr 11, 2022 The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) has secured Opportunity London as a partner for May’s inaugural conference in Leeds. UKREiiF is set to bring together thousands of delegates comprising of investors, funders and developers who are all looking for new opportunities across the UK – and the delegation from London’s 33 local […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
London First: The built environment’s role in accelerating post-pandemic recovery Apr 11, 2022 Since the work from home guidance ended earlier this year, it has been fantastic to see so many people return to our great capital. Whether it is to take in a show in one of our world-class theatres, enjoy a meal, stay in a hotel, or to return to the office, London is coming back. […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
DWS acquires three residential blocks in London Apr 8, 2022 DWS has announced it has exchanged contracts to acquire three residential properties within the development known as “Royal Albert Wharf” in East London for one of its institutional real estate funds, in an off-market transaction. The fully let new residential properties in the Royal Docks, completed in 2020, are located directly on the River Thames […] Posted by: Leon Newton Read more
Claymore Homes submits plans for 800 new homes project Apr 8, 2022 Housebuilder Claymore Homes has submitted plans to Aberdeenshire Council to build 800 homes, a new primary school and community facilities at South Ugie. An application for planning permission in principle has been submitted after several consultation events with stakeholders and residents. Halliday Fraser Munro is providing professional architecture and planning consultancy services to Claymore as […] Posted by: Leon Newton Read more
SSE submits plans for new power station in Scotland Apr 8, 2022 Developers SSE Thermal and Equinor want to deliver the proposed 910MW Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station on the Aberdeenshire coast. In January, SSE Thermal and Equinor entered the Peterhead project into a UK Government competition which aims to support industrial clusters to decarbonise. Earlier this month, it was announced that the project will progress to full evaluation […] Posted by: Leon Newton Read more
Legal & General to invest over £2bn in building 10,000 new homes Apr 8, 2022 Legal & General Retirement Institutional (“LGRI”) has announced plans to invest a further £2 billion of retirement funds into affordable housing over the next five years, helping to create more than 10,000 new homes nationwide. The investment, through Legal & General’s wholly owned subsidiary, Legal & General Affordable Homes (“LGAH”), will help to tackle the […] Posted by: Leon Newton Read more
