Watkin Jones project receives green light as they continue major development growth across UK Oct 1, 2021 Watkin Jones, the UK’s leading developer and manager of residential for rent homes, is pleased to announce it has received resolution to grant planning permission for a 523 student home scheme on Elliott Road in Selly Oak, Birmingham. The committee approved the plans with nine votes in favour and one against. Welcoming the decision of […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Pocket Living secures funding to accelerate housing delivery Sep 30, 2021 Affordable housing developer Pocket Living has announced that it has secured a £6.6 million debt facility with Pluto Finance, a leading provider of finance for property developers and investors. This represents the first deal with Pluto Finance, which is a 12-month facility secured against its Harbard Close asset in Barking. This will accelerate the deployment […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Orchard Street accelerates timeline to meet ESG targets with launch of ambitious net zero carbon pathway Sep 30, 2021 Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, announces an acceleration of its ESG efforts through the launch of its net zero carbon pathway. Following the launch of Orchard Street’s net zero carbon targets in January, the pathway outlines two new and ambitious commitments: to become a net zero carbon business […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
M7 to list £120 million retail warehouse portfolio on IPSX Sep 30, 2021 M7 Real Estate has announced that an application is intended to be made by M7 Regional E-Warehouse REIT PLC for the admission of the Company’s shares to trading on the Wholesale segment of IPSX by way of an introduction. On Admission, the Company proposes to acquire a £120 million portfolio of UK retail warehouse assets […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Cordia Blackswan unveils masterplan for Great Hampton Street Sep 30, 2021 Birmingham-based developer, Cordia Blackswan has announced its masterplan for the enhancement of Birmingham’s Great Hampton Street. The road, which connects the Hockley area of the city to the Colmore Business District at Snowhill, was once a key gateway to the Birmingham’s prestigious Jewellery Quarter, but over recent years has suffered from underinvestment. Featuring four […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UKREiiF: The key ingredients to Levelling Up in Greater Manchester Sep 29, 2021 UKREiiF hosted a high-level dinner event attended by an assortment of key stakeholders allied to Greater Manchester’s development, investment and economic growth vision last week – building momentum towards UKREiiF in May 2022. Capital and Centric’s cloud kitchen at their Kampus scheme- operated by the team behind award winning Tine Restaurant- was the backdrop to […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
L&G Industrial Fund acquires 1.4-acre London site from Henshall and Partners Sep 28, 2021 Southwark based property agents Henshall & Partners have sold a 1.4-acre warehouse unit for £16.5 million to Legal & General’s Industrial Property Investment Fund. The subject property extended c.60,000sqft and is located in South Bermondsey, SE16. It was producing £650,000pax worth of income from longterm tenancies. This recorded another industrial sale for Henshall & Partners.The agents have now amassed […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Aviva Investors acquires London office for climate transition real assets fund Sep 28, 2021 Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces that it is has acquired Curtain House, a multi-let office building in Hoxton, London N1, which represents the first investment made by its recently launched Aviva Investors Climate Transition Real Assets Fund. A short walk from Old Street’s Silicon Roundabout, Curtain House is a […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Oxford Properties completes acquisition of M7 Real Estate Sep 28, 2021 Oxford Properties Group, a leading global real estate investor, asset manager and business builder, has completed its acquisition of M7 Real Estate, having received all regulatory approvals. The deal, which was announced in January this year, brings together one of the UK’s leading European real estate investment and asset management platforms and a globally renowned […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Ingenious completes three real estate development loans Sep 28, 2021 Ingenious is delighted to announce that Ingenious Real Estate Finance LLP has completed three new loans totalling £20 million to fund regional family homes in Felixstowe, Gateshead and Abberley, Worcester. In Felixstowe, Ingenious Real Estate has agreed a development finance facility of £10.3m over 18 months with existing client Generator Group, to fund the development […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
