JV North appoints firms to £560m housebuilding framework Aug 3, 2021 A North West social housing consortium has appointed contractors and consultants to its £560m homebuilding framework. JV North tendered the four-year deal – which will help the organisation build about 4,000 properties between 2021 and 2025 – in April. Consortium members include Bury Council, Johnnie Johnson Housing, One Manchester, Peaks and Plains Housing Trust, Muir […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Sandstone targets 10 UK cities for new investment trust Aug 3, 2021 Property investment and management company Sandstone has launched a new real estate investment trust (REIT) as it seeks to expand its client base. Listed on the Guernsey Stock Exchange, the Sandstone REIT will focus on traditional residential properties for rental in 10 cities across the UK. Peter Grant, who founded Sandstone in Scotland in 1997, said the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Plans submitted for £60m, 27-acre mixed-use development Aug 3, 2021 Crosslee Properties has submitted plans for a mixed-use development with a total construction cost of £60m to be built on a vacant 27-acre site on Brighouse Road in Hipperholme, near Halifax. Located on the site of the former Crosslee tumble dryer factory, which stood there for more than 30 years, the new development will be […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Barings and HBD acquire strategic logistics development opportunity in London Aug 3, 2021 Barings, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, and property developer HBD, have acquired a strategically located logistics development opportunity in Rainham, London, UK, in a joint venture partnership on behalf of a pan-European value-add strategy. The 20.5-acre site has outline planning for B1c, B2 and B8 uses and the JV plans […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Sunderland City Council: Developing a City for the Future Aug 2, 2021 We’ve been speaking exclusively with Sunderland City Council’s Liz St Louis – Assistant Director of Smart Cities – with the city leading the way, showcased by their recent Smart City of the Year title… Sunderland was named Smart City of the year for 2020 by Digital Leaders UK, what innovations led to you receiving this […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Exclusive Q&A: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s regeneration aspirations Aug 2, 2021 We’ve recently been speaking to Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s Chief Executive Anne Donaghy on the ambitious plans for the county… Q. What was the genesis of your ‘Amplify’ 2018-2030 economic development vision? In 2014 the 26 Councils in NI amalgamated to become 11 and Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, incorporating the previous […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
BMO Real Estate Partners launches £680m residential fund Aug 2, 2021 BMO Real Estate Partners (BMO REP), the pan-European property investment and asset management arm of BMO Global Asset Management, has announced the first close of its newly launched BMO Residential Europe Fund, which has a target investment volume of €800 million (£683.7m). The Fund, categorised as article 8 under the new EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Combined Authority looks to reinvent transport strategy post Mayoral-election Aug 2, 2021 Prioritising left behind communities, tackling inequalities and accelerating carbon reduction will form part of a renewed strategy for better transport across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. At its meeting on July 28, the Combined Authority Board agreed to proceed with a reinvention of the transport strategy in the region through a revamped Local Transport Plan (LTP). An […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Ballymore and Sainsbury’s strike JV for £1.7bn regeneration Jul 30, 2021 Ballymore and Sainsbury’s have agreed a strategic partnership to develop an 18 acre site at Ladbroke Grove in West London. The Partnership’s ambitious masterplan for the project has capacity for up to 2,800 homes in a major mixed-use canal-side town centre with a forecast development value of £1.7bn. The project will involve restoration of an […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
BCP Council increases regeneration budget by 500% as they eye up projects totalling £2bn Jul 30, 2021 The Deputy Leader of BCP Council (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole), has said a group has been set-up to enable the council to start delivering on the £2bn sites across the conurbation. Philip Broadhead, who also holds the role of Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, said: “There is a lot of excitement about the wider regeneration of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
