UKREiiF News

Peabody plans 1,000 homes at former prison redevelopment

Peabody has revealed redevelopment plans for the former Holloway women’s prison in north London. The plans would see the historic site opened to the public for the first time, delivering nearly 1,000 homes, a new 1.5 acre public park, and a landmark Women’s Building. Around 60% of the scheme will be for affordable housing. Most […]

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Transport for London plans property company to develop 46,000 homes

Transport for London (TfL) has published proposals for a “dedicated, self-financing property company” that it plans to use to deliver housing after agreeing a new funding package with the government. The organisation claims that the company has the potential to deliver between 10,000 and 46,000 new homes. Proposals reviewed at a meeting of TfL’s finance […]

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Center Parcs announces plans for new £400m holiday village

Center Parcs has identified a site in Sussex to build a new £400 million holiday park, it has been announced. Approximately 1,500 permanent jobs could be created if the site for its sixth UK holiday village in Crawley goes ahead. The company has secured an option agreement to acquire privately owned woodland at Oldhouse Warren off […]

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Derwent and Native Land to develop 100 George Street

The high quality apartments will form part of Derwent London’s larger 297,000 sq ft mixed-use 19-35 Baker Street W1 project on The Portman Estate. Derwent London, the largest central London focused REIT, is partnering with Native Land, a leading London prime residential and mixed-use developer, to develop 100 George Street W1, a 41-unit high quality […]

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Asian inward investment into UK tech sector ‘booming’

Data compiled for the UK Government shows investment into the UK tech space from the middle east and Asia region is booming. The UK tech ecosystem is attracting record levels of venture capital money from Asian and Middle Eastern investors with FinTech leading the charge. The three most attractive sectors for Eastern capital are fintech, […]

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Oxford Properties & Logistics Capital Partners form joint-venture to develop UK’s largest logistics site

-c.£1 billion investment will deliver a c.8 million sq ft new logistics hub with new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange across 734-acre site in prime midlands logistics corridor- -West Midlands Interchange will drive economic growth, generating 8,500 jobs, a further 8,100 indirect jobs and 109 acres of new parkland- Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”), a leading global […]

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Orchard Street signs three tenants at prime Farrington office scheme

Orchard Street Investment Management, the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed three further lettings at its newly refurbished 75 Farringdon Road office building in London’s Midtown, leasing c.11,000 sq ft of space and bringing the scheme to over 60% let. Interior design brand König + Neurath has agreed to take c.4,500 sq ft of […]

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