UKREiiF News

Nissan plans for £1.7bn Gigafactory in Sunderland

Nissan are set to announce plans for a £1.7bn Gigafactory set to be located in Sunderland. The Japanese car manufacturer is in the final stages of talks to build the ‘gigafactory’, which is expected to be up and running by 2024 and could make at least 200,000 batteries for electric vehicles each year. The firm, […]

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£200m Leicester Railway Station regeneration project proposed

People across Leicester are being called on for their input into a major new plan setting out transport and travel priorities for the city for the next 15 years, including a £200m regeneration project for Leicester Railway Station and a future workplace parking levy. The draft Leicester Transport Plan has been drawn up, focusing on […]

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Equinor to triple UK hyrdogen output with world’s biggest hyrdogen plant planned

Norway’s state oil company Equinor will triple its UK hydrogen output, after setting out plans to build the world’s biggest hydrogen production plant with carbon capture and storage technology near Hull. Equinor plans to produce clean-burning “blue hydrogen” to supply the Keadby gas power plant in Lincolnshire, owned by energy company SSE, making it the […]

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Blackbrook acquires 550,000 sq ft high-spec UK logistics asset

Blackbrook Capital (Blackbrook), a European independent real estate investment firm focusing on mission-critical commercial property, has acquired Trenport’s 550,000 sq ft high-spec logistics facility at East Midlands Gateway in the United Kingdom. The cross-docked logistics asset, which came online in 2020, was completed specifically for The Very Group (TVG), the UK’s second largest pure-play online […]

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Mulbury brings forward 240 home project in Manchester

The property developer is aiming to build 237 new homes across two buildings – on a site behind the Marble Arch pub. The scheme, designed by Jon Matthews Architects, will include: Two blocks of 12 and 10 storeys 223 apartments 14 townhouses A planning application is likely to be submitted to Manchester City Council this […]

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CAPITAL&CENTRIC grows with bunch of new hires

Social impact developer CAPITAL&CENTRIC, an exhibitor at UKREiiF May 2022, has made five new hires as the company continues to grow. Bolstering the development team is David Wells, who joins after a decade at Muse Developments where he was the Regional Director running the Leeds office. David brings a wealth of experience in public/private sector […]

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Kennedy Wilson acquire London office for £180m

Global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson has acquired One Embassy Gardens for £180m in an off-market transaction that is currently expected to add £9 million in annual net operating income. Located in London’s Nine Elms district, the 156,000 square foot, recently developed, Grade A office building was designed to minimize energy and water consumption […]

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CBRE hires Andrew Hulme from BNP Paribas Real Estate

Global real estate advisor, CBRE has today announced the appointment of Andrew Hulme as an Executive Director, within its UK Investment Properties team. Andrew has a wealth of experience in the retail sector having been made an equity partner at Strutt & Parker when he was 32, then most recently at BNP Paribas Real Estate […]

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