Platform Housing secures 150-homes for affordable housing in deal with Vistry Oct 21, 2024 A Gloucestershire village will be the latest to benefit from new affordable homes from a large Midlands provider. Platform Housing Group – which manages almost 50,000 homes across the region – has agreed a deal with Vistry, Britain’s biggest housebuilder and leading provider of affordable homes, for the site at Fiddington Lane in Ashchurch. In […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Cain partners with Olympian Homes to expand PBSA platform with St James House redevelopment in Bristol Oct 18, 2024 Cain International (‘Cain’), the alternative asset manager specialising in real estate investment solutions, announced its acquisition and redevelopment plans for St James House in partnership with UK based real estate Developer, Olympian Homes. The scheme, set to be the tallest in Bristol at 28 storeys, will provide 574 beds and bring Cain’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Application for 435 new homes approved by Bristol City Council’s Planning Committee Oct 3, 2024 Work can now begin to regenerate the brownfield site, which forms part of the Temple Quarter regeneration area, which aims to create a ‘flourishing new urban quarter for Bristol.’ The development will also deliver 773 m² of flexible ground floor space for commercial uses alongside 43 affordable homes. The plans include a new cycle lane […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Plans approved for redevelopment of former Royal Mail site at Maidstone East Sep 30, 2024 Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) Planning Committee last night approved plans for the redevelopment of the Former Royal Mail Sorting Office site, at Maidstone East, for mixed-use development which is predominantly residential. The development will include 180 apartments, 1,863 square metres of commercial and/or community space and around one acre of open green space town centre […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Watkin Jones practically completes on 335-bed PBSA scheme in Bath Sep 20, 2024 Watkin Jones, the UK’s leading developer and manager of residential for rent, is pleased to announce that the Group recently practically completed on a 335-bed purpose-built student accommodation (‘PBSA’) scheme called The Brook, situated in Lower Bristol Road in Bath. This milestone marks the completion of the final development in a portfolio of three PBSA […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Oval Real Estate secures lease with BLOCK Workspace at The Fairfax in Bristol Sep 6, 2024 JLL has announced the successful completion of a lease agreement at The Fairfax, a prominent office development undertaken by Oval Real Estate in the heart of Bristol. BLOCK Workspace, a renowned serviced office operator, has secured four floors of the office development. Covering floors 2, 3, 5, and 12, BLOCK Workspace has acquired 21,325 sq […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Western Gateway returns to the UK’s largest investment conference in 2025 Sep 4, 2024 The Western Gateway partnership has announced that it will be returning to the UK’s Real Estate, Infrastructure and Investment Forum (UKREiiF) in 2025 with its own dedicated pavilion to showcase the best of what the area has to offer. Bringing together local authorities and businesses from across South Wales and Western England, the Western Gateway […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Gloucestershire Science and Technology Park Sold for Nuclear Research Super Cluster Aug 23, 2024 The 40-acre Gloucestershire Science and Technology Park in Berkeley has been acquired by Chiltern Vital Berkeley Ltd (CVB), with plans to establish the UK’s first low carbon “super cluster” for nuclear research, education, and artificial intelligence. The Berkeley site, once home to one of the world’s first civil nuclear power stations, played a crucial role […] Posted by: David Gilbank Read more
Green light for Bicester Motion and Skyports’ first UK vertiport testbed to advance electric air taxi industry Aug 20, 2024 Bicester Motion, the 444-acre future mobility estate in Bicester, Oxfordshire and Skyports Infrastructure, the leader in vertiport infrastructure for the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry, have been given the green light to build the UK’s first vertiport testbed for the electric air taxi industry. The application for the new vertiport to be built at Bicester […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Wavensmere Homes Receives Green Light for £55m Cheltenham Town Centre Redevelopment Aug 16, 2024 Wavensmere Homes and BBS Capital have received unanimous approval from Cheltenham Borough Council’s planning committee for the redevelopment of the North Place surface car park, located within Cheltenham’s Central Conservation Area. Arkle Court will comprise 147 houses and apartments, designed to sensitively enhance the street scene, including Grade II* listed St Margaret’s Terrace. The £55m […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
