HBD Secures Planning Amendments for £150 Million Build-to-Rent Scheme in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter Oct 29, 2025 Property developer HBD has secured planning amendments for its £150 million Birmingham Neighbourhood build-to-rent (BTR) development in the Jewellery Quarter, enabling a larger and more sustainable urban community. The revised plans increase the scheme to 504 apartments, up from the originally approved 414, through the addition of an extra storey to four of the five […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Wavensmere Homes Submits £45m Plans for Former Clarendon Suites Site in Edgbaston Aug 21, 2025 Wavensmere Homes has submitted a full planning application to Birmingham City Council for its proposed £45m redevelopment of the Clarendon Suites site in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The 1.39 Ha (3.43-acre) site – which has lain vacant for over a decade – could accommodate 165 new houses and apartments. The prime development opportunity is located off Clarendon […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
MCR Property Group Acquires 1,000-Bed PBSA Portfolio Aug 7, 2025 MCR Property Group has announced the successful acquisition of a 1,013-bed portfolio of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), significantly expanding its national presence and further cementing its position as one of the UK’s most active investors in the student living sector. The newly acquired portfolio includes five high-quality, city-centre assets: Corporation Village, Burges House, Pillar Box […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Woodbourne Group completes £6.5m Lidl deal with Realty income Feb 12, 2025 Realty Income, an S&P 500-listed investor, has acquired the freehold interest in a Lidl store at Redditch in a £6.497 million deal with Woodbourne Group. The supermarket opened in July 2022 following a major redevelopment of the Battens Drive site by Woodbourne Group, creating around 40 new jobs. Prior to the redevelopment, Birmingham-based Woodbourne Group […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Birmingham scores transformative investment into new Sports Quarter Feb 5, 2025 US company Knighthead has invested £100 million into East Birmingham, showing how the Government’s Plan for Change is boosting jobs and opportunities in the West Midlands. The new site is estimated to create 8,400 new jobs annually in Birmingham while also supporting the wider city and West Midlands. The investment will pave the way for […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
£20m Loan Funding Agreed for Wavensmere’s £150m Wolverhampton Canalside South Feb 5, 2025 £20m of development funding for the Canalside South regeneration scheme in Wolverhampton was today announced by Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has provided the loan facility to Wavensmere Homes to bring about the £150m redevelopment and provide hundreds of new homes, including 109 affordable plots. The 17.5-acre […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Caddick Wins £43m Contract For Digbeth Regeneration Scheme Jan 30, 2025 Caddick is building its placemaking pipeline in Birmingham with its appointment to deliver the first phase of Cole Waterhouse’s flagship regeneration project, Upper Trinity Street in Digbeth. The 182,986 sq. ft residential project inaugurates a wider regeneration of the Upper Trinity Street scheme in Digbeth, and will comprise 211 apartments in total, 115 of which […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Wavensmere Sells 262 Single Family Homes to Kennedy Wilson Jan 30, 2025 Wavensmere Homes has exchanged on the sale of a portfolio of 262 single-family homes in the Midlands to global real estate investment company, Kennedy Wilson. The portfolio comprises 131 homes which are currently under construction at Wavensmere Homes’ £75 million redevelopment of Friar Gate Goods Yard in Derby city centre. 131 houses will also be […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Quadreal and Realstar acquire Birmingham BtR scheme Jan 20, 2025 Quadreal Property Group (“QuadReal”) a global real estate investment, operating and development company, and Realstar, a Canadian real estate investment and management company today announce that they have acquired Allegro, the Build to Rent (BTR) scheme located within One Exchange Square in Birmingham. The property has been acquired as a joint venture. The 345,662 sq. […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Avant Homes submits plans for £19m development in Coventry Jan 15, 2025 Housebuilder Avant Homes has submitted plans and exchanged contracts on a 4.71-acre site in Allesley, Coventry, to deliver a £18.8m, 60-home development. The proposed development, which will be called Allesley Heights, is located off Birmingham Road will comprise a mix of one-bedroom apartments and two-, three- and four-bedroom homes. If given the go ahead by […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
