Avant Homes announces new regional launch with five development sites

Avant Homes has announced the launch of its seventh region with five developments set to deliver 726 new homes in North Yorkshire with a total gross development value of £206m. The business already has work underway at its 80-home Ambretone Park development in Green Hammerton, Harrogate; 154-home Greenwards Point development in Easingwold, York; and 129-home […]

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Octopus Real Estate completes £26m loan for sustainable homes at The Climate Innovation District as part of Leeds South Bank regeneration

Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has provided a £26m loan facility to pioneering sustainable developer Citu as part of the second phase of Citu’s Climate Innovation District. The development is a major pillar of the Leeds South Bank regeneration scheme – one of […]

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Helmsley Group continues York acquisition spree

A set of prominent buildings in York city centre have been bought by property investment and development specialist Helmsley Group. Helmsley has acquired the adjoining 1 Feasegate and 1-2 St Sampson’s Square, which are let to leading footwear and clothing retailer Size?. The buildings, which were acquired for an undisclosed sum from a major UK […]

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BWP REIT PLC has raised £35m for Leeds property

BWP REIT PLC has raised £35m and will list on the IPSX, the world’s first regulated exchange for single asset real estate companies. The listing also shows how IPSX as a public market can be used as a force for good and a new capital markets option – in this case solving a cladding issue […]

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Go ahead given for new £12.5m health hub in Castleford

Health care for residents in Castleford will get a massive boost after councillors gave the green light to a multi-million pound investment in a new purpose-built health hub in the town. With increasing demand for healthcare services, Wakefield Council is investing £12.5 million in building a new hub, after Cabinet members approved  funding  (on Tuesday […]

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Sheffield Hallam University to open new campus in London!

Sheffield Hallam University will open its first satellite campus outside of Sheffield in Brent Cross Town, the 180-acre, £8Bn new park town in London.  The University is another piece of Brent Cross Town’s transformative 3 million sq ft commercial district of academic organisations, major corporations, global innovators, start-ups and scale-ups and will bring forward the […]

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Centrica and Equinor sign co-operation agreement for East Yorkshire hydrogen hub

Centrica and Equinor have signed a co-operation agreement to explore developing a low-carbon hydrogen production hub at Easington in East Yorkshire, further strengthening the region’s growing status as the UK’s foremost hydrogen super place.  Under the co-operation plan, the Centrica-operated area at Easington could transition to a low carbon hydrogen production hub over the coming […]

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Major Leeds development secures council approval

Plans for 9 Wellington Place have been given the green light by Leeds City Council. The latest addition to the MEPC developed urban quarter will provide 176,413 sq ft of office and 6,851 sq ft of ground floor retail and leisure space. Bringing hundreds more jobs to the Leeds city centre business destination, 9 Wellington […]

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Decision due on plan to build new £12.5m health hub in Castleford

  Castleford will have a new purpose-built health hub if senior councillors give their approval. To meet the increasing demand for healthcare services, Wakefield Council is planning to invest £12.5 million in building a new hub. Two existing GP practices, along with a new practice and Council services would open in the building, that is […]

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