Bedford town centre to gain hundreds of ‘much needed’ homes with Build To Rent scheme Sep 13, 2022 Hundreds of new rental homes could be coming to Bedford’s town centre, if a proposed scheme goes ahead. The plan is to deliver a mix of studio apartments and, one, two and three bedroom homes. The scheme would come with onsite facilities, which could include a gym, a cinema room and public spaces, all of […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Aedifica invests £13.5M in the construction of a care home Sep 12, 2022 A forward acquisition of a care home is to be constructed in Biddenham (UK) for the Maria Mallaband Care Group with an investment of approx. £13.5 million. The care home will have a capacity of 60 residents. Stefaan Gielens, CEO of Aedifica, commented: “We are pleased to announce that Aedifica will invest approx. £13.5 million […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Northwood Investors and Chancerygate acquire urban logistics site in £50m deal Aug 30, 2022 A joint venture (JV) has acquired Titan Industrial Estate on Hogg Lane in Grays, Essex, for £50m to speculatively build 430,000 sq ft of Grade A urban logistics and industrial space. Developer Chancerygate and real estate private equity firm Northwood Investors have purchased the 35-acre site which is located one mile north of the town […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Fiera Real Estate and Wrenbridge acquire 2.3-acre site for Grade A industrial scheme Aug 23, 2022 Fiera Real Estate (“FRE UK”) and Wrenbridge are pleased to announce the acquisition of a 2.3-acre site in Hemel Hempstead. The business plan is to obtain planning and speculatively develop a new 52,000 sq.ft Grade A industrial warehouse development with a GDV of £22m. The site was purchased through the Fiera Real Estate Logistics Development […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Present Made receives approval for £160m Cambridge scheme Aug 23, 2022 Present Made, the UK’s first purpose-built and designed single-family rental housing platform, has secured planning committee approval for its debut development. Located in Eddington, Cambridge, the £160m GDV scheme has been designed by award-winning practice Jo Cowen Architects and will form a key part of the University of Cambridge’s North West Cambridge masterplan. The homes […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Hopkins Homes kickstarts expansion with 16-acre acquisition Aug 1, 2022 East Anglia’s largest privately owned housebuilder, Hopkins Homes, has marked the beginning of its expansion into new areas by acquiring a 16-acre site in Chelmsford, Essex. Beaulieu Park, just 30 miles from London, signals Hopkins Homes’ intent to grow its renowned collection of distinctive, aspirational homes outside of its traditional roots and reinforces the housebuilder’s […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UBS and Reef JV to develop major life sciences campus Jul 4, 2022 UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets and Reef Group (Reef) today announces a joint venture as the investor and co-developer for a major campus for life science businesses in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The new campus, which will be one of the largest of its kind in the UK and Europe, will be built alongside […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Chancerygate’s latest urban logistics scheme gets approval Jun 20, 2022 Developer Chancerygate has been granted planning permission to build around 58,000 sq ft of Grade A urban logistics and industrial space in Witham, Essex. Called Freebournes Park the speculative development will comprise 10 units ranging from 4,390 sq ft to 7,030 ft which are available on a leasehold basis. Construction of the scheme is set […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Cain extends Jaynic logistics development loan to £19.25 million Jun 7, 2022 Cain International (“Cain”), the privately held investment firm, has agreed an extended development finance facility of £19.25 million with Jaynic Property Group. Cain originally lent £13.8 million in February 2022 for the development of SP160, a 160,000 sq ft warehouse at Jaynic’s Suffolk Park logistics scheme to the east of Bury St Edmunds. It has […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
GSK announcement imminent on UK Science Cluster development partner May 30, 2022 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is on the verge of announcing a development partner, as they look deploy investment into the UK and create a new bioscience cluster near its research base in Stevenage. Last year they outlined their desire to develop a 33-acre site in Hertfordshire which would become a life science hub creating up to 5,000 […] Posted by: Leon Newton Read more
