Wavensmere Homes Launches £10m Short-term Rental Facility at Nightingale Quarter, Derby Apr 15, 2024 Wavensmere Homes has launched ‘Covo’ a £10m short-term rental operation within the newest apartment building to complete at its £175m Nightingale Quarter development in Derby city centre. Bookings are being taken for stays of two nights or longer via a dedicated online portal. Comprising all 52 apartments within the six-storey red brick Hardwick House – […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Wavensmere Homes’ £75m Plans for Derby’s Friar Gate Goods Yard Recommended for Approval Apr 18, 2024 Plans submitted by Wavensmere Homes and Clowes Developments for the redevelopment of the city’s historic Friar Gate Goods Yard have been recommended for approval by Derby City Council’s planning officials. The detailed design proposals – submitted in August 2023 – set out the vision for the reanimation of two landmark Grade II listed buildings into […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
West Northamptonshire Council Acquires St James’ Depot for Northampton Revitalisation Nov 9, 2023 In a strategic move to revitalise Northampton, West Northamptonshire Council has acquired the former St James’ Depot, an area lying dormant for over a decade. This 4.5-acre site is set to be transformed into a vibrant housing development as part of Northampton’s broader regeneration efforts. The council, having purchased the site from Church’s Shoes, is […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Contractor wanted for Tritax’s speculative East Midlands logistics park Apr 14, 2021 The first phase of Tritax Symmetry’s 2million sqft logistics park in the East Midlands has gained approval. The warehouse specialist plans to build seven large-scale warehouses on an 111-acre site near Rugby (just off the M45) and this week was granted planning permission for the first two speculative units – 186,000 and 134,000 sqft. Both […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
DFI snaps up £35.6m Leicester student accommodation block Apr 14, 2021 Investor Deutsche Finance International (DFI) has stepped up its drive to acquire purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) with a £35.6m purchase of a 462-bed development in Leicester. The London-based firm, which manages nearly €3bn in assets, has completed off-market with developers Watkin Jones on behalf of its pan-European Value Add Fund. The deal represents DFI’s second […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Travis Perkins boost for CEG’s Nottinghamshire development Mar 31, 2021 Property investors CEG has submitted a detailed planning application to deliver a 1,933 sqm builders merchant facility for Travis Perkins at the Vesuvius retail park in North Nottinghamshire. The proposal will further regenerate this brownfield site and address a live requirement for a new bespoke Travis Perkins facility within Worksop. CEG is currently managing the comprehensive […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Major new Derbyshire warehouse hub set for Midlands Main Line link-up Mar 29, 2021 The owners of a proposed rail-connected warehouse scheme in Derbyshire hope it will become a major distribution hub for the Midlands. New Stanton Park, situated just off junction 25 of M1, sits adjacent to the Midland Main Line and current plans have it capable of accommodating the largest of goods locomotive thanks to a 935-metre-long […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Nottingham town centre redevelopment restarting thanks to £12m grants Mar 25, 2021 Nottingham City Council (NCC) has received £12m in funding to pave the way for the restart of its Broadmarsh shopping centre redevelopment. NCC has received £8m from the D2N2’ Local Enterprise Partnership’s Getting Building Fund along with £4m of match funding from the Transforming Cities Fund to complete the demolition phase, which is due to […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Councils unite for ambitious £5bn East Midlands regeneration plan Mar 24, 2021 Five councils in the East Midlands today announced they have joined forces to create a £5bn regeneration plan across three huge sites in the region. Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire County Councils have partnered with Broxtowe Borough, Rushcliffe Borough and North West Leicestershire District Council to fund an interim body that will eventually become the East Midlands […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Hammerson reveals new look for former Debenhams store Mar 16, 2021 Hammerson, who this week announced a £1.6bn write down of its retail property portfolio, has submitted plans to redevelop the former Debenhams in Leicester into new homes for rent. The property investment company has worked jointly with private-rented-sector specialist Packaged Living, which has extensive experience of bringing forward high quality PRS schemes, to develop the […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
LondonMetric reinvests in Milton Keynes warehouses Mar 16, 2021 Logistics specialist LondonMetric has bought two warehouses in Milton Keynes for £31.2m. The two properties have been acquired in separate transactions and comprise a 66,000 sqft unit, which is let to TalkTalk as a data centre and has been acquired for £23.9m, and a 42,000 sqft urban logistics warehouse which is three miles from the centre […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Government help for £800m Nottingham expansion Mar 15, 2021 An £83m package of Government funding has been agreed to accelerate the delivery of 3,000 homes on a £800m mixed use development scheme on the edge of Nottingham. Clowes has received £62m from Homes England’s Land Assembly Fund and £21m loan from the Home Building Fund towards the development of the 606-acre site at Fairham. […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
