Built Environment Networking Blog: East Midlands News

Pluto £25m finance deal Leicester

Pluto Finance has announced the successful completion of a £25m loan agreement with HGP for the development of a Build-to-Rent project in the city of Leicester. Pluto Finance, a leading development finance provider, has confirmed its second loan agreement with the Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) for the development of a Build to Rent (BTR) project […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Preferred Developer announced for a major £130+ million Northampton regeneration project

West Northamptonshire Council has confirmed that national regeneration developer, Cityheart has been announced as their preferred development partner to bring forward the Four Waterside and Marefair sites. Working in a joint venture partnership with West Northamptonshire Council (‘WNC’) Cityheart will deliver a transformational and ambitious scheme for the town centre. Situated at the entrance of […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Prologis launches logistics training programme

A group of job seekers from Northamptonshire will be the first to benefit from a new training programme created by Prologis.  In a week where European Supply Chain Day (15 April) will highlight the importance of the logistics and transport sector, participants in the week-long pilot scheme for the Prologis Warehousing and Logistics Training Programme […]

Posted by: Mark Flanagan

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Proposals submitted for £350m battery site

Following a period of public consultation and planning assessment, Exagen has today announced that Normanton Energy Reserve, a 500 MW / 1 GWh grid-scale battery site on land to the northeast of Earl Shilton, Leicestershire – has been submitted to Blaby District Council. With plans for further consultation with the local community, the site is […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Quantum Development Finance Provide £15m Loan Funding for Wavensmere’s Milford Mills in North Derbyshire

Quantum Development Finance has agreed to provide Wavensmere Homes with a £15m loan to enable the £22m redevelopment of Milford Mills, which overlooks the River Derwent, located between Belper and Duffield in north Derbyshire. The development will comprise 69 new homes to be delivered on the historic brownfield site, which is within the Derwent Valley Mills […]

Posted by: Deividas Krupstas

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Quilvest acquires UK multi-let industrial estate

Quilvest Capital Partners (“Quilvest” or “QCP”), working with operating partner Arax Properties Limited, is pleased to announce that its dedicated real estate investment arm, QCP Real Estate, has acquired Falcon Works (the “property”), a multi-let industrial estate in Loughborough, UK. The 53-acre property, strategically located in the heart of the UK Midlands’ ‘Golden Triangle’ logistics and […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Revealed: The 20 English Towns and Cities to get 11,500 New Homes

The government has announced the 20 towns and cities poised to benefit from the construction of 11,500 new homes. This initiative aims to provide a substantial boost to housing availability, targeting previously developed brownfield sites to accommodate this significant increase. The strategy not only seeks to make home ownership more attainable for younger buyers but […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Rolls Royce shortlists six sites for nuclear reactor factory

Rolls-Royce has moved forward in their bid to develop new Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) across the UK by highlighting six locations where they may look to develop a new factory which builds nuclear reactors. The UK Government is looking to build 16 SMRs in the next 25 years – as the Government looks to enhance […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Rolls-Royce Submarines to expand site in Derby

Rolls-Royce today announced it plans to almost double the size of its Raynesway site, creating hundreds of new jobs in Derby. Funded by the MoD, the site development is required to meet the growth in demand from the Royal Navy and as a result of the recent AUKUS announcement. In March 2023 it was confirmed […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Sanders Senior Living places new care home in Leicestershire

Knight Frank, the leading global property adviser, has advised Sanders Senior Living on the acquisition strategy for a new care home development in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.Sanders Senior Living has completed the transaction for the development of a new, future-proofed care home facility in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire which will comprise 60 bedrooms on a one acre […]

Posted by: Leon Newton

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Savills IM acquires two single-family Build to Rent assets for £50m

International real estate investment manager – Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) – completes the acquisition of two forward-funded single-family Build to Rent sites in the Midlands – both developed by Urban & Civic – for approximately £50m. Both acquisitions were off-market transactions, and the first in Savills IM’s Build to Rent portfolio. Savills IM worked with […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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