Feldberg Capital Makes Central London £500 Million Investment Dec 12, 2023 Feldberg Capital has taken a significant step towards sustainable development in London’s real estate sector by initiating a major investment fund focused on eco-friendly transformations. This initiative, named the ReForm Fund, made its first major move by acquiring the 8 Bloomsbury Street property in central London, signalling a commitment to environmentally sustainable practices in property […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Fiera Real Estate and Wrenbridge acquire a 15-acre site in prime West London location to develop c.£60m scheme Jun 19, 2023 Fiera Real Estate (“Fiera”) and Wrenbridge are pleased to announce the off-market acquisition of 14.8-acres in Heathrow, West London from Stonegate Homes. The business plan is to speculatively develop a Grade A urban logistics development with a GDV of c.£60m. This represents the fourth acquisition for the Fiera Real Estate Logistics Development Fund UK […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Fiera Real Estate and Wrenbridge acquire a 2.6-acre site in Waltham Cross to develop a c. £25m scheme Dec 14, 2023 Fiera Real Estate (“Fiera”) and Wrenbridge are pleased to announce the acquisition of a 2.6 acre site on Britannia Road, Waltham Cross. The business plan is to speculatively develop a mid-box urban logistics unit with a GDV of c.£25m. This represents the sixth acquisition for the Fiera Real Estate Logistics Development Fund UK (“FRELD”) which […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Fiera’s European Real Estate Debt platform completes a £58m refinancing of W.RE’s Arding & Hobbs in Clapham Junction Jan 14, 2025 Fiera Real Estate Debt Strategies (“Fiera”), an affiliate of Fiera Capital Corporation, a global asset manager with $122.5 billion in assets under management, has provided a £58 million senior debt facility to W.RE, to refinance the iconic Arding and Hobbs building in London’s Clapham Junction. The landmark property, located directly opposite Clapham Junction station, was […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Finance Agreed: Yorkshire Industrial Site gets Multi-Million Pound Revamp Oct 25, 2023 Property investors Countrylarge have secured a plot of unused industrial land at the junction of Sayner Lane and Carlisle Road, adjacent to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds’ South Bank. This acquisition was facilitated through a short-term finance agreement with specialist lender Together. Antony Rosindale of Country Large highlighted the scheme’s potential to address the […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Firethorn Trust expands student accommodation portfolio with Stratford acquisition Sep 12, 2024 Real estate investor, developer and asset manager, Firethorn Trust, has acquired a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development site in Hackney Wick London, under its growing Living platform. Firethorn purchased the site for an undisclosed sum, with planning permission to develop 204 high-quality student beds, 35% of which will be affordable accommodation. It will feature generous […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Firethorn Trust receives green light on plans for landmark London conversion Sep 23, 2024 UK real estate investor, developer and asset manager, Firethorn Trust, has secured planning permission to convert One Bessborough Gardens into residential accommodation. Situated in the City of Westminster, the four-storey site, which overlooks Bessborough Gardens and the River Thames, is a former office building spanning 70,000 sq ft. Firethorn acquired the asset in June 2024, […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
First EV charger of country-leading rollout live in Hackney Mar 6, 2024 The first of 2,500 new electric vehicle chargers in Hackney has been installed at Follingham Court, Hoxton, as part of one of the country’s biggest rollouts of EV charging infrastructure. Marking the first time a whole-area network at this scale has been planned, Hackney Council is working with its partner Zest on the rollout, which […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Former Belgravia Police Station Set for Luxury Hotel Transformation Oct 6, 2023 EPR Architects have put forth plans to revamp the erstwhile Belgravia police station into a 252-room luxury hotel. Located at 202-206 Buckingham Palace Road, the project is poised to become the third London venue for the rapidly growing hotelier, The Other Group. The group inaugurated its debut hotel in South Kensington in the previous year […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Fusion and Cheyne Capital acquire second site in Brent Cross Town to deliver £275m PBSA development Aug 15, 2024 Fusion Group, one of the largest privately-owned student accommodation developers and operators in the UK, and global alternative investment manager Cheyne Capital have jointly acquired a second site for purpose-built student accommodation in Brent Cross Town. Brent Cross Town is a 180-acre, £8bn mixed-use town development in north London being delivered by Related Argent and […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Galliard acquires three development sites Jan 24, 2022 Galliard Homes has acquired three key London commuter sites for £265m of residential development. The deals for sites in Redbridge, Ipswich and Milton Keynes follow a successful period last year when Galliard sold out schemes with a combined development value in excess of £800m. In the biggest deal, Galliard has acquired ‘The Point’, a former […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Gatwick Diamond Regional Delegation to go to Global Real Estate Conference Dec 13, 2023 South East local and regional authorities are joining forces with private sector affiliates to showcase the region to over 10,000 investors, developers, occupiers and local authorities at UKREiiF 2024. Under the Invest in the Gatwick Diamond umbrella, this is the region’s first-ever delegation to The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in Leeds […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more