Built Environment Networking Blog: London News

Oxenwood secures £63m development loan from Blackstone

Oxenwood Real Estate, the UK and European real estate investment management firm, has secured a £63 million debt facility from Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies to fund two UK logistics developments.The three-year development loan has been secured on behalf of Oxenwood Logistics Fund 1 SLP, a discretionary fund managed by Oxenwood. The largest of the […]

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Oxygen Asset Management Acquires London Office Building

Oxygen Asset Management has successfully acquired 11 Leadenhall Street, a freehold office building located in the heart of the City of London. Spanning 15,117 square feet, this property marks a significant milestone as the firm’s first acquisition within its London value-add office strategy. Founded in 2004, Oxygen Asset Management is known for its expertise in […]

Posted by: Deividas Krupstas

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Packaged Living and Aviva Investors to fund delivery of 121 new homes in Ebbsfleet, Kent in partnership with Chartway

Packaged Living, the UK’s leading sustainable living specialist, and Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announce they have completed a deal to forward-fund the delivery of 121 new homes in Ebbsfleet, Kent with a GDV of c. £50m from Chartway Partnerships Group, a land-led South-East England housebuilder specialising in the development […]

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Panattoni Acquires Prime West London Site for shed development

Panattoni, the largest logistics real estate developer in the UK and Europe, is working up plans for a speculative 80,000 sq ft last-mile logistics development in the sought-after West London catchment. The net zero carbon development, which will be called Panattoni Poyle 80, is located west of London Heathrow and close to junction 14 of […]

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Pandox Acquires Three London Extended Stay Hotels for £230 Million

Pandox, a prominent hotel property owner, has completed the acquisition of three extended stay hotels in central London for £230 million. The purchase includes 503 rooms spread across three Residence Inn by Marriott locations in Kensington, London Bridge, and Tower Bridge. The properties will continue to be operated by Axiom Hospitality under a management agreement. […]

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Paragon Bank Funds £26m for 170-Unit Housing Scheme in Essex

Paragon Bank has entered into a financial agreement with Chase Homes, offering a £26 million package to back a housing project in Saffron Walden, Essex. This initiative will comprise 170 housing units. The funding package, which includes a £24 million revolving credit facility and a £2 million VAT support package, will enable the acquisition of […]

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Partnerships sees 1800 new homes developed in Wembley and Dollis Hill

A partnership between leading housebuilder The Hill Group and Pinnacle Investments has entered into a contract with the United Colleges Group, to redevelop two sites in Dollis Hill and Wembley which will together deliver over 1,800 new homes. The parcel of land off Dudden Hill Lane, which is earmarked for approximately 1,500 new, energy efficient, […]

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PATRIZIA gets green light for Camden Grade A office development

PATRIZIA AG, a leading partner for global real assets, has secured planning permission from London’s Camden Council to convert the iconic hClub building into a state-of-the-art office in the heart of Covent Garden on Endell Street. The plans will see PATRIZIA transform the former members’ club into c. 35,000 sq. ft. of Grade A office […]

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PATRIZIA secures strategic repositioning mandate for iconic Pinners Hall in the City of London

PATRIZIA has been appointed by Far East Organization – Singapore’s largest private property developer – to partner and spearhead the repositioning of an iconic office building in the City of London. PATRIZIA, a leading partner for global real assets, has been appointed by Far East Organization – Singapore’s largest private property developer – to partner […]

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Peabody and Lovell Partnerships Forge New Residential Scheme in South Thamesmead

Peabody, in collaboration with Lovell Partnerships, has embarked on a venture to develop the second phase of a comprehensive regeneration plan for South Thamesmead, London. This partnership, split evenly between the two entities, aims to construct 329 mixed-tenure homes, of which 42% will be categorised as affordable housing. The project’s commencement is scheduled for early […]

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Peckham’s Aylesham Centre Set for Transformation with 850 New Homes

dRMM Architects has unveiled plans to transform the Aylesham Centre in Peckham, aiming to breathe new life into the south London neighbourhood. The project, supported by Berkeley Homes, proposes the construction of over a dozen new buildings on a 2.7-hectare site along Rye Lane, Peckham’s bustling main thoroughfare. This ambitious scheme replaces earlier proposals and […]

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PGIM and Valor Collaborate on Financing London’s Prime Industrial Assets

In a recent development, PGIM Real Estate has extended a floating-rate senior investment loan to Valor Real Estate Partners for a significant industrial portfolio in Greater London. This collaboration marks the fourth transaction between PGIM and Valor. The portfolio, spanning 518,000 ft^2, comprises 11 properties strategically located near the M25 motorway. Impressively, six of these […]

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