Built Environment Networking Blog: London News

Picton exchanges contracts for the sale of part vacant office asset

Picton has agreed to sell its second largest office asset, Angel Gate, London, EC1 for £29.6 million, with completion due on 9 April 2024. This is in line with the Company’s strategy to repurpose appropriate office assets and follows the Company securing residential planning consents during 2023 and a subsequent structured marketing process this year. […]

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Pioneer Group and King’s College London to deliver first-of-its-kind incubator partnership

Pioneer Group has announced a new partnership with King’s College London to launch new dedicated start-up incubators in biotech and medtech on the South Bank of London. In a first-of-its-kind partnership in the UK, King’s College London has teamed up with Pioneer Group, the specialist life sciences real estate and venture building company, to develop […]

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Plan for 48-floor tower in London’s Square Mile

Plans to build a 48-floor office tower close to the Broadgate development by Chinese firm Giant Mind. Architect SOM is working up designs ahead of submitting a planning application for the 41,000 sq m scheme. Proposals include a terrace at mid-level on the 200m tall building. New plans replace previous proposals approved by Hackney Borough […]

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Planning Approval Granted for Major 485-Home Co-Living Development in Woolwich

Planning approval has been granted for a transformative mixed-use development in Woolwich, southeast London, bringing 485 co-living rooms, 20 social rent flats, and an array of community spaces to the area. Approved by Greenwich Council, the project will be located on a 1.11-hectare site bordered by Wellington Street, Polytechnic Street, and Thomas Street, providing a […]

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Planning consent secured by Legal & General for £750m hyperscale data centre

Legal & General (‘L&G’), specialist digital infrastructure investment firm Goldacre, and data centre development partner sineQN, announce planning has been approved for a £750m sustainable, urban hyperscale data centre investment located in the London Borough of Newham. The development is expected to contribute £88m to Newham’s GVA (gross value added), creating over a thousand skilled […]

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Planning granted for Grade A Office refurbishment in London

Deka Immobilien has been granted planning permission for a significant renovation of 1 Old Jewry, a prime property located in the heart of the City of London. Savills and CBRE are handling the lettings. The refurbishment will include around 69,300 sq ft of Grade A office space spread across the first to ninth floors and […]

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Plans approved for up to 995 new homes at St Ann’s New Neighbourhood

Housing association Catalyst – part of the Peabody Group – and development partners The Hill Group have been given the green light by Haringey Council for the redevelopment of a site adjacent to St Ann’s Hospital, South Tottenham. The redevelopment will provide up to 995 new homes, 60% of which will be affordable, delivering much-needed […]

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