Built Environment Networking Blog: National News

Homes England invests in Schroders Capital’s Real Estate Impact Fund

Schroders Capital’s Real Estate Impact Fund (SCREIF) has received a £50 million investment from Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, underlining the key role this market-leading investment strategy has in addressing social inequality in the UK. The investment was today confirmed as part of a package of key measures announced by the UK’s […]

Posted by: Deividas Krupstas

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Housing 21 reaches 10,000 Extra Care properties with largest ever acquisition

Housing 21 has completed its largest acquisition to date with the transfer of 1,567 properties from Midland Heart. The leading not-for-profit provider of Extra Care and Retirement Living completed the purchase of 23 schemes from Midland Heart, welcoming over 1,600 residents and 137 employees to Housing 21. As a direct result of the acquisition, Housing 21 has now […]

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HSBC and Mount Street Group appointed to service Aviva Investors’ £50bn Real Assets business

HSBC and Mount Street Group (“Mount Street”) announce that they have entered into a ten year strategic agreement with Aviva Investors for asset servicing arrangements for its Real Assets business, totalling £50 billion AUM.  The mandate will see HSBC and Mount Street assume all fund administration and debt servicing functions on behalf of Aviva Investors’ […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Immofinanz to reach emission-free status by 2040

Immofinanz is making an important contribution to the fight against climate change with its new Net Zero Emission Strategy. Plans call for a reduction of 60% (below the 2019 level) in all greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 – and by 2040, this leading European commercial real estate company intends to be emission-free along the entire […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Impact Healthcare REIT – £24m increase in size and four year extensions to existing revolving credit facility

Impact Healthcare REIT plc (ticker: IHR), announces that it has increased the size and extended the maturity of its revolving credit facility with National Westminster Bank Plc (the “NatWest RCF”) and extended its revolving credit facility with HSBC Bank UK Plc (“HSBC RCF”) by a year.” The NatWest RCF has been increased by £24 million, […]

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Independent HS2 panel looking for new members

The panel that scrutinises design issues surrounding HS2 is looking for new members. The HS2 Independent Design Panel has been working with HS2 Ltd for more than five years, holding to account the leadership, project teams and partners. Now it wants to expand the panel and is particularly interested in hearing from disabled people, women […]

Posted by: Mark Flanagan

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Industrial Strategy launch to ‘hardwire stability for investors’

UK government launches a modern Industrial Strategy and new Advisory Council ahead of International Investment Summit. The next generation of British industry has been fired-up and readied to reignite our industrial heartlands and kickstart economic growth, as the Government launches the first Industrial Strategy in seven years.  Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and the […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Infinium Logistics acquires three new sites for its EV fleet charging real estate fund

Infinium Logistics, the European asset management and logistics solutions business, announces that it has acquired three new assets for its FleetHubs property investment platform – the world’s first dedicated EV fleet charging real estate fund. The assets include sites in Heathrow, Sheffield and Surrey, and have been acquired for a total consideration of £40m. They […]

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Invesco relaunches UK Fund with ESG focus

Invecso has relaunched its UK Companies fund as the Sustainable UK Companies Fund to capitalise on the ‘underestimated’ opportunities in the UK market. The fund will continue to be managed by Tim Marshall, and its risk profile and objectives will remain unchanged. It will use a scoring system to identify opportunities in ‘misunderstood and mispriced’ […]

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Investors Thriving Investments and Gresham House form affordable housing JV

Thriving Investments, the socially conscious fund manager which is part of the Places for People (PfP) group and is focused on the UK Living sector, has formed a partnership with Gresham House, the specialist alternative fund manager, to create a new UK-leading affordable housing fund management platform. The partnership will manage Gresham House Residential Secure […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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IPSX appoints Roger Clarke as Group Chief Executive

IPSX Group Limited (“IPSX Group), which, through its wholly owned subsidiary IPSX UK Limited (“IPSX UK”) operates the world’s first regulated securities exchange dedicated to commercial property and real assets – collectively IPSX – announces two new senior leadership appointments as it embarks on the next phase of its delivery and prepares for the increased […]

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