Built Environment Networking Blog: South East News

Greystar acquires PBSA asset in Southampton

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality real estate, including rental housing, logistics, and life sciences, has agreed to acquire Capital House from Kier Property Developments Limited and Investec in an off-market opportunity, as part of its ongoing PBSA growth strategy in Europe. Capital House […]

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Greystar secures 391-home BTR forward funding in Staines-Upon-Thames, Surrey from Dandara Living

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing, has forward funded a 391-home development in Surrey from Dandara Living, a leading BTR developer, marking the latest transaction in its strong UK growth strategy. The attractive site, Renshaw’s Yard, is located adjacent to the Staines-Upon-Thames […]

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Hartlepool Development Corporation Board agree vision for future of town

The Hartlepool Development Corporation Board has unanimously agreed the masterplan to supercharge regeneration in the town at its second meeting. The plan is focused on accelerating Hartlepool by maximising the potential of its maritime past, manufacturing present and creative future. Its overall vision is: “Imaginative, Creative & Ambitious – A 21st-century maritime town; a thriving […]

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Harwell secures £300m new funding

Harwell Science and Innovation Campus has secured £300m of financing to help it expand and build out new laboratory, advanced manufacturing, and office space. Over the next two years Harwell will use the additional funding secured to build 440,000 sq. ft of new Laboratory and R&D buildings across the campus. The finance facility was secured […]

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Havering Council Eyes Compulsory Purchase to Drive £451m Romford Regeneration

Havering Council has set its sights on a comprehensive £451 million regeneration project in Romford town centre, planning to utilise compulsory purchase orders as a means to progress. The ambitious initiative, set to transform Bridge Close, encompasses proposals for the development of 1,070 homes, a new school, a health centre, and several commercial units. Despite […]

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Hearthstone Investments: Acquisition of 70 new homes in Fareham, Hampshire

Hearthstone Investments, a specialist in suburban private rented housing exchanged contracts for 70 new homes on a development near Fareham, Hampshire. The transaction with a national housebuilder comprises 64 houses and a small apartment block. The site is part of a new master planned community of 3,500 homes off the M27 between Southampton and Portsmouth. […]

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Henry Boot secures planning consent for 75,000 sq ft of industrial & logistics at Southend Airport Business Park following completion of £15m unit

Henry Boot announces that HBD, the group’s property investment and development arm, has completed a £15m GDV industrial & logistics (‘I&L’) unit at Airport Business Park Southend (‘ABPS’), while also being granted planning permission to bring forward a further 75,000 sq ft. In April 2023, HBD agreed to develop a 140,000 sq ft freehold design […]

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Hill Group agrees affordable homes deal with Oxford Council

Oxford City Council has announced the acquisition of 111 much-needed affordable homes from award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group at Oxford North’s Canalside development, south of the A40. The new homes, part of the first 317 energy-efficient new homes that Hill is delivering at Canalside, will bring vital affordable housing to the Oxford market, which currently ranks […]

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Hines acquires £6.5m warehouse from Leopard Capital

Leopard Capital, the property investment fund, has completed the off-market sale of the Booker Cash & Carry warehouse, Salfords Industrial Estate, Redhill for £6.45 million to Hines. Leopard acquired the asset in 2019 for £5.05m. The asset totals 41,802 sq ft GIA and is let for a further 2.4 years to earliest expiry. The passing […]

Posted by: Deividas Krupstas

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