UKREiiF Triumphs at the Conference and Events Awards 2024 Jul 5, 2024 UKREiiF (The UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum) has pulled off a remarkable achievement at the Conference and Events Awards 2024. In just three years, UKREiiF has become a cornerstone for the UK’s real estate, investment, and infrastructure sectors, and caps a phenomenal rise by winning the hotly contested “Best UK Conference won Best […] Posted by: David Gilbank Read more
UKREiiF Unveils 2024 Sustainability Champions May 24, 2024 The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Sustainability Champion Awards at this year’s event in Leeds. These awards recognise exemplary exhibitors and pavilion partners who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to sustainability within the real estate and infrastructure sectors. The Sustainability Champion Awards highlight those […] Posted by: David Gilbank Read more
UKREiiF’s Economic Impact Throughout the Years Aug 12, 2024 By Mya Driver, Marketing Executive, UKREiiF Since its inception in 2022, UKREiiF has generated an impressive £38.5 million in economic impact, benefiting Leeds and the wider West Yorkshire region. Each year, we collaborate with ARUP on an independent report that details UKREiiF’s economic contributions to the city and region. This report provides valuable insights into […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UKREiiF’s local economic impact tops £5.5m according to ARUP report Aug 15, 2022 The inaugural UKREiiF event held in May delivered £5.5m of economic benefit according to a report populated by ARUP – one of the events partners. UKREiiF, a major three day event focused on real estate, property, infrastructure and investment, brought together over 4,000 event delegates, with another thousand attendees across the wider city attending fringe […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Verdion Commits to 1.75 Million Square Feet of Doncaster logistics space Sep 20, 2022 Verdion today announces a major £300 million speculative development programme that will deliver all remaining warehouse capacity at iPort, the 6 million sq ft multimodal logistics hub just outside Doncaster. Totalling 1.75 million sq ft, this final stage of development at iPort will offer five buildings from 82,000 sq ft upwards, with delivery from June […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Warehouse REIT Sells Two Industrial Assets for £13.4 Million, Exceeding Expectations Feb 12, 2024 Warehouse REIT, known for its investment in multi-let industrial warehouses, has successfully completed the sale of two properties, achieving a total of £13.4 million. This sum surpasses the assets’ book value as of September 2023 by 3.7%, with the sales reflecting an average net initial yield of 5.3%. The properties sold include the Warrington South […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
West Yorkshire confirmed as Destination Partner at UKREiiF 2024 Jan 24, 2024 West Yorkshire will once again be host to the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) 2024. As the home of UKREiiF since its inaugural year in 2022, Leeds and the wider West Yorkshire region have played a pivotal role in the event’s growth and success. Set to take place on 21-23 May in […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Why Invest in Sheffield? Apr 28, 2022 This is Sheffield We are a city renowned for thinking, making and inventing. Whether it is digital innovation, or excellence in engineering, our city is responding positively to rapid changes in the global economy. Average salaries are up. Rents are up. Our economy has expanded by over 3% in the last 12 months alone. With […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Work begins to demolish Highways tower blocks paving way for future development Jun 12, 2023 Demolition of the Highways tower blocks and maisonettes in Killingbeck has begun this week, marking the first step towards the development of new social housing on the site Following positive engagement work with the few remaining tenants on site, the flats and maisonettes are now vacant allowing for the demolition work to start. Connell Brothers […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
York and North Yorkshire Mayor commits millions towards affordable homes and infrastructure Sep 9, 2024 Affordable homes projects and local authority infrastructure schemes are to benefit from more than £4 million of mayoral funding. Mayor of York and North Yorkshire David Skaith is utilising the Mayoral Investment Fund to support schemes across the region. Funding allocations were approved today (6) at a meeting of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Old friends collaborate on cutting-edge low-carbon energy initiatives Apr 8, 2021 Equinor and SSE Thermal today (April 8) unveiled plans to jointly develop two first-of-a-kind, low-carbon power stations in the Humber region, comprising one of the UK’s first with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, and the world’s first 100% fuelled by hydrogen. The plans, underpinned by a new cooperation agreement between the two companies, would […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
West Yorkshire factory site’s £60m makeover Apr 8, 2021 The owner of a former tumble drier factory site in West Yorkshire has released details of its £60m mixed redevelopment scheme. Having fully demolished the buildings on the 26-acre plot near Halifax, Crosslee has created a masterplan which includes 106 new homes, an employment and commercial space, a supermarket (in conjunction with a leading European […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
