Built Environment Networking Blog: Yorkshire News

Tilbury Douglas to lead construction of Garden Mills Refurbishment Project for Bradford College

Tilbury Douglas, a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out business, is set to lead the construction of the Garden Mills Refurbishment Project for Bradford College, which will deliver a new higher education facility. The project to refurbish the five-storey 1900s building, will see it transformed into flexible higher education STEM training and educational facilities […]

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Together provides £20m funding to Citu for low carbon city centre scheme

A pioneering sustainable developer has secured a £20million finance package to kick-start the next phase of its low-carbon city centre residential scheme. Together, a specialist lender which has a loan book of more than £4.4billion, has agreed the facility with Citu, the innovative developer behind the regeneration of large swathes of Leeds city centre on […]

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Top-Secret Buyer Scores 57-Acre Site in South Yorkshire for Redevelopment

Watling Real Estate has completed the acquisition of a substantial 57-acre site in South Yorkshire, previously home to Bawtry Carbon Ltd, for an undisclosed amount on behalf of private clients. The site, known for its former use as a brickworks and later for manufacturing carbon cathode blocks for the aluminium smelting industry, represents a prime […]

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Torsion Group Announces The Phoenix, a New Yorkshire BTR Development

The Torsion Group, a Leeds-based real estate company, has announced a joint venture with Khalbros Group and Oliver Cookson’s Family Office to bring to life The Phoenix, a prominent Build to Rent (BTR) development in Yorkshire. This collaboration marks a significant step in enhancing the region’s housing options, particularly for its growing professional population. The […]

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Trebor acquire new speculative industrial site in Yorkshire

Trebor Developments have acquired another industrial site to speculatively develop.  The site is located on Tom Pudding Way, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, in a well-located industrial area and opposite Siemens’ £200 million new manufacturing facilities.  The site will be marketed as “Point 36, Goole”. The site extends to 5.90 acres and planning will be […]

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Tritax Symmetry to deliver 130,000 sq ft logistics scheme

Tritax Symmetry, the dedicated logistics development company for Tritax Big Box REIT plc, has committed to speculatively build a state of the art, 132,750 sq ft logistics building on the last remaining plot at Symmetry Park Doncaster. The news follows a major deal with B&Q which is taking a 430,240 sq ft warehouse and distribution […]

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UKREiiF Brings £20.9m Economic Boost to Leeds and West Yorkshire

An independent report by ARUP has highlighted that The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), a major event taking place annually in Leeds, has generated almost £21m of local economic activity in the city and the wider West Yorkshire region in 2024. The event, which brought together over 13,000 official attendees in 2024, […]

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UKREiiF Triumphs at the Conference and Events Awards 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 […]

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UKREiiF Unveils 2024 Sustainability Champions

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 […]

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UKREiiF’s Economic Impact Throughout the Years

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 […]

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UKREiiF’s local economic impact tops £5.5m according to ARUP report

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 […]

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Verdion Commits to 1.75 Million Square Feet of Doncaster logistics space

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 […]

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