Built Environment Networking Blog: Yorkshire News

Capital&Centric to transform Sheffield’s iconic Cannon Brewery

It’s been revealed that social impact developers Capital&Centric – who spend £3m a week on regeneration – are set to create a new neighbourhood at the long-abandoned Cannon Brewery in Sheffield. The developer has exchanged contracts to acquire the site that was once home to Stones Brewery but has lain empty since shutting its doors […]

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Casa by Moda brings 223 new rental homes to Leeds

Casa by Moda, the single-family homes arm of developer and operator Moda Living, has completed the acquisition of a major site in Leeds, to deliver the brand’s first single family rental homes neighbourhood in the city. The site, which has been acquired from specialist sustainable housebuilder Artisan Real Estate, is located between Kirkstall and Headingley […]

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Centrica and Equinor sign co-operation agreement for East Yorkshire hydrogen hub

Centrica and Equinor have signed a co-operation agreement to explore developing a low-carbon hydrogen production hub at Easington in East Yorkshire, further strengthening the region’s growing status as the UK’s foremost hydrogen super place.  Under the co-operation plan, the Centrica-operated area at Easington could transition to a low carbon hydrogen production hub over the coming […]

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Clearbell sells warehouse to AKA Dunedin for £32m

Clearbell Property Partners III LP (Clearbell), a fund managed by Clearbell Capital LLP, today announces that it has exited its Taurus portfolio. The final asset was sold to AKA Dunedin Ltd for £32m. The 615,000 sq ft warehouse in Bawtry Park is well-positioned close to Doncaster, with links to the M18 and A1. The site […]

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Clifton Business Park ambitions take a step forward

Calderdale Council is progressing its longstanding ambition to transform a large site in Clifton into a thriving business park, to create 1,300 jobs and major benefits for Calderdale and West Yorkshire. In line with the Council’s priority for thriving towns and places, the proposed Clifton Business Park would support economic growth, bring opportunities for local […]

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Cole Waterhouse and Tonia Investments JV acquires Leeds site for 1,000-home development

Cole Waterhouse and Tonia Investments have successfully purchased a 3.8-acre brownfield site in Leeds city centre having recently secured planning for 1012 apartments, over five separate blocks.Currently referred to as ‘Leeds City Village’, the triangular site sits opposite Leeds’ cultural district, Quarry Hill. Bound by Marsh Lane to the west and Shannon Street to the […]

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Council Leader welcomes near £20m funding boost as Hull’s Levelling Up Partnership plans revealed

Leader of Hull City Council, Cllr Mike Ross has welcomed a huge £19.35 million funding boost for the city as he met with Levelling Up Minister Jacob Young MP alongside the council’s chief executive, Matt Jukes, and Hull & East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership chair, James Newman OBE. The minister from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing […]

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Decision due on Barnsley £26m bid

Barnsley’s bid for more than £26m ‘levelling up’ cash to improve areas of the town centre could be decided on by the government next month. According to a report the government will mull over schemes titled ‘Barnsley Futures’ and ‘Elsecar Forging Ahead’ in the autumn. A new 3,140 square metre waterfront suite of buildings was […]

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Decision due on plan to build new £12.5m health hub in Castleford

 Castleford will have a new purpose-built health hub if senior councillors give their approval. To meet the increasing demand for healthcare services, Wakefield Council is planning to invest £12.5 million in building a new hub. Two existing GP practices, along with a new practice and Council services would open in the building, that is planned […]

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Demolition works a step forward in markets redevelopment

Enabling works to prepare Rotherham Markets for future redevelopment are now underway as part of a key milestone in the borough’s town centre masterplan. Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy, Cllr Denise Lelliott joined Ward Councillors and partners Henry Boot Construction to break ground on the site, which will also include the addition of […]

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Devolution moves to final stages following full Council approval

A full council meeting of City of York Council (23 February 2023) has agreed to move forward the York and North Yorkshire devolution deal first formally offered by the Government on August 1 2022. The council meeting considered the findings of a significant public engagement and consultation exercise undertaken late last year. On Tuesday 14 […]

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Eat and Drink Indie… the way the Leeds locals do!

By ConferenceLeeds Leeds is a city famed for its culinary exploits. It’s no surprise they call us the Foodie Capital of the North after all! And what gastronomic hub is complete without an independent food scene worth writing home about? From well-loved local restaurants to quirky bars and nationally renowned fine dining, Leeds really does […]

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