Built Environment Networking Blog: Build to Rent News

Canadian Property Titan Enters UK Market with £45m Support

Starlight Investments, a renowned name in Canadian property, has clinched a £45m loan, paving its way into the UK’s build-to-rent (BTR) sector. The project at Liverpool’s Princes Dock, part of the ambitious £5.5bn Liverpool Waters regeneration scheme, will introduce 278 luxury residential units, from sleek studios to spacious three-bedroom homes. This venture is a pivotal […]

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AM ALPHA Secures £50m Build-to-Rent Scheme in Birmingham’s Westminster Works

AM ALPHA, a global family office specializing in real estate investments, has successfully acquired the Westminster Works project in Birmingham, a notable development valued at £50 million. This project includes 220 build-to-rent apartments, marking a significant addition to the firm’s investment portfolio. The Munich-based company, acting for a group of investors represented by a Hamburg […]

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Amro acquires Sutton building for £170m BTR scheme

Amro Partners has acquired a 200,000 sq ft office building in Sutton for its next Build to Rent project, taking the company’s total transaction volume since inception in 2012 to over £1bn. The site has been purchased subject to planning, with development work scheduled to start on site in early 2024, and the completed property […]

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Amstone submits plans for £100m BtR development

Amstone Ventures has submitted a planning application for the 3.28 acre former Sainsbury’s site in Stockport town centre for a build to rent-led residential development. The site, situated on Warren Street, close to the historic Market Place and Underbanks area of the town, was purchased by Amstone in March 2021. Architect, Leach Rhodes Walker, has […]

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Announcement of £500 million funding partnership

LendInvest plc (AIM: LINV; “LendInvest” or the “Group”), the UK’s leading platform for mortgages, has announced a £500 million investment to fund part of its future mortgage originations for its Buy-to-Let and Residential Mortgage products from Chetwood Financial Limited. This new funding will further the growth of LendInvest’s Buy-to-Let business, which supports professional landlords, as […]

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Arc & Co and Pluto Finance complete £18m of BtR development loans

Arc & co. and Pluto Finance have completed on two development-to-investment loans, totalling £18 million, to a private residential developer. The new facilities, structured by Arc & Co. and financed by Pluto, will enable the development of two residential build-to-rent assets, followed by an investment loan for longer-term holding on completion of construction. Located in […]

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Avanton plans two new BtR projects in London

Avanton, the leading London investor-developer, is planning new pipeline Build to Rent projects, providing around 800 units, under the A:Living (Avanton Living) brand in the Old Kent Road and Wembley, following the lettings success of the A:Living launch of Build to Rent apartments at their flagship Coda development in Battersea. For the launch of the […]

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Aware Super buys Qatari Diar stake in Get Living

Australian superannuation fund Aware Super has entered the UK’s burgeoning Build to Rent (BTR) market by purchasing Qatari Diar’s 22% stake in Get Living PLC, the country’s most experienced and pioneering developer and operator of large scale BTR neighbourhoods. Subject to final contract completion, Aware Super will join existing investors APG and DOOR (a residential […]

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