Built Environment Networking Blog: Mixed Use News

£155m Wigan development approved

Plans to create a new £155m community in Wigan with a mix of homes including affordable housing, parklands, a transport hub and 200 new jobs have been approved. The site will be built on greenbelt land. Wigan Borough Council has given its second green light to Peel L&P’s masterplan at Mosley Common to proceed. Peel […]

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£170m Truro regeneration project set for approval

A £170 million scheme to redevelop a major part of Truro city centre with homes, a university centre, community buildings, hotel, restaurants and shops will go before councillors for a decision – with planning officers recommending the scheme for approval. Cornwall Council has submitted the outline planning application for the Pydar Regeneration Scheme which would […]

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£365m Starwood Capital loan unlocks redevelopment of London shopping centre

Get Living, the UK’s leading build-to-rent operator of large-scale neighbourhoods, has secured a £365m development loan from controlled affiliates of Starwood Capital Group, which represents one of the UK’s biggest development loans in the past year, to fund the redevelopment of the former Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre. The loan facility with Starwood Capital, which […]

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£600m Cavalry Barracks plans approved

Inland Homes has received, on behalf of the third-party project investor, a resolution to grant planning permission at Cavalry Barracks in West Hounslow for a mixed-use development of 1,525 homes and 2,700 sqm of commercial space. Inland Homes acquired the site from the Ministry of Defence and submitted the planning application in March 2021. It […]

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Albion Land submits plans for business park expansion

More high-value jobs could be coming to Bicester as plans for the third and final phase of the Axis J9 business park on Middleton Stoney Road are submitted to Cherwell District Council. Albion Land, the developers of Axis J9, are specifically aiming to provide space for dynamic young businesses who want to be in Bicester […]

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AustralianSuper forms 50:50 JV on London’s newest town – Canada Water

Real estate investment trust British Land has sold a 50% stake in its Canada Water Masterplan to AustralianSuper for £290.0m, turning the project into a 50:50 joint venture as part of an effort to accelerate the delivery of the 53-acre development. British Land said on Tuesday that its “exciting new partnership” with Australian Super, an Australian profit-to-member […]

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Aviva and Allianz team up for £500m London project

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has formed a joint venture partnership with Allianz, managed on its behalf by Allianz Real Estate as part of its ongoing development project of new mixed-use retail and office buildings at 1 Liverpool Street and 101 Moorgate in the City of London. The […]

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Ballymore and Sainsbury’s joint venture submits plans for major new canalside neighbourhood in Ladbroke Grove

Over 2,500 new homes, two parks, restored canal basin and high street proposed for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on brownfield site Ballymore and Sainsbury’s have submitted a planning application for a major canalside neighbourhood in Ladbroke Grove. The proposed new neighbourhood has been designed to deliver 2,519 new homes, of which at […]

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Ballymore and Transport for London partnership to transform Edgware

Regeneration expert Ballymore and Transport for London (TfL)’s commercial property company, TTL Properties Ltd (TTLP) have formally committed to combine their landholdings in Edgware. Working with the London Borough of Barnet, they will deliver their shared vision of a reimagined town centre with a thriving high street on Station Road open to all. The 7.5-acre […]

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Bankfoot APAM unveils £500m ‘Urban Quarter’ investment plans

Development manager Bankfoot APAM has unveiled plans to invest £500 million to overhaul Edinburgh’s Gyle Shopping Centre into a major “urban quarter”. The centre and its surrounding car parks would be transformed over the next ten years. The modernisation will allow tenants such as Marks & Spencer and Next to introduce new concept stores. Around 1,000 new homes […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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