Edmond Shipway moves to new Nottingham city centre office

The construction consultancy behind some of the UK’s most unique projects, Edmond Shipway, has relocated its Nottingham office. The award-winning practice has relocated its Nottingham operations to an open plan space at 1 Broadway in the Lace Market, after 18 years on Phoenix Park, facilitated by FHP Property Consultants. Dealing with more than £600m of […]

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Willmott Dixon lands Lincolnshire Public Sector Hub

Willmott Dixon continues to expand its presence in Lincolnshire after being appointed to deliver a new Public Sector Hub facility in Horncastle that will also provide new college space. The £7 million Public Sector Hub is one of the town’s most significant developments to date and will become East Lindsey District Council’s new headquarters alongside […]

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‘Model’ for post-Covid town centre development set for launch

A mixed-use development in the Midlands is being hailed as a model for the post-COVID revival of the UK’s town centres.  The Beeston Square development in Nottinghamshire, masterplanned and designed by Leonard Design Architects, will see its first phase go live next month – opening the first brand new cinema and town square complex after […]

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MAYORAL ELECTION IN FOCUS: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA

On May 6 a number of Combined Authority Mayoral elections will take place and, as part of a special series of events, we invited candidates from each one one to explain what their ambitions and visions are in terms of regeneration moving forward? Below are the responses from those standing for Mayor in the Cambridgeshire […]

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DFI snaps up £35.6m Leicester student accommodation block

Investor Deutsche Finance International (DFI) has stepped up its drive to acquire purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) with a £35.6m purchase of a 462-bed development in Leicester. The London-based firm, which manages nearly €3bn in assets, has completed off-market with developers Watkin Jones on behalf of its pan-European Value Add Fund. The deal represents DFI’s second […]

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Finch Consulting Kick Starts 2021 With £600k of Project Wins

An East Midlands based risk management company working across the UK, Europe and worldwide, is trying to shake off the COVID-19 hangover and Brexit disruption by kick starting its new year with over £600k of new project wins in construction, food manufacturing, electrical vehicle supply and waste processing. Finch Consulting, which is based in the […]

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Travis Perkins boost for CEG’s Nottinghamshire development

Property investors CEG has submitted a detailed planning application to deliver a 1,933 sqm builders merchant facility for Travis Perkins at the Vesuvius retail park in North Nottinghamshire. The proposal will further regenerate this brownfield site and address a live requirement for a new bespoke Travis Perkins facility within Worksop. CEG is currently managing the comprehensive […]

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Nottingham town centre redevelopment restarting thanks to £12m grants

Nottingham City Council (NCC) has received £12m in funding to pave the way for the restart of its Broadmarsh shopping centre redevelopment. NCC has received £8m from the D2N2’ Local Enterprise Partnership’s Getting Building Fund along with £4m of match funding from the Transforming Cities Fund to complete the demolition phase, which is due to […]

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Hammerson reveals new look for former Debenhams store

Hammerson, who this week announced a £1.6bn write down of its retail property portfolio, has submitted plans to redevelop the former Debenhams in Leicester into new homes for rent. The property investment company has worked jointly with private-rented-sector specialist Packaged Living, which has extensive experience of bringing forward high quality PRS schemes, to develop the […]

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