Fiera Real Estate and Wrenbridge acquire 2.3-acre site for Grade A industrial scheme Sep 26, 2022 Fiera Real Estate (“FRE UK”) and Wrenbridge are pleased to announce the acquisition of a 2.3-acre site in Hemel Hempstead. The business plan is to obtain planning and speculatively develop a new 52,000 sq.ft Grade A industrial warehouse development with a GDV of £22m. The site was purchased through the Fiera Real Estate Logistics Development […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Present Made receives approval for £160m Cambridge scheme Sep 26, 2022 Present Made, the UK’s first purpose-built and designed single-family rental housing platform, has secured planning committee approval for its debut development. Located in Eddington, Cambridge, the £160m GDV scheme has been designed by award-winning practice Jo Cowen Architects and will form a key part of the University of Cambridge’s North West Cambridge masterplan. The homes […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Hopkins Homes kickstarts expansion with 16-acre acquisition Aug 19, 2022 East Anglia’s largest privately owned housebuilder, Hopkins Homes, has marked the beginning of its expansion into new areas by acquiring a 16-acre site in Chelmsford, Essex. Beaulieu Park, just 30 miles from London, signals Hopkins Homes’ intent to grow its renowned collection of distinctive, aspirational homes outside of its traditional roots and reinforces the housebuilder’s […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
UBS and Reef JV to develop major life sciences campus Jul 8, 2022 UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets and Reef Group (Reef) today announces a joint venture as the investor and co-developer for a major campus for life science businesses in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The new campus, which will be one of the largest of its kind in the UK and Europe, will be built alongside […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Chancerygate’s latest urban logistics scheme gets approval Jul 1, 2022 Developer Chancerygate has been granted planning permission to build around 58,000 sq ft of Grade A urban logistics and industrial space in Witham, Essex. Called Freebournes Park the speculative development will comprise 10 units ranging from 4,390 sq ft to 7,030 ft which are available on a leasehold basis. Construction of the scheme is set […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Montreaux Homes secures new site in St Albans Jun 27, 2022 Montreaux Homes, the home counties division of Montreaux Group, has exchanged contracts for the purchase of the old Jewson’s builders’ yard on Cape Road, St Albans. The proposal for the redevelopment of the former industrial site includes the building of 37 new high-quality homes ranging from one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom townhouses. Five of the flats […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Cain extends Jaynic logistics development loan to £19.25 million Jun 8, 2022 Cain International (“Cain”), the privately held investment firm, has agreed an extended development finance facility of £19.25 million with Jaynic Property Group. Cain originally lent £13.8 million in February 2022 for the development of SP160, a 160,000 sq ft warehouse at Jaynic’s Suffolk Park logistics scheme to the east of Bury St Edmunds. It has […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
GSK announcement imminent on UK Science Cluster development partner Jun 1, 2022 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is on the verge of announcing a development partner, as they look deploy investment into the UK and create a new bioscience cluster near its research base in Stevenage. Last year they outlined their desire to develop a 33-acre site in Hertfordshire which would become a life science hub creating up to 5,000 […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Moorfield and Melberry partnership to deliver PBSA for University of Essex Apr 28, 2022 Moorfield Group, the UK-focused real estate fund manager, announces that it has entered into a development agreement with Melberry Developments (“Melberry”), on behalf of Moorfield Real Estate Fund IV, for a 282-room PBSA development in the historic market town of Colchester. In line with its ambitious 2030 net zero commitment, the project, which has Gross […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Weston Homes unveil details for major Norwich development Anglia Square Apr 21, 2022 Weston Homes has unveiled details and images from the new hybrid (part full/part outline) planning application made to Norwich City Council for the redevelopment of the 4.65 hectare (11.5 acre) Anglia Square and car parks site in Norwich, which proposes a scheme of 14 lower rise buildings, ranging from 3 to 8 storeys, designed around inner […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
