Moorfield and Stor-Age acquire UK self storage portfolio Mar 25, 2022 UKREiiF attendee Moorfield Group, a UK-focused real estate fund manager (“Moorfield”), announces that is has acquired a 302,000 sq ft self storage portfolio. The acquisition was made behalf on behalf of its Moorfield Real Estate Fund V (“MREF V”) and through its joint venture with Stor-Age (the “JV”), the South African self storage Real Estate […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Warehouse REIT expands OxCam Arc footprint with £35m MLI acquisition Mar 21, 2022 Warehouse REIT, the AIM-listed company that invests in e-commerce urban and last-mile industrial warehouse assets in the UK, announces that it has exchanged contracts to acquire, via a forward funding agreement, a 170,000 sq. ft multi-let industrial development in Thame, Oxfordshire. The total commitment is £35 million. A partnership between W Lamb Ltd, Blakelands and […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan enters JV to help deliver £700m Oxford innovation district Mar 11, 2022 Thomas White Oxford Ltd, the development company of St John’s College, has agreed a 50:50 joint venture partnership with Canadian-based Cadillac Fairview, the real estate arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, with developer Stanhope PLC, to deliver Oxford North, Oxford, UK, the £700 million new global innovation district. A new company, Oxford North Ventures LLP, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Bruntwood and L&G seek new partner for SciTech arm Mar 2, 2022 A new partner is being sought by Bruntwood and Legal & General for their sciences platform SciTech, it has been confirmed. An additional investor is set to be added to the 50:50 joint venture which currently has ten locations across England. It is understood that both Bruntwood and Legal & General are not seeking to […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Clearbell announces £59m of acquisitions Feb 23, 2022 Logistics portfolio in the East Midlands acquired for £29m; Milton Keynes retail park purchased for £16m from abrdn; St Alban’s office asset bought for £14m from Aviva. Clearbell UK Strategic Trust (CST), a fund advised by Clearbell Capital today announces the acquisition of three assets for £59m. The trust has acquired a mixed portfolio of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Hill Group gets go-ahead for 7.5-hectare residential development Feb 21, 2022 Plans to build 160 new sustainable homes in Croxley Green near Rickmansworth have been given the green light. Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group has won its appeal to develop this previously allocated site adjacent to Killingdown Farm – a 7.5 hectare site on Little Green Lane – to create an attractive new neighbourhood extension to […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
LondonMetric acquires £16m Luton urban logistics warehouse Feb 10, 2022 LondonMetric Property Plc (“LondonMetric”) announces the acquisition of an urban logistics warehouse in Luton from Marcol Industrial Investments for £15.5 million. The 168,000 sq ft property is located on Luton Enterprise Park, close to Luton town centre and J11A of the M1. It is let to two occupiers with a WAULT of three years. The […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
PIC announces further £80m investment into urban regeneration Feb 10, 2022 UKREiiF attendee Pension Insurance Corporation plc (‘PIC’), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has agreed to fund and acquire a key centrally located development in Milton Keynes for its third Build-to-Rent project. The £80 million redevelopment of a brownfield site will provide 306 new residential apartments, 43 of which will be affordable housing. […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Carter Jonas Achieves Planning Consent for Barratt and David Wilson Homes in Cambridge Feb 2, 2022 National property consultancy Carter Jonas has secured planning consent on behalf of Barratt and David Wilson Homes (Eastern Counties) to deliver 410 homes (of which 40% are affordable housing) in North West Cambridge, on part of a larger scheme known as Darwin Green 1. The Reserved Matters planning consent is for a site of 9 […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Galliard acquires three development sites Jan 25, 2022 Galliard Homes has acquired three key London commuter sites for £265m of residential development. The deals for sites in Redbridge, Ipswich and Milton Keynes follow a successful period last year when Galliard sold out schemes with a combined development value in excess of £800m. In the biggest deal, Galliard has acquired ‘The Point’, a former […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
