BP Pension Fund acquires four warehouse units in £26m deal with Tungsten Properties Sep 9, 2021 Tungsten Properties, one of the UK’s leading mid-box industrial and warehouse developers, has sold units 1 to 4 at its new warehouse and industrial project at Downs Road in Witney, Oxfordshire, to Ropemaker Properties, part of BP Pension Fund, in an off-market transaction for £26 million. Units 1-4 total 195,000 sq ft and are part […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Trammell Crow Company enters UK market with logistics site acquisition Sep 9, 2021 Trammell Crow Company, a global developer and investor in commercial real estate, has acquired a prime 19.4-acre site in Milton Keynes, England to develop three Grade A speculative logistics buildings totalling approximately 340,000 square feet. The site at Merton Drive was home to the former Arcadia Distribution Centre. Construction is expected to begin in Q2 […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Combined Authority looks to reinvent transport strategy post Mayoral-election Aug 4, 2021 Prioritising left behind communities, tackling inequalities and accelerating carbon reduction will form part of a renewed strategy for better transport across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. At its meeting on July 28, the Combined Authority Board agreed to proceed with a reinvention of the transport strategy in the region through a revamped Local Transport Plan (LTP). An […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
14-hectare science and innovation park planned by Legal & General and University of Oxford Jul 22, 2021 Legal & General is to fund and deliver a new innovation district with the University of Oxford, extending the existing Begbroke Science Park across an adjacent 14-hectare site. The first phase of the scheme will bring forward new teaching facilities for the universities Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences departments, as well as providing space to […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
GlaxoSmithKline to invest £400m into UK life science campus Jul 22, 2021 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is set to create a £400m life sciences campus in Stevenage – creating 5,000 jobs in what will be one of Europe’s largest biotechnology centres. GlaxoSmithKline plans to unlock up to £400m of private investment and create thousands of skilled jobs over the next decade as the UK drugmaker sets out a post-pandemic […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
UK Government releases 10-year strategy for Life Sciences sector including £1bn investment programme Jul 8, 2021 UK Life Sciences Vision sets 10-year strategy for sector to solve some of the biggest healthcare problems of our generation, including cancer and dementia. UK Life Sciences Vision sets 10-year strategy for sector to build on successes of COVID-19 response and accelerate delivery of innovations to patients mission-led approach to solve some of the biggest […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
CPC delivers latest UK life sciences building in Oxford Jul 4, 2021 Project managers, CPC Project Services, have overseen the delivery of the final phase of the University of Oxford’s BioChemistry building, a department at the cutting edge of life sciences in the UK. The £74m development comprises 13,500 sq. m of science & education space over four above-ground levels and two basement levels. The complex design […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Plans submitted for 4,000 home carbon neutral development Jun 30, 2021 Templeview Developments and GSSArchitecture has submitted plans for a major residential scheme, which is one of the first planning applications submitted for a carbon neutral development in the UK. The application seeks to create a sustainable new community between Bedford and Luton, incorporating a later living community, school, retail, employment, new publicly accessible woodland of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
BentallGreenOak and Mission Street JV makes life science acquisitions Jun 22, 2021 Acquisitions made by a Joint Venture between BentallGreenOak and science and innovation specialist Mission Street The development, totaling 5.5 acres, will deliver a major new innovation hub in Central Oxford to support burgeoning research and development demand Partnership will seek to expand presence in the UK’s growing life sciences and innovation sectors BentallGreenOak, has announced […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Jeff Bezos backed firm plans £290m nuclear fusion demonstration plant in Oxfordshire Jun 22, 2021 Canada’s General Fusion – one of the leading private firms aiming to turn the promise of fusion into a commercially viable energy source – is set to build a large-scale nuclear fusion demonstration plant in Oxfordshire. The firm, backed by Jeff Bezos, are aiming to build at Culham – home of the UK’s national fusion […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
