BWP REIT PLC has raised £35m for Leeds property

BWP REIT PLC has raised £35m and will list on the IPSX, the world’s first regulated exchange for single asset real estate companies. The listing also shows how IPSX as a public market can be used as a force for good and a new capital markets option – in this case solving a cladding issue […]

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Sheffield Hallam University to open new campus in London!

Sheffield Hallam University will open its first satellite campus outside of Sheffield in Brent Cross Town, the 180-acre, £8Bn new park town in London.  The University is another piece of Brent Cross Town’s transformative 3 million sq ft commercial district of academic organisations, major corporations, global innovators, start-ups and scale-ups and will bring forward the […]

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Singapore private equity firm swoops for major new student accommodation scheme in Leeds

A stunning new student accommodation scheme on Merrion Street in central Leeds has been sold to Q Investment Partners (QIP), a Singapore headquartered private equity real estate firm that connects residential real estate to capital markets, in a deal worth approximately £15 million. The 88 high specification studio apartments with associated amenities, are being built […]

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Capital&Centric to transform Sheffield’s iconic Cannon Brewery

It’s been revealed that social impact developers Capital&Centric – who spend £3m a week on regeneration – are set to create a new neighbourhood at the long-abandoned Cannon Brewery in Sheffield. The developer has exchanged contracts to acquire the site that was once home to Stones Brewery but has lain empty since shutting its doors […]

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Aldermore provides £21m of loans for PBSA development in Leeds

Aldermore has provided loans totalling £20.9m to Study Inn Group for a 400 room, two phase student accommodation development, in the heart of Leeds city centre. The first phase, Brotherton House on Grace Street was converted and regenerated to create 163 rooms and opened for the student intake in September 2022 with all rooms fully […]

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Planning application for ‘game changing’ £210 million Huddersfield regeneration submitted

Following several months of public consultation, an official planning application for the Huddersfield £210m Cultural Heart development has been submitted. This marks a significant milestone in the future of Huddersfield town centre.   The Cultural Heart is the centrepiece of the wider Huddersfield Blueprint, an ambitious ten-year vision to create a thriving, modern-day town centre. What […]

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Plans to transform Castleford town centre set to be approved

Plans to develop and shape future regeneration in Castleford are set to be approved at the next meeting of Cabinet members. The ambitious plan, known as the ‘Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF), is a guide to how Castleford town centre could be transformed over the next 10 to 20 years, to bring improvements that could benefit […]

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