Jacobs – Helping Deliver The Transformational Meridian Water Project Apr 2, 2021 Following their involvement in our Enfield Future Development Plans Event we’ve been speaking to Jacob’s Vice President of People and Place Kate Kenny… Q. Could you share with us some of the work that Jacobs has been doing when it comes to the major £6bn Meridian Water project? In early 2020, Jacobs was commissioned as […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£300m Whipps Cross Hospital transformation begins with huge demolition phase Mar 30, 2021 Demolition work is due to begin at Whipps Cross Hospital next month, paving the way for a £300m redevelopment of the East London-based Barts Health Trust institution. The Squibb Group have been appointed to clear disused buildings on the nurses’ site, the first phase of a massive rebuilding project which will see the hospital completely […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Palace of Westminster restoration offers up £80m in surveyor contracts Mar 26, 2021 Almost £80m in surveyor contracts were made available this week as part of biggest heritage restoration project ever undertaken in the UK – the £4bn Palace of Westminster upgrade. Firms interested have until May 4th to stake their claim for a place on the framework, which has been structured with eight lots and contracts fixed […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
New residential version of Southern Construction Framework unveiled Mar 10, 2021 The two councils behind one of the most successful public sector frameworks in recent times have launched their first bespoke residential version. Hampshire and Devon County Councils created the four-year, £3.9bn Southern Construction Framework in 2007. It encompasses councils in nearly 20 counties. This week the four-year £1.1bn Residential Delivery and Development Framework was unveiled […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Historic London markets development being readied for construction tender phase Mar 9, 2021 The City of London Corporation has started the process of sounding out contractors regarding its £330m scheme to combine the city’s three main wholesale markets on one site in East London. The tender process will start in January 2022 and the two-year works programme, on the 17-hectare site at the former Barking Reach Power Station, […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Wheels in motion on London Mayor’s 10-year house-building plan Mar 3, 2021 After months of wrangling, Sadiq Khan’s plan to build more than 500,000 homes in the capital during the next ten years passed its final hurdle this week when it was formally adopted by the London Assembly. The Mayor of London (pictured above) has faced off numerous Conservative figures during The London Plan’s four-year journey to […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Henderson Park cashes in on Athene Place investment Mar 1, 2021 Fast-growing real estate investment platform Henderson Park has sold one of its prime assets to a consortium led by a Hong Kong-based company for £255m. The private equity firm entered the market in 2016 and since then has invested nearly £10bn in iconic real estate assets across Europe. In 2018 it acquired the 147,000sqft Athene […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Curlew Capital presses ahead with 282-bedroom student tower near Olympic Park Feb 26, 2021 Student accommodation specialist Curlew Capital has got the go ahead to create a 282-bedroom tower close to the Olympic Park in Stratford. In the last ten years Curlew has invested more than £1bn in 34 schemes in 23 major university markets and its latest £60m project involves the demolition of an existing student property on […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
The London Stock Exchange goes big on £165m Technico House plan Feb 25, 2021 Work on an eye-catching £165m office/leisure redevelopment on land owned by the London Stock Exchange is due to start in January 2023. The 20-storey Technico House project in the Broadgate area of the capital will incorporate more than 65,000sqm of office space, a restaurant and roof top terraces but the LSE itself will not be […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Redundant London hospital buildings to be redeveloped as integrated homes/office space Feb 25, 2021 Part of a hospital in London is be demolished to make way for a multi-use development which will include 129 new homes. The new buildings will also incorporate commercial units and a cycle park while the Royal Free London NHS Foundations Trust, who runs the Edgware Community Hospital in North West London, has assured residents […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
