Border to Coast commits to further £1.2bn of investments Jan 12, 2022 Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (“Border to Coast”), one of the UK’s largest public sector pension pools, has committed a further £1.2bn to private markets as it continues to deliver new investment opportunities for its 11 local government Partner Funds. The investments form part of the £2.7bn private markets programme announced in July 2021 and […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Lichfields celebrates 60 years of planning success Jan 12, 2022 Leading planning and development consultancy Lichfields starts the new year on a high – with record turnover and plans for expansion during its landmark 60th anniversary year. Lichfields, the pre-eminent planning and development consultancy in the UK with 215 people working from a network of nine regional offices, recently hit fee revenues of £22.6m and is […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
DW Windsor blends safety with style to support railway improvement works Jan 12, 2022 Dawlish is a pleasant seaside resort town located on the south coast of Devon. It features an attractive sand and shingle beach flanked by a sea wall that stretches the length of the bay. The town’s Grade II listed railway station sits atop the sea wall, as does the railway line, offering pleasant views out to sea; however, its location makes it vulnerable to the extremities of the weather. In 2014, Dawlish’s coastal railway line suffered severe damage following heavy winter storms. […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
The ongoing greenfield-brownfield debate Jan 12, 2022 In October last year, our team was carrying out some standard research into the extent to which local planning authorities (LPAs) were unlikely to meet the standard methodology target in their emerging Local Plans. Then something happened which caused a sharp increase in those figures: Boris Johnson’s announcement at the Conservative Party Conference that his […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Gresham House invests £164m in Borderlink Broadband Jan 11, 2022 Gresham House’s British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (BSIF) has invested £164m (€191m) in fibre broadband provider Borderlink Broadband. Gresham House said the investment is being made via its BSIF I and BSIF II funds. Borderlink, trading as rural broadband provider GoFibre, serves residential and business customers across Scotland, Cumbria and Northumberland. BSIF’s £164m funding, together with […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Former Schroders real estate head Owen joins Immobel Jan 11, 2022 Real estate developer Immobel is consolidating its investment management activities across Europe and has appointed Duncan Owen, the former global head of real estate at Schroders, to lead the new business division. The Belgium-listed firm has appointed Owen CEO of Immobel Capital Partners, the newly launched unit which will be co-investing across the UK and continental […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Far East Consortium snaps up 2-acre Manchester site Jan 11, 2022 Far East Consortium, the developer behind Manchester’s Victoria North regeneration project, has snapped up a two-acre site to form part of its Red Bank neighbourhood. The land on Dantzic Street is part of the strategic regeneration framework for Victoria North, which will deliver 15,000 new homes in Manchester city centre over the next decade. FEC […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Harworth makes further key hires to deliver ambitious growth strategy Jan 11, 2022 UKREiiF sponsor Harworth Group plc, a leading regenerator of land and property for sustainable development and investment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Haroon Akram as Director of Strategy, Investment & Business Development, and Dan Needham as Development Director. These newly-created roles will be central to the delivery of Harworth’s strategy to double the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Octopus Real Estate announces £450m funding agreement with Bayview Asset Management Jan 11, 2022 Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has agreed upon a funding partnership with affiliates of Bayview Asset Management, an investment management firm focused on investments in mortgage and consumer credit, to provide two-to-five-year senior investment debt to the UK Commercial Real Estate market. The […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
LondonMetric acquires storage and logistics warehouse in £53m deal Jan 11, 2022 LondonMetric Property Plc has announced the acquisition of a long let cold storage and logistics warehouse development for £53.4 million. The 300,000 sq ft building is pre-let on a 25 year lease to AM FRESH GROUP (“AM FRESH”), an international agri-tech company that supplies the majority of UK supermarkets with a range of items including […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
