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Liverpool City Region set to get £310m funding as the UK’s second Investment Zone

Communities across the Liverpool City Region could be set to benefit from over 4,000 new jobs and a multi-million-pound investment in the life sciences sector as part of the UK’s second Investment Zone.  The government has today (26 July 2023) launched England’s second Investment Zone in Liverpool City Region, which could unlock £320 million of private investment and deliver 4,000 […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Realty Seals £200.8m Agreement for 11 UK Retail Parks

In a significant move in the UK’s real estate sector, the American real estate conglomerate, Realty, has announced an agreement to acquire 11 retail parks from Ediston Property Investment Company for a sum of £200.8 million. The deal, which involves Ediston’s entire property estate, is with RI UK 1 Limited, a subsidiary of Realty. The […]

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£155m Wigan development approved

Plans to create a new £155m community in Wigan with a mix of homes including affordable housing, parklands, a transport hub and 200 new jobs have been approved. The site will be built on greenbelt land. Wigan Borough Council has given its second green light to Peel L&P’s masterplan at Mosley Common to proceed. Peel […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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£2.5bn injection to deliver 18,000 homes across Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester Housing Providers (GMHP), a unique partnership of regional housing providers working together to make a positive different to people and communities, have released major plans to develop 18,000 new homes across the region in the next 5 years. It forms part of their vision to deliver 50,000 new and affordable homes by 2037 […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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£2.5bn Salford Crescent scheme plans submitted

The first phase of the £2.5 billion Salford Crescent scheme, known as Crescent Innovation North, has been planned. This phase will introduce up to 933 new homes and 1.7 million square feet of commercial and academic space. Julian Stott, Development Director at ECF, expressed that the vision for Crescent is unique and they are working […]

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£40 million Levelling Up funding to deliver new Multiversity

£40m funding has been confirmed to deliver new Multiversity education campus in Blackpool! Blackpool Council, supported by Wyre Council, will receive the funding to deliver a new Multiversity, a carbon-neutral, education campus in Blackpool’s Talbot Gateway Central Business District. New images show the scale of the landmark development, which will allow Blackpool and the Fylde […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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£540m affordable homes framework requires at least 11 construction partners

One of the country’s biggest collaborative new homes frameworks, involving 11 local authorities and housing associations in the North West, reopened last night. The four-year, £540m JV North Contractors Framework is looking for at least 11 construction partners and applications must be submitted by May 11 (10am). [emaillocker id=”71749″] In the last four years, JV […]

Posted by: Mark Flanagan

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11-PBSA units totalling 4,500 beds sold in £306m deal

Unite Students has disposed of an 11-strong property portfolio – comprising 4,488 beds – for £306m, with the company’s share sitting at £236m. The deal – struck with an affiliate of Lone Star Funds – includes assets in Sheffield (1,700 beds), Reading (703 beds), Leicester (665 beds), Bedford (517 beds), Liverpool (390 beds), Birmingham (337 beds), […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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1500 home Cheshire Garden Village greenlit

Plans to deliver ‘The Garden Village at Handforth’ have moved a step closer. The Garden Village at Handforth will create a bespoke new village that will include 1,500 new high-quality design homes and extensive ‘green infrastructure’ – more than 40 per cent of the site will be open space, public amenity space or protected habitat […]

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3000 acre property for sale in Cumbria

Mitchell’s Land Agency is selling a property that extends to 3,000 acres and rises to 931m on the summit of Skiddaw one of the Lake District’s most visually pleasing fells. Skiddaw House, the most Secluded House in England rests 1,500 feet above sea level, on the back of spectacular Skiddaw. “As one of the oldest established […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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