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
NFU Mutual desposes industrial portfolio to Barings in £234m deal Aug 19, 2022 NFU Mutual has agreed to dispose of 8 logistics assets in a £234m deal with Barings. In total it covers 1,477,431 sq ft of space – with assets in the Midlands, South West, South East and North West. Fully let, the tenant base is diversified, with the likes of e-commerce, manufacturing and freight brands taking […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Nuveen Real Estate’s European Value Add Strategy acquires high-quality UK self-storage portfolio from Easistore Apr 18, 2023 Nuveen Real Estate, one of the largest investment managers in the world, announces that it has acquired a high-quality self-storage portfolio in the UK, from Easistore, on behalf of its European Value Add strategy. Nuveen will partner with one of the UK’s leading operators, Storage King, to leverage their operational expertise. The vendor was advised […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Octopus Energy expands hub at Slough Trading Estate Aug 19, 2022 SEGRO has agreed a second lease for one of Europe’s largest investors in renewable power, Octopus Energy, to expand its presence at the Slough Trading Estate to almost 50,000 sq ft. Octopus Energy has signed a ten-year lease for an 18,500 sq ft unit at 201 Bedford Avenue, located within proximity to its existing 24,000 […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Octopus Real Estate and PIC to develop up to four integrated retirement communities with Audley Group Jul 28, 2023 Senior Living Investment Partners (‘SLIP’), a £200 million partnership between Pension Insurance Corporation plc (‘PIC’), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, and specialist real estate lender and investor Octopus Real Estate (‘Octopus’), today announces a multi-site joint venture with Audley Group, the UK’s leading provider of Integrated Retirement Communities (‘IRCs’) to develop up […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Octopus Real Estate funds GSE Group’s 400-unit Ashford site with £22m loan Mar 25, 2022 Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has completed a £22 million loan secured on a 48-acre site with planning consent for the development of 400 new homes in Ashford, Kent. The site forms part of a wider 140-acre mixed use development, Waterbrook Park, being […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Octopus Real Estate provides £36.8m loan for residential development Jul 14, 2023 Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has provided a development loan of £36.8m to repurpose and extend a vacant office block into 174 private residential apartments. The loan provided to Sheen Lane Developments will finance the conversion of a vacant office block in Addlestone, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan enters JV to help deliver £700m Oxford innovation district Mar 11, 2022 Thomas White Oxford Ltd, the development company of St John’s College, has agreed a 50:50 joint venture partnership with Canadian-based Cadillac Fairview, the real estate arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, with developer Stanhope PLC, to deliver Oxford North, Oxford, UK, the £700 million new global innovation district. A new company, Oxford North Ventures LLP, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Oxford Council begins planning for next 20 years Feb 23, 2023 Oxford City Council has started work on the new Oxford Local Plan 2040 that will guide Oxford’s development over the next 20 years. The Local Plan 2040 is a step forward from the Local Plan 2036 that was adopted last year. It will also take into account the Oxfordshire Plan 2050, which will provide a strategic […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Palace Capital acquires Maidenhead office building for £10.25m Jan 17, 2022 UKREiiF attendee Palace Capital, the Main Market property investment company that has a diversified portfolio of UK commercial real estate in carefully selected locations outside of London with a focus on the office & industrial sectors, announces that it has acquired 22 Market Street, an office building in the centre of Maidenhead, Berkshire for £10.25 […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Palace Capital nears completion of disposal strategy with two further sales Dec 20, 2021 Palace Capital, the Main Market property investment company that has a diversified portfolio of UK commercial real estate in carefully selected locations outside of London with a focus on the office and industrial sectors, announces that it has completed the sale of Russell House, Walton on-Thames, Surrey for £2.625 million and exchanged contracts to sell […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Panattoni agrees double deal in Aylesford with land purchase and pre-let Aug 19, 2022 Panattoni, the largest logistics real estate developer in the UK and Europe, has agreed a relocation deal with Marley, a UK leader in the manufacture and supply of pitched roof systems to the construction market, that involves Marley relocating to Panattoni Park Aylesford and Panattoni securing a prime site from Marley in Wrotham. Marley has […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
