‘New Garden Square’: a new Moda Living masterplan Jun 12, 2023 Moda are delivering a major new urban community with up to 1,600 homes and £6m of public realm at ‘New Garden Square’ in Edgbaston, Birmingham, as part of an emerging UK-wide masterplan strategy for the business. With this masterplan strategy, which is already underway at several sites across the UK, Moda will be delivering and […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
£1.9bn Smithfield Birmingham project plans submitted Feb 1, 2023 Plans for the £1.9bn Smithfield Birmingham regeneration project have been submitted. The development of residential, commercial and leisure facilities is set to create thousands of jobs. Birmingham City Council appointed Lendlease, an international real estate and investment group to prepare the hybrid proposals. Permission has been sought for approximately 3,000 residential units, along with 274,000 […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£15m ‘Extra Care’ housing development for over-55s for Shropshire Jan 11, 2023 One of the West Midlands’ fastest-growing providers of affordable homes and social housing has completed a £15m deal to build a new ‘Extra Care’ development in Shropshire. Keon Homes, which has already seen turnover rise by 33% to £25m in 2022, has purchased land from Bloor Homes at its Hutchinson Gate site in Newport and […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
11-PBSA units totalling 4,500 beds sold in £306m deal Mar 8, 2022 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 Read more
A £400 million Build-to-Rent project is poised to provide 1,000 homes in Digbeth Jul 10, 2023 Moda Living and Aviva Capital Partners have announced a joint venture to invest in a four-acre regeneration site in Digbeth, with plans to build 1,000 homes for rent. The £400 million ‘Stone Yard’ project aims to transform a brownfield site near Birmingham New Street Station and HS2 Curzon Wharf. The site was purchased from Gallagher […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Arden Cross unveils major medtech campus plans at HS2 site Sep 29, 2022 Arden Cross Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with both University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) and the University of Warwick to explore opportunities for creating a new Medical & Technology Campus to deliver world-beating innovation in healthcare as part of the £3.2 billion Arden Cross development. This crucial next step in bringing the Arden […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Aver acquires Trebor Developments M6 industrial scheme Mar 8, 2022 Trebor Developments and Seddon Developments have sold their Prime Point 14 speculative, industrial, development to Aver Property Limited Partnership. The site lies one minute from Junction 14 on the M6 Motorway. The two units of 66,628 sq ft and 76,742 sq ft will be constructed during 2022 by Seddon Construction Limited and provide high quality, […] Posted by: Deividas Krupstas Read more
Aviva Investors and Packaged Living to develop 195 homes Jul 8, 2022 Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), and Packaged Living, the specialist UK Build-to-Rent developer, announce they have completed a deal to acquire and develop 195 homes in the West Midlands town of Telford, Shropshire. It is the first investment made since the two firms announced a partnership (‘The Partnership’) in […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Bauer Media to relocate its West Midlands hub to 54 Hagley Road Nov 25, 2021 Media giant Bauer, the name behind radio stations including KISS, Hits Radio, Absolute Radio and Planet Rock, has announced the move of its West Midlands hub to 54 Hagley Road, the landmark office complex in Edgbaston. The building will become home to Birmingham station Free Radio and Greatest Hits Radio Midlands as well as also a presence for Bauer’s […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Birmingham Smethwick Corridor to create major regeneration opportunity Feb 8, 2022 A plan for the regeneration of the Smethwick to Birmingham Corridor is going to cabinet for approval this week, providing a strategy for housing, transport and local heritage as the area is redeveloped. The Smethwick to Birmingham Corridor Framework promotes a co-ordinated approach to regeneration within the area encompassing Birmingham Mainline Canal, City Hospital and […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Blackfinch boosts Birmingham restaurant with £1.3m commercial refinancing deal Apr 25, 2023 Blackfinch Property, a rapidly growing agile lender to the UK property market, has completed a £1.3m commercial refinancing loan for a popular Birmingham restaurant. The 24-month deal will help to secure the future of the restaurant, a much-loved part of the community in Sparkhill, a suburb around three miles from Birmingham City Centre. Blackfinch Property, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Blackfinch Property completes £2m refinancing deal for supported housing complex Sep 19, 2023 Blackfinch Property, a rapidly growing agile lender to the UK property market, has completed a £2m refinancing deal for a West Midlands supported housing complex providing 18 one-bedroom apartments for vulnerable people. The refinancing deal follows the borrower’s redevelopment of a vacant two-story property, with improved EPC ratings, providing much-needed supported living in the West […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
