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Edmond de Rothschild gets £42.25m loan for BTR scheme

Barclays has provided Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management with a five-year, £42.25m development loan to assist with a build to rent (BTR) scheme in Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ Quarter The Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management has secured a five-year, £42.25m development loan from Barclays to support its construction of a 406-unit build to […]

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Elevate secures £23.4m Paragon funding for Nottingham and Solihull new build schemes

Paragon Bank’s Development Finance division has provided a £23.4 million funding package for two Midlands-based new build projects for Elevate Property Group. The funding includes an £11.5 million finance package for the company’s development of 60 new build apartments on Homer Road, Solihull. In addition, Paragon has provided an £11.9m funding package for the Phase […]

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Film and pharmacy students benefit from £4.4m refurbishment at University of Wolverhampton

National fit-out and refurbishment specialist contractor, Willmott Dixon Interiors has completed the £4.4 million refurbishment of two buildings at the University of Wolverhampton. The 17-week project has delivered enhanced facilities and more than 32,000 sq ft of modern teaching space at the Wulfruna Building and Alan Turing Building at the university’s city campus on Wulfruna […]

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Final green light for £22.4 million investment into Hereford

The StrongerHereford board has been given the go ahead to spend £22.4 million on transformational projects that’ll boost ambitions for a green, fair, and connected future.  Fifteen capital projects that will bring about new skills, creative places and community connections have been formally approved by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, meaning they […]

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First phase reaches completion at £200m Redditch Gateway

Leading commercial property developer, Stoford has completed work on the first phase of a £200 million build-to-suit logistics and manufacturing scheme near Redditch. Unit A is a new 534,000 sq ft warehouse building with a mezzanine floor and integral office space that lies to the north of the 78-acre Redditch Gateway site, near Junction 3 […]

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Frasers group plans to make new HQ in West Midlands

The company that owns major brands Sports Direct and House of Fraser, has unveiled plans for a global headquarters campus in the West Midlands. Frasers Group plans to make its home at Junction 2 of the M6 in Ansty, Warwickshire. Working with renowned architect Grimshaw (the Eden Project) – the campus would include logistics, offices, […]

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Get Living and Watkin Jones partner on £136m Birmingham scheme

A £136m forward funding deal has been agreed, that will deliver 551 new homes on Sherlock Street in Birmingham, 500m from the Bull Ring shopping centre. The scheme by Watkin Jones will be its largest build to rent development to date. Working with investor Get Living, the plans feature one, two and three-bed apartments, 27 […]

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Glenstone purchases prominent industrial site in Birmingham

Glenstone announce the purchase of a prominent industrial site located close to the M6, to the north-east of Birmingham City Centre. Comprising approximately 45,000 sq. ft., the unit is let in its entirety to E & S W Knowles & Company Ltd on a new 20-year FRI lease. Knowles are the UK’s leading manufacturer of […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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Government to send Transport jobs to Leeds and Birmingham

Hot on the heels of the Treasury’s announcement to create a Northern headquarters in the North East, the Department for Transport this morning revealed plans to put a second HQ in Birmingham and a northern hub in Leeds. Earlier this month Chancellor Rishi Sunak committed to moving hundreds of civil service jobs to Darlington and […]

Posted by: Mark Flanagan

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Graftongate wins approval for British engineering firm’s new HQ

Graftongate has secured planning consent for the development of a new, purpose-built headquarters building in Warwickshire on behalf of British chemical engineering firm, CALGAVIN. Stratford-upon-Avon District Council has given approval for construction of a 36,381 sq ft building with integral Grade A office space, on a prominent 2.3-acre site at Alcester Employment Park, Arden Road. […]

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