Cautious response to Labour’s business rates promise
The Labour Party has raised eyebrows in the real estate sector after promising to scrap business rates in what it claimed would be the biggest overhaul of business taxation in a generation.
Modular housing group secures £60m to expand sustainable homes roll out
Modular housing group ilke Homes has raised £60m to scale up its operations and deliver more than 10,000 homes over the next five years.
Planning permission approved for Cheshunt FC stadium
Planning permission has been approved for a 2,000-capacity Cheshunt FC stadium, over 160 homes and a range of new community, leisure and business facilities in the Hertfordshire-based town Cheshunt.
Montagu Evans poaches Colliers finance director
Planning and development consultancy Montagu Evans has appointed David Jones as finance director.
Workspace acquires Shoreditch Old Dairy office asset for £43m
Workspace Group has acquired Stapleton House, known as ‘The Old Dairy’, in Shoreditch, east London for £43.38m.
Lovell gets green light for £290m housing scheme in Woolwich
A £290m regeneration scheme by Lovell has been given the go-ahead by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Bradford set for new work and homes scheme on 180-acre waterworks site
Bradford City Council has given the green light to Yorkshire Water and sister company Keyland Developments to develop a sustainable industrial and residential scheme on 180 acres of redundant land around the Esholt wastewater treatment works in Bradford.
Financial services group signs up for new 25-year lease at Cheadle Royal
Greater Manchester-based specialist lender Together has taken a new 25-year lease on its £39m headquarters at Cheadle Royal Business Park.
Henderson Park buys City office for £60m
Henderson Park has paid abdrn £60m for 100 Leman Street in Aldgate, London.
PFI expert Tanner joins CBRE
CBRE has appointed Simon Tanner who joins the firm as a senior director in the strategic advisory team.
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Montagu Evans poaches Colliers finance director
Planning and development consultancy Montagu Evans has appointed David Jones as finance director.
Financial services group signs up for new 25-year lease at Cheadle Royal
Greater Manchester-based specialist lender Together has taken a new 25-year lease on its £39m headquarters at Cheadle Royal Business Park.
Argent loaned £126m for TOG’s King’s Cross flexi office
Argent has secured a £126m loan facility for the development of The Office Group’s (TOG) 170,000 sq ft flexible office scheme at King’s Cross.
Creating the eco-efficient homes that renters want
It’s time for BTR housebuilders to create the smart, energy-efficient and cost-effective homes of the future.
Pause to reforms will lead to housebuilding hiatus
Editor: Last week’s announcement of a pause to the biggest shake-up in the planning system in England for 70 years was unwelcome but not entirely unexpected.
Business rates: a plea to Michael Gove
Editor: When Michael Gove acknowledged his new position as secretary of state for levelling up, he vowed his “relentless focus will be on delivering for… undervalued communities across the UK” (‘Michael Gove appointed housing secretary’).
The Collective’s collapse sets off alarm bells over co-living
But experts believe fundamentals of the model remain sound despite the operator’s fall into administration.
Are we sleepwalking into another Grenfell?
Modular construction has been hailed as a fast, cost-effective, climate-friendly solution to the UK housing crisis, but fire safety experts are starting to have serious reservations about it.
Planning reforms expected to be watered down or scrapped
Four planning experts give their take on controversial ‘developer’s charter’ and what government should do next.
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It’s time to build a diverse industry
London’s industrial land dilemma
Three items of AOB for the RICS
Education is key to BTR’s growth
The debt market outlook is brightening