Downing submits plans for 2,224 co-living scheme in Manchester
Downing has submitted plans for a mammoth co-living scheme on First Street in Manchester.
TfL and Barratt reveal plans for 450 new homes in Wembley Park
TfL and Barratt London have announced they will deliver around 450 new homes in Wembley Park.
Profit plummets 25% at McCarthy & Stone
Annual profit at retirement home developer and manager McCarthy & Stone has slumped 25%, despite an 8% rise in revenue.
Cording Real Estate strikes fifth deal for UK PRS fund
Cording Real Estate Group has made the fifth investment with its £400m UK PRS fund, forward-funding a 160-unit scheme in Leicester.
Invesco forward funds £73.8m build-to-rent scheme
Invesco Real Estate has forward funded a new £73.8m build-to-rent scheme in Milton Keynes.
United Trust Bank provides £18.2m funding for senior living scheme in Essex
United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund an extra care village development near Braintree, Essex.
Ethos Property secures £29.7m student accommodation refinancing
Ethos Property has refinanced two of its recently developed student accommodation assets for £29.7m.
Unite gets planning approval for Bristol city centre student accommodation scheme
Planning approval has been granted for the conversion of a former Georgian hospital in Bristol city centre into a new student accommodation scheme by the Unite Group.
West Midlands councils endorse design charter for built environment
Local councils in the West Midlands are launching a new charter to promote better design and architecture in the built environment throughout the region.
ICG-Longbow provides over £100m for St John’s Wood scheme
ICG-Longbow has provided over £100m of senior debt to Regal London to help fund a residential-led mixed use development in St John’s Wood, London.
Berkeley Group to double capital returns to £1bn in two years
The Berkeley Group has announced it will double capital returns to shareholders over the next two years.
Institutional investors looking to invest more in the resi sector
Two thirds of institutional investors intend to increase their residential holdings over the next 12 months, according to data from the IPF’s annual survey of 50 institutional and large-scale investors.
Ocubis given the green light for new Albert Embankment hotel
Ocubis has secured a resolution to grant planning permission for a 600-bed hotel in London, after abandoning plans for a residential-led mixed-use scheme on the site.
JLL Spark makes multi-million pound investment in UK proptech LandTech
JLL is making its biggest investment in a proptech firm to date with a multi-million-pound investment in the UK’s LandTech, Property Week can reveal.
CA Ventures hires Phillips for £200m a year BTR push
CA Ventures has recruited Tim Phillips from Lothbury Investment Management to spearhead its launch into the build-to-rent sector in Europe.
Jenrick announces new building safety measures
Housing minister Robert Jenrick has announced new measures to improve building safety standards.
Packaged Living and Fiera Real Estate buy site for Manchester build-to-rent scheme
Build-to-rent developer and operator Packaged Living and Fiera Real Estate have bought a site in Manchester for a new BTR development.
BMO Real Estate targets £500m for UK housing strategy fund
BMO Real Estate Partners (BMO REP) has completed the first close of its UK housing strategy fund, the BMO UK Housing Fund.
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Student digs giant UPP appoints NHS property boss as new CEO
Student accommodation giant UPP has appointed NHS Property Services boss Elaine Hewitt as its new chief executive, Property Week can reveal.
Some 25,000 London homes are empty, says government data
Nearly 25,000 homes across London are empty — the highest number in the past seven years, according to the latest government figures.
