All articles by Lawrie Holmes – Page 6
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NewsInvestec loans GSA £85m to refurbish five PBSA assets
Investor Investec Real Estate is providing an £85m loan to developer Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA) to support the refinance and partial refurbishment of five UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets.
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NewsConnells launches arm targeting rental sector investors
Property services provider Connells Group, part of building society owner Skipton Group, has launched Connells Living, a business proposition focused on private rented sector (PRS) investors.
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NewsKnight Frank hires Hashemi as UK ESG lead
Property consultancy Knight Frank has recruited Amira Hashemi as UK ESG lead for property and asset management.
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NewsSt. Modwen spends £56m building 450,000 sq ft Chippenham sheds
St. Modwen Logistics, owned by private equity giant Blackstone, is investing around £56m to build 450,000 sq ft of speculative development in Chippenham, Wiltshire.
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NewsRetail Watch: Asda reported to be launching property review
Supermarket giant Asda has declined to say whether it has mandated advisers to explore options for its property portfolio.
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NewsHome Office signs for 38,000 sq ft in Stoke-on-Trent
Investor Genr8 Developments and Stoke-on-Trent City Council have let 38,000 sq ft of space their jointly-owned Smithfield mixed-use scheme in Stoke-on-Trent city centre to the Home Office.
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NewsGovernment minded to intervene in Croydon over ‘historic problems’
Levelling up minister Lee Rowley has said the government is “minded to” intervene at Croydon Council due to the scale of its “historic problems” and for not “meeting its best value duty”.
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NewsConditions right for single-family rental investment, says IMMO
A volatile market featuring soaring inflation and repeated interest rate rises means the time is right for European single family rental investment, according to investment platform IMMO.
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NewsAviva Investors welcomes Opportunity London investment programme
Munawer Shafi, head of structured and private debt at investment giant Aviva Investors, has welcomed an initiative by London councils to launch a prospectus of infrastructure investment opportunities in the spring, as it looks to partner with local authorities on projects in the capital.
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NewsBlantyre and Fairtree check in to Crerar Hotel Group
Investors Blantyre Capital and Fairtree Hotel Investments have bought Scotland’s Crerar Hotel Group for a deal “in the region of tens of millions of pounds” from a group of shareholders.
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NewsZero VAT for solar installations sends 'clear message’ that the government is backing net-zero transition
Warehouse providers welcome extension of the zero VAT rating for solar panels, heat pumps and insulation to battery storage, when either retrofitted to a solar photovoltaic (PV) system or fitted as a standalone unit.
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NewsBruntwood SciTec and Aston University to develop JV
Bruntwood SciTech, a joint venture (JV) between Bruntwood and Legal & General, has signed an agreement with Aston University to create strategic developments.
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NewsKnight Frank beefs up commercial valuation and advisory team with Young and Miller
Property adviser Knight Frank has promoted Roger Young to head of commercial valuation and advisory and Emily Miller to head of UK fund valuations.
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NewsRoyal Docks transformation plan featuring F1 circuit revealed
The LDN Collective, a network of built environment specialists, and engineering consultants Dar Group have unveiled a plan to transform Royal Docks in east London into a waterfront destination for sports, leisure and entertainment.
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NewsAbstract gains consent for 140,000 sq ft Cambridge life sciences facility
Investor Abstract Securities has received detailed planning consent to build 140,000 sq ft of laboratory space in Cambridge with scope to increase the development by a further 40,000 sq ft.
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NewsLeftfield agrees £15.2m Banbury shed deal with motorsport’s Prodrive
Property investor Leftfield Advisors has acquired a 128,046 sq ft logistics unit in Banbury for £15.2m from motor racing engineering company Prodrive Motorsport.
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NewsAbode Heat raises alarm over scale of home EPC retrofits needed
Renewable heat provider Abode Heat has reported that around 44% of homes may need to be retrofitted by landlords to meet Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) requirements by 2025.
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NewsObayashi buys London’s 60 Gracechurch Street
Obayashi Properties UK, a subsidiary of Japanese construction group Obayashi Corporation, has bought 60 Gracechurch Street for around £160m from German investment and asset manager KGAL Investment Management.
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NewsConsortium formed to masterplan Manchester life sciences and student accommodation quarter
McLaren Property, Property Alliance Group (Alliance), Moda Living and Kadans Science Partner have formed a partnership to create a masterplan featuring 700,000 sq ft of life sciences space and student accommodation with 1,840 beds for a project at Upper Brook Street in Ardwick, Manchester.
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NewsAtenor and AYR to regenerate west London bus garage site
Brussels-listed developer Atenor and joint-venture company AYR are joining forces to turn a bus garage near Notting Hill, West London into a residential-led, mixed-use scheme.
