Latest Residential News
Green light for Eutopia Homes’ £130m, Exeter ‘Urban Village’
Eutopia Homes has secured planning permission for 400 new homes and 65 extra-care beds on a 15-acre site, just over a 10-minute walk from Exeter city centre.
Major proptech firms to collaborate on tech solutions for residential
A new proptech innovation programme called PropertyLab is being launched collaboratively between developers, proptech firms and VC funds to create tech solutions for the residential sector.
Tuntum housing secures £42.5m bond funding
Housing association Tuntum Housing has arranged an unlisted £42.5m bond, backed by a UK insurer and a UK pension fund, maturing in 2053.
Taylor Wimpey directors take pay cut
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has announced its executive directors will take a 30% pay cut for the duration of the UK’s coronavirus lockdown.
Government to consider which construction sites stay open
The government is considering drawing up a list of construction projects which will remain open, in a bid to prevent both the spread of coronavirus and the collapse of the building industry.
Knight Dragon confirms Calatrava towers removed from Greenwich Peninsula plans
Knight Dragon has confirmed that it has removed Peninsula Place, the £1bn glass towers designed by Santiago Calatrava, from the centre of its Greenwich Peninsula redevelopment.
Galliard transforms Essex warehouse into essential supplies unit to support ‘NHS heroes’
Galliard Homes has donated a warehouse complex in Essex to the local authority in order to store essential supplies.
First Base submits plans for £175m Bristol mixed-use scheme
Developer First Base has submitted planning permission for a £175m mixed-use scheme in Bristol.
Devolved nations call for building site closures
Leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have pushed for more stringent action on construction sites, following last week’s advice from UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick that building should go ahead.
Planning application for retirement village in East Lothian submitted
Retirement living provider Cinnamon Retirement Living has submitted a planning application for a care village in East Lothian, Scotland.
