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VideosBritish Land CEO heralds asset management “engine” driving value through conviction bets on campuses
On the latest episode of PropCast, clustering, co-locations and a laser-like focus on customers are some of the things that British Land’s boss believes will drive value as it broadens its campus strategy to include life sciences, logistics and housing.
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Life Science REIT set to benefit from record high take-up in the Golden Triangle
Life Science REIT said it would benefit heavily from its assets in the UK’s Golden Triangle, where take-up from life science firms hit a five-year high of 1.4m sq ft last year, as it reported robust full-year results for 2022.
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Nokkel’s Roland Whyte on cutting through valuation chaos with data clarity
With everything changing so quickly in the property market, it can be tricky for buyers and sellers to feel in control, which is why now is the right time to refocus on the factors that they can influence.
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Major King’s Cross development site marketed by CBRE
Royal College Place, one of the last major land parcels in King’s Cross, London, has been put on the market by CBRE, on behalf of the Royal Mail Group and Parcelforce Worldwide.
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Abstract 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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Consortium 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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British Land and Australian fund hire Stanton Williams to design Canada Water building
A joint venture between property giant British Land and AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest superannuation fund, has appointed design studio Stanton Williams to design a 300,000 sq ft life sciences building in Canada Water, south London.
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Bruntwood SciTech reveals £60m lab space plans for Manchester
Science and tech property developer Bruntwood SciTech, a joint venture between Bruntwood and insurer Legal & General, has unveiled plans to invest £60m in lab space across 131,000 sq ft at its Manchester Science Park.
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Cheshire’s Bruntwood SciTech gets extra 200,000 sq ft plan approved
Bruntwood SciTech, a 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Bruntwood and insurer Legal & General, has gained approval for two buildings for a total of 200,000 sq ft of laboratory and office space at Alderley Park in Cheshire.
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EVC secures £165m investment from DSI for EV rollout
UK-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company EVC has secured up to £165m of capital to fund its plans to develop up to 100,000 EV charge points across the UK by 2027.
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Aussie firm Recharge Industries buys gigafactory company Britishvolt
Australian firm Recharge Industries has completed its purchase of Britishvolt, the financially troubled car battery start-up behind plans for a £3.8bn UK ‘gigafactory’.
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Getinge announces St Modwen Park Derby as new UK HQ
Swedish medical technology manufacturer Getinge has announced plans to establish a new UK headquarters at St Modwen Park Derby, alongside a Global Centre of Excellence of Chemistry.
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Heriot-Watt University’s research hub seeks development partner
Heriot-Watt University has enlisted adviser JLL to find a development partner with strong ties to the knowledge and life sciences sector to expand its research park.
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ADC Therapeutics doubles space at Imperial College’s I-HUB
Oncology-focused biotech firm ADC Therapeutics has doubled its footprint at Imperial College London’s I-HUB campus in White City to 24,000 sq ft.
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Brookfield leverages proptech platform Showhere
Global real estate investor, operator and developer Brookfield has adopted proptech platform Showhere for its Advanced Research Clusters (ARC).
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Life sciences secures £2.45bn investment in golden triangle during 2022
Investment into life sciences real estate exceeded £2.45bn in the ‘golden triangle’ in 2022, according to a report from Cushman & Wakefield.
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Peter Bill on artificial certitude, real estate certainty
Last week, Microsoft founder Bill Gates suggested the coming of artificial intelligence (AI) was “every bit as important as the PC and the internet”. So I decided to put the much-touted AI app Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) to the test.
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BA and GIC join forces with BlackRock on major King’s Cross Tribeca development
BlackRock Alternatives Real Estate has joined forces with British Airways’ pension scheme and Singaporean fund GIC to develop a major life sciences development, Tribeca King’s Cross.
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New hope for UK gigafactory as Britishvolt set to be bought by Australian firm
An Australian firm has been named as the preferred bidder for car battery start-up Britishvolt, potentially rescuing its plans for a £3.8bn UK ‘gigafactory’ after it went into administration last month.
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Innovation-led assets drive 68% leap in profit at Bruntwood
Bruntwood has reported its second best ever profit, at £75.2m, and a 10.7% jump in net asset value (NAV) for the year to the end of September.
