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Developers submit plans for first phases of Coventry city centre regeneration
The Hill Group and Shearer Property Group (SPG) have submitted a reserved matters application for the first two phases of a regeneration project for Coventry city centre.
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MDM and Hana secure £90m refinancing for West Midlands retail park
MDM Asset Management and Hana Securities have secured a £90m refinancing deal for Gallagher Shopping Park in Wednesbury in the West Midlands.
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Wavensmere Homes to replace L&G on £150m Wolverhampton resi scheme
The City of Wolverhampton Council has selected Wavensmere Homes as its preferred partner for the £150m Canalside South residential scheme to replace Legal & General.
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Timber land: PW pays visit to Barratt Homes’ new Derby factory
Barratt Homes is betting big on wooden construction as part of its net zero strategy. Property Week visits the housebuilder’s new factory in Derby to find out more.
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Mills & Reeve swaps Colmore Row office for Paradise Birmingham
Law firm Mills & Reeve is swapping its Colmore Row office in Birmingham for a bigger space at MEPC’s landmark One Centenary Way.
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Burgin steps up to head Savills’ Birmingham office
Savills has promoted director Victoria Burgin to head of its Birmingham office.
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Gym operator to make UK debut in West Midlands shopping centre
Fitness operator XTRAFIT is set to make its UK debut with a 40,000 sq ft gym in a former Debenhams in the Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierly Hill, West Midlands.
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Avison Young to market government’s Warwickshire Rosalind Franklin Laboratory
The Department for Health and Social Care has appointed Avison Young to sell the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory, a 236,231 sq ft state-of-the-art facility and former Covid-19 testing base in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
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HBD submits application for first phase of £100m I&L scheme
Developer HBD, part of the Henry Boot Group, has submitted a reserved matters application for the first phase of its £100m GDV SPARK scheme – a 44-acre logistics and manufacturing hub near Walsall in the West Midlands.
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Avant Homes greenlit for £34m resi scheme in Walsall
Walsall Council has approved housebuilder Avant Homes West Midlands’ plans for a 150-home scheme in Rushall, Walsall,with a development value of £33.8m.
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BBC considers extending lease at Birmingham’s Mailbox
Mailbox REIT said the BBC is likely to stay for up to another two years at the mixed-use Birmingham scheme when its lease expires in 2026.
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L&G’s Godfrey becomes WMCA interim director of housing
Legal & General (L&G’s) director of levelling up John Godfrey has been appointed as interim director of housing, placemaking and regeneration at the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), Property Week can reveal.
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Property heavyweights urge Sunak not to axe HS2’s northern section
Bosses at some of the UK’s largest property firms are among a list of around 80 business leaders who wrote to the government urging Rishi Sunak not to scrap the remaining northern section of HS2.
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Real Estate Investors hit by worse economy since global financial crisis
Net tangible assets (NTA) at Midlands-based Real Estate Investors nudged down during the six months to the end of June as investment levels hit their lowest point since 2008.
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Birmingham City Council considers asset sell-off
Bankrupt Birmingham City Council could be forced to sell off swathes of its land and property from a £2.4bn portfolio in a bid to pay of its debts.
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Praxis and Veld Capital buy Birmingham campus Brindleyplace for £125m
Property investment platform Praxis and private credit investor Veld Capital have bought Birmingham’s mixed-use campus Brindleyplace in a deal worth £125m.
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Staffordshire R&D premises changes hands for £6.5m
Siddall Jones has advised an undisclosed vendor on the £6.5m sale of a warehouse and office premises on Fradley Park in Staffordshire.
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Housing Growth Partnership invests £18m to fund new Midlands homes
Lloyds-backed equity investor Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) has invested £17.7m of equity across seven housing schemes in the Midlands since the start of 2023.
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Lloyds signs major flex office lease in Birmingham
Lloyds Banking Group has taken nearly 60,000 sq ft of flexible office space at Brindleyplace in Birmingham while it refurbishes its headquarters in the city at 125 Colmore Row.
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Barberry Group buys West Midlands Mecca Bingo hall for £5.92m
West Midlands-based developer Barberry Group has acquired a Mecca Bingo hall in Oldbury, Sandwell, for £5.92m.