All West Midlands articles – Page 3
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Kirsten Hald named UK regional rep to BPF Futures advisory board
Kirsten Hald, a surveyor in real estate adviser Colliers’ Birmingham office, has been selected to join the British Property Federation’s (BPF) Futures division.
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M7 Capital lends £7m to support prime Birmingham office asset acquisition
Real estate debt specialist M7 Capital (M7C) has provided a £7m loan to support Linden Hill Capital’s (LHC’s) acquisition of prime Birmingham office and retail building Maple House.
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Vita Group secures Birmingham city centre regeneration site from LCR
Urban regeneration specialist Vita Group has completed the purchase of a regeneration site in Birmingham from developer London and Continental Railways (LCR) for an undisclosed amount.
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Redrow Midlands promotes Shaw to regional director
Housebuilder Redrow Midlands has appointed Paul Shaw as regional director with responsibility for coordinating divisional directors and heads of departments.
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BBC Digbeth Factory home approved by planners
Planners at Birmingham City Council have given the go-ahead for the BBC’s new home at the former Typhoo Tea factory in Digbeth.
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Hammerson greenlighted to turn Birmingham’s Drum into 200,000 sq ft offices
Property giant Hammerson has been granted planning consent to repurpose the former John Lewis department store building at Grand Central, part of its Birmingham Estate, into 200,000 sq ft of offices.
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Home 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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MRP & Vita get green light for 540-bed Birmingham PBSA scheme
Investor and developer MRP has secured planning permission for a 540-bed purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Birmingham, in partnership with student accommodation provider Vita Group.
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£113m funding needed for Birmingham BTR scheme
Midlands-based developer BPG has appointed property consultancy Knight Frank to find a funding partner for a new build-to-Rent (BTR) investment opportunity in Birmingham.
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Spring Budget: £500m boost for West Midlands housing and regeneration
The Deeper Devolution Deal for the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) confirmed in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has secured £500m to support housing and regeneration across the region.
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Shropshire decision may pave way for public space appeals
Supreme Court judgment may provide blueprint for other communities looking to protect recreational space.
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St. Modwen buys 560,000 sq ft of sheds in Burton-on-Trent and Coventry
Developer St. Modwen Logistics, owned by private equity giant Blackstone, has acquired warehouse units in Burton-upon-Trent and Coventry.
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M Core acquires Solihull shopping centre
Privately held commercial property portfolio M Core has acquired Chelmsley Wood shopping centre in Solihull, one of the main retail centres in the West Midlands town.
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Warrens takes 514,000 sq ft at Prologis’s Daventry rail terminal
Logistics real estate owner and developer Prologis UK has leased two new distribution centres totalling around 514,000 sq ft to transport and logistics provider Warrens, part of Culina Group, at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT).
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Bond Wolfe’s first 2023 auction rakes in over £16.6m
Bond Wolfe raised more than £16.6m at its first auction in 2023, recording a 90% success rate.
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Gove pushes for Awaab’s Law
Housing secretary Michael Gove has announced social housing landlords will be responsible for damp and mould conditions as part of amendments to be made to the Social Housing Regeneration Bill (SHRB) to introduce ‘Awaab’s Law’.
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Avison Young reappointed manager for Birmingham’s Brindleyplace
Real estate adviser Avison Young has been reappointed as the estate management team for Birmingham business, culture and leisure destination Brindleyplace by its owner Hines.
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Canary Wharf of the Midlands
The UK Central hub development looks set to transform the Solihull area.
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Midlands industrial take-up down 33% year on year in 2022, says Knight Frank
Industrial take-up fell by a third to 15m sq ft in 2022 from 2021 levels, while investment fell 36% to £2.4bn, according to Knight Frank.
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Event Hire UK takes 55,000 sq ft at Barberry’s Wolverhampton site
Event equipment hire firm Event Hire UK has taken a 15-year lease on a 55,575 sq ft Wolverhampton warehouse owned by developer and investor Barberry Industrial for its new headquarters.