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Birchgrove secures loan from Cynergy Bank to support two senior living assets
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (167+ words) Birchgrove has secured a senior loan facility from Cynergy Bank to support two senior living assets in Leatherhead and Mill Hill while they achieve stabilised occupancy. The financing took six weeks from credit approval to completion and the transaction adds…...
Cash in lieu of affordable housing - a pragmatic solution or a dangerous precedent?
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (360+ words) The revised NPPF's proposals to strengthen support for small sites and to introduce a new "medium development' category, defined as 10 to 49 homes and up to two and a half hectares, are linked to policy and regulatory easements. The bottlenecks are…...
Bidwells strengthens planning team with new hires
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (198+ words) Bidwells has appointed Matthew Pigott and Tim Sturgess as partners in the firm's planning team." Sturgess (pictured), who has nearly 20 years' experience in residential-led mixed-use development and strategic site promotion, joins from Avison Young as group partner and will lead…...
Study finds modular meeting rooms deliver major lifecycle cost and carbon savings
6+ day, 27+ min ago (535+ words) A new independent study has found that modular meeting rooms can deliver substantial cost and carbon savings over a typical office lifecycle, challenging the long-standing reliance on traditional, site-built meeting room construction. Commissioned by Mute and undertaken by cost consultancy…...
The death of the 10-15 year lease - how occupier behaviour is shaping landlord strategy
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (612+ words) The traditional 10 to 15 year office lease is becoming commercially obsolete. Not because occupiers don't need office space, but because rigid, long-term commitments no longer align with how modern businesses operate. Most businesses now plan in quarters, not decades, with fluctuating…...
Milton Keynes warehouse hits the market
1+ week, 2+ day ago (129+ words) A 23, 920 sq ft warehouse in Kingston, Milton Keynes, has been put up for sale. The M1-MK unit is located on Chippenham Drive and comprises a modern warehouse providing 20, 243 sq ft with a 283 sq ft mezzanine, and 3, 214 sq ft of office…...
Addington secures multi-use planning consent at City office building
1+ week, 2+ day ago (192+ words) Joint venture partners Addington and Strategic Value Partners have obtained a multi-use planning consent at the 150, 802 sq ft Senator office building in the City of London. The consent grants dual use under Class E and F1 for 29, 000 sq ft of space…...
Valor makes flurry of promotions across the business
1+ week, 2+ day ago (167+ words) Valor Real Estate Partners has made nine promotions, including four senior promotions, across the company. Timour Wielemans, from Valor's UK investments team; Will Outram, head of ESG UK in Valor's asset management team; Miles Muthu, who specialises in real estate…...
Rare insects discovered at Betteshanger Park
1+ week, 3+ day ago (164+ words) benews. co. uk Rare insects discovered at Betteshanger Park Two insect species previously thought to be extinct in the UK have been discovered at Betteshanger Park near Deal, Kent. Kirby's Lesser Mason Bee, which was last recorded more than a…...
Bristol PBSA scheme gets green light from planners
1+ week, 2+ day ago (254+ words) Designed by Alec French Architects, the development will see the demolition of a vacant office building and the construction of two 10-storey and one nine-storey wings around a central courtyard. It will feature 133 en-suite bedrooms and 149 studios, including 10 accessible apartments....