The site adjacent to St Ann’s Hospital in South Tottenham will also provide enhanced green spaces, shops, and other commercial uses, including affordable workspaces, while retaining and restoring several historic hospital buildings. Hill will deliver 239 homes within the first phase which gained detailed approval. Outline plans for an additional 756 homes will be built […]
British Land is predicting construction cost inflation will ease to a maximum 4-5% next year as subcontractor rate rises start to soften as some projects are delayed or cancelled. The developer said inflation is still running at 8-10% this year. But it added: “There is a possibility that inflation next year is lower than […]
Guildford Borough Council is heading the plan to replace the station level crossing with a new bridge and pedestrian crossing. The A323 Guildford Road road diversion and bridge project will also enable housing that has been allocated in the Local Plan to come forward. Read more here.
Developer CIT has been given approval to build a major office scheme in London on stilts to allow trees and open public space to run beneath the building. The design by architect Foster for a 518,000 sq ft building has been split into four elements and raised by up to 18m above ground level on […]
Regeneration business Peel L&P has submitted plans to demolish the vacant former Soccerdome building at Trafford Way on Barton Dock Road to build the landmark tropical complex. The TraffordCity project will cost around £250m to build and is being developed by Therme in partnership with Peel L&P. Read more here.
Outline plans for the £1bn regeneration of East London’s Carpenter Estate have finally advanced after decades of waiting. London Newham Council’s wholly owned housing delivery company, Populo Living has submitted plans for what is the capital’s largest and most ambitious estate restoration and regeneration scheme. Read more here.
The developers Hines and the National Pension Service of Korea bought the site nearly a year ago with existing consent for a residential tower of 53 storeys and an office tower of 34 storeys. After appointing Foster + Partners to redesign plans for the 18 Blackfriars Road site it has gone out to public consultation […]
Phase 2 comprises a total of 511 homes in four separate plots, including a modern crescent-shaped block of 180 apartments and a contemporary 25-storey tall building of 167 apartments for completion in 2026. Read more here.
Property investors Barings and LBS have named Kier as their builder for a £69m net zero office project on London’s Southbank, near Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. The 12 -storey 135 Park Street project in Southwark has been designed by architect Square and Partners to be net zero carbon in both embodied and in operation. Read more […]
Byrne Group has bought the the properties and plant of civils contractors O’Keefe Group. O’Keefe has been struggling financially and struck a Company Voluntary Arrangement with its creditors last year. Concrete frame specialist and contractor Byrne Group has now established O’Keefe Construction (Byrne Group) Limited and O’Keefe Demolition (Byrne Group) Limited. Read more here.