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Avant Homes acquires Derbyshire site to deliver £60m 247-home development

Avant Homes has acquired a 28-acre site in Holmewood, Derbyshire, to deliver 247 new-build homes with a gross development value (GDV) of around £60m. Called Earl’s Park, the development is located just a 10-minute drive from Chesterfield town centre on Tibshelf Road. The development received planning permission in December last year, and will comprise a […]

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Muse and Bury Council unveil vision for Prestwich Village as starting point for community conversation

Nationwide placemaker Muse and Bury Council have launched the first community conversation on the future of Prestwich Village, as a draft masterplan and new images are revealed to act as a starting point for the discussions to shape the regeneration. Your Prestwich is an ambitious £100m+ project that will transform the Longfield Centre and cement […]

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Godwin bolsters BTR ambitions

UK property developer Godwin Developments has appointed leading industry figure Lesley Roberts, a highly experienced residential and Build to Rent (BTR) professional, as Director of BTR Operations. With a career spanning over 20 years, Lesley has extensive high-level experience with both the BTR and PRS sectors, and for the last four years has been at […]

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Green makeover for Woolgate Exchange approved by City of London

Leading UK developer Stanhope PLC and the Woolgate Exchange Unit Trust (WEUT) are moving forward plans for a full refurbishment of Woolgate Exchange, after receiving official planning consent from The City of London Corporation following the successful completion of their Section 106 agreements. The nine-storey building, newly named Woolgate, has been reimagined by leading architecture […]

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Trebor appointed to develop KLA Corporation’s major R&D and manufacturing facility

Trebor Developments has exchanged a Development Agreement with KLA Corporation to develop their new high-tech manufacturing, research and development and office facility in Newport, South Wales. The building of 210,000 sq ft will represent c.$100 million investment by KLA in their expansion plans, providing new state-of-the-art innovation centre and facilities for up to 750 staff. […]

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1500 home Cheshire Garden Village greenlit

Plans to deliver ‘The Garden Village at Handforth’ have moved a step closer. The Garden Village at Handforth will create a bespoke new village that will include 1,500 new high-quality design homes and extensive ‘green infrastructure’ – more than 40 per cent of the site will be open space, public amenity space or protected habitat […]

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General Fusion’s fusion energy demonstration receives consent

South Oxfordshire District Council Planning Committee approves fusion energy project; construction to start this year at UKAEA’s Culham Campus. The fusion demonstration will be built to 70 per cent scale of a commercial power plant at UKAEA’s Culham Campus. The fusion machine is expected to be commissioned in 2026 and fully operational by early 2027. […]

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£3.5m deal for Portsmouth warehouse

The industrial / warehouse building in Havant, near Portsmouth, has been sold for just over £3.5 million. Vail Williams acted for the purchaser in the acquisition of the 21,312 sq ft Independence at 3 Stanbridge Road, Havant, for £3,525,000. A private property investment company, registered in Southsea, Hampshire, was the vendor and the new owner […]

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Maslow Capital Provides a £18.1m Development Loan for the Construction of 121 Co-Living Units in Felt

Maslow Capital, a leading development finance lender, has announced the successful completion of a £18.1m development loan to Yari Investments Limited, enabling the construction of 121 state-of-the-art co-living units in High Street, Feltham, London. This innovative project, located in the fast-developing borough of Hounslow, is set to transform the way young professionals experience city living […]

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