Greystar acquires site for a student accommodation scheme in Wembley Park May 2, 2023 Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality real estate, including rental housing, logistics, and life sciences, has acquired a site at Wembley Park from Quintain on behalf of its pan-European residential fund GEPE I for an undisclosed sum. Greystar will build a 20-storey purpose-built student […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Greystar acquires the Crown Trading Estate in Hayes for £26.5m Feb 10, 2022 Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing, has acquired the Crown Trading Estate in Hayes, west London for £26.5 million in an off-market transaction for a managed fund. Greystar plans to develop 407 purpose-designed apartments (318 build to rent and 89 affordable) for […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Greystar submit plans to unlock key development site in Croydon Jul 28, 2023 Greystar has submitted plans to Croydon Council for One Lansdowne. These proposals unlock a key development site in central Croydon that has been earmarked for development for a long time. Designed by HTA Design, the plans will deliver 783 new high-quality rental homes across two buildings of 35 and 47-storeys, a new public green square, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Grosvenor and Mitsui Fudosan UK team up for Mayfair transformation Sep 27, 2022 A new joint venture between Grosvenor and Mitsui Fudosan UK, the European operation of leading Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan, has been formed to deliver a key element of a sustainable mixed-use development in London’s Mayfair. Focusing on the 263,000 sq ft North and South blocks of the South Molton Triangle scheme, the partnership […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Harrison Street, Apache Capital and NFU Mutual Expand Joint Venture Portfolio with Moda Living in UK’s Largest Regional Build-to-Rent Deal Apr 5, 2023 Harrison Street, one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative real assets with approximately $55 billion in assets under management has expanded its build-to-rent (“BTR”) joint venture (“JV”) with UK investment manager Apache Capital (“Apache”) and NFU Mutual to fund Moda Living’s Great Charles Street, a 722-home BTR development in Birmingham, UK. […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Helical acquires London office building in £160m deal Dec 20, 2021 Helical plc, a leading UK real estate company specialising in the redevelopment and refurbishment of highly sustainable, best-in-class London office buildings has exchanged contracts to acquire from the vendor, 100 New Bridge Street Limited, the Guernsey incorporated single asset company, FPM 100 New Bridge Street Limited, that owns 100 New Bridge Street, London EC4, a […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Helical and Baupost JV disposes of London asset for £16.5m Jun 1, 2022 Helical plc, a UK real estate investment trust (REIT) specialising in the redevelopment and refurbishment of highly sustainable, best-in-class London office buildings together with its joint venture partner Baupost Group, has exchanged contracts to sell 55 Bartholomew Close to a private European investor for £16.5m. The sale price reflects a net initial yield of 4.5% […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Helical signs contract to partner with Transport for London on commercial office portfolio joint venture Jul 14, 2023 Further to the announcement on 15 February 2023 that Transport for London (TfL)’s wholly owned commercial property company had selected Helical as its preferred investment partner for its sustainable commercial office portfolio across central London, contracts have now been signed confirming Helical as the joint venture partner. The partnership will see the delivery of new […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Henderson Park cashes in on Athene Place investment Mar 1, 2021 Fast-growing real estate investment platform Henderson Park has sold one of its prime assets to a consortium led by a Hong Kong-based company for £255m. The private equity firm entered the market in 2016 and since then has invested nearly £10bn in iconic real estate assets across Europe. In 2018 it acquired the 147,000sqft Athene […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Hill Group partners with Harlow Council for regeneration Jun 21, 2023 A new public-private partnership has been launched which will deliver town centre and major housing regeneration in Harlow. Harlow Council and The Hill Group, one of the UK’s leading housebuilders, have joined forces to deliver a programme of new homes as part of the ambitious regeneration of the town. The Harlow Regeneration Partnership LLP is […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Hines submits proposal for new mixed use destination in Bankside, central London Aug 9, 2023 Hines, a global real estate investment, development and property manager, working with architects Foster + Partners and consultants Lipton Rogers Developments, has submitted a planning application for a mixed-use project to develop 18 Blackfriars Road. The site sits in close proximity to the River Thames and is set among some of London’s best loved cultural […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Historic London markets development being readied for construction tender phase Mar 9, 2021 The City of London Corporation has started the process of sounding out contractors regarding its £330m scheme to combine the city’s three main wholesale markets on one site in East London. The tender process will start in January 2022 and the two-year works programme, on the 17-hectare site at the former Barking Reach Power Station, […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
