Alexander Peace
Estates Gazette
United Kingdom
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Kwoks and Ballymore in £1bn Canary Wharf residential push
Joint venture bets on London residential market with purchase of skyscraper scheme on Isle of Dogs. → Read More
Labour backs second vote
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Design should incorporate ‘Labour values’ to overcome nimbyism
LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: New social homes should incorporate “Labour’s values” → Read More
Labour will put devolution at the most appropriate level
LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: A Labour government would continue the process of devolution. → Read More
Labour proposes renters' unions and second home levy
LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: Shadow secretary of state for housing, John Healey, said the party would attack the gap between the have and have-nots. → Read More
Labour launches planning commission
LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: The commission aims to give local groups more say in the planning process. → Read More
Sandelson secures £38.4m loan for Lord's scheme
The loan will be used to finalise planning for Westbourne Terrace – a 201-flat care home. → Read More
Demographics, not QE, drives interest rates – CBRE
The long-term decline in interest rates is a product of demographic change and not just the financial crisis, according to CBRE. As a result the “normalisation” of rates that is being predicted may not be as severe as many believe. → Read More
TfL to plug funding gap with build-to-rent joint venture
Transport for London will build and manage a 3,000-home rental portfolio with a private sector partner. → Read More
TfL pulls sale of Limmo site from property framework
Transport for London has pulled the sale of the 1,500 home Limmo Peninsula site in east London from its Property Partnerships Framework. → Read More
Savills, CBRE and JLL’s H1 results compared
Savills, CBRE and JLL have all now released results for Q2 2018, which together give a flavour of the trading environment for agents in the first half of 2018. → Read More
Interest rates rise to 0.75%
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 0.75% from 0.5% – the highest level since March 2009. → Read More
Countrywide in £140m refinancing plan
Embattled estate agency Countrywide is proposing an open share placing in an attempt to refinance its turnaround plan. → Read More
L&G takes £200m slice of Europe’s tallest resi scheme
Legal & General Investment Management is nearing a deal with Renaker to buy a 44-storey tower in Manchester, which will be part of the UK’s tallest residential scheme. → Read More
Lodha makes return with Kensington Odeon EGi
In a dramatic return to the prime London residential market a Lodha affiliated company has exchanged contracts with Delancey to buy its super high end Kensington Odeon development. → Read More
Moda & Apache to build £220m BTR village in Brighton & Hove EGi
Moda and Apache Capital have secured their first major project in the south of England with the acquisition of an 860-home site in Brighton & Hove. → Read More
Workspace sells east London resi scheme EGi
Workspace Group has exchanged on the sale of a 200-flat development scheme on the site of the former Marshgate Business Centre in Stratford, E15. → Read More
L&G joins resi rush in Woolwich EGi
Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a £300m build-to-rent scheme in east London development hotspot Woolwich, for what will be its largest project to date in the capital. → Read More
Get Living to make £200m Manchester debut EGi
Delancey’s Get Living is in talks to buy a £200m project in Greater Manchester, its debut scheme in the city. → Read More
Will Letwin really get housebuilders building? EGi
The review by Oliver Letwin, MP for West Dorset, said delivery was being limited by the number of homes being built and sold on sites at any one time to prevent a glut driving down prices. → Read More