Author: Bradley Agnew

Plans have been unveiled to build two 11-storey ‘build to rent’ apartment blocks in the city centre – the first development of its kind in Stoke-on-Trent. A public consultation has today (Monday, July 31) been launched about the proposed residential development at Smithfield, which will be delivered by developer Genr8 in partnership with the city…

Former Arcadis Partner Stuart Dick has joined Genr8 as the Manchester based developer prepares to deliver more than £100 million of development over the next two years. Construction is expected to start in October at Rochdale Riverside, Genr8’s 200,000 sq ft retail and leisure scheme. This week the company also received a reserved matters planning…

Taylor & Wood has been appointed as lettings and management agents by New Charter Group for the Summers Quay development, an £8m private ‘build to rent’ regeneration development overlooking Armentieres Square in the centre of Stalybridge. Taylor & Wood is a family run independent estate agent specialising in property, property management and lettings throughout Tameside…

Work to build a Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Stoke-on-Trent city centre is set to start before the end of the year – after plans for the major development were given the green light. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has today given planning consent for the 140-bedroom hotel, which will be built at Genr8 Developments’ £170m Smithfield,…

London & UK Property Limited has secured funding from Hyde Park Finance Limited and PGIM (formerly Pramerica) for its Ivy League Student Living branded student accommodation development at the former Globeworks site in central Birmingham, close to Aston University and Birmingham City University. Seed corn funding was provided by Prosperity Capital Partners. The scheme will…

As part of the Stoke-on-Trent retirement village initiative, which was led by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Willow Barns in Blurton, won the “HAPPI Completed” award in the Housing Design Awards this week run by Design for Homes, an independent not for profit organisation. Willow Barns was the first of three sites delivered as part of a…

A proposal to begin a consultation process on 8.4 hectares (21 acres) of Oldham town centre leading to a marketing exercise to attract a development partner was agreed at an Oldham Council cabinet meeting last night (July 10th 2017). A new masterplan has been prepared for the redevelopment by Leach Rhodes Walker in collaboration with…

Clippers Quay, the c.£100m 614 home PRS development and currently one of the largest built to rent developments in the UK, is being delivered by regional developer Amstone Residential for Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord. The contractor, Sir Robert McAlpine, has reached its highest point in construction, a significant milestone in the…

Manchester based Panacea Property Development has submitted a planning application for Phase 3 of its prime £30m mixed use development at Riverway, Stafford. The application is for a part four and five storey building consisting of 80 residential apartments with associated access, parking and landscaping. The proposed apartments will be targeted at the over 55’s…