Akanksha Soni

1 week ago | estatesgazette.co.uk | Akanksha Soni

Tri7 has filed an environmental impact assessment application (EIA) to develop a 40-storey purpose-built student accommodation tower in Manchester. The developer acquired the site at 10-12 Whitworth Street West out of administration for £16m in August 2024. It has prior planning consent for a 35-storey tower consisting of 327 homes, set in a vacant site in Manchester city centre. Tri7 has filed the EIA alongside its JV partner Fusion Students.

1 week ago | estatesgazette.co.uk | Akanksha Soni

LondonMetric Property has completed the development of its new Axis 32 logistics warehouse at Junction 32 of the M4 in Cardiff. The facility has been pre-let to FPS Distribution. FPS has now taken occupation of the new 35,811 sq ft warehouse on a 15-year lease, with LondonMetric being advised on the letting by property consultant Knight Frank. FPS is a distribution partner for a number of automotive brands, and a subsidiary of AAG, the Alliance Automotive Group.

1 week ago | estatesgazette.co.uk | Akanksha Soni

Vistry Group and Places for People have been granted reserved matters planning approval by Canterbury City Council for Phases C & D of the Lower Herne Village development in Kent, which will provide 296 homes. Construction is expected to begin in 2026 on these 296 homes, which will be delivered in a joint venture partnership between Vistry and Places for People and comprise 188 private and 108 affordable homes, with 76 to be affordable rent and 32 shared ownership.

2 weeks ago | estatesgazette.co.uk | Akanksha Soni

YourTribe and Redington Capital have received a recommendation for approval from Greenwich Council for their revised plans to deliver nearly 600 student beds on Deptford Creek. The proposed scheme will replace three 1980s office blocks with a two linked towers rising to 13 and 17 storeys. It will provide 598 student rooms, 35% of which will be offered at affordable rent. The development will also include 2,400 sq ft of ground-floor office space, along with active frontage on to Creek Road.

2 weeks ago | estatesgazette.co.uk | Akanksha Soni

Barings, on behalf of a core European real estate strategy, has acquired a portfolio of four multi-let urban logistics properties across the south east of England for £145.2m from Blackstone. Known as the Access portfolio, the assets are located in Basingstoke (Tyson Park), Bracknell (The Sterling Centre), Welwyn Garden City (Centrapark) and Milton Keynes (Stratus Business Park). In total, the portfolio includes 28 units spanning 746,795 sq ft, with occupancy in excess of 90%.