Welcome to this week’s BtR News Flash.
Where we provide you with a summary of all the latest updates from this weeks movements in the BtR industry.
October 6, 2023
Success for Touchstone as BtR Award Finalists Are Announced
Touchstone receives nominations for two Social Value Impact and the Best Build to Rent Building Management Award.
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McAleer & Rushe Unveils Three-year Pledge to Edinburgh and Leith Community Groups
Design & build contractor McAleer & Rushe has announced a three-year commitment to community groups in Edinburgh as part of its Dockside project, a neighbourhood of at least 338 build-to-rent homes where Goodstone Living is the developer and investment manager.
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October 9, 2023
Macfarlanes Advises Dandara Living on Renshaw’s Yard BtR Sale
Macfarlanes have advised Dandara Living on the sale of Renshaw’s Yard Build to Rent scheme in Staines-upon-Thames to Greystar Real Estate Partners.
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Work Begins to Provide 365 New Homes on Former Schools’ Site
A ground-breaking ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on a 365-home Oldham development.
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October 10, 2023
PRS Specialist Benefitting From UK’s ‘Urgent Social Problem’
Build-to-rent investor PRS REIT is benefitting from would-be home buyers being priced out of the market by high interest rates.
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Build of New Affordable Homes Underway in North Lanarkshire
CONSTRUCTION is underway on the development of nine new homes at Berryknowe Avenue is Chryston.
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£60M Allocated to Revive Brownfield Land for 6,000 Homes
The Government has awarded £60m from the second tranche of brownfield land release funding to pave the way for 6,000 homes to be built.
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October 11, 2023
London Land Group Win Big at UK Property Awards
Gaining an impressive number of wins at the UK Property Awards 2023-24, London Land Group triumphs with The Waterfront in Poole development.
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Watkin Jones Warns of Profit Slide to Breakeven
Multi-storey student and build to rent homes specialist has warned of a further deterioration in forecast underlying profit for the year after being hit by extra costs in the race to complete schemes.
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Green Light For Mixed-use Plans on Gateway Site
A proposed mixed-use development featuring more than 300 apartments on a brownfield site on Mabgate in Leeds has been given the go-ahead.
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Research Points to ‘Urgent Need’ For Increased Awareness of Build-to-Rent Among MPs
Just 11% of UK MPs would prioritise the development of new build-to-rent (BtR) homes in their constituencies despite the demand for rental properties being high, according to new research.
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First Residents Move in to New Vic Scheme Next to Manchester Victoria
The first tenants have moved into Pension Insurance Corporation’s (PIC) New Vic development in Manchester.
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More Than 300 BtR Apartments proposed for Sheffield site
Plans have been lodged for a development of more than 300 build-to-rent (BtR) apartments on the edge of Sheffield city centre.
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October 12, 2023
abrdn Appoints John Lewis Partnership to Manage Clarendon Quarter BtR
abrdn appoints John Lewis Partnership’s (JLP) to manage Clarendon Quarter and two additional Build to Rent schemes.
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Agency Roundup: Aberfield Communications; Connective3; Northern Artillery; and More
Aberfield Communications has been appointed by BHP, the largest independent accountancy firm in Yorkshire and North Derbyshire, as its PR and communications consultancy.
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