George Sell

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George is the editor of Urban Living News, and has more than a 20 years experience as a hospitality, property and travel journalist. He regularly contributes to a wide range of international publications and websites.
Leeds PBSA

York bingo hall site set for PBSA scheme

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: GMI Construction Group has been selected by developer Olympian Homes to build a £50 million PBSA scheme on the site of the former Mecca Bingo Hall on York’s Fishergate.

Manchester BTR

Partners secure refinancing for Manchester BTR units

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Urban regeneration specialist Vita Group and Greater Manchester Pension Fund have secured a £126 million debt package from NatWest and Santander UK against the Vita Living BTR apartments at Circle Square in Manchester.

Leeds BTR

Funding deal paves way for Leeds BTR project

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Specialist lender Together has agreed a loan for developer Countrylarge to buy a plot of disused industrial land on Leeds’s South Bank.

Zoe Ellis-Moore

Urban Living Podcast: Zoe Ellis-Moore, Spaces To Places

Reading Time: < 1 minuteZoe Ellis-Moore, co-founder and CEO of Spaces to Places, talks to ULN about the rise and fall of WeWork, its potential implications for flex workspace, and what needs to happen for the sector to become an institutional asset class.

Texas coliving

Texas coliving tower left in limbo

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Construction of X Houston, a 33-storey coliving tower in Houston’s Museum District has stopped, leaving the project partially built with no indication of when work will continue.

Nuveen Apache SFR

Nuveen and Apache form JV for UK SFR housing

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Nuveen Real Estate and Apache Capital have formed a JV to fund SFR housing across the UK, with sites to be developed and operated by Present Made, Apache Capital’s SFR platform.