Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Legal & General is set to acquire the former Lambeth Hospital site in south London, where it will deliver a £350 million GDV build-to-rent (BTR) scheme.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) is withdrawing from its build-to-rent (BTR) property business, blaming a “fundamental shift” in the economic conditions that underpinned the venture when it launched in 2020.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Under plans submitted to Cheshire East council, Royal London Asset Managementwill redevelop Royal London House for Wilmslow’s first BTR.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Cavan Companies announced the development of a bungalow-style 153-unit build-to-rent community in Kansas City.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Homes England has made two executive leadership appointments, bringing “extensive experience and trusted leadership” to the agency.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Real estate investment firm Kennedy Wilson will be acquired by a consortium led by its chief executive William McMorrow and Fairfax Financial in a $1.5 billion (£1.11 billion) deal.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A consented scheme of 326 BTR units in Basingstoke, Hampshire, is back before councillors this week to seek a time limit on how long the scheme must remain as build-to-rent (BTR).
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Amro Partners’ plan for a 447-key BTR development has been shelved in favour of turning the former Croydon Park Hotel into an aparthotel.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to three founder members of the new BTR Taskforce.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHabiko, the affordable homes partnership between Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), Muse and Homes England, has revealed plans to deliver 228 low carbon affordable homes in Solihull, West Midlands.
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