![[Credit: BTR News]](https://urbanliving.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-18.27.05-e1750002772549-800x445.png "Gensler and Opportunity London unveil retrofit guide")
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Gensler and Opportunity London have launched a guide, called Retrofit at Scale, aimed at expediting the adoption of retrofit schemes in the UK. The
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Property management company Outpost Management has topped up its 628-unit built-to-rent (BTR) scheme Enclave: Birmingham City, which is now open and operational.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate investment management firm Long Harbour has submitted a bid to acquire PRS REIT, one of the largest owners of SFR homes in the UK.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ULN editor George Sell attended a press breakfast hosted by living sector developer and operator Moda, in advance of the opening of the company’s Embassy Boulevard BTR scheme in Vauxhall/Nine Elms, south London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Prime minister Keir Starmer has announced the launch of Extract, a a new AI tool designed to speed up the processing of planning applications.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Today’s Spending Review includes a new affordable homes programme, supported by a £39 billion cash injection.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The EDA BTR scheme in Salford Quays, Manchester has been refinanced for £57 million through a loan from Cynergy Bank.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUSA: Southeast-based commercial national real estate development group East West Partners, in collaboration with Atlanta-based commercial real estate company, Holder Properties, has opened Fenland, a collection of BTR townhomes.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: West Tower, a BTR project by Lendlease and Daiwa House Australia, has topped out at 45 storeys.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: CBRE reported that £2.3 billion was invested in the UK’s living sector in Q1 2025, with PBSA investment down to £488 million.
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