Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Secretary of state Michael Gove has announced plans to speed up brownfield housebuilding and relax restrictions around commercial-to-residential conversions.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: Investment manager Partners Group has formed a JV with Camplus, an Italian student accommodation operator.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: One-stop property management solution Opago has announced the acquisition of the assets of defunct proptech company Staykeepers.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Dominvs and Queen Mary University of London have submitted plans for a 700-room PBSA scheme in Stratford, east London.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Barings is providing £65 million (€76.3m) on behalf of a pan-European real estate strategy to forward-fund the St Gabriel’s Hall development on Oxford Place in Manchester.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Telford Homes has secured planning consent for a major mixed-use scheme in east London, after redrawing its plans to bring them into line with the new second staircase rules which are part of the Building Safety Act.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans for the Vita Student residence at New Waverley North, part of the £240 million New Waverley regeneration project.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Aviva Investors has bought a £150 million student accommodation portfolio made up of six assets across England and Scotland.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: NatWest and Virgin Money have provided a £105 million loan for PBSA scheme in Hammersmith, which is under development through a forward funding agreement between student accommodation provider Scape Living and Dominvs Group.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Scottish government’s rental cap policy has been blamed for developers switching their plans for BTR schemes to student accommodation.
