Partners buy London office building for living-led conversion
George Sell
March 31, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes HUB and Bridges Fund Management have bought 42 Southwark Bridge Road in London for £36 million.
Coliving conversion plans submitted for Bristol office block
George Sell
March 6, 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Plans have been submitted for the conversion of a 1950s Bristol office block in to a 100+ unit coliving development.
Placefirst chosen for Greater Manchester BTR conversion
George Sell
February 7, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute BTR developer and operator Placefirst has been selected by Bury Council as its partner to convert an office building to BTR.
Biggest office-to-resi scheme in the US nears completion
George Sell
February 3, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: SoMA, a 1,320 units BTR scheme in a former Manhattan office building, has started its lease up period.
Birmingham BTR scheme changes hands
George Sell
January 13, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Equipoint, a BTR scheme in Yardley, Birmingham, has been acquired by L1 Property, the UK real estate investment arm of L1 Capital, for an undisclosed sum.
Midlands NHS office set for coliving conversion
George Sell
November 8, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Developer TheStudios has submitted plans to transform a former NHS office building in West Bromwich into 128 coliving units.
Glasgow office building gets BTR makeover
George Sell
June 24, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Dalian House, the former HQ of NHS Scotland, has been relaunched as a 92-unit BTR scheme.
Gove introduces brownfield presumption for UK resi development
George Sell
February 13, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Secretary of state Michael Gove has announced plans to speed up brownfield housebuilding and relax restrictions around commercial-to-residential conversions.
West London BTR asset bought from administrators for £53 million
George Sell
January 3, 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Private investment firm LRC Group has acquired a 288-unit BTR block in Brentford, west London.
Citra Living buys Essex office-to-resi project
George Sell
June 14, 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Citra Living, the BTR arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has bought a development of 124 apartments at Warley in Essex for £35. 7 million.