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Placefirst BTR Halifax

Placefirst completes £21 million BTR scheme in Halifax

Claudia Schergna May 22, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Build-to-rent (BTR) developer Placefirst has delivered a £21 million residential development in central Halifax, transforming a long-vacant brownfield site into 122 new rental homes.

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Manchester BTR

Placefirst chosen for Greater Manchester BTR conversion

George Sell February 7, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBTR developer and operator Placefirst has been selected by Bury Council as its partner to convert an office building to BTR.

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Strata Placefirst

Placefirst and Strata form SFR JV

George Sell January 7, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutesBTR operator Placefirst and housebuilder Strata have formed a JV to deliver over 500 SFR homes by 2028.

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Manchester BTR

Manchester pension fund to finance two BTR schemes

George Sell September 2, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has provided a loan of £31.3 million to developer Placefirst, to support the delivery of BTR schemes in Bolton and Halifax.

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Housebuilder SFR

Brace of SFR acquisitions from UK housebuilders

George Sell July 12, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Placefirst and Gatehouse IM have both completed SFR acquisitions from housebuilders Miller Homes and Persimmon respectively.

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Newcastle SFR

Newcastle SFR scheme gets green light

George Sell August 1, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: BTR provider Placefirst has been granted planning consent for a 146-home suburban BTR scheme in Newcastle’s West End.

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Placefirst

Placefirst to deliver Sunderland BTR homes

George Sell April 24, 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Sunderland City Council has selected Placefirst to develop 220 BTR homes across two regeneration sites in the city.

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