Clarion gears up £80m London housing job after safety rowClarion Housing Group has started the hunt for a main contractor to deliver an £80m south London housing project after securing planning consent in the face of fire safety objections.
Bromley Council has backed plans to demolish the Blenheim Shopping Centre in Penge and build 230 homes across four blocks with ground-floor commercia…
Green light for £100m Tees Valley AI data centreData centre developer Latos has secured full planning approval for its first neural edge facility in Stockton-on-Tees.
The £100m scheme will deliver “game-changing AI inference capabilities and absolute data sovereignty.”
Latos is planning to build a further 40 data centres across the UK by 2030.
The first development at Preston Farm…
Bowmer + Kirkland wins first phase of £1bn Golden ValleyBowmer + Kirkland has been appointed main contractor for the first phase of the £1bn Golden Valley scheme in Cheltenham.
HBD – part of Henry Boot – is delivering the scheme in partnership with Cheltenham Borough Council.
It will eventually provide around 2,500 new homes and 1.25m sq ft of commercial space.
Bowmer + Kirkland will start…
Avove signs design pact with Aqua ConsultantsContractor Avove has struck a five-year strategic partnership with environmental consultancy Aqua Consultants to bolster design and engineering services across the water sector.
The deal will focus on driving efficiencies and value engineering on non-infrastructure projects, including Combined Sewer Overflows, storm overflow schemes and treatment…
Henry Boot offloads contracting arm in £4m MBOHenry Boot has struck a £4m deal to offload its contracting arm in a management buyout.
The Sheffield-based developer has agreed to sell Henry Boot Construction to the existing construction leadership team of managing director Lee Powell, finance director James Smith and commercial director Chris Weathers.
The move follows a major restructuring that…
Go-ahead for £400m Elstree film studio expansionSky and Legal & General have secured planning to almost double the size of Sky Studios Elstree in Hertfordshire.
Hertsmere councillors approved the £400m Sky Studios Elstree North project, which will deliver 10 extra stages and 210,000 sq ft of Tier 1 space. The expansion takes the Borehamwood complex to 22 stages across 65 acres and 470,000 sq ft…
Dubai developer buys London house builder RegalDubai based developer Arada has acquired a 75% stake in leading London residential specialist Regal.
Arada is committing an initial £500m of capital to acquire and invest in Regal to accelerate and grow delivery of its residential-led pipeline in London over the next two years.
Regal – which will now become Arada London – has a 30-year track…
Munnelly awards first-ever stake to non-family directorMunnelly Group has broken with 43 years of family ownership tradition by awarding shares to a non-family member for the first time.
Director Will Noble, who joined in 2001 and has been on the main board since 2008, has been granted a significant stake in the business.
Group chief executive Paul David Munnelly hailed the move as a landmark…
Green light for £2.2bn Gatwick Airport second runwayPlans to build a second runway at London’s Gatwick airport have finally got the green light after a decision was delayed in February.
Heidi Alexander, transport secretary, approved the scheme with conditions on noise abatement and public transport provision.
Gatwick Airport said the project is privately financed, requiring no taxpayer money,…
Green light for BBC Elstree studio revampInvestment giant AXA IM Alts has been granted planning permission to redevelop half of the BBC Elstree Centre TV and film studio.
Proposals include transforming current studios and ancillary spaces into 266,000 sq ft of modern media campus for the high-end TV and independent film industry.
The remaining 50% of the 16-acre site was recently upgraded by t…