Sellar’s 36-storey London City office tower approvedJoint developers Sellar and Japanese developer Obayashi Properties has secured planning for a 36-storey landmark office tower in the City of London.
The proposed tower at 60 Gracechurch Street that will link the main City cluster to the Walkie-talkie on the capital’s skyline.
Demolition will start at the site once vacant possession is…
Historic property magazine to closeProperty magazine and data business EG has announced it will be closing down next year.
The title – formerly know as Estates Gazette – has been in business since 1858.
An announcement today said: “The group’s parent company has taken the tough decision to start the process of withdrawing all EG products and services from the market during 2025.
“After…
M&S Marble Arch rebuild approved after three-year planning fightAngela Rayner has granted approval for the £480m redevelopment of the M&S store at Marble Arch following a planning wrangle lasting more than three years
The retail giant submitted a planning application to redevelop the store in March 2021.
But previous Secretary of State Michael Gove refused plans last summer for M&S to demolis…
PM pledges to fast-track 150 infrastructure schemesThe Prime Minister has committed to speed-up development consent order decisions on 150 infrastructure schemes to turbocharge economic growth across the country.
The pledge to drive through planning on infrastructure and house building during this Parliament were laid out today as one of the Government’s six new milestones in a new nationa…
Buyers report boom in commercial workConstruction buyers have reported the strongest rise in commercial work in two-and-a-half years.
The booming sector helped drive the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index up to 55.2 in November – up slightly from 54.3 in October – and above the neutral 50.0 threshold for nine months running.
Tim Moore, Economics Director at S&P…
Plans in for £250m Stockport 8 housing-led schemeStockport Council and development partner ECF have submitted plans for the £250m Stockport 8 mixed neighbourhood to the west of the town centre.
The ECF joint venture of Homes England, Legal & General and Muse aims to build 1,300 homes with spaces for shops, leisure and offices at street level.
The 8-acre site is adjacent to the town’s historic…
Galliford Try tops monthly contracts leagueGalliford Try was the most successful work-winning contractor in November securing a dozen projects.
The firm’s big orders was the £135m Wigan Galleries town centre redevelopment project, one of Greater Manchester’s most ambitious regeneration projects to deliver new homes, leisure and retail facilities as well as a modern market, food hall and…
Erith explosives set demolition record at SizewellErith has used over 700kg of explosives in the first stage demolition of four giant concrete plinths as part of work to decommission the turbine hall at Sizewell A.
The contract sets a new record for the largest use of explosives on a nuclear site for conventional demolition purposes in decades.
Over 1,200 holes were drilled into the plint…
Vistry to build 950 homes next to Olympic ParkPartnership homes specialist Vistry has teamed up with the London Legacy Development Corporation to build 948 new mixed-tenure homes in a new community located next to Pudding Mill Lane station in Stratford, East London.
The £600m development next to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be brought forward over four phases. A minimum of 45% of t…
Inflatable formwork used for 45m tall cement siloInflatable PVC formwork is being installed at Tilbury Docks in Essex to create a huge new cement silo for materials giant Aggregate Industries.
US contractor Dome Technology inflated the airform and will now commence fitting rebar mesh to the interior surface of the innovative dome structure.
It will soon place nearly 4,500m3 of sprayed and wet mix…