South East

The funding from Investec Real Estate will be used to acquire 293 homes across three assets in Hounslow, Surrey Quays and Bedford.

The pension fund's puchase of the 598-home Ebb & Flow scheme is its largest BTR deal to date, adding to a portfolio containing four other developments.

The plans include creating an al-fresco dining destination with waterfront views, in the latest phase of a £45m regeneration.

The homes in Sittingbourne, Bexhill and Hailsham will be forward funded by the Octopus Affordable Housing Fund for the lender's NewArch Homes social housing arm.

The 12-acre site provides 230,000 sq ft of high-grade office space, adjacent to the 90-acre development site.

The 12-unit estate was bought on behalf of the partners' urban logistics joint venture.

Criterion's hospitality arm plans to convert a mixed-use building near the Ashmolean Museum and Oxford Union.

Plans for the Tendring scheme, submitted by the housing association's development arm, also include schools, health hubs, civic space and a country park.

The royal estate's Faversham scheme will include affordable housing, a school, health and wellbeing facilities, plus commercial, retail and community space.

Southampton’s growing student population is driving up demand for new residential development in the city.

MCR Property Group has secured a £32.7m loan from Atelier to refinance…

The housebuilder plans to forward-sell 130 homes earmarked for the Sussex farmland site to Barratt David Wilson.

The development will comprise 284,575 sq ft of accommodation across eight grade-A units ranging in size from 14,251 sq ft to 79,975 sq ft.

SNG chief finance officer Pete Benz said the facility would allow the group “to keep building the affordable homes our communities need, while upgrading the homes we already manage”.

The proposed development at Fareham Distribution Park comprises four industrial and logistics units on a 24-acre site.

The former Debenhams unit at the Castle Quay shopping centre will be converted into 50,000 sq ft of play and activity zones, set to open this summer.

The Kent scheme will include a 19% affordable housing provision, flexible offices, a primary school and community spaces.

Bond International is relocating from a smaller unit within the park to a new 180,250 sq ft space.

With rents under pressure, landlords have had to offer more incentives and longer rent-free periods, but optimism has increased in the past two months, according to the firm's Q1 report.

Bligh’s Meadow in Sevenoaks comprises 77,000 sq ft of the town’s retail space and is home to brands including GAIL's, Whistles, Costa, Cook and Holland & Barrett.