Developer Landsec has submitted plans to redevelop 55 Old Broad Street in London’s Square Mile with an office-led mixed-use scheme. The 480,000 sq ft scheme designed by Fletcher Priest Architects will involve demolition of the existing 55 Old Broad Street building, the link bridge over Wormwood Street and partial demolition of the southern and northern
Birmingham-based residential developer Sama Investments will shortly submit plans for a flagship residential scheme at Garrison Circus in Digbeth. Its large planned Garrison Circus scheme in Bordesley Green will deliver more than 500 homes and 650 student rooms across four blocks on a current brownfield site. This will include the development of a landmark tower
Yorkshire-based modular house builder ilke Homes has been put up sale as the board and investors battle to save the loss-making business. The Enquirer understand that work stopped at both sites and its 250,000 sq ft factory in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire on Friday. Directors warned the business was struggling in the face of volatile macro-economic
Mechanical and electrical building services provider J S Wright has secured a deal worth more than £2.5m for a major new development of all-affordable housing in Surrey. The Birmingham-based company is to design and build the mechanical services for all 97 apartments and communal spaces at Thames View House on Felix Road in Walton-on-Thames. The
Housing giant Barratt is set to demolish 36 new homes on an estate in Cambridge after finding faults in the foundations. Local paper the Cambridge Independent first revealed the problems on the Darwin Green site where Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire is building a new community of nearly 1,600 homes. A spokesperson for Barratt David
Hercules Site Services has taken delivery of its 30th RSP suction excavator. The latest investment in suction technology makes Hercules’ fleet of thirty excavators among the largest of any company in the UK. Chief executive Brusk Korkmaz said: “Suction excavation is a must for efficient, safety-focused projects. At Hercules, we pride ourselves on a high-quality,
Construction firms are being called up to bid for a new Parliamentary Construction Works Framework to carry out interim repairs and improvements to the House of Commons and Lords estates. The £750m framework is being set up as a successor to the existing MEPFS (Mechanical, Electrical, Public health, and Fabric Safety) framework. This ends on
Logistic park developer GLP is set to speculatively develop 1.4m sq ft across four units at its Magna Park Lutterworth site in Leicestershire. GLP has received detailed planning permission for four new warehouses, three in Magna Park South, MPS Unit 9 (388,000 sq ft), MPS Unit 10 (119,000 sq ft) and MPS Unit 11 (136,000
Cost consultant Arcadis has warned that the second staircase rule in the Capital will set back tall residential projects in procurement by up to 9 months. The firm also warns that the delay will be felt across the country once the Government introduces proposals for 11-storey and above block of flats across the country. In
Developer Rightacres has got the planning thumbs up to build Wales’ tallest building in the centre of Cardiff. A 35-storey block of flats will be built at Wood Street around the city’s Central Square scheme. It will rise to 113m tall, edging above Swansea’s The Tower building at 107m. Design by Scott Brownrigg with McCann
