McLaren Construction has confirmed it has signed a £132m deal to overhaul the flagship House of Fraser store on London’s Oxford Street. The firm will repurpose the art deco landmark with an extensive programme of repair and refurbishment to produce a 34,000 sq m mixed-use development containing retail, office, leisure and catering elements. The building

Oxford United have unveiled plans to build the first stadium in the country powered solely by electricity. The club would use a low-carbon energy supply to create its ‘all-electric’, 16,000-seat stadium. After an extensive site search, a site in Kidlington, five miles to the north of the city centre, has been identified as the only

Constructionline is kicking-off a a new round of meet the buyer events with a subcontractor hunt in Birmingham and a rebranding of its programme. The meet the buyer events will now be know as Marketplace Live to align closer with Constructionline’s online platform. Marketplace Live gives members the chance to find and discuss work opportunities

Developer Henley Investment Management has secured planning consent to revamp the Albert and Swedish Wharf in Fulham. The scheme will transform the two-acre site by Wandsworth Bridge on the north bank of the Thames to provide a 55,000 sq ft logistics facility. Cargo boats will bring goods up the River Thames to dock in the

Building services specialist Briggs & Forrester Group forecasts 25% growth this year towards £265m turnover after securing 90% of budgeted revenue. The Northampton-based group was upbeat about prospects after posting improved results in the year to October 2023. This saw pre-tax profit rise by £1.1m to £2.7m from a reduced turnover of £213m. The main

A modular student accommodation job in Kent is two years late opening after being hit by water and damp problems. The student accommodation and teaching building at Tunbridge Wells Hospital was due for completion in February 2022 after work started on site the previous summer. But site sources have told the Enquirer the building is

Vistry-owned Countryside Partnerships has sealed a deal with single-family rental homes operator Sigma Capital Group to deliver 5,000 new homes. The latest deal to build the homes for Sigma’s BTR brand, Simple Life Homes, builds on a partnership stretching back to 2014. The new homes will be delivered across a number of UK regions over

Midlands and southern housing procurement group, Central Housing Investment Consortium, has revealed the winners of a £3.2bn new build framework. The new eight-year Framework for construction works and consultancy services will cater for a wide range of project types, from small infill and garage sites to large estate regeneration projects including newbuild, refurbishment/retrofit and cross

Building homes on brownfield land will be turbocharged under a major shake-up to planning rules to boost house building while protecting the Green Belt. As part of its long-term plan for housing, the Government announced today that planners in England’s 20 largest cities and towns will be told to adopt an overarching presumption in favour

ISG vice chairman Paul Cossell is the latest board director to have left the executive team. A new filing with Companies House showed Cossell has stepped down as a director. Cossell was chief executive of ISG for over six years until the end of 2021, when he stepped up to become vice chairman, supporting chairman