Tag: developer

Inland Homes' vision for Cavalry BarracksTo Hounslow Property Development Company (HPDC) was set up in 2019 by Inland Homes as a vehicle to develop an old Ministry of Defence site, Cavalry Barracks, near Heathrow. Inland Homes sold HPDC to Croydon-based Topaz Developments on August 2020,...

What Mast Quay Phase II was supposed to look like, according to the planning application (left) and what was actually built (right)The Royal Borough of Greenwich, as the local planning authority, is taking enforcement action against Comer Homes Mast Quay Phase II development, on Woolwich...

GravesendThe Gravesham Community Investment Partnership (GCIP) will identify locations and develop suitable sites for new council-owned homes in the north Kent borough, which currently has more than 1,000 households on its housing register. Cllr John Burden, leader of Gravesham Borough Council, said “We have long-held...

Great YarmouthThe council is planning to bring in a development partner to build a new neighbourhood near the town centre and the waterfront. It has begun discussions with the various owners of the four hectares of land earmarked for the project with the aim of...

Ian GracieIan Gracie has been with Drum since 2019, leading and coordinating large design and construction teams. He takes over as construction director from Gordon Milne, who has moved to the newly created role of technical director for the group. Group managing director Graeme Bone...

The collapsed section of wallJakub Fischer, a self-employed labourer, was hired as a subcontractor by North West Facilities Limited to work on a house refurbishment project for Thorndyke Developments Limited on Mansell Road, Liverpool. The 41-year-old, who was originally from the Czech Republic, was tasked...

Iliya BlazicLondon-based Goodstone Living is the UK build-to-rent platform of Australian financial services group Macquarie. Iliya Blazic joins executive shareholders Darryl Flay and Martin Bellinger, in Goodstone’s leadership team. He has previously worked for IQ Student, Dominvs Group, Wellcome Trust and LaSalle Investment Management. He...

Herzog & de Meuron's plan for Liverpool Street station concourseSellar, the developer of London Bridge Quarter and Paddington Square, has teamed up with Network Rail and Elizabeth Line's Chinese operator MTR to commission a masterplan for redevelopment Heritage and conservation bodies are against the proposals...

Safety breaches were uncovered during a routine Health & Safety Executive (HSE) inspection to a Daneets Developments Limited site in Bond Street, Blackpool, on 7th June 2021. HSE inspectors took enforcement action in relation to general fire precautions, slips and trips, a failure to provide...

Leeds City VillageThe 3.8-acre brownfield site in Leeds city centre has planning for 1,012 apartments across five separate blocks. Currently referred to as ‘Leeds City Village’, the triangular site is opposite Quarry Hill, bound by Marsh Lane to the west and Shannon Street to the...

Designed by Grimshaw, the Paddington building would stand 19 storeys highAll three sites have received planning consent or resolution to grant planning consent and would add more than half a million square feet to TFL’s commercial property portfolio. The three over-station developments included in the...

The vision for York CentralJLL has been appointed to procure a strategic development partner to bring forward the 45-hectare scheme. Plans show the construction of 2,500 new homes and more than 800,000 sq ft of commercial space next to York railway station. The development is...

Secretary of state Michael GoveThe Local Government Association wants the remediation of social housing to be treated in the same way, and on the same terms, as private housing. Yesterday Michael Gove, the ‘levelling up’ secretary, revealed that 35 house-builders had agreed to commit at...