Project Articles

Property investment and development company, Thackeray Estates, has obtained planning permission to renovate the historic Dover House, a former hotel and restaurant in Waterloo, into nine luxury residential apartments, complete with commercial space. Construction has already begun on site, with... View Article

Plans to build Britain’s first ‘floating village’ at London’s Royal Docks moved a step closer today after the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, revealed that Carillion Igloo Genesis had won the competition to design and build it. The Mayor unveiled... View Article

Simon Green, founder of Moho developments has joined teams with David Archer from Archer Humphreys Architects to create a completely unique Marylebone mews house. The two-bedroom, 140 sq m, property follows in the pattern of the ‘liveable art’ ROOM, recently... View Article

Leading specialist contractor United House is starting work on the delivery of 46 mixed tenure homes in the London Borough of Hounslow, forming the second phase of the Manor Lane Estate regeneration in Feltham, with a contract value of £6.6m.... View Article

The team behind Fairview New Homes’ flagship Pulse development are celebrating after it was named among London’s finest at the LABC regional Building Excellence Awards. The landmark development in Colindale, North London, was a finalist in three categories – Best... View Article

HUB has this week exchanged contracts on the development of 213 new homes in Cathedral Group (Holdings) Ltd and Development Securities’ Old Vinyl Factory development in Hayes, west London. The housing developer – which specialises in creating homes for London’s... View Article

ISG has been awarded a £6.7 million project to construct a new 75-bed care home for Quantum Care in Letchworth; the company’s fifth scheme for the not-for-profit residential care provider, which includes a £4.7 million development the contractor is currently... View Article

Three leading firms of architects have released designs for the redevelopment of Heathrow Airport into a new town that could potentially support 90,000 new jobs, provide homes for up to 190,000 people and add £7.5 billion to the UK economy. The designs... View Article

Newcastle Science Central’s first construction, The Core, is nearing completion and is due to open for business this Autumn. The building, designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, will provide 2,750 sq. m of flexible office space for new and growing hi-tech, scientific... View Article

A major eco-development in Brighton’s city centre has succeeded in setting high environmental, social and commercial standards, according to an in-depth review. Crest Nicholson and BioRegional Quintain’s One Brighton complex of 172 apartments plus office and community space is saving... View Article

Mulberry Park has been revealed as the new name for Curo’s proposed development of 700 new homes, community facilities and open spaces on the former MoD site at Foxhill. The name was suggested by Bath resident, Ken Cookes, following a... View Article

Enfield Council has submitted a bid to the Greater London Authority (GLA) asking for Meridian Water, its £1.5 billion signature regeneration scheme, to be designated as a Housing Zone because the extra support and resources this would bring will help... View Article

A run-down area of Knowle has been transformed into a development of affordable family homes by Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo. Among the first residents to have moved into the new houses is working mum, Louise Partridge (picture supplied),... View Article

Affordable homes at the new Aspects development next to Goring-by-Sea station have been formally handed over by developer Burton Property to Worthing Homes. To mark the occasion, Duncan Jagger, chairman of Worthing Homes’ Development Working Party and Robin Roberts, property... View Article

Durham County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a student housing development at Sheraton Park, Neville’s Cross, will result in a £420k injection in development funding for the local community. The decision, announced last week, means that the specialist... View Article

NG Bailey’s Engineering division has clinched a £4.5 million mechanical & electrical (M&E) installation contract as part of a flagship £25 million development that is helping to advance Reading’s bid to gain ‘city’ status. Working alongside main contractor, Galliford Try,... View Article