Padel centre plans approved for Telford industrial estate

West Northamptonshire Council has written to the transport secretary in the latest bid to include Northampton in passenger service plans for the £6bn rail link.

Property investment firm Regional REIT has let 146,000 sq ft of previously vacant office space at One and Two Newstead Court, on Sherwood Business Park.

The Surrey-based firm’s Land & Development business has acquired land promoter Manor Oak Homes, in a deal that adds 52 sites to its portfolio and creates a dedicated regional operation in the Midlands.

Stories matter. They are as important as planning, finance, architecture or construction when it comes to delivering complex regeneration, writes Maggie Grogan of Midlands, Muse.

Derby construction firm Davlyn has now moved onto site, as work to build a 4,300 sq ft Sainsbury’s Local in Nottingham gets under way.

Cllr Roger Harmer, newly elected Leader of Birmingham City Council, will open the first Midlands Real Estate Summit on Tuesday.

A warehouse near HS2’s under-development Curzon Street station has been put on the market by Birmingham City Council, part of the latest phase of a local authority programme of asset sales.

Work on a 440,000 sq ft industrial scheme is now set to begin, after London developer PLP snapped up a 29-acre site near the M40.

A primary school and up to 850 houses could be built in north Birmingham under outline plans submitted in conjunction with Walton Homes this week.