Clegg appointed to £19m Leicester housing scheme

Plans to build a ‘significant’ 80-acre renewable energy plant on the edge of Northampton look set to be given the go-ahead.

Nearly 200 homes will be built in Solihull, more than three decades after the classrooms fell silent at the school which once occupied the site.

Muse’s plans to build 228 affordable homes as part of a major regeneration of Solihull have been recommended for approval this week.

Forward-thinking companies ready to build business connections, raise brand profile, and gather market intel on the property industry in the Midlands, North West, Yorkshire, and North East will find ample opportunities to do so via the 2027 Place Media Group events calendar.

Corby in Northamptonshire is the only Midlands town remaining in a government bid to find the UK’s Town of Culture for 2028, out of more than 70 that applied across the region.

Nottingham Community Housing Association will deliver four affordable housing schemes across the East Midlands, including developments in Newark, Arnold, Warsop and Chesterfield.

The West Midlands is returning to MIPIM 2027 with a brand-new, dedicated Birmingham and the West Midlands Pavilion.

Place Midlands caught up with David Lowe, chief executive of Birmingham-based Survey Solutions, to discuss the patterns he’s seeing from clients, and what the future may hold for the sector.

Activewear brand AYBL will relocate its main offices from Redditch, after snapping up the 21,000 sq ft former St James’s Place building on Blythe Valley Business Park.