Lovell ties up £29m deal for Newcastle housing site

Work has now begun on a Derby City Council owned building which is hoping to reclaim a place at the heart of the region’s innovative nuclear industry.

Four development plots have been identified at the UK’s largest air-freight hub, as airport bosses look to keep up with rising demand.

A vacant 140,000 sq ft Edmund Street office block has been put on the market, described as a repositioning opportunity.

A 304,000 sq ft industrial site has been snapped up by Arrow Capital Partners as part of its joint venture with Cerberus Capital Management.

Building work is under way on a 1.3m sq ft automated distribution centre in Northamptonshire, part of the retailer’s £340m plans to modernise its supply chain and double the size of its food business.

The vacant former home of energy giant E.ON on Westwood Business Park could be razed to make way for 100 homes, under plans now lodged with Coventry City Council.

When people talk about successful city centres, they often focus on headline developments and major tenants. But time and again, what shapes how a place truly feels, and whether people want to spend time there, is the quality of its public spaces, writes Alex Tross of Carter Jonas.

More than 330 homes could be built in Buxton after the developer submitted long-awaited proposals for its council-backed shopping centre redevelopment.

Staffordshire County Council says the county’s untapped potential could be worth billions to the economy, ahead of a landmark summit of UK investors and developers next week.