Coventry 400-bed PBSA set for green light

The 544-unit Progress House is on track to be finished next summer, according to the contractor, following a topping-out ceremony to mark the structural completion of the building.

A £5bn scheme aimed at kickstarting regeneration projects in some of the country’s most deprived areas has been expanded across the Midlands, the government has announced.

Construction is expected to begin this summer on more than 60 homes near Coventry Airport, after Warwick District Council gave the thumbs up to proposals this month.

Place Midlands caught up with Shaun Fielding, regional managing director at Keepmoat’s West Midlands division, for the latest outlook for housing delivery, divisional growth, brownfield regeneration, and the importance of partnerships for the region.

As cranes rise over a £450m regeneration scheme, the poster city for post-war reinvention is betting that homes, green space and a renewed manufacturing ambition can restore confidence in its future. Can Britain’s most famous regeneration story reinvent itself one more time – and lead a green industrial revival in the process?

A vacant former cement company headquarters in Rugby will make way for a retail superstore, despite calls from campaigners to preserve and retrofit the building for future use.

Logistics specialist EQT Real Estate has snapped up three warehouses at Nuneaton Bermuda Park and Rugby Central Park for an undisclosed sum.

A residential development slated for the former Allesley Hotel on Birmingham Road has been recommended for approval by city council planners ahead of a meeting next week.

A privately backed Warwickshire developer has launched with plans to unlock former industrial sites across the Midlands, unveiling a starting pipeline of more than 1,200 homes.