Housing – Page 340
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Green light for Edinburgh canal scheme
£35m canal-side housing development gains planning permission
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Rising high
Architectural design is driving expansion at Sir Terence Conran’s Conran & Partners, with turnover expected to rise 20% this year.
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Mayor raises green standard for social housing
London mayor Ken Livingstone plans to raise the decent homes standard for social housing as part of his campaign over climate change.
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Guinness quits zero carbon plan
One of the biggest housing associations has pulled out of the race to build London mayor Ken Livingstone’s zero carbon project in the Docklands.
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Land values must fall 14% to make sense of eco promises
Stephen Stone, chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has said land values must drop by an average of 14% to enable eco-friendly schemes to stack up.
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An eyeful for the RIBA
Make Architects has designed this scheme for Ridgeford Properties in central London. The development includes 15 luxury flats and three penthouses.
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Wilson Bowden in takeover talks
Housebuilder is up for sale, leaving the way open for a bidding war between George Wimpey, Redrow and Bellway
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Ikea unveils first housing designs for the UK
Furniture company’s prefabricated apartments to be piloted at a scheme in northern England
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Middle heaven
Tees Valley Regeneration and developer Bioregional Quintain have agreed a deal for the £200m regeneration of this site in Middlehaven, Middlesbrough this week.
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Seven shortlisted for novel build-and-manage homes
Seven developers have been shortlisted for a scheme in Gloucester, which they will be expected to build and manage.
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What it costs: timber internal doors
There are so many timber internal doors on the market, it can be hard to see the wood for the trees. Peter Mayer of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø LifePlans helps specifers pick the right product
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Crest rejects 585p offer from Castle Bidco
Joint bidder HBOS and West Coast Capital made approach after buying 27% of Crest Nicholson shares
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Gleeson ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø recovers to post profit
New management team stabilises company following buyout as it records 11-month profit of £102,000
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Government missing housing, school and hospital targets
Construction Products Association review shows poor performance on repair and refurbishment
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UK interest rates rise to 5%
Bank of England increases rates a quarter point, triggering fears of a housing slowdown
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House prices break £200,000 barrier
Average house prices in England and Wales rose 9% as sales increase 17% year on year
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John Lewis enters the housing market
John Lewis is venturing into residential development with a scheme on a site it owns in Chelsea, west London
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Government plans £40m fund to boost housing supply
Schemes by Bellway, Persimmon and Redrow to benefit from new infrastructure and amenities
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Wren Homes to list on AIM
Retirment homes specialist expects to raise around £3m with floatation on alternative investment market
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Telford Homes raises £15m in share issue
Shareholders vote to issue more than 5.7m shares at extraordinary general meeting