Housing News – Page 331
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NewsShops snub mixed-use schemes in London
About one-third of the commercial space in new mixed-use developments in London is lying empty, a report by London Development Research has revealed.
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News‘Double decker’ family homes to meet high-density demand
Bellway Homes and English Partnerships aim to build four-storey blocks in Barking Riverside
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NewsWimpey to build £60,000 homes for first-time buyers
G2 subsidiary will sell one and two-bedroom homes in northern England and the Midlands
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McInerney Homes boosted by 80% increase in UK turnover
Irish developer McInerney Homes posted a positive set of interim results thanks to a strong performance by its UK operation.
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NewsHow can we build homes for all?
Home front — Without more available land and a faster planning process, the PGS will fail
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Cappuccinos in Huddersfield
DLG Architects has gained planning consent for the £175m Waterfront Quarter development in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
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NewsDavid Pretty reveals plans for life after Barratt
The outgoing chief executive of Barratt will not be opting for pipe and slippers when he steps down at the end of the year.
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Rochester Riverside finally gets off launchpad
Medway council in Kent is marketing the first phase of the 34ha Rochester Riverside site to developers, ending years of delay.
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NewsStart of the Pier show
Work has started on an Atkins-designed 40-storey residential development in Dubai.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in August 2006
This month’s data reveals the usual quiet summer, but private sales are up on August 2005
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron get go-ahead for social housing
Stirling prize-winners receive planning permission for mixed-use scheme in Poplar, east London
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NewsPathfinders plan U-turn on demolition
Housing market renewal managers have volunteered to redraw some of the areas covered by the initiative in response to rising house prices. Opponents of demolition have argued that this has made the policy redundant in many districts.
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Regeneration sector hit by recruitment and retention crisis
Some regeneration bodies are retaining staff for as little as a year, as the sector struggles with a recruitment crisis.
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PRP at the gates
Architect PRP has won its first competition in Russia to design this £53m luxury scheme on the outskirts of Moscow.
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NewsTurning a new Leith
Make Architects has submitted a detailed planning application for an £80m mixed-use scheme in Westfield, Edinburgh that would provide 176 homes and meet the city’s sustainable design guide for energy efficiency.
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NewsOxford Street glitz
Client Land Securities has been given the go-ahead for one of the biggest developments ever on Oxford Street.
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NewsBuongiorno Sheffield
The proposed redevelopment of the listed 1960s Park Hill flats in Sheffield by Studio Egret West and HawkinsBrown forms part of Britain’s contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which opened on 10 September and runs until 19 November.
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NewsUp Greenwich creek
A planning application has been submitted by Creekside and Ampurius Nu Homes to build a mix of commercial and residential accommodation in Deptford, south-east London.
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NewsMerseys modern methods
Lovell and PRP Architects have won planning permission for a £20m sustainable housing scheme in the Kensington area of Liverpool.
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Boom year for Stewart Milne
Construction group enjoys tenth successive year of growth as profit increases 40% to £28m