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05 Dec Planning application to re-imagine Sweet Street in Leeds submitted to City Council

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Ambitious mixed-use development brought forward by PLATFORM_ represents £500 million investment for local region 11 October 2022 – Leading build-to-rent (BTR) developer and operator, PLATFORM_, has submitted a planning application to Leeds City Council to create an ambitious 1.3 million sq ft mixed-use development on Sweet...

21 Apr Heimstaden Bostad Funds and Acquires PLATFORM_’s Residential Project in Edinburgh

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Heimstaden Bostad AB has agreed to fund and acquire PLATFORM_’s 464-home residential project in Edinburgh for SEK 1.5 billion (£124.4 million). A build contract was placed simultaneously and practical completion is scheduled for mid-2024. The development is in the Bonnington regeneration area, 2 km (1.2 miles)...

12 Apr PLATFORM_ acquires a central Milton Keynes site for Build-to-Rent led mixed-use development

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PLATFORM_, the Build-To-Rent (“BTR”) investor, developer and operator, has acquired a site in the centre of Milton Keynes for a future BTR and office redevelopment. This takes the gross development value (GDV) of PLATFORM_’s development pipeline to over £1 billion. Milton Keynes has a total population...

21 Jun PLATFORM_ announces purchase of eight-acre Leeds site

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PLATFORM_, the BTR developer and operator, has exchanged contracts to purchase a large city centre gateway site in Leeds from a subsidiary of Burberry. The eight-acre site, which is located on Sweet Street, has a lapsed planning consent for a 935,000 sq ft residential-led mixed...

21 May PLATFORM_ forms JV with Northwood Investors to develop and operate BTR assets across the United Kingdom

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PLATFORM_ and Northwood Investors have formed a new joint venture to develop and operate Build to Rent apartments across UK regional centres in England, Scotland and Wales. The venture will initially develop a portfolio of 1,039 apartments including: PLATFORM_ Glasgow, comprising 498 apartments, located at Central...

16 Oct Brownfield sites could meet 71% of regional housing need

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It won't come as a great surprise to anyone reading this that the UK is currently experiencing a housing crisis, but the true scale of the issue can still be daunting. A report in January from Shelter argued that 3 million homes needed to be built...