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...
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...
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...
£100m Clydeside build-to-rent development gets green light Published 21 January 2019 Detailed planning permission has been granted for a 498-apartment build-to-rent development on the banks of the River Clyde. The £100 million scheme, which sits on the Broomielaw, one of Glasgow’s major thoroughfares, is being delivered by developer and...
PLATFORM_ Press Release: 17th October 2018 PLATFORM_, a leading developer and operator of private rented housing, has secured planning permission for 335 high quality homes designed exclusively for rent in Sheffield city centre. PLATFORM_, which already has over 600 homes under management in key commuter towns and...
19 April 2018 | By Jean-Marc Vandevivere (CEO of PLATFORM_) After a decade of all-time low interest rates – slashed to 0.25% after the Brexit vote, before returning to 0.5% — analysts now expect a 0.75% rise at the next Monetary Policy Committee vote in May,...