Claridge’s hotel has been granted planning permission for a five-floor ‘iceberg’ basement beneath the Art Deco portion of the grade II listed Mayfair building. Westminster Council has given the green light for the deep basement which will house a new… Continue Reading →

Developer DeTrafford Estates has submitted plans for a residential-led mixed-use scheme of 419 homes in Manchester. The plan for the Ellesmere Street site Castfield will see four new residential brick buildings rising from 8 to 16 storeys around the perimeter of… Continue Reading →

Peabody and Family Mosaic have joined the growing band of housing associations unveiling merger plans. The new single housing association, which would still be called Peabody, would have a £6bn asset base to borrow against,  providing 55,000 homes to 111,000 residents… Continue Reading →

Construction services company J Tomlinson has appointed Tony O’Toole as managing director of its M&E operation. The position is a new post and reflects the company’s plan to grow the M&E side of the business. “J Tomlinson is experiencing a… Continue Reading →

Leading building services provider J S Wright has secured a contract worth more than £3.5m for a stunning new riverside development in east London. The company, which has offices in Birmingham, Bristol and London, will design and build the mechanical… Continue Reading →

London planners have given the thumbs up to redevelop a 1991-constructed city office building at 60 London Wall. The existing office will be stripped back to its steel frame and rebuilt with an extra four floors raising the total office space to 320,000… Continue Reading →

Researchers at the BRE are creating a “living laboratory” office to see how buildings affect the health of occupants. The project will see one of BRE’s existing office buildings refurbished at its headquarters in Watford. It will be renamed the… Continue Reading →

Lancaster University is prequalifying firms to redevelop its internationally renowned management school. The university will adopt a two-stage tender process for a complex project that includes refurbishing existing facilities and demolishing existing buildings to make way for new purpose-built facilities…. Continue Reading →