The old sorting office site in Maidstone town centre is being redeveloped for housing Maidstone Borough Council planning committee has approved plans for five blocks of flats, ranging from three to nine storeys next to Maidstone East railway station. The former Royal Mail sorting office on Sandling Road was bought …
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Royal LePage Terrequity Realty 2285 Lakeshore Blvd. W., No. 1908, Toronto Asking price: $1,899,000 Taxes: $4,404.57 (2022) Monthly maintenance fees: $1,521.74 Agents: Mara Bossio (Royal LePage Terrequity Realty) The backstory In 2001, real estate agent Mara Bossio led a technology guru from Texas on a tour of Toronto-area condo units. …
Read More »Glencar starts £17m Basingstoke warehouse
A ground-breaking ceremony was attended by executives from Glencar, GLP, specialist investor Bridges and property company Wrenbridge Glencar is demolishing an old office building that was previously owned by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, while also undertaking site clearance and enabling works. Steelwork is expected to begin by the end of …
Read More »B.C. government to make business case for spending $789-million to rebuild Royal BC Museum
The Royal BC Museum in Victoria.CHAD HIPOLITO/The Globe and Mail Next week, the British Columbia government will lay out its business case for spending nearly $800-million to rebuild the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. The announcement, made May 13, was a shocker. B.C. Premier John Horgan promised a “safer, more …
Read More »A stay at Prince Edward County’s revamped Royal Hotel is a journey in local details
The Royal Hotel has anchored Picton, Ont.’s Main Street since 1879. Built to service an influx of commercial travellers and tourists brought into the area by the Prince Edward County railway, it was, according to The Settler’s Dream, a pictorial history of the County’s older buildings, the grandest accommodation in …
Read More »Maidstone East Redevelopment – Employers Agent Services: | Construction Tenders
Tender Details Reference ocds-h6vhtk-02f52e Common Procurement Vocabulary Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services Procurement Method Open procedure Value – Tender Details Reference ocds-h6vhtk-02f52e Common Procurement Vocabulary Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services Procurement Method Open procedure Value – Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses Maidstone Borough Council Maidstone …
Read More »Vital wins £17m Nine Elms energy deal
Artist’s impression of the developments at Nine Elms Vital Energi will deliver the primary energy infrastructure package for the Greystar and Henderson Park, Nine Elms Park plots B and D development on the former Royal Mail centre. The 14-acre development, which lays between Battersea and Vauxhall bridges, will create 894 …
Read More »Huge increase in UK Personal Protective Equipment production
Large stockpiles in place for items such as face masks, visors and gowns Almost three quarters of expected demand for PPE to be met by UK manufacturers from December Health and social care workers treating COVID-19 patients have access to an uninterrupted supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the Government …
Read More »Litigation Capital executes finance agreement with building contractor
Dispute financing company Litigation Capital Management (LCM) has executed a portfolio finance agreement, it announced on Monday, to provide a “significant” finance facility to a subsidiary of a global building and infrastructure contractor, to fund a portfolio of its construction claims. The AIM-traded firm said the large corporate portfolio transaction …
Read More »Props away at Mount Pleasant
Fifteen MP250 props supported the excavation Main contractor Bouygues UK is constructing a new 214-apartment complex – called Postmark – for Taylor Wimpey at the former sorting office site in central London. Specialist contractor Keltbray dug out the basement hole as part of the £100m first phase of the development …
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