[ad_1] The huge and historic home of the former Royal Mail sorting offices could soon be demolished and transformed into residential apartments. Overlooking St Mary’s Rest Garden, the Bendigo Building in Bath Street was named after 19th Century St Ann’s champion boxer William ‘Bendigo’ Thompson, who went undefeated in 23 fights during his career which…
[ad_1] Are you an avid bargain hunter? If so, you could be in luck as there are some absolute steals on the property market right now. Three houses all based in the Black Country are up for auction – all with a guide price of just £,5000. All houses are set to go under the…
[ad_1] An e-fulfilment, third-party logistics and consolidated warehousing specialist has pledged its commitment to Birmingham by signing a new property deal. Pointbid Logistics Systems has secured a new ten-year lease on its headquarters in Witton with The Local Authorities Mutual Investment Trust. The business has been based at Junction Six Industrial Park near the M6…
[ad_1] A decade before London’s Low Emission Zone came into force, air pollution concerns had prompted the capital’s then-Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to introduce a Living Roofs and Walls policy. And since 2008 there has been phenomenal “growth”. Today London has more than 40 per cent of the UK’s green roofs and walls. Back in the…
[ad_1] Reading is a vastly changing town. Huge housing developments are popping up all around the town centre, many unused offices are being converted into homes and more projects to build new, better offices are also being carried out. What this means is that the town will look very different over the course of the…
[ad_1] Plans for a spectacular housing development on a Reading shopping park have been delayed. Aviva Investors, which is proposing an enormous development on Reading Station Shopping Park, had hoped to submit its plans for the scheme by Christmas. However, planning consultant Barton Willmore has now confirmed the plans are due for late January or…
[ad_1] The next five-year phase of the property cycle will be marked by the outcome of tomorrow’s General Election. Knight Frank’s Liam Bailey believes certainty on Brexit, either way, is a good result for the housing market. “Brexit has hovered above the market since mid-2016 and in London more than any other part of the UK…
[ad_1] Shoppers fear the loss of a popular supermarket if a huge development in Reading is given permission. People responding to a consultation on a plan which could see the Reading Station Shopping Park knocked down and replaced with as many as 950 new homes have stated losing the shop would be a major blow….
[ad_1] The unstoppable rise in online shopping is driving a demand for more storage space and delivery hubs across central London, which is in turn creating a new homes model: warehouse sheds that come with beds — large industrial buildings with homes built above. Online shopping now accounts for 20 per cent of retail sales…
[ad_1] The area around Reading’s IDR and Vastern Road is not known as a beauty spot. It’s unlikely architects or historians will be rushing to preserve what is known as the “TGIs roundabout” or the buildings housing the various shops around the area. In fact, Caversham Road Fire Station is one of only a few…