Sector Focus
Savills appoints new rural chief
Richard Goodwin has joined Savills as head of rural agency in the North West and West Midlands. Mr Goodwin (pictured), who
has joined the firm as an associate director, studied Rural Enterprise and Land Management at Harper Adams University and brings with him a wealth of experience across the agricultural sector in Cheshire and the Midlands. He is a
member of the Royal Institute of
Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and a
fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV). Mr Goodwin’s role will span
the North West and West Midlands, working alongside the already established team of Tony Morris-Eyton and Rhydian Scurlock-Jones, who act for clients in the buying and selling farms and estates. Andrew Pearce, head of
farm agency at Savills in the North and Midlands, said: “He brings a wealth of local knowledge of the agricultural and rural property market. “Richard’s expertise,
coupled with his energy and experience will be invaluable in continuing to provide our clients with sound and considered advice.”
Property
New housing underway in historic Jewellery Quarter
Work is progressing to transform a neglected area of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, following funding input from several sources. Regeneration specialist Complex
Development Projects (CDP) is creating 30 apartments on land at Carver Street and Pope Street in Hockley, with help from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and others.
‘This is an exciting but challenging scheme within a conservation area’
The main structure for the one,
two and three-bedroom apartment scheme has already been completed after CDP secured a £4.2m loan from WMCA’s Collective Investment Fund (CIF), via Frontier Development Capital, and a £450,000 grant from the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership’s (GBSLEP) ‘Unlocking Stalled Housing Sites’ programme. Nine of the apartments, which
range in size from 475 sq ft to 1,603 sq ft, are duplex units, with open-plan loft style living. CDP director Brian Harrabin said:
“This is an exciting but challenging scheme within a conservation area, as when we acquired the site we inherited a number of problems
New funding (from left): Cllr Bob Sleigh, Gerald Gannaway, Brian Harrabin and Andy Green from Finance Birmingham
from the earlier proposal for a hotel and this has meant there has been a great deal of preparatory work to adapt it to the new proposals. “The steel frame and
intermediate floors have now been completed and we hope the first residents will move in in July 2020.” Cllr Bob Sleigh, deputy mayor of
the West Midlands, said: “This is another great example of how the WMCA is using its money to breathe new life into derelict plots. “Our ‘invest to unlock’ policy
means that difficult-to-develop sites such as this one can now be transformed into much needed new housing. And that’s important because the region needs to build
215,000 new homes by 2031 and we need to make sure the vast majority of these are on brownfield, former industrial land.” Frontier property investment
director Gerald Gannaway said: “This is a prime example of how the West Midlands Combined Authority’s property funds can, working in conjunction with the local LEP, be a catalyst for regeneration projects across the region.” The development marks a return
to the Jewellery Quarter for CDP’s directors who led the early regeneration of the area in the 1980s and early 1990s with projects in Paul’s Square and Newhall Street.
£18m business school extension completed
A four-storey, £18m extension to the University of Birmingham’s internationally-acclaimed business school has been handed over by contractor Morgan Sindall Construction. The 34,000 sq ft annexe adjoins
Grade II-listed University House, on Edgbaston Park Road. It is made up of office and teaching space, and will bring together the business school’s 103 staff members, previously split across five separate buildings. The building is the second flagship project Morgan Sindall Construction has delivered for the university in as many years, the other being the new Collaborative Teaching Laboratory. The scheme was delivered via the
New build: The University House extension
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Constructing West Midlands (CWM) framework, which is made up of a group of nine national contractors, each with extensive experience
across a wide range of client sectors. The idea of the CWM framework
is to give clients a one-stop solution for all of their construction repair and maintenance requirements. Dave Kelly, CWM framework
director at Morgan Sindall Construction, said: “Grade A facilities are crucial to universities as they compete on an international stage. Renovated and expanded, University House is a great example of the very best in design. It sympathetically adds inspiring modern features to an important heritage asset. “The university was under no
obligation to procure the project with anything other than cost in mind. But, in using the CWM framework, they’ve boosted the West Midlands economy, ensuring almost £15m has been routed through local businesses.”
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