Government takes stake in housing JV

The Impact and Places Partnership is 40% owned by Homes England, the government’s regeneration agency, and 60% by Swiss Life Asset Managers and Capital & Centric.The three organisations have joined forces to spearhead the construction of more than 2,250 homes in...

Green light £100m Digbeth regeneration scheme

CGI of Hartwell’s Phoenix Yard planHartwell, the automotive and property development company, has secured approval for its plans to redevelop a 2.8-acre industrial site at the gateway to Digbeth.The Phoenix Yard plans by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris...

Cement producer calls for mandatory EPDs

Alastair Meyers, managing director of Holcim UK’s readymix concrete divisionHolcim believes that environmental product declarations (EPDs) are essential to making progress towards national net zero targets and should be a legal requirement in the construction...

Brick chimneys proposed for new Birmingham stadium

Bonkers but possibly brilliant, it has been suggestedThe American owners of Birmingham City Football Club have unveiled designs for a new £1.2bn stadium that they hope to build in Bordesley Green.Heatherwick Studio secured the design commission in collaboration with...