The Subplot | MIPIM special: levelling up

The experienced developer has been granted planning permission for a 618-apartment build to rent scheme at Kirkstall Road.

Build-to-rent provider Placefirst has secured planning permission for its £21m scheme on a town centre brownfield site.

Levelling up must continue to be front and centre of any discussions taking place at MIPIM, writes Lee Powell, CEO of GMI Construction Group.

Proposals for Kirklees Council’s £210m Cultural Heart development have been approved, with refurbishing the listed Queensgate Market first on the list.

The city council said that it is mulling half a dozen “high quality proposals” from experienced property companies for the listed department store’s redevelopment.

Students should not be the only recruitment focus for the construction industry. Instead, companies should look to hire those looking to change their career, writes Sarah Cooke of Wates.

Will spring bloom for the hotel sector, or will frost kill the green shoots? Plus: good news for Liverpool planning at long last.

The continued ‘hotel-ification’ of the residential sector, ground-breaking technological advancements, and new ideas around design are all shaping what the next generation of homes will look like, according to speakers at a roundtable discussion hosted by ClearFibre.

Urbanite Living has secured consent to develop three residential towers at the central Leeds plot, the tallest of them 42 storeys.