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Remember the famous Lord Kitchener recruitment poster from 1914, “Your country needs you”? This is the approach Centrepoint is taking to call on the building industry to support our crucial work with youth homelessness. We are not asking for money – we are asking for expertise. Article written by executive director Niamh O’Connor on youth homelessness and how the property industry can contribute to tackling it.

Summix is proposing to redevelop the brownfield site on the corner of Feeder Road and Albert Road in St Philip’s with three accommodation buildings of up to 14-storeys high and an additional one for commercial use.

Major residential developers share their forthcoming development plans which will deliver thousands of new homes in the towns and cities that comprise the Arc. The session covers thought leadership around solving the housing crisis, procurement challenges and timelines for delivery. Panel discussion with participation by Greg Mitchell, Executive Planning Director at Summix.

Keynote speech delivered by Lord Matthew Taylor (author of the Garden Communities policies adopted by government and chair of West Carclaze Eco-Community in Cornwall and Senior Advisor to Summix) at the Built Environment Networking conference held on 8th October 2021.

Panel discussion at the Built Environment Networking Garden Villages and New Towns Development conference held on 8th October 2021 on opportunities to deliver high quality new settlements and places.

Max Farrell, CEO of LDN Collective, discusses our proposals at Fulford Green…”What we can do is create new places with a minimal impact on the environment and positive benefits for existing and new communities. We can’t deliver environmentally sustainable homes unless we also work hard to create socially and economically sustainable places. So when the LDN Collective were commissioned by Summix to create a vision for a 21st Century new community at Fulford Green in Solihull, that was our starting point. Making a sustainable community, not just sustainable homes.”

We need 300,000 new homes a year, the Government says. But the UK government set the world’s most ambitious climate change target, to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035. And some councils are striving for net zero emissions from their own operations by 2030, and across their areas by 2041. Webinar panel discussion with Richard Kimblin QC (No5 Barristers Chambers), Mary Morrisey (Solihull Metropolitan Council) and Max Farrell (LDN Collective) hosted by 3Fox. Includes a presentation of Fulford Green as a case study for sustainable placemaking.

The Oxford Cambridge Arc is to deliver a number of garden towns, garden villages and new developments. But what will they deliver for the Arc? New towns and villages might provide a relatively quick route to growth, but the Arc’s residents will demand a persuasive case for speedy development. People want places free from the growing pains of established towns and cities, rather than a fast track to the same old problems. Webinar panel discussion with Lord Matthew Taylor (author of the Garden Communities policies adopted by government and chair of West Carclaze Eco-Community in Cornwall), Hannah Smart (Edge Urban Design and LDN Collective) and Bev Hindle (Executive Director, Oxford Cambridge Arc Leadership Group) hosted by 3Fox.

Summix, a developer of sustainable property projects across the UK and Ireland, has secured approval from Galway City Council for its planning application to deliver one of the largest, most significant urban regeneration schemes in Ireland, called Augustine Hill, which is right in the heart of Galway city centre.

Unanimous approval has been given for plans to build more than 200 flats around the edge of a Bournemouth car park.

A landmark project for Galway has been reduced in size following consultation with the city council.

Maxwell Farrell, CEO of LDN Collective, references Harrington and our ambitions to create an exemplary new settlement..."We are currently working on the first new town in the UK to have a response to the climate emergency in its DNA in Harrington, South Oxfordshire. As well as being zero carbon we are increasing biodiversity, addressing nitrogen oxide in the air and water, enabling local food production and creating local mobility hubs.".

".....That’s my ambition as part of a team led by the developer Summix and masterplanned by the London Collective, thinking through a 21st century new community at Harrington in South Oxfordshire that would be genuinely sustainable, and a great place to live. .....", Lord Matthew Taylor, author of the Garden Communities policies adopted by government and chair of West Carclaze Eco-Community in Cornwall.

Summix Capital has been given the green light for a new mixed-use scheme in Bath which will deliver 52 student studios and 28 student en-suite rooms.

Property Week and Student Roost brought together a panel of industry experts to discuss the challenges facing the purpose-built student accommodation sector and the opportunities that have opened up this year.
Partner at Summix Capital, Niamh O’Connor: "We remain upbeat about the sector. Transaction volume is still there; it might be slightly lower than where it has been, but long-term institutional investors still see a lot of resilience in the market. We are not seeing any transactional distress; banks are not pulling the carpet from under people. Part of the reason we are still active is we see the recovery period coinciding with construction periods. If you have a two-year construction period, we think the market will have actively recovered from Covid and there will be pent-up demand that will need to be fulfilled for the academic year in 2022-23, for example."

Student Roost has bought two new sites for PBSA schemes in York and Bristol from Summix Capital.......Under a £70m forward funding deal with Watkin Jones, Student Roost will deliver a 291-bed scheme at Unity Street in Bristol - its first scheme in the city - and a 368-bed property at Frederick House in York. ....“It’s fantastic news that we’ve been able to agree this deal with Summix Capital and Watkin Jones, particularly in the current environment,” said Student Roost chief investment officer Stephen Rigby..... Stuart Black, development director at Summix Capital, commented: “We are delighted to have completed the sales of these two fantastic sites during such difficult times, which is testament to the quality of the projects and the parties involved, and are excited to see them progress through to the next stage of their development.”

Planning permission is being sought for the constructions of a new hotel in Galway City Centre, down by the docks, with 186 bedrooms. Plans have been submitted by Summix BNM Developments to the city council to demolish a vacant industrial building on Lough Atalia Road next to Forthill Cemetery.

Located within the Old Town Conservation Area, in the heart of Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, the project lies adjacent to the A-listed Old Tolbooth Wynd and Canongate Kirk.

London-based developer Summix Capital has got the go-ahead for a high-rise hotel in the tech city quarter of London near Old Street roundabout.

Summix Capital given approval for four-storey building off Tolbooth.

Round Hill Capital and NBK Capital funds have acquired a 368-bed student accommodation development in Ireland.

Planning permission has been granted on appeal for a three student accommodation blocks between eight and 15 storeys tall.

...An open consultation process was advertised and encouraged and those with genuine interest have come forth to express their opinion, to have an input into this process...

Augustine Hill streets-in-the-sky scheme beside train station to house 1,000 people

'All parties have worked together and delivered something groundbreaking for the city'.

Property industry leaders have said investment in student accommodation projects in Scotland could be jeopardised if business rates are imposed on developments as proposed by MSPs.

Garden city principles provide a blueprint for the large scale housebuilding required to solve the UK's housing shortage.

Planning consent has been granted student accommodation scheme in York comprising more than 350 beds.

Student Roost and Property Week assembled a panel of experts to discuss the key issues, challenges and growth opportunities for purpose-built student accommodation in the UK.

Summix Capital has been granted planning approval by Bristol City Council for a mixed-use development on Unity Street in Old Market, Bristol.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for 368 student bed spaces in Dublin’s Liberties, where the promoters are promising to provide high-end student accommodation “akin to a boutique hotel”.

Q Investment Partners (QIP) and HG Developments (HGD) have purchased a 198-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) site in Edinburgh from property developer, Summix, enabling the delivery of a £30 million development.

Planning permission has been granted for student apartments in Cork city centre.

‘Ceannt Quarter’ development to include hotel, residential, community and retail.