x
By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies to enhance your experience.

TODAY'S OTHER NEWS

Plans unveiled for major Build to Rent scheme in Bath

A new Build to Rent (BTR) development featuring over 170 homes will be built in Bath city centre by Legal & General, after it acquired the site for £47.5m, as part of wider plans to boost housing supply across the country.

The Roseberry Place development is located on brownfield land in the Bath City Riverside Enterprise Area on the river, presenting a good opportunity to accommodate new development growth in the city.

The site will comprise 171 apartments, 126 car parking spaces and 17,000 sq ft of retail space. It already benefits from outline planning and Legal & General will be working closely with the developer to provide high-quality rental accommodation within a city in much need of additional housing supply.

Advertisement

Dan Batterton, BTR fund manager at LGIM Real Assets, said:  “This acquisition is a prime example of the type of compelling opportunities there are in the market at the moment, as we continue to build our pipeline.”

Legal & General now has a total housing pipeline of more than 70,000 units, of which 1,200 are BTR properties.

This is Legal & General’s fourth BTR scheme, with existing sites already underway in Bristol, Salford and Walthamstow.

It has £1bn of firepower to invest in developing new large scale rental development properties which will provide rental income for pension funds to pay their pensioners, and create an economic stimulus for UK urban regeneration areas, delivering new jobs and growth.

Legal & General has invested £10bn in UK infrastructure, with an aim to invest £15bn.

Batterton added: “We are targeting well-located sites where there is the opportunity to influence all aspects of design and construction from the start to create a best-in-class product that will provide a positive lifestyle choice for elective renters.

“We remain on track to deliver on the growth plans for our major Build to Rent platform focused on holding assets for the long-term on behalf of investors.”

Want to comment on this story? If so...if any post is considered to victimise, harass, degrade or intimidate an individual or group of individuals on any basis, then the post may be deleted and the individual immediately banned from posting in future.

  • G romit

    With residents trying to find a car parking space near their homes, is like looking for hen's teeth. Why do planners allow developments with less than 1 space per dwelling? (probably so the developers can keep their development costs down, and squeeze a few more income generating "rabbit hutches" into the same space.

icon

Please login to comment

MovePal MovePal MovePal
sign up