Buildings
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Leeds has now passed one thousand homes through its programme. The Council Housing Growth Programme has built or acquired 1,116 homes, with £200m committed for its 2026–31 second phase.
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McLaren Living has secured approval for its Hackney Wick scheme. The project will deliver 280 co-living studios and 44 affordable homes across two buildings on the final Neptune Wharf plot.
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Sphere Group is preparing consultation on Birmingham’s former Rackhams site. The emerging scheme combines more than 500 homes, offices, retail, and public realm within a £350m regeneration proposal.
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Daubeny’s three laboratory buildings are being redesigned around retained structures. The scheme links the partially built blocks with new atria for EIT’s Plant Biology and Generative Biology institutes.
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HG Construction has started work on South Acton’s Bollo Yard. The £76m contract covers 429 student beds and 95 affordable homes after Gateway 2 approval.
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Balfour Beatty has installed eight link bridges at Edinburgh Airport. The £65m South East Pier Expansion will add eight departure gates and is scheduled to complete in summer 2027.
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Whitbread has appointed Legendre UK for its Vauxhall hotel conversion. Phoenix House will retain its existing structure while becoming a 180-bedroom Premier Inn.
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First residents have moved into homes at Widnes brownfield redevelopment. Six affordable properties mark initial handovers within a wider 360-home regeneration programme at Foundry Lane.
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Ogilvie will deliver Inverness High School’s next major investment phase. The scheme combines new sports facilities, refurbishment, demolition, and additional-support teaching space through 2030.
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Morgan Sindall has completed Newark’s £9.4m Chuter Ede school extension. The project adds 210 places, eight classrooms, specialist spaces, and new outdoor sports facilities.