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• Government buys back over 36,000 military homes

  17-12-2024 09:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The government has agreed a deal to bring over 36,000 homes in the Armed Forces estate back into public ownership.
  The £6bn repurchase deal from Annington Homes will unlock new-build housing projects for military families plus essential refurbishments.
  In 1996, the MoD sold all its housing for military personnel and their families, 55,000 properties, to Annington Homes for £1.67bn or around £27,000 per house as part of a broader process of privatisation of state assets, ma
  
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• Story Contracting staff braced for rail job losses

  17-12-2024 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff at Story Contracting are facing an uncertain Christmas with a round of redundancies understood to be underway at the rail division.
  The Enquirer understands that jobs are under threat in England following slower than expected workloads coming through from Network Rail under the current five-year Control Period 7 (CP7) investment programme which started in April.
  One source said: “We won a series of places on CP7 and geared the business-up up for higher volumes of work but that just i
  
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• Brookfield submits retro-first London office plan

  17-12-2024 08:27 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Brookfield Properties has submitted plans for a major retro-first office scheme in the Square Mile that will preserve 70% of the original 1980s building.
  The Milton Gate project at 60 Chiswell Street has been designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris would raise the floor space by nearly 50% to around 290,000 sq ft.
  The existing building, characterised by a green glass facade, is presently occupied by a law firm and will become vacant in 2025.
  The original façade design used one convention
  
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• Ballymore submits two plans for 3,700 East London homes

  17-12-2024 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Ballymore has submitted two major hybrid planning applications for riverside sites in east London that would deliver nearly 3,700 new homes.
  Proposals for the Thames Road and Knights Road schemes near the Royal Docks have both been submitted as hybrid applications for approval to Newham Council.
  It is the second time the plans have been drawn up after Ballymore went back to the drawing board following the adoption of the second staircases rule for residential high rises.
  Royal Docks pl
  
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