Our Chairman and Co-Founder Tom Bloxham has been awarded a CBE in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for ‘Services to Culture and MIF Factory International’. Already recognised with an MBE in 1999 for his work with Urban Splash for ‘Services to Architecture and Regeneration’, this latest honour celebrates his continued pro bono support of a huge number of charities.

We’re excited to welcome Crossed Wires festival to Cole Brothers this July for three days of free, live podcast recordings as part of Sheffield’s Crossed Wires festival. Sponsored by BBC Sounds, the event will take place in the former John Lewis store – now Cole Brothers – which we’re transforming into a vibrant new city space.

This month, we’ve successfully completed deals on 41,185 sq ft of commercial space, with over two-thirds being renewals from existing tenants. On Merseyside, Global Beauty Products and the North West Air Ambulance Charity renewed their leases at Matchworks. Renewals were also secured at Boat Shed in Salford Quays and at Royal William Yard in Plymouth, where longstanding tenant Ward Williams extended their stay.

Great news from our colleagues at the Urban Splash Residential Fund and its investment adviser SURE Capital Partners LLP who’ve secured a £50m deal with Barclays. The funding will help grow their portfolio of quality rental homes across UK cities. Barclays’ Jason Constable says he’s “delighted” to back the fund’s ambitions.

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Davidson Prize. Our Co-Founder, Jonathan Falkingham MBE served as a judge for the prestigious award, which champions bold ideas in residential architecture. This year’s winning concept, 300 homes on Plymouth’s Union Street, offers a visionary approach to future living. Well done to all the shortlisted teams.

We’ve secured a £16.2m refinancing deal with The Co-operative Bank for Royal William Yard – marking 200 years of this historic Plymouth landmark. In this new piece, the bank’s Corporate Banking Manager Jordan Lazenbury shares more on our partnership and what the deal means for local communities.

A host of Urban Splash colleagues were in Leeds last month for UKREiiF. The team not only attended, but spoke at various events too, helping shape the discourse around new homes and communities. Our colleague and director Simon Gawthorpe rounds up the highlights here.

Burton Place in Castlefield is one of our original Urban Splash developments, designed by Glenn Howells Architects. Each home includes a balcony or winter garden and a private enclosed garden. Apartment 606 is available now, offering 603 sq ft of space with one bedroom, bathroom, and separate kitchen, and it’s yours for just £160,000.

Beehive Mill is a characterful Urban Splash workspace in the heart of Ancoats, Manchester. Housed in a 200-year-old former cotton mill, Unit 2B/2C offers 1,073 sq ft of beautifully designed space with exposed brickwork, original beams, cast iron columns, and fantastic natural light – all in one of the city’s most vibrant neighbourhoods.

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Manchester Evening News – June 2025

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Architects' Journal – May 2025

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Insider Media – May 2025

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