We’re hoping to create more new homes for sale or rent on a newly acquired patch of land in Manchester. We have purchased the site at New Islington, expanding our land in the area having completed an off-market deal. It is our 25th acquisition in the past five years and you can read more about them all on our blog.

The Urban Splash Residential Fund has continued a year of acquisitions with the £12m purchase of Derwent House – a Grade II listed building of 40, one- and two-bedroom duplex homes and lofts in the city’s Jewellery Quarter. The investment comes in an active year for the Fund; the investment portfolio now exceeds £70m with more than 300 homes spread across Manchester, Sheffield, Cambridge, Bristol, Birmingham and Bradford.

Our commercial colleagues have welcomed new businesses into our workspace across the country this month, completing deals on more than 13,700 sq ft of space. The biggest single transaction was completed with accountants PKF Francis Clark, which confirmed it would move into more than 8,000 sq ft of space at Melville in Royal William Yard saying the space reflects their “ambition to be a great place to work in every sense”. Other deals completed in Manchester, Salford and Liverpool.

The way we work is changing, and that’s why Matchworks in South Liverpool is filled not only with well-designed, restored art deco workspace, but also places to eat, drink, socialise, workout, and play. In this new guest blog, our agent at the scheme, Andrew Byrne of CBRE, talks about the Matchworks’ unique offering and why businesses love to base themselves there. Watch a video of the workspace available at Matchworks above, and read more on our blog.

Here’s a rare opportunity to buy a penthouse apartment at Budenberg – our Foster + Partners-designed, canalside building in Altrincham. This top-floor corner home offers a cool, curved, wraparound balcony as well as full height windows offering views over the water. The 1,390 sq ft of space comprises three bedrooms – one with ensuite – a family bathroom, and generous living space, while outside, there’s a residents’ garden. And it’s all just a short walk from Altrincham Market, shops, bars, and the train station. Now available at offers over £300,000.

Huge congratulations to our colleague Akeel Malik who has won the Estates Gazette Rising Star Award for 2022. Akeel is manager of our Urban Splash Residential Fund, and the EG judges said that he "stood out in a category with many talented young people leading the way in real estate" – crediting his "remarkable accomplishments at such a young age".

We won two awards at this week’s Sheffield Design Awards. The biennial ceremony was set up by the Civic Trust and is a celebration of great buildings and architecture in the city; judges recognised our work at Park Hill, presenting the Residential and Conservation accolades to the scheme. The news takes our total awards to 467 – 26 of them for Park Hill.

Our Chairman Tom Bloxham MBE is also the proud Chair of Factory International which will open a new £200m cultural building in Manchester next summer. The launch will coincide with the 13th Manchester International Festival, with the first shows including a Matrix inspired hip-hop show from director Danny Boyle, and an inflatable artwork installation from Yayoi Kusama is now on sale. Selected tickets for Factory are just £10! Book yours here.

“Regeneration company Urban Splash has described its latest results as a "solid performance in a difficult year".”
Insider, August 2022

“The 105-year-old building has been restored into a ‘turn-key’ apartment scheme that will provide 40 one and two bed duplex and single-storey homes”
TheBusinessDesk on the latest US Residential Fund acquisition, October 2022

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