A site visit by transport secretary Grant Shapps has marked the official start of construction works on HS2’s Old Oak Common station. There has been activity on the site for some time, but now the joint venture of Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra (BBVS) is officially...
The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has launched a seven-week public consultation on changes to its Local Plan. The Mayor’s Development Corporation submitted the modified Local Plan earlier this year and has now been given the green light by the Planning Inspector to...
Linden Hill are reported to be marketing their consented data centre site at Old Oak. The 1.2 acre site, on North Acton Road, was granted consent for a 269,000 sq ft data centre by OPDC earlier in 2021, although it still remains to be approved by...
The Mayor’s Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has submitted a revised draft Local Plan to support the construction of more than 25,000 new homes and bring tens of thousands of new jobs to the area with a focus on land around the...
Patrizia, the German build-to-rent investor, has completed the forward purchase of one of the buildings in Fairview's Regency Heights development in Park Royal. They will buy the 16 storey, 102-unit residential tower for €45 million (£40.3 million) on behalf of one of its institutional clients. Once finished...
HS2 have launched a new jobs site to promote the estimated 20,000 roles that Phase One of the project is creating, some at Old Oak, in the months and years ahead, the first time all opportunities to work directly on HS2 have been available to search in one place. This follows...
LondonMetric Property has bought a logistics warehouse in Alperton. The 20,000 sq ft warehouse has been acquired for £7.7 million. It is currently let to Ford as a service and parts centre and has been comprehensively refurbished. The building is just outside the A406 North Circular...
Arts Alliance is to open the Garden Studios in Park Royal, a 62,000 sq ft learning, research and production space. The facilities will include three sound stages along with a specialised virtual production stage, along with workshops, technical facilities, and offices. The virtual production stage is...