Council levers in additional £40m for York Central

Parcel group DPD has sold a 17,500 sq ft unit to the regional car sales giant, a plot that adjoins the dealership group’s existing operation at the Clifton Moor site.  

The retirement living provider is now preparing to start work on a 45-apartment scheme in Wigginton, and was also awarded partial costs by a Planning Inspector.

York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce has pledged its support to Helmsley Group’s Coney Street Riverside masterplan. 

Narrowly denied over Green Belt concerns in 2022, the shoe retailer has tweaked plans to extend its footprint at Northminster business park.  

Contractor GMI has begun work on developer S Harrison’s 300-bedroom student accommodation scheme following the arrangement with Q Investment Partners.

The first show home is now open at Latimer’s overhaul of the 1890s-built York factory, where 30% of the 279 homes will be classed as affordable.

TPE’s contract will not be renewed or extended at the end of the month, meaning the company will work on an “operator of last resort” basis from 28 May.

Power in property takes various forms. Place Yorkshire takes a look at some of the civic leaders, heavyweight developers and others with a slightly less obvious but no less vital role to play in leading the regional market in 2023.

Projects in Yorkshire & the Humber worth a combined £120m secured support from the flagship programme, raising questions over the government’s commitment to genuine “levelling up”.