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expertise: property development
Working closely with the planning team
and supported by our environmental
specialists the property development team undertakes all aspects
of commercial property development including joint ventures; construction;
development funding and grant assistance as well as playing a key
role in regeneration projects. The
team is also instrumental in many specialist property-based projects
(such as science, research and technology parks; student
accommodation and academic facilities; urban and mixed use developments)
and skilled in the "unscrambling" of failed development
projects. Recent experience includes:
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advising a university in a joint venture with a regional development
agency to acquire a former brownfield NHS site and redevelop
it as a brand new mixed use campus, together with an associated
venture with two local authorities to develop a joint library
facility in the establishment of a learning quarter with a capital
value in excess of £70m
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advised a college in the planning aspects related to the rationalisation
and regeneration of its 30 acre campus to facilitate a £23m
residential development and a £55m campus new build
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acting for a university advising on the acquisition and regeneration
of a former NHS site as a new mixed use campus in conjunction
with a regional development agency and two local authorities;
project value in excess of £100m
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acting for a local authority on the regeneration of a 70 hectare
brownfield site as a brand new urban village in a joint venture
with the regional development agency, including conducting a
compulsory purchase hearing
- acting as part of a team in connection with the compulsory purchase
of land as part of a major urban regeneration project by a City
Council within the West Midlands
Our work includes advice on:
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development issues - including joint ventures, consortia and
trust vehicles, full and limited liability partnerships, construction
contracts and collateral warranties, public and private sector
projects, options, conditional contracts and tax efficient planning
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planning constraints and opportunities which are fundamental
to the successful delivery of development projects
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compulsory purchase issues such as vesting, compensation and
extinguishments of rights over appropriated land
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funding & grants issues including traditional security,
forward funding, alternative investment structures, negotiation
with English partnerships and RAs, local authority and TEC-based
assistance, regional grants and European support, and Lottery
and millennium grants
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environmental issues affecting risk such as land contamination
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regeneration issues from public private partnerships, PFI
and urban villages to ERDF, ESF, SRB and other grants
 key expertise: John Rice
Head of Commercial Property Group, Partner
john.rice@martineau-uk.com Simon Coghlan
Partner
simon.coghlan@martineau-uk.com
Clive Read
Partner
clive.read@martineau-uk.com James Spreckley
Partner
james.spreckley@martineau-uk.com
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