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Blue Coast Capital (BCCAP) has selected HUB as partner to bring forward two co-living schemes in London: the 240-home St Olav’s Court in Southwark and a 245-home development at Fleet St Hill in Tower Hamlets.

Moda has been appointed by CDL to manage 209 co-living homes at The YardHouse

The mantra of 'location location location' is more relevant than ever when it comes to co-living" according to the recent article in Property Week

We have marked the topping out of Mantle Yard, our landmark 604-bed student scheme on Baltic Street in Leith, Edinburgh

A major new contemporary arts hub is opening at our Southwark Bridge Road site, Crossings, on Thursday 25th June, transforming the vacant office building into a new destination for exhibitions, artist studios and public events.

Our MD Damien Sharkey is in Property Week's 'The Big Interview' talking about today's development challenges, and how we are unlocking our pipeline, with 1,000 homes currently on site.

Our Wembley Link project, designed by Howells, has been awarded an RIBA London 2026 award

Last week we were on site at our Trehus project in Maidenhead for a timber signing ceremony, thanking the trees and celebrating the team

Our project Carriages in Bath has been shortlisted for 'Best Use of Brownfield Land in Placemaking'

Fresh has been appointed to mobilise, market, lease and operate our 604-bed scheme Mantle Yard in Leith, Edinburgh

HUB’s largest co-living consent to date, which includes a new NHS health centre and homes for social rent has been approved - the final project to be developed in the 10-acre regeneration masterplan at Elephant Park

Renewed energy in the private rental sector with mid market BTR and ultra urban co-living attracting attention from investors - our MD Damien Sharkey speaks to MIPIM News

Our Leeds Latitude Latitude project has been shortlisted for two RESI awards - 'best residential design' and 'development of the year'

Our striking Wembley Link scheme designed by Howells has been shortlisted for a RIBA London West award.

We have acquired St Clare House at 30-33 Minories, a post-war office building in the heart of the City of London, in partnership with affliates of global investment firm H.I.G. Capital, growing our shared portfolio of central London sites

Progress on our ultra urban co-living strategy with two consented projects in the City of London, Cornerstone and Assemblies, as Cornerstone starts on site and Assemblies out for funding

Enabling works underway at Cornerstone, with the newly appointed main contractor, and development loan secured. Plans in place to retain and manage this adaptive reuse project upon completion

We have submitted proposals to deliver a living-led mixed-use development, replacing the three outdated office buildings with 490 professionally managed homes, workspace, a community space, and enhanced public realm.

Plans have been submitted for the next phase of transformation at The Liberty Romford, on behalf of our partners Redical

Our Wembley Link project unlocked new homes on a challenging and constrained backland site, creating high-quality and well-connected rental homes for UNCLE Living. Read more in this interview in Building Design

Co-living needs its own, nationally consistent space standards to remove ambiguity and build trust, our MD Damien Sharkey writes in Housing Today

Latest JLL Spotlight report reveals how conversion and repositioning are reshaping the market, featuring Cornerstone, our project adjacent to the Barbican

We have submitted plans for a 1.2-acre mixed-use scheme, the last plot in the Elephant Park masterplan, designed by AHMM

We have topped out our Yardhouse scheme at 227 Wood Lane, our innovative mixed tenure affordable and co-living project

Our MD Damien Sharkey was voted 'Disruptor of the Year' at the recent Urban Living Impact Awards

As HUB gears up to procure over £800m of construction work in the next three years, our MD Damien Sharkey discusses the importance of rigorous checks when selecting contracting partners in Building Magazine

We are delivering 117 exceptional aparthotel rooms, bringing a pair of tired buildings back to life in two of Edinburgh's hottest areas

Earlier in the summer, we joined some of the teams helping to deliver our Yardhouse project in Hammersmith & Fulham for a day of rowing and fundraising in support of Fulham Reach Boat Club (FRBC)

Studio flats with communal living spaces are taking off across the UK as a middle ground between house shares and one-bedroom flats - Zainab Hussain of Inside Housing investigates

For the third year running HUB is proudly supporting the partnership between Maidenhead United Football Club and Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) alongside our partners Smedvig, and a group of other local businesses.

The 'Why Coliving' campaign has just launched a new report on the emerging role of co-living within the UK's housing ecosystem, around the key themes of neighbourhood investment, social connection and environmental responsibility

Sarah Willoughby-Parsons has ben appointed as Head of Asset Management, to align with our evolving strategy to deliver long-term value across our growing portfolio, and marking a significant step in our ambition to expand our capabilities

We only need to look to Scotland and Ireland’s building approval systems for lessons on a pragmatic building safety regime - our MD Damien Sharkey shares his views in Inside Housing

What does it take to drive true regeneration? Our CEO Robert Sloss joins Concilio’s Nick Dines for a deep dive into how Build to Rent has evolved in the UK, the power of institutional capital, the challenges of viability, and the future of co-living.

We have acquired Sandringham Mews, a 318-home consented co-living scheme in West London, in partnership with specialist investor Bridges Fund Management.

We're making additional carbon savings throughout the construction process of Trehus, our pioneering timber-framed office building now progressing on-site in Maidenhead

Planning approval has been granted for a new regenerative mixed-use development at Pines Way in Bath delivering 275 build-to-rent homes and 179 co-living homes alongside extensive shared amenity and landscaping

Interview with Damien Sharkey, sharing his background, what led him to HUB, and what's next

Robert Sloss, our co-founder and CEO, is interviewed by Susan Freeman on PropertyShe, leading podcast for real estate and the built environment

Planning consent granted for Assemblies, our second ultra urban office-to-living repurposing project in the City of London

We have acquired 42 Southwark Bridge Road together with Bridges Fund Management, with a plan to repurpose the existing office on the prominent 100,000 sq ft site into a living-led scheme.

HUB has been appointed by Redical as strategic development partner for next phase of The Liberty Romford’s enhancement

Trehus, located adjacent to Maidenhead Train Station, and the only new speculative office scheme to be delivered in the South East outside London in 2026, has started on site with Glencar.

Our CEO Robert Sloss shares his story on The ESG in Property Podcast, talking about his future-focused philosophy, and how HUB's living-led projects create lasting impact

Evidence for why co-living is a catalyst for urban regneneration, with case studies and data to demonstrate its social benefits, published by Conscious Coliving

The new system of gateway checks on high rise buildings is adding up to 18 months to construction programmes. Joey Gardiner speaks to the industry, including our MD Damien Sharkey, to find out why

We have announced four key promotions within our development team. These senior promotions reflect HUB’s commitment to nurturing talent from within and supporting the company’s continued growth and strategy.

The country’s housing dilemma can’t be solved with a sole focus on homes to buy. The ‘Build To Rent’ (BTR) sector delivers homes at scale and pace, providing people with affordable, well-built, community-centric homes, while simultaneously revitalising previously neglected parts of our towns and cities.

Co-living schemes can make an important contribution to meeting housing need and bring new facilities and vitality to urban areas, finds Ben Kochan of Placemaking Resource

BTR can provide high quality, mixed-use developments at speed - places which benefit from long-term stewardship to support new and existing communities. Our MD Damien Sharkey shares his thoughts in the NLA

Final Elephant & Castle plot will be developed into mixed-use residential scheme

Property Week takes a look at the continued emergence of co-living with more planning consents and growing interest in the sector

We are proud to be involved in a new campaign 'Why Co-living?' coordinated by Conscious Coliving.

We have published a short report "Build to Rent: the catalyst for urban renewal" outlining our five BTR-led regeneration principles.

HUB was crowned best BTR Developer 2024 at the recent Love to Rent Awards!

Our MD Damien Sharkey shares his thoughts in BE News on why the Government's focus on 'grey belt areas' could be redirected to places that already have social infrastructure, a sense of place, an established community and good connectivity

We have submitted plans for a new mixed-use development for the city of Bath, a transformative project to deliver next generation BTR and shared living homes alongside extensive shared amenity in a riverside location

Our MD Damien Sharkey discussed with Emanuele Midolo at The Times whether dwindling occupancy rates in older office stock could provide the answer to growing housing need through repurposing.

Podcast interview with Damien Sharkey, discussing his architectural background and the innovative repurposing of existing buildings in Central London to provide quality co-living homes and a new destination for the City of London.

We've topped out our second Leeds project - a great event organised by the excellent team at RG Group

Our office-to-residential conversion at 150 Minories aims to repurpose the existing structure to deliver carbon savings, while providing co-living homes alongside extensive amenities and improved public realm with new pedestrian links.

We have appointed Ty Turner as Head of Investor Relations to lead the development of existing and new funding partnerships.

Our plans to transform 45 Beech St, a 1950s office building on the edge of the Barbican Estate, into 174 co-living homes, with improved public realm, have been approved at Planning Committee

We have appointed Adam Smith as senior acquisitions manager, joining with more than 12 years of development experience, specialising in residential land transactions.

One Maidenhead has been nominated for the London Construction Award (LCA) under the category of Residential Project of the Year.

Our plans for Dunedin Street have been approved - high-quality student living in Canonmills, Edinburgh, adjacent to our Arthouse scheme, with landscaping to complete a new piece of public realm ‘Maker’s Yard’.

We have acquired Finsgate House situated next to Old Street roundabout, in partnership with global investment firm H.I.G. Capital, with plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use scheme

Good round-up in Place North West of what we might expect in Labour's manifesto and themes the property industry might be looking for... including insights from our CEO Robert Sloss on the rent control debate

One Maidenhead, the Get Living, the first mixed-use build-to-rent (BtR) development outside of a city centre for Get Living, has now officially opened! We joined our partners and the whole project team to celebrate!

We were proud and honoured to be named 'BTR Developer of the Year' in this week's RESI Awards.

Our first project in Leeds, Latitude 1 ,has just achieved practical completion, bringing 463 new homes on behalf of Realstar to this regeneration area within walking distance of Leeds city centre.

We have received planning approval from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for a six-storey timber office building in Maidenhead town centre. Developed in partnership with Norwegian family-owned investor Smedvig, Trehus will provide over 6,000sqm of office space as part of the wider mixed-use One Maidenhead scheme.

One Maidenhead phase 1 has just PC'd, bringing a new public square, retail and 429 homes on behalf of Get Living to the heart of this Thames Valley town.

We are proud and honoured to be named a finalist BTR developer of the year in Property Week RESI Awards

JJ Rhatigan has been selected for our £49m Yardhouse London scheme in London, which we're developing in partnership with Women's Pioneer Housing, Bridges Fund Management and City Developments Limited. The project will deliver co-living homes and affordable women-only housing in White City, west London.

The housing sector is in desperate need of innovative thinking. In response to the housing crisis we have released a co-living design study by MVRDV, which researches and catalogues various typologies to create new opportunities for this emerging way of living that engenders lively neighbourhoods.

Robert Sloss tells React News about our expanding co-living platform and our role at the forefront of office to residential conversion

We are launching a design study into co-living by MVRDV, in collaboration with Bridges Fund Management Ltd., and we've published a book packed full of ideas which we're launching at the NLA on Thursday 29th February 2024

We have submitted plans for a co-living-led development at 45 Beech Street in the City of London, in partnership with Bridges Fund Management. The scheme, known as 'Cornerstone' would deliver 174 co-living homes as well as new public realm, a ground-floor commercial space and on-site resident amenities.

We have agreed a forward-funding deal with Singapore-based real estate developer City Developments Limited (CDL) to deliver Yardhouse, an innovative mixed tenure scheme in Wood Lane, west London, in partnership with Bridges Fund Management Ltd.

"We believe that multi-family BTR will continue to be highly attractive to both domestic and international investors, due the performance of existing assets, the resilience of the income stream and the strong ESG characteristics of the asset class".

We are very proud that our senior development manager Tom Valente has been selected to join the NLA's new expert panel 'Retrofit and Conservation'. This panel will be discussing the ongoing challenge of retrofitting and preserving London’s existing building stock, reviewing the impact of new policies in reducing carbon emissions, considering adaptive reuse and extending the life and heritage of historic buildings.

We have acquired a vacant 4.5 acre brownfield site adjacent to Bath city centre, with plans to transform it into a high quality housing-led scheme within the wider regeneration of the Bath Western Riverside enterprise area - in partnership with Bridges Fund Management.

Our MD Damien Sharkey talks about how teams should collaborate more in order to achieve net zero. in the latest issue of NLQ.

As part of our sustainability framework 'People, Planet, Progress' we pledged to become accredited by PlanetMark, and we are very pleased to announce that we have just been signed-off!

Earlier this month HUB received 'Highly commended' in the Love to Rent awards for BTR sustainability

HubCap has acquired 150 Minories for £39m, in partnership with Bridges Fund Management, to repurpose the existing commercial building into a sustainably built residential scheme

HubCap has received planning consent to convert a listed building in Edinburgh’s Thistle Street into a new aparthotel.

We have submitted plans for a new timber office building at the heart of our major town centre regeneration project, One Maidenhead, designed by Waugh Thistleton

We've reconfigured our office to accommodate our growing team, and create more meeting spaces and booths for remote meetings. We moved back in earlier this month

Our Managing Director talks with David Taylor in this week's NLW to share his thoughts on HubCap's strategy of repurposing 'stranded assets' to living spaces, and employing the ideas of engineers like SImple Works in the process

We are seeking a forward-funding partner for Shore Station, our 632-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Leith, Edinburgh.

HUB and HubCap were pleased to attend the recent BTR Forum, participating in two panels to share our thoughts on the challenges of repurposing buildings to create new homes, and creating, developing an sustaining a brand

We were thrilled to be crowned BTR Developer of the Year in this year's BTR360 awards

Transport-linked regeneration can deliver prosperity, but must not price out locals. Our MD Damien Sharkey shares his views, and the story behind our recently completed scheme in Abbey Wood, in React

HUB is very proud to be sponsoring Side by Side, a Ukrainian film festival organised by the Ukrainian Institute London presenting five screenings of feature, documentary, and short films about life in contemporary Ukraine

HSBC’s plan to leave its Canary Wharf tower for a smaller site shows the global challenges ahead in repurposing unwanted office space for a post-pandemic world. Our CEO Robert Sloss comments in this Bloomberg article

We have submitted our latest HubCap planning application for the refurbishment of a super-central London project on Ludgate Hill, a striking building that dates back to the late 1800s, located a stone’s throw from St Paul’s

"Birmingham is getting one of the UK's tallest skyscrapers outside of London". Our Snowhill project in Birmingham which we're delivering in partnership with MARK, is in Time Out!

Our MD Damien Sharkey reflects on the success of the co-living sector in Scandinavia, and what the UK can learn from it.

By ignoring BTR and co-living, and paying little attention to the climate crisis, Michael Gove’s recent speech was a missed opportunity. Damien Sharkey, our managing director, comments on the recent speech by Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

With so many struggling to buy or rent, it’s clear housebuilding activity alone is not the answer. We need a more diverse housing offer to deliver suitable options for all needs, budgets and life stages in our cities. And while the country clearly needs more social and affordable housing, the provision of better, more secure private rental homes is also vital. Our CEO Robert Sloss shares his thoughts with Property Week

Simple Works has won the Archiboo Engineer Pitch, the competition created by HUB to shine a light on the important role engineers play in decarbonising the built environment, especially when it comes to repurposing buildings to avoid unnecessary demolition and waste.

This week we hosted a cohort of 20 young people from the Regeneration Brainery, talking them through the development process from start to finish

We have received planning approval from Birmingham City Council for a Build to Rent development at 2 Snowhill Plaza in central Birmingham, in partnership with pan-European real estate investment manager MARK

HUB and Smedvig are proudly supporting the sponsorship of the 'Campaign Against Living Miserably' (CALM) for Maidenhead United FC 2023/24 kit

Our judging panel for the first ever 'Engineer Pitch', focused on repurposing commercial buildings to provide low-carbon living spaces, has been announced

"Bringing together people who will challenge us and each other, allowing different disciplines to step up and lead a project, making sure that we’re taking full advantage of diverse talent"

We have selected a shortlist of seven engineering practices to participate in the Engineer Pitch, a take on Archiboo’s popular Architect Pitch which will see the finalists pitch an engineering design solution for a low-carbon building conversion.

Wembley Link sits on a prominent junction on the Wembley High Road and houses associated retail space, a new public square and community facilities - completed 2020

HubCap has received planning permission for the conversion of a warehouse on Water Street, Leith, into a 45-room aparthotel.

Retrofitting existing buildings is vital to tackling both the climate emergency and housing shortage – but effective collaboration between architects and engineers is essential, says our Managing Director Damien Sharkey

As part of this year's London Festival of Architecture, HUB is pleased to be supporting "Third Space: Craft Not Carbon Pavilion" by Webb Yates Engineers

Our managing director talks about making the leap from architect to client and delivering quality within the build-to-rent sector.

As UKREiiF started to wind down, we celebrated a major construction milestone with our contractor John Sisk & Son (Sisk) and funding partners Bridges Fund Management and Realstar, with a topping out ceremony at UNCLE Leeds, our Build to Rent development in Leeds city centre (also known as Latitude Purple).

We've teamed up with Archiboo to deliver the first Engineer Pitch, a new take on the Architect Pitch, exclusively for structural engineering practices - with a focus on repurposing commercial buildings to provide living spaces, which is at the heart of our new venture HubCap

HUB has acquired 45 Beech Street in the City of London for £30m, in partnership with Bridges Fund Management, for low carbon refurbishment by HubCap.

"Estate agentism" is getting the underestimated sector nowhere fast. Our CEO Robert Sloss shares his thoughts in React News

We invited a group of NLA members on a study tour of our Croydon regeneration project Queen's Quarter, designed by AHMM

Regional cities across the UK have historically struggled with ‘brain drain’, where graduates leave once they have finished studying, often heading for London. Can BTR help reverse this trend? Our MD Damien Sharkey discusses

Join HUB and AHMM, for a tour and exclusive insight into Queen’s Quarter a key regeneration project in central Croydon. Organised by NLA, this is taking place on Thursday 13th April 2023

The HUB team took part in a leadership workshop delivered by the team at The World Reimagined, the ground-breaking, national art education project to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its impact on all.

Our CEO interviewed in Place North West, following our recent £108m forward-funding deal in partnership with Bridges, with Canadian real estate investment company Realstar. As part of the deal, Realstar, the owner of the UNCLE residential rental brand, will deliver nearly 1,000 units in Leeds.

HUB has set its sights on adding £500m GDV of sites to its pipeline this year, across its core build-to-rent offer and new low-carbon urban living arm HubCap. Article in EG...

We have awarded RG Group an £82m contract to deliver Latitude Blue, our 488-home build-to-rent project in Leeds. Construction will now start at the Whitehall Road scheme consisting of two towers rising to 26 and 31 storeys.

First Look at Wembley Link Phase 1 in Architects' Journal, a project designed by Maccreanor Lavington which we developed in partnership with Bridges Fund Management and completed during lockdown.

We have signed a forward funding deal with Canadian real estate investment company Realstar, which owns residential rental brand UNCLE, to deliver a significant residential-led regeneration scheme in Leeds comprising 488 build-to-rent homes, the second Leeds development from the partnership.

Our new venture HubCap has recently launched with three retrofit projects in Edinburgh and London, and we've been pleased to see it getting a lot of press attention

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Victoria Manston to the role of Development Director, to oversee the full development process across several of HUB’s major projects.

This week we hosted a roundtable to discuss co-design: its opportunities, challenges, best practice and how it might evolve. We had a lively discuss on this wide-ranging and very topical subject with some excellent guests.

HubCap is a wholly owned subsidiary of HUB, set up to deliver low-carbon urban living projects in key UK cities, with a focus on retrofit. HubCap’s first projects are emerging models such as aparthotels and co-living. Carbon budgets will be kept low by prioritising the re-use of existing buildings, as well as optimising operational carbon savings.

Has the levelling-up agenda stalled? Looking back on this year, including thoughts from our CEO Robert Sloss

The day we celebrated the opening of The Queen's Gardens with Croydon Council, our partners, residents and the community co-design team, we spoke to some of the people involved in this project

Collaborative BTR schemes can benefit investors, residents and the wider community - our MD Damien Sharkey explains how in this article

HUB managing director Damien Sharkey discusses our two planning consents in one week for schemes in London and Edinburgh - and how we're bringing forward third generation BTR

Our MD Damien Sharkey joins Louise and Rachel on the virtual couch to share his career story, how he came to join HUB, and how this shapes the way he views the leadership role

Planning permission received for our residential-led development on Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh, from Edinburgh City Council. The scheme will provide 205 Build to Rent homes, including 52 affordable homes, as well as creative workspace and a new publicly accessible courtyard.

Consent granted for our proposal for Wood Lane in West London, which will deliver 60 new high-quality affordable homes for single women alongside a new head office for Women's Pioneer Housing, and a substantial new co-living building with 209 apartments.

Plans submitted for a residential-led development at 2 Snowhill Plaza in Birmingham. The proposed scheme would deliver 462 Build to Rent homes as well as new public realm, ground-floor commercial space and on-site residents’ amenities.

Victoria Manston, senior development manager at HUB, on how she got started in property, her top TV and music picks, her best and worst purchases and the celebrity she’d most like to meet.

The project team gathered to celebrate the topping out of Wembley Link Phase 2

Queen’s Quarter comprises four blocks of 35, 21, 19 and 13 storeys and is centred around Queen’s Gardens, a community-designed public park by landscape architecture practice Grant Associates.

To create a community space like a public park that will genuinely serve a wide range of local people, close collaboration between local authorities, developers and the community itself is required.

The chancellor’s announcements last week were no mini-budget but rather a mega-budget, with potentially radical implications for the UK economy. Yet, for property, it was littered with missed opportunities.

Members of the HUB team joined our contractor in Maidenhead JJRattighans to complete a nine-mile fundraising walk to raise nearly £3,000 for Alexander Devine Children's Hospice

The Queen’s Gardens, Croydon's most central park, officially re-opened to the public, following major renovations as part of HUB's regeneration of the area.

We are very proud to be sponsoring a ground-breaking art trail in two of the cities that are home to new HUB projects.

HUB has joined the British Property Federation's residential working group on ESG.

We're proud new members of UKGBC, as we build our People and Planet roadmap 'Towards 2030'

Back in September 2020, we ran a competition to find interesting new architectural talent. We're really pleased to be working with O'Donnell Brown on some early stage projects.

We have submitted plans for a residential-led development on Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh, providing homes, some of them affordable, creative workspace co-designed with locals, and a new publicly accessible courtyard.

Great connectivity is the hallmark of a Hub project, and we've been busy at both ends of the new Elizabeth Line!

Our MD Damien Sharkey explains, in Building, how HUB's recent design competition set out to help the next generation thrive.

Last December the government announced ambitious plans to boost the country’s high streets and build more homes.

More than three-quarters of the public lack confidence in the property sector to deliver schemes that genuinely benefit communities, according to the Urban Land Institute and YouGov.

We have secured a forward funding agreement with investors Realstar and Quadreal for our Latitude Purple development in Leeds.

The purchase of a site on Beaverhall Road in Canonmills, Edinburgh, is our first deal in the Scottish capital and ninth in partnership with impact investor Bridges Fund Management.

We are excited to announce that we have received planning approval for our residential-led Leeds project, Latitude Blue, in partnership with Bridges Fund Management Ltd.

Build to rent (BTR) is a booming sector, but to win work you need to really show you are making the social and environmental impact that investors are demanding.

We're pleased to share that we are collaborating with MARK for the first time on an exciting BTR scheme in the city of Birmingham.

We are proud to present Queen’s Quarter, the new name for our redevelopment of Taberner House…