York-based architecture firm brown + company has secured first place in a national design competition to create a new community facility on the Portobello Promenade in Edinburgh.

Strategic property and construction advisors, Fox Lloyd Jones (FLJ) have launched 84 Albion Street on behalf of ESR at an asking price of offers in excess of £4 million. The mixed-use freehold commercial building is situated in a high-profile position between the city’s established retail core and its expanding office district.

A private student accommodation provider has appointed Silverstone Building Consultancy to carry out pre-acquisition building surveys on an extensive portfolio of student properties located across the UK. The portfolio includes a mix of purpose-built and converted student blocks, as well as HMO’s, in the heavily student populated cities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester and York.

A stunning Berkshire country house, built with bespoke York Handmade Company’s bricks, has been chosen as the Sunday Times’ House of the Week. The Georgian-style Glebe House in Chieveley, near Newbury, is on the market with offers over £1.75m.

The Oaks Hotel & Leisure Club, a distinguished country house hotel located on the outskirts of Burnley, has been acquired by Burnley Based Rambler Group Holdings for an undisclosed sum. The transaction was managed by Colliers’ specialist Hotels team who initially put the opportunity to the market at offers in the region of £1,800,000.

Two students from Yorkshire have been named regional winners at the Women in Property Yorkshire & North East Student Awards 2025. Ciara Patterson, a degree apprentice at Sheffield Hallam University, and Ellen Campbell, an Architectural Technology student at Leeds Beckett University, were recognised for their academic and professional promise in the built environment sector.

Two high-quality office spaces have become available at The Menagerie, Escrick Park, a sought-after rural business location just six miles south of York. Set within a thriving business community of 40+ companies, these vacancies offer a rare opportunity to secure office space in a well-connected yet tranquil environment.

Sheffield-based housebuilder Honey has secured 21 sites across Yorkshire and the Midlands, aiming to deliver 2,850 homes with a gross development value of £795m within its first two years of trading. Launched in October 2022, Honey is backed by private equity firm Alchemy Partners, which manages the £937m Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund IV, supporting high-growth businesses.

A North West brewery and pub retailer has acquired premises in Heswall, on the Wirral, Merseyside, and is set to open a new pub restaurant that will create at least 35 jobs. Salford-based Hydes brewery has acquired the building in Heswall on Telegraph Road, which will see the conversion of the town’s former police station into a premium dining and drinking establishment.