We’re delighted to announce the purchase of a 31-acre site to the east of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in partnership with Opus North. Our plan is to develop a commercial hub for the local area that will create a significant number of jobs. ‘City Fields’, as the scheme will be branded, recently saw previous owner Keyland […]
Read moreWe’re delighted to announce that Birchgrove, our assisted living for rent platform, picked up two accolades at this year’s Health Investor Awards. The Birchgrove platform provides high-quality, purpose-built rental accommodation for senior citizens looking to downsize, or to live in a more secure and/or communal environment during retirement. Birchgrove was recognised in the Health Investor […]
Read moreWe’re delighted to announce the final closing of our fifth real estate fund, Bridges Property Alternatives Fund V (“Fund V”), at its hard cap of £350m – £50m above our original target and the largest fund Bridges has raised to date. Fund V is almost 60% larger than its predecessor vehicle; the re-up rate from […]
Read moreWe’re delighted to announce that we’ve completed construction on Verda Park, a new 155,000 sq. ft. industrial/logistics development in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire, in partnership with Equation Properties. The scheme, which consists of 12 units ranging from 5,000 – 40,000 sq. ft., has been developed to the highest sustainability standards – including EPC A+, Net Carbon […]
Read moreBridges’ Philip Newborough and Michele Giddens collected a special award at this year’s Private Equity Awards in London. Our co-CEOs (and co-founders) were this year’s selection for the private equity ‘Hall of Fame’ – in recognition of the work they (and Bridges more broadly) have done in building the market for sustainable and impact-driven investing. […]
Read moreWe’re pleased to announce that Birchgrove, our pioneering ‘assisted living for rent’ platform, has agreed to sell its first two sites (in Sidcup and Woking) to global asset manager M&G for £69m. Demand for high-quality assisted living accommodation in the UK is rising, given the country’s ageing population and the limited availability of retirement living […]
Read moreOur latest annual report looks at all the highlights from what was a remarkable year for the Bridges funds, with a strong recovery in value from the mid-pandemic lows and a number of exciting new investments across the platform. Click here to have a read. We’d love to know what you think!
Read moreAs an impact-driven investor, we at Bridges have always believed that by driving better outcomes for all stakeholders, we can create more resilient assets that are better placed to create shared value over the long term. This conviction has shaped all of the intensive work we have done with our partners since the onset of […]
Read moreOur latest annual report looks at all the highlights from what was a momentous year for Bridges: our funds raised since inception passed the £1bn mark, following fund closes on three of our investment strategies. Click here to have a read. We’d love to know what you think!
Read moreWrenbridge and Bridges Fund Management have acquired a strategic employment site on North Road, Stevenage, with a view to developing over 200,000 sq. ft. of logistics/industrial space. The 16.5-acre site, which is allocated for employment use, sits 0.5 miles to the west of Junction 8 of the A1(M) and 20 miles north of the […]
Read moreAs an impact-driven investor, we at Bridges have always believed that by driving better outcomes for all stakeholders, we can create more resilient assets that are better placed to create shared value over the long term. This conviction has shaped all of the intensive work we have done with our partners since the onset of […]
Read moreAs an impact-driven investor, we at Bridges have always believed that by driving better outcomes for all stakeholders, we can create more resilient assets that are better placed to create shared value over the long term. This conviction has shaped all of the intensive work we have done with our partners since the onset of […]
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