The Bridges Sustainable Property Fund has joined forces with property developers Urbis to build a new, highly sustainable residential development in Bristol’s Bedminster. The project, on the site of a long-abandoned Gala Bingo venue towards the eastern end of North Street, is the latest in a growing list of positive developments for the south Bristol […]
Read moreLondon, 24th July 2013: Bridges Ventures and Evenacre have announced they will be investing around £1m to refurbish 158 Edmund Street, a Grade II-listed office building in Birmingham. Bridges Ventures – through its Bridges Sustainable Property Fund – and Evenacre acquired the property last year and the refurbishment will result in 21,331 sq ft of […]
Read moreLondon, 1 June 2012: Sustainable growth investor Bridges Ventures was named ‘Property Investor of the Year’ at the HealthInvestor Awards 2012, during a ceremony held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel last night. The HealthInvestor Awards recognise organisations and individuals that have made an outstanding contribution to healthcare in 2011. Bridges Ventures was chosen as winner […]
Read moreBridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, has acquired a £4m office development at Elmbridge Court, Gloucester and has simultaneously sold part of the site to a third party. The site is located in a prominent position adjacent to the A40 between Cheltenham and Gloucester and comprises 25 self-contained office buildings providing 44,000 sq ft of […]
Read moreLondon, 1 August, 2011 – Bridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, and Castleoak, one of the UK’s leading healthcare developers, announced today that they have completed a £32 million first close of investment into their Healthcare Property Fund (the “Fund”). With borrowings, the Fund will have an initial investment capacity of over £50m and Bridges […]
Read moreFollowing its successful first closing in July, the CarePlaces Fund, a partnership between Bridges Ventures and Castleoak, has completed its first round of acquisitions by acquiring three sites for care homes in Basingstoke, Tewkesbury and Uckfield with a combined development value of £25m. The Basingstoke project has already completed with developments of the other sites […]
Read moreChancerygate and Bridges Ventures today announce a new partnership to develop student housing in London in a desirable area near the City. The partnership has acquired a key site located in Zone 1, between Aldgate East and Whitechapel tube stations, which will provide easy access to London Metropolitan University and convenient transport links to other […]
Read moreBridges Ventures and care sector specialist developer, Castleoak, today announce that terms have been agreed for a development partnership involving an initial equity investment by the Bridges Sustainable Property Fund of £5 million. The investment will be used in a joint venture arrangement to fund a series of pre-let Barchester Healthcare care home development projects […]
Read moreBridges Ventures was named Private Equity Investor of the Year 2016 at this year’s prestigious HealthInvestor Awards. The judges recognised Bridges for its innovative approach to healthcare investment across its platform of funds – including backing community-focused pharmacies (link) in the north of England, building high-quality care homes (link) to support our ageing population, and […]
Read moreProperty Alternatives Fund IV raised money in just three months thanks to strong demand from existing investors, particularly local authority pension funds Bridges’ previous property fund has been fully invested in just two years across 14 transactions The new fund will follow the same strategy of investing in niche sectors and emerging locations, with a […]
Read moreBridges and its partner HUB will develop lower-cost and affordable residential housing units at Taberner House in Croydon The development will contribute to the regeneration of the Croydon area, and should support over 100 jobs This is the first deal from Bridges’ Property Alternatives Fund IV, which recently held a first close on £168m, but […]
Read moreBridges’ latest property fund and its inaugural investment have been featured in the latest issue of Property Week. The piece outlines the investment by Bridges Property Alternatives Fund IV – alongside joint venture partner HUB – to redevelop Taberner House, the former Croydon council office site, creating 350 low-cost homes, 150 affordable homes and 13,000 […]
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