Plans Approved for the Greenlight Redditch Industrial and Logistics Scheme

Founded by Jamie Ritblat, who continues to lead the company as chairman today, Delancey Real Estate looks to deliver commercial, environmental and societal outcomes through the carefully curated creation and management of landmark real estate investment funds. This article will look at Greenlight Redditch, a sustainability-led initiative created via a joint venture platform between Delancey Real Estate and Coltham. You can learn more about Delancey Real Estate’s capabilities by viewing the attached PDF.

Greenland Urban’s logistics platform in Redditch has already secured a pre-let to the existing occupier, Honeywell, paving the way for refurbishment and extension of the 66,000-square-foot facility. The Greenland Redditch development will include a further four industrial and logistics units targeting EPC A+ and BREEAM Outstanding ratings. Greenlight Urban has secured a resolution to grant planning permission for redevelopment of the existing manufacturing complex in Redditch, Worcestershire. The embedded video features more information about the town of Redditch and its history.

Plans for Greenlight Redditch include the partial demolition of existing buildings along with the construction of four new units boasting the highest sustainability credentials. The project will see the existing 66,000-square-metre site expanded to cover 126,715 square metres in total, with new units designed to reduce the environmental impact while simultaneously improving energy performance. The attached infographic contains some interesting statistics about sustainable building in the UK.

This inventive retention of the existing building, which is being fully refurbished, will not only reduce carbon emissions by retaining the structure of the original building but also see the introduction of air source heat pumps and photovoltaic panels to reduce reliance on natural gas throughout the building’s operation.

In addition to benefiting from the project’s strong sustainability credentials, the units at Greenlight Redditch will feature Category A office space and cycle parking. Units 1 and 3 will also include balcony space for employees.

Benefiting from connectivity to the A4023 Coventry Highway and situated just 15 miles from Birmingham city centre, Greenlight Redditch is a prime location to accommodate the growing number of innovative businesses springing up across the West Midlands. Mark Enderby, Delancey Real Estate’s director of development, said that the company was thrilled to secure Honeywell, a firm dedicated to driving technological transformation for a sustainable future.

 

Delancey Real Estate Sponsors Elephant and Castle’s Stop.Breathe.Think Campaign

Delancey Real Estate was founded by Jamie Ritblat, property and asset management expert. He has been steering the company to become a leading UK real estate investment, development and asset management company over the course of the past 25 years. This article will look at Elephant and Castle’s Stop.Breathe.Think initiative, a cause that Delancey Real Estate is proud to support. The attached PDF contains more information on Delancey Real Estate’s Responsible Investment policies.

In April 2023, Delancey Real Estate announced that the company would be providing funding for the mental health initiative Stop.Breathe.Think and a new pilot scheme in Elephant and Castle Town Centre. This service provides young people who are experiencing mental health problems with much-needed support.

Mental health services have been under increasing strain, with rising cases of depression and anxiety among young people. Stop.Breathe.Think was established to provide counselling programs for young people living in the Elephant and Castle area, offering 30-minute counselling calls with fully trained on-call counsellors, as well as ‘wellbeing drop-in’ sessions. The attached infographic contains some interesting statistics on the rise of mental health problems among young people in the UK.

In order to help young people access its services, Stop.Breathe.Think displayed posters featuring a QR code at prominent locations around the local area, displaying them in both hard copy and digital format through shops, offices, newsletters and job fairs, as well as displaying the QR code on the Elephant and Castle Town Centre website, which provides a brief explainer video illustrating the types of support young people can receive through the initiative.

Speaking about Delancey Real Estate’s partnership with Elephant and Castle Town Centre and the Stop.Breathe.Think campaign, Delancey Real Estate founder Jamie Ritblat pointed out that Delancey Real Estate had a long-standing relationship with the charity behind the initiative. Over the past decade, Delancey Real Estate has supported several of the charity’s youth programmes. Nevertheless, Mr Ritblat said that the Stop.Breathe.Think campaign was one that was particularly close to their hearts.

Reflecting on the pressures facing young people today, with long waiting lists for mental health support, Jamie Ritblat reflected that this left those in the most vulnerable positions in local communities without adequate access to the help they need. Teaming with Stop.Breathe.Think, Delancey Real Estate hoped to support young people living in Elephant and Castle, ensuring they can access help when they need it, for free. The embedded video contains more information about the Stop.Breathe.Think initiative.

Delancey Real Estate Joins Launch of King’s College London Net Zero Centre

Founded in 1995 by Jamie Ritblat, over the course of 25 years Delancey Real Estate has grown to become a leading name in property development and management in London, having overseen some £20 billion in transactions to date. This article will look at the launch of King’s College London’s Net Zero Centre, an event that was attended by Christina Rehnberg, Delancey Real Estate’s Director of ESG. The attached PDF contains more information about Delancey Real Estate’s capabilities.

On 17^th April 2023, Christina Rehnberg was delighted to join King’s College London’s Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences for the launch of its Net Zero Centre. At the event, the institution and event attendees discussed the systems level solutions necessary to achieve net zero. The attached video takes a closer look at what net zero is and why governments and institutions all over the world are taking decisive action to achieve it.

Recognising that achieving global net zero targets demands education, collaboration and an interdisciplinary approach, King’s College London brought together a panel for the launch that was moderated by Professor Frans Berkhout. As part of the panel, Christina Rehnberg was joined by the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore, MP for Kingswood; Dr Sinead Balgobin, EPSRC’s Head of Regional Engagement; Dr Elizabeth Rowsell OBE, Corporate R&D Director at Johnson Matthey; and Allan Baker, the Global Head of Energy Transition for Energy+ Group at Société Générale.

Christina Rehnberg explained that delivering on net zero strategies at a grass roots level hinges on education and collaboration. She conceded that there was still a long way to go but said she was hopeful, pointing out that platforms like the Net Zero Centre were exactly the necessary catalysts.

Speaking at the event, the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP explained that academia, business and policymakers must forge closer ties to deliver and implement net zero. He suggested that it would be the work of institutions like King’s College London’s Net Zero Centre to solve not only the technological challenges of sustainable development but also the people and skill challenges too.

The Net Zero Centre is part of King’s College’s Climate & Sustainability initiative, a multi-million-pound programme implemented to accelerate the academic institution’s responses to the climate challenge in teaching, operations and research. The centre brings together research on sustainability from across the university to deliver tangible, real-world technological solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The attached infographic contains some interesting climate change statistics in 2023.

The Importance of CSR in Modern Construction

 

Jamie Ritblat is the chairman and founder of Delancey Real Estate, a company that prides itself on giving back to the communities it operates in and further afield through a comprehensive portfolio of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes, with a heavy emphasis on the sectors of education, health, art and culture.

This article will look at how the modern construction industry is coming under increased pressure to embrace more ethical and sustainable practices. The attached infographic outlines the potential benefits of CSR in the construction industry today.

CSR has become an important focus for businesses operating in all industries, particularly construction. Investors and purchasers are making more socially and environmentally conscious decisions when it comes to choosing which projects to back, with consumers and investors alike increasingly showing a preference for organisations that are taking measurable steps to minimise the impact of their operations on people and the environment. Consumers are increasingly migrating towards companies that strive to have a positive impact wherever possible. The attached PDF takes a closer look at CSR and its increasing importance in the modern business world.

Customers, investors and employees all want to be associated with organisations that prioritise the welfare of their workforce and others who may be affected by their operations. In construction, like other arenas, businesses are coming under increasing pressure to improve their CSR efforts. Since construction can have a considerable impact on both employees and local communities, adopting a robust and proactive approach to CSR is crucial for all businesses operating in the industry today.

Under Jamie Ritblat’s leadership, Delancey Real Estate is committed to delivering places that have social, environmental and economic value, ensuring the company’s commercial success in a rapidly changing world. The company is committed to integrating sustainability via environmental and social initiatives throughout all of its planning, development and asset management activities.

To contribute to a sense of place, Delancey Real Estate strives to understand the history of the site and buildings with each development project, identifying the location’s demography, character and cultural personality.

Delancey Real Estate provides public spaces that are safe and managed in such a way that they provide both planned and unanticipated opportunities for residents to interact with each other, instilling community spirit in local communities. Delancey Real Estate provides variety in design, integrating with established buildings and urban realms to provide an overall sense of coherence and richness of character.

The embedded video provides more information about Delancey Real Estate’s CSR policies.