{"id":286391,"date":"2025-07-23T23:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/286391\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T23:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:06:19","slug":"real-estate-firm-appointed-to-sell-sites-owned-by-stricken-birmingham-based-property-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/286391\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate firm appointed to sell sites owned by stricken Birmingham based property developer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sites include locations in Erdington in Birmingham and Hockley Heath near Solihull as well as central Derby, St Paul\u2019s in Bristol and Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Sweetman, a director in the Leeds office of <a href=\"https:\/\/watling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watling Real Estate<\/a>, said: \u201cThese high-profile appointments involve several regionally significant schemes and we expect a buoyant level of interest from the market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe portfolio comprises a mix of full consented schemes plus sites currently being promoted through the planning process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watling Real Estate is the UK\u2019s largest and most experienced real estate restructuring practice with 18 staff including eight registered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">property<\/a> receivers. The firm offers nationwide coverage through offices in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Bristol.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/f8054e3d-defc-4751-9072-810aeec71205.jpg\"   alt=\"Central Square Shopping Centre, Birmingham\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Central Square Shopping Centre, Birmingham<\/p>\n<p>The properties in Hockley Heath, Solihull and at Central Square Shopping Centre in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> comprise residential-focused development opportunities currently promoted to support 41 and 30 dwellings respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In Derby, Watling will bring to market The Landmark, a fully-consented 202-unit residential scheme presented within three tower blocks. The site had previously been marketed by agents Avison Young.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/68b06a32-4108-4487-b49c-14089fe349e6.jpg\"   alt=\"The Landmark, Derby\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>The Landmark, Derby<\/p>\n<p>Wisbech Gateway is a prominent 8.5-acre Cambridgeshire site next to the A47 with outline planning permission for a roadside development including hotel, petrol filling station, retail units, drive through restaurants, a hotel and industrial. Agent Rapleys had previously been marketing the units off-plan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c5df6023-5508-4234-9b6b-7bae38118b62.jpg\"   alt=\"Newfoundland Road, Bristol\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>The site in Newfoundland Road, Bristol<\/p>\n<p>A site in central Bristol, off Newfoundland Road, is currently being promoted to support a 101-bed purpose-built student scheme, having previously received planning permission for a hotel-led mixed-use scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sweetman said \u201cWe\u2019re currently working closely with lenders and other stakeholders and plan to launch our campaign in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sites include locations in Erdington in Birmingham and Hockley Heath near Solihull as well as central Derby,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,51,393,4884,379,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-286391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-local-hubs","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}