Build to Rent
Offering quality, purpose-built, private rented homes across the UK
Our strategy
- Schemes offering long-term rental growth potential and income security
- Developing higher standards of design, service and asset management
- Delivering long-term rental growth ahead of inflation
- Established portfolio of 15 schemes in 11 cities totaling 5,000+ apartments
Vision
Excellence
- Designing homes to meet the needs and aspirations of residents and local businesses
- Identifying locations to offer long-term rental growth potential and income security
Scale
- Creating an identity and accelerating delivery both, regionally and on a wider national scale
- A robust track record of delivering economically and socially useful schemes across the country
Team
- A dedicated team of 13, including specialists in acquisitions, design, planning, construction and operations
- Diverse skill sets offering diversity of experience and expertise
*Forecast gross development value
Source: L&G as at December 2022.
Case Studies
Blackhorse Mills, Walthamstow
The £240m scheme, located in Walthamstow, north London, overlooks the Walthamstow Wetlands and showcases a pioneering approach to the UK’s Build to Rent sector as one of the largest schemes in the country.
Comprising 479 apartments, there’s a strong emphasis on the design and integration of various communal areas within the buildings which includes a heated outdoor swimming pool, an extensive gym area, outdoor BBQ and dining areas, private dining rooms, flexible working space, and doorstep play facilities for young children.
Also includes 20,000 sq ft of commercial accommodation to help to support small to medium sized start-up businesses.
Boxmakers Yard, Bristol
Situated within 300 metres of Temple Meads train station, the scheme benefits from wider investment into the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, one of the largest urban regeneration projects in the UK.
Two sites were acquired with a planning consent for 246 apartments. Recognising the size and configuration of the apartments fell well below national space standards, we negotiated with the local planning authority (Bristol City Council) to bring about design changes to increase the density to 376 apartments.
The scheme was awarded the Best Build to Rent project in the UK, at the WhatHouse? Awards 2021.
Slate Yard, Salford
Our first scheme opened in 2017 and set a new standard for future build-to-rent projects.
The £100m scheme located in Salford, Greater Manchester is well located on the banks of the River Irwell and opposite Spinningfields, Manchester’s premier office district.
Designed with residents in mind, the scheme provides 424 homes, work from home space, a gym, free WiFi, gym, car club membership, housekeeping service, and pets are allowed.
Mustard Wharf, Leeds
The site is located in Granary Wharf, an established retail, leisure and residential, waterfront location. It is also part of the wider regeneration area of South Bank area, a location due to provide 35,000 jobs.
The 247-apartment building is approximately 350m, a c 5min walk, from Leeds Train Station, which provides services to other key UK cities such as London and Edinburgh as well as being a major hub for local and regional destinations such as York and Sheffield.
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Key risks
The value of any investment and any income taken from it is not guaranteed and can go down as well as up, and investors may get back less than the amount originally invested. The risks associated with each fund or investment strategy should be read and understood before making any investment decisions. Further information on the risks of investing is available from L&G's Fund Centres.
While L&G has integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations into its investment decision-making and stewardship practices, this does not guarantee the achievement of responsible investing goals within funds that do not include specific ESG goals within their objectives.