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Octopus provides £20m development loan in Edinburgh

13 Sep 2018 By Octopus Real Estate

We’ve agreed to provide MCR Property Group, the established real estate investment and development company, with a £20 million development loan, to convert a former office building in a prime Edinburgh location into 163 apartments. It continues our regional expansion and follows the July provision of a £10 million Edinburgh Marina acquisition loan.

Planning consent has been secured to convert Chesser House into a mixed-use development that will be known as Elfin Square and comprises of 123 one, two and three bed private apartments for sale, alongside 40 affordable units and a commercial premise. 

The Edinburgh housing market continues to perform favorably, with 10% annual house price inflation significantly above the UK average and strong liquidity underpinned by a shortage of stock. Demonstrating the demand for well-located property in the city, 63 of the units have already been reserved and the sale of the affordable units has been agreed with a local housing authority. 

Located on Gorgie Road in the sought after Chesser suburb, 1.5 miles from the City Centre, the site benefits from its close proximity to both; the Bal Gram tram station, which connects to Princes Street and Edinburgh airport; and the Edinburgh ring road. 

The private apartments have been renamed ‘Embankment West’ and will be sold by MCR Property Group’s residential sales arm, Regency Residential.

Chris Taylor, managing director of Regency Residential, said:

“Edinburgh’s population exceeds half a million and is growing, but there continues to be a major issue with undersupply of quality homes. Considering the city’s documented potential, developing residential space is absolutely key.”

Regency Residential and MCR Property Group recently received planning approval for a scheme called New Monaco in Birmingham, totaling 1009 units. This is in addition to a 9000 unit pipeline which they expect to grow to over 15,000 annually over the next five years.

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