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L&Q buys land investor with sites for 42,500 homes
Housing association expands again with landmark dealHousing association L&Q has bought one of the largest strategic land firms in the UK, Gallagher Estates, for £505m.The deal provides L&Q with land for 42,500 new homes mainly in the south and south Midlands, helping it towards its target – launched after merging with East Thames housing association in December – of delivering 100,000 homes, half of which will be affordable.Warwick-based Gallagher Estates specialises in pushing sites through the planning process before delivering serviced land to the market.Gallagher Estates will become a wholly owned subsidiary of L&Q and will continue to be run by its current management team as a stand-alone entity.The acquisition does not include Tony Gallagher’s commercial and retail property development and investment activities.
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