{"id":33255,"date":"2025-11-15T23:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/network-rail-launches-property-development-company\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T23:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:33:10","slug":"network-rail-launches-property-development-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/network-rail-launches-property-development-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Rail launches property development company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-503370\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The company \u2013 called Platform4 \u2013 will develop brownfield rail land and has already identified four sites in Newcastle, Manchester, Cambridge and Nottingham.<\/p>\n<p>Platform4 has been created from the merger of London &amp; Continental Railways Ltd and Network Rail\u2019s Property Development operations.<\/p>\n<p>Both development teams have a proven track record in delivering housing, commercial and infrastructure-led schemes, with over 7,000 homes delivered in the last year.<\/p>\n<p>Robin Dobson, Chief Executive Officer of Platform4 said: \u201cOur railways once powered the first industrial revolution. Today they hold the key to the next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy unlocking and regenerating brownfield land within the rail estate, we will generate further investment, create jobs through the delivery of homes, commercial space and new communities, whilst supporting the government housing agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Westlake, Chief Executive of Network Rail added: \u201cToday marks a significant milestone as we combine the power of rail and our significant property portfolio to shape communities and drive positive change. Platform4 will help ensure the railway estate continues to deliver value for both the economy and our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/11\/14\/network-rail-launches-property-development-company\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The company \u2013 called Platform4 \u2013 will develop brownfield rail land and has already identified four sites in Newcastle, &#8230; <a title=\"Network Rail launches property development company\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/network-rail-launches-property-development-company\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Network Rail launches property development company\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}