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News items before 2017
The Croydon Council Urban Regeneration Vehicle (CCURV), a partnership between Croydon Council and John Laing, is pleased to announce that Croydon Council’s Strategic Planning Committee resolved on 24 April to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of Taberner House, which will replace the existing 1960's office block with approximately 420 new homes in Croydon town centre.
John Laing, the international infrastructure investor and asset manager, today announced that the Florida Department of Transportation has selected the “I4 Mobility Partners” consortium – led by John Laing and Skanska Infrastructure Development – to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the I4 Ultimate project in Florida. The consortium will now be able to start the process of achieving financial close for the project.
The contract to design, build, finance and maintain the new Perth Stadium and Sports Precinct has reached another important milestone with the naming of WESTADIUM, a consortium led by Brookfield Financial and John Laing, as the Preferred Respondent. Brookfield Multiplex will be builder and Brookfield Johnson Controls will be facilities manager for the project.
John Laing, the leading international infrastructure investor and asset manager, today announced that the Department for Transport (DfT) and Agility Trains East (with its shareholders Hitachi Rail Europe and John Laing Investments) have achieved financial close on the East Coast Main Line fleet of trains for the DfT’s Intercity Express Programme (IEP). All the financing is now in place to successfully deliver the IEP.
John Laing, the leading international infrastructure investor and asset manager, has achieved financial close for the Dungavel onshore wind farm in South Lanarkshire, South West Scotland. John Laing is the sole investor in the facility, which was acquired by the company from E.ON in October 2013.
The Croydon Council Urban Regeneration Vehicle (CCURV), a partnership between Croydon Council and John Laing, is delighted to announce that Croydon Council’s Strategic Planning Committee resolved on 3 April 2014 to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of Lion Green Road Car Park in Coulsdon town centre. The application will now be considered by the London Mayor because it is a strategic application.
John Laing, the leading international infrastructure investor and asset manager, announces audited results for the year ended 31 December 2013.
John Laing has today been recognised in Business in the Community’s annual benchmark of responsible business, the Corporate Responsibility Index (CR Index).
John Laing is delighted to note that John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited (JLEN) has successfully closed its initial public offering of ordinary shares. JLEN’s diversified portfolio of operational environmental infrastructure projects, including six assets being sold to JLEN by John Laing, has clearly proven attractive to investors.
The new Alder Hey in the Park Hospital, which is being developed as part of the Alder Hey (Special Purpose Vehicle) Ltd consortium comprising of John Laing, Laing O’Rourke and Interserve, has won two industry awards which recognise projects that have made a significant impact on the financing of global infrastructure.
John Laing, the leading international infrastructure investor and asset manager, is pleased to announce its intention to sell seven operational and yielding environmental infrastructure assets to the newly launched fund, John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited (JLEN). The divestment will be concluded upon the successful completion of JLEN’s initial public offering, announced separately today.
John Laing, the specialist investor and manager of infrastructure assets, has achieved financial close, as part of a consortium led by Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail technology, on the New Generation Rollingstock (NGR) project in Queensland, Australia. The appointment which was made by the Queensland Government further enhances John Laing’s strategy of growing its portfolio of investments in the Asia Pacific market.