Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham New Waterside Residential Quarter Delivery Partner EOI March 20, 2015
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham New Waterside Residential Quarter Delivery Partner EOI March 20, 2015 Introduction Relevant experience Team organisation & CVs p.03 p.09 p.30 Table of Contents 01 Introduction p.3 02 Articulation of the opportunity p.4 03 Project funding p.5 04 Letters of support p.6 05 Relevant experience p.9 06 Current partnerships p.28 07 Team organisation & CVs p.30 08 Additional company information p.42 Cover Image: Southern Gateway, Brimingham LA Live, mixed use development, Los Angeles 2 Gensler | Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham 01. Introduction Introduction We have pleasure in presenting our formal expression of interest in response to the delivery partner search for this nationally important opportunity, Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham. Our team brings significant experience of successful funding, design and delivery of imaginative and sustainable mixed use residential development. We have the financial resources, development skills, creative management experience, commitment and ambition to create the most successful new waterside residential quarter in partnership with the Canal & River Trust and Birmingham City Council. Rohcan has significant experience of long term sustainable project funding in partnership with local authorities, public and private organisation as exemplified in the award winning schemes at Tollcross Edinburgh, Craigmillar Regeneration Edinburgh, Shore Leith and High Street Regeneration Edinburgh providing nearly 2000 new homes. We have assembled a team of consultants with the talent and experience to envision, create, design and deliver an exceptional new urban residential community for the City of Birmingham. This remarkable canal-side location offers a transformational opportunity to create contemporary living in an enterprise driven ecosystem within close reach of the vibrant city core. The ability to energise this part of the city and its neighbouring districts is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and one with all the ingredients to create and sustain an exemplar scheme. Gensler | Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham 3 02. Articulation of the opportunity Articulation of the opportunity We are excited by the opportunity to partner with the Canal & River Trust and Birmingham City Council in developing a clear and strategic vision for the Icknield Port Loop Community. The opportunity to regenerate and revitalise a significant part of the City requires the recognition of some critical components that will drive success of the development: • The opportunity to create a new and integrated urban community, fully supported and fully sustainable • The provision of quality homes and community amenities, embracing the natural and socio-economic benefits of the waterside enterprise location • A strategic partnership vision that balances enterprise and employment, social, creative, cultural and commercial imperatives • The opportunity for a catalytic regeneration effect into the neighbouring communities • Maximising the natural and historical qualities and values of the context, including the reservoir, canal-side heritage, proximity to the city and urban grain • The re-engagement with the City core, communities and city stakeholders for welfare, education, wellbeing and enterprise • Connectivity with the expanding and enhanced infrastructure and transport networks • Creatively engaging with the waters edge, buildings and public spaces; successfully defending privacy, interaction and leisure opportunities • Maximising the commercial potential for the development in order to invest in the social and entrepreneurial community based enhancement and activities • Balancing the correct development density and employment creation to achieve a scale of development that delivers an appropriate best value for the site 4 Gensler | Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham 03. Project funding Project funding Rohcan specialises in bringing private sector institutional This removes the procurement, development, construction funding to public sector projects. They work closely with local and delivery risk from the local authority to the funders of authorities in various joint venture models to procure and the CTP. In addition with CTP projects falling outside of the develop all types of public sector projects be they housing, OJEU process this allows projects to be fast tracked and also leisure, education or infrastructure. This has been done saves considerable amounts of staff and executive time. This primarily through a Community Trust Partnership (CTP) allows resources to be freed up to deal with other matters of model which is very similar to the LLP model being proposed community enterprise development. for Icknield Loop Regeneration scheme. Below is a brief description of how this model works and how we are currently partnering with several Local Authorities to provide over 2000 new homes across the country. The CTP is a non-profit distribution company so that all surpluses are retained within the CTP and are used for the benefit of the assets within the CTP. In this way the local authority or public body can decide how the surpluses are spent. If the CTP has been set up to provide social or council housing then the surpluses can be set aside in a sinking fund to deal with maintenance and running costs so making the development self-funding. An alternative would be for the surpluses to be used as capital to provide additional housing or developing the scheme in the future. The funding for the CTP to build and deliver its projects is long term fixed funding and amortised over the long term which can be 15-40 years depending on the revenue stream and is either flat fixed or linked to CPI. At the end of the funding period the assets revert to the local authority or public body on a sale and lease back model. In practice what happens is that the control of CTP will be the sole control of the local authority or public body and the funder’s representatives resign. Projects which are delivered by way of the CTP model fall outside of the OJEU process. This obviously has several advantages and benefits. The CTP will undertake to deliver the projects on a fixed price, turnkey basis. This gives certainty of cost and programme, if things overrun it is at the risk of the funders. During the design phase and in working up the specification for any projects the local authority will be fully involved in the design and specification in conjunction with the project team. The project cost will be fixed once a specification has been agreed with the local authority partner. Gensler | Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham 5 04. Letters of support Letters of support Aviva Commercial Finance Limited PO Box 21 Surrey Street Norwich NR1 3NJ www.aviva.co.uk/commercialfinance DX 84904 NORWICH (3) PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Please Contact Toby Stokes Gordon Stewart Rohcan Limited Tel Number 01603 685292 Room 1:10, Chester House Fax Number 01603 683608 1/3 Brixton Road London Your Reference SW9 6DE Roh/DC [email protected] 16th March 2015 Dear Gordon, Letter of Support for funding relating to lease back developments in the UK Aviva Commercial Finance Ltd (Aviva) is pleased to submit this letter as the Lead Arranger of the senior debt funding requirement of Special Purpose Vehicle (“SPV”) investments which will be established and managed by Rohcan Limited (“Rohcan”) to deliver the “Projects”. Aviva also understands that Rohcan and Aviva will be exploring further investment opportunities and we are happy to work with Rohcan to support the development of these further opportunites. Experience Aviva is a specialist provider of debt finance to the Commercial Property market including Public Private Finance and the majority of the 3PD investors in the market. As part of Aviva plc we are part of a multinational investment company with over £200bn of assets under management. Alongside our extensive commercial portfolio, we have provided finance for a number of housing association projects The different sectors that we support bring together expertise gained from over twenty years working in the property market. During this time we have built up a loan portfolio of circa £13bn. Based on our relationship, we are confident in the ability of Rohcan to successfully implement this project. Contractual Documentation We have agreed the standard information on the Projects, provided by Rohcan and their advisers, including the draft Memorandum of Understanding and require to satisfy ourselves as to the clients covenant strength. Our review of this information should not raise any material issues for us that would impact on the deliverability or the value for money of our financing proposition. Funding Levels Aviva understands that the funding requirement for the Projects is in excess of £10 million and we confirm that we would expect to provide/underwrite 100% of the senior funding requirement in line with our standard Term Sheet. We are typically able to lend sums in excess of this and, subject to the particulars of the affordable housing project and further due diligence, we could potentially provide additional funding to the SPV at a later date. Aviva is comfortable lending for circa 35 year term of the Projects. Aviva Commercial Finance Limited Registered in England No 2559391 The General Practice Finance Corporation Limited* Registered in England No 2334210 All of which have the Registered Office 2 Rougier Street York YO90 1UU 6 Gensler | Icknield Port Loop, Birmingham 04. Letters of support 2 Contracting Covenants We understand that the SPV will enter into