Countryside Properties, a leading UK home builder and regeneration partner, acquired Westleigh Homes, a well established partnerships home builder, headquartered in Leicester, covering the Midlands and South Yorkshire, for £135.4m. Commenting on the acquisition, Ian Sutcliffe, Chief Executive of Countryside, said: "Westleigh is a well run business with a strong strategic, geographic and cultural fit to countryside and provides us with an excellent platform for further Partnerships growth. We see huge opportunity in combining Westleigh’s regional expertise with the Countryside mixed tenure business model.