Aviva, Place Capital selected for Moston regen

Ellis Williams Architects is leading the design of Cheshire West and Chester Council’s 24,300 sq ft community, library, and fitness space off Princeway.

The 124,000 sq ft Concord House in Wythenshawe, empty after the telecoms firm relocated staff to a new office in Manchester city centre, is to be demolished to pave the way for the site’s redevelopment into an industrial complex.

The affordable homes-focused partnership between Pension Insurance Corporation, Muse and Homes England has submitted proposals for 240 homes across two six-storey buildings off Academy Way.

Muse and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group have been granted permission for the first two residential projects within the £500m regeneration of the civic centre.

Administrator PKF Littlejohn Advisory has tasked Watling Real Estate with selling the civils contractor’s 6,000 sq ft Warrington office, along with holdings in Stoke-on-Trent.

Having owned the site on the corner of Dutton Street and Robert Street in Manchester since 2008, the billionaire family behind B&M Bargains has decided the time is right to progress its redevelopment into a residential scheme comprising 189 flats.

The city council has given Praxis Real Estate the green light to deliver a hat-trick of apartment blocks offering up to 500 homes on the site of the city centre shopping complex.

As the UK works to rebalance its economic geography, unlocking investment in Northern towns and cities has become more critical than ever, writes James Bywood of UKREiiF.

Developer Manner is hopeful of making a start on site this year and could be well on its way to doing so if the city council votes in line with officer recommendation to approve plans for a 35-storey tower with 619 student flats next week.

Around seven acres across two fields can be used to help power the National Trust’s Erddig Hall after a resounding vote in favour.

Star Academies has agreed to purchase the freehold for the first building of the Levelling Up Fund project for £10.3m once it completes, renaming the development Star Square in the process.

A vision aimed at unlocking the town’s potential has been unveiled by Salford City Council and its development partner Muse, alongside fresh images of how Eccles could look in years to come.

The Manchester-based furniture and interior design firm has signed a 10-year lease on a 45,000 sq ft unit at Indurent’s Longwood Estate off Hattons Road.

The Manchester developer has sold or let all four units at its Prime Point Knowsley scheme to the occupier, accounting for close to 35,000 sq ft of industrial floorspace.

In a bid to reduce costs, the council will vote on Tuesday whether to proceed with a value-engineered version of the scheme to improve the green spaces and active travel infrastructure in the area around Argyle Street, Hamilton Square, Hamilton Street, Woodside Gyratory, and the promenade.

An interesting wrinkle can be found in the Gorton and Denton election result by comparing it to recent council by-elections in Greater Manchester, writes Rob Loughenbury of Lexington.

Bywater has appointed the contractor to deliver the 87,000 sq ft redevelopment of 35 Fountain Street, which is targeting ultra-low embodied carbon levels.

Manchester City Council is close to a deal to purchase Bernard Manning’s former comedy club, which it wants to replace with a health centre as Harpurhey regeneration plans fall into place.

Keepmoat subsidiary MCI Developments’ residential plans for Cheshire survived a nearly two-hour debate at yesterday’s planning committee meeting, which followed a deferment from February.