Partner wanted for £1.4bn Trafford heat network

The developer behind proposals for a 173-bed student scheme in Ardwick has finally been given the necessary paperwork to get going with the scheme.

The Bank of New York signed a 15-year lease on the entirety of 4 Angel Square earlier this year and is now in discussions with Federated Hermes to buy the 200,000 sq ft asset, which is on the market for £120m.

The housebuilder’s Peel Hall development will deliver around 1,200 properties in total once complete.

Transformation is coming to Greater Manchester in the form of NorthFold, a far-reaching strategy to deliver £356m to the UK economy by 2035 through leveraging the current strengths and future potential of Wigan and Bolton.

Plans for a subway network in the city centre could become reality by 2050 if Greater Manchester makes good on ambitions set out within its latest rail strategy.

Cheshire East Council was collectively content with both applications discussed at yesterday’s planning committee, allowing the drug company and housebuilder to get on with delivery in Holmes Chapel and Winterley.

Join WSP, Stantec, Guernsey Finance, LK Group, Freeths, BondBryan:Fairhursts, and more at our annual December get-together in Manchester.

City region mayor Steve Rotheram is to establish a mayoral development corporation that would use its powers to accelerate the regeneration of 430 acres including Peel Waters’ Central Docks, Beetham and TJ Morris’s King Edward Triangle, and the stalled Pall Mall office complex.

Plans for 95 homes at the former Johnson & Swarbrick complex on the edge of Goosnargh were rejected by the city council this summer, prompting an appeal.

Cumberland Council and Network Rail will use the funds from the Department for Transport to improve navigation around and inside the railway station, ensuring a more welcoming entry into the city.

James Lewis has been appointed as a partner and will support the firm’s occupier, developer, and investor clients across the region.

The 18-month programme includes asbestos removal and the demolition of industrial buildings on the landmark 1970s site outside Warrington.

Jenny Martin has been appointed as preconstruction director, leaving Morgan Sindall Construction after almost seven years.

Cheshire West and Chester Council has green-lit the demolition of Weaver Vale Garden Centre and the construction of its 107,300 sq ft replacement.

Public procurement in the UK is undergoing a seismic shift. This could be a gamechanger for the North West, writes Eleanor Hinds of SCAPE.

Kellen Homes and Great Places Housing Group have been given the go-ahead to crack on with the redevelopment of Mirrlees Fields almost two years on from the project’s approval by the Planning Inspectorate.

Lancashire-based Baxter Homes has finalised and submitted plans for its 126-home project at the former mill to Chorley Council.

The Scottish city will rightfully take its seat on the international stage in Cannes next March, joining the likes of Manchester, Liverpool, London, Blackpool, Salford, and more in championing the UK’s investment potential.