CWAC boss promises ‘debate’ over Northgate designs

South Liverpool Homes and Keepmoat have started on site with the development of 119 family homes in Speke, which will include up to 26 modular houses available to move into by spring this year.  

Getting creative in Liverpool, planning confusion in Manchester, and a blast from the past in Chester.

CZero Developments and Buttress, the team behind the restoration of the grade-two listed St Joseph's Orphanage in Preston, is close to submitting an application to convert the derelict site into family homes.  

WeWork will no longer be taking 45,500 sq ft in Worthington Group's 125 Deansgate, after legal negotiations between the co-working operator and landlord stalled.

While Liverpool has seen a boom in the development of purpose-built student accommodation, Manchester needs more supply in order to move students out of low quality stock, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

The Residential Landlords’ Association has taken more than 6,000 sq ft at GGM Properties’ 212 Washway Road near Sale town centre, a move which will see it relocate from its nearby training centre on Roebuck Lane.

Allied London’s plan to replace an eight-storey hotel with a nine-storey office at Enterprise City has been approved by Manchester City Council’s planning committee, along with the 22-storey Toyoko Inn hotel tower in Piccadilly.

The Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into three stalled developments in Liverpool and Manchester: Pinnacle’s Angelgate; and North Point's New Chinatown and Pall Mall.

Proposals by Laurus Homes for the first 120-home phase of a housing development in Skelmersdale, including 36 affordable homes, have secured reserved matters approval from West Lancashire Council.

Procurement has been launched by Manchester Metropolitan University for new build and potential refurbishment works at the proposed science and engineering campus on the site of the John Dalton Buildings.