UKREiiF GALLERY + VIDEO | Delivering in Uncertain Times

Property group Henry Boot’s development division will now be led on a permanent basis as managing director by Hamer Boot, who joined the business in 2013.

“This is only the start on devolution,” secretary of state Steve Reed told Place on Wednesday, in an exclusive interview after his stage session with Pat Ritchie at the Leeds-based investment conference.

Consulted on in January, St Helens Council has now submitted proposals to revamp and extend the historic town centre building, much of which has been closed in recent years.

The street food and events business has its eye on the ground floor of the shopping centre’s multi-storey car park after closing its Manchester home when plans for a 43-storey tower on the site emerged.

The industrial developer wants to refurbish Imperial Brands’ R&D facility off Evans Road and build sheds on the adjoining 16-acre site.

With long-term tenant JMW soon to depart for 125 Deansgate, the Canal & River Trust is positioning the 32,000 sq ft Manchester office block as a refurbishment opportunity.

Morgan Sindall Construction is the main contractor for the 115,000 sq ft educational building, which is being developed in partnership by the council and Blackpool and The Fylde College.

Against a tumultuous political backdrop, the chancellor was in buoyant mood at UKREiiF as she announced hundreds of millions of pounds of investment across the North and the scrapping of judicial reviews that slow down large infrastructure projects, while also defending the government’s first two years in office.

After a busy day of meetings, panel discussions, queuing for coffee, searching for signal, and hot-footing it between Leeds Dock and the city, attendees were able to relax and unwind at Place’s reception drinks at Revolución de Cuba on Call Lane.

A scoping report has been filed on behalf of Waldron’s Place Landowner Group, which is exploring the delivery of 950 homes across 130 acres at Coppenhall Moss, north of the Cheshire town.

Senior positions among members have now been formally allocated at a meeting of full council, following the shift in power at 7 May’s local elections.

Voters made one thing abundantly clear in the local elections, according to secretary of state Steve Reed: “They want to see change faster.” At UKREiiF, he and Homes England chair Pat Ritchie shared how they were going to answer that call to action.

A site off Burton Road, identified in the South Lakeland local plan as a location for growth, is subject of an application for 491 homes.

An open letter to Greater Manchester Mayor and Makerfield Parliamentary candidate Andy Burnham from Jeremy Hinds.

Understood to include office schemes at One Pall Mall Gardens and Martins Bank, six projects worth more than £200m will receive support from the fund.

Southway Housing Trust and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group are in talks about a deal that would create the city’s largest social housing organisation, with around 21,000 homes.

A team led by architect Hawkins Brown will develop a strategic regeneration framework to guide development around the city’s busiest transport gateway.

Supported by a loan from GMCA’s Good Growth Fund, the council has completed the acquisition of the 151,000 sq ft Ashton-under-Lyne retail hub.

The national HVAC merchant has signed for a 21,000 sq ft former HSS unit off Liverpool’s Derby Road, relocating from 15,500 sq ft in Birkenhead.