Arcadis signs for 10,000 sq ft at Manchester’s Island

The 30^th anniversary on Monday will again attract misplaced credit to the bomb for changing the fate of Manchester and being responsible for a large rebuilding programme. Here are five things that were more important in the making of modern Manchester, and all came before 1996, Paul Unger writes.

Warrington is on the cusp of a transformation, with the advent of Northern Powerhouse Rail lining it up for millions of pounds of investment. The council and combined authority are not going to let this opportunity pass them by.

With the final bill touching £260m, the five-mile route connects the M6 and the A595, opening up development at St Cuthbert’s Garden Village.

Integritas Property Group has secured approval for a series of tweaks to the stalled 82-apartment project and said it is close to securing funding to complete it.

Football fever, committee conundrums, and mid-work meditation.

Ropley Properties has secured consent for 69 flats within a six-storey block on the B&M site on Broad Road, while street food and events business GRUB has been given permission to open a venue on the ground floor of Streford Mall’s multi-storey car park.

Fresh from receiving affirmative votes at yesterday’s city council planning committee meeting, ECF is ready for work to begin on building 263 homes – including 112 affordable, Passivhaus apartments – off Peru Street.

Fresh from inking a deal to acquire the city’s iconic CIS tower, Aneel Mussarat’s MCR Property has added to its growing portfolio with a pair of former warehouses on Bloom Street.

Leaseholder Prospect Estates has applied to Wirral Council for permission to demolish Dominick House on St Albans Road.

Rachel Warren will help lead the main contractor and developer’s financial shared service centre, alongside fellow group finance director Basil Mendonca and chief finance officer Tom Hinton.

You will be able to tuck into Shrimp Shack’s “signature seafood boils” in Manchester when the brand opens up a 6,600 sq ft eatery, its first site outside London.

The former Lex Autolease site off Heathside Park Road in Cheadle Heath has been chosen to replace the existing Bee Network depot off Daw Bank in the town centre that is to be redeveloped into housing.

A 19-acre site off Windy Arbour Road in Whiston is earmarked for redevelopment.

Mamma Mia! The Party will form part of Manchester City’s £300m Medlock Square leisure quarter, providing an immersive, theatrical dining experience based on the ABBA-soundtracked blockbuster.

Manchester City Council has approved the redevelopment of part of the former Crabtree forge into 124 apartments and 70 houses.

Faced with the rising cost of reactive highway repairs, the council has approved tens of millions of pounds for proactive works.

“At last we have found a solution for The Groves,” said Wrexham County Council Leader Cllr Mark Pritchard as he motioned this week to approve terms to dispose of the 11-acre former high school site to the college.

Originally given the go-ahead by the county council in 2024, the Sesona proposal to build a facility at the Thornton-Cleveleys site returned to committee on technical matters.

Gareth Roberts has joined the housebuilder from Gleeson Homes, where he was regional managing director for Greater Manchester and Merseyside.