Sigma and Countryside secure consent in Prescot

Property investment in Warrington hit an all-time high in 2017, according to Warrington & Co’s annual property review, largely buoyed by the council's own acquisition of the £200m Birchwood Park, alongside a further 32 deals totalling £79m.

Before 2003 when Liverpool won the competition to be the UK’s European Capital of Culture 2008, culture did not often figure prominently in property development and economic development.

Picture the scene: you’re a contractor looking to price a project, and an architect hands you this render, which shows you having to build over a Metrolink line. Have fun.

Law firm Eversheds Sutherland has chosen Two New Bailey Square as the location for its 45,000 sq ft Manchester office requirement when it leaves Great Bridgewater Street next year.

Eccleston Homes is set to secure a £3.5m loan from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to bring forward a development of detached homes in Bolton, none of which have been classified as affordable.

Redrow’s plans to build 99 homes on a greenfield site to the south of Formby are set to be approved by Sefton Council, more than a year after the proposals were first rejected by the council’s planning committee.

Business and arts leaders in Liverpool’s Fabric District have put together a vision document that will be submitted to Liverpool City Council, calling for the area to be recognised as a priority regeneration zone.

Lidl has been announced as one of the anchor tenants at Hattersley Retail Park after exchanging contracts on a 19,300 sq ft store.

Widespread media coverage and investor fury over Liverpool’s stalled apartment schemes will not spell the end for the “fractional sales” model, according to City Residential managing director Alan Bevan.

Central Manchester’s office market is firmly on course for a fifth consecutive 1m sq ft-plus year, with first quarter take-up more than doubling 2017's first quarter total at 442,000 sq ft, according to the Manchester Office Agents Forum.