Altrincham’s Southmark to undergo overhaul

Galliford Try Partnerships has started work on a 61-home scheme in Penwortham, just outside Preston, with the housebuilder targeting completion in summer 2018.

Around 100 property professionals joined Place North West and Willmott Dixon for a drinks reception following the first day of MIPIM UK in London.

The region’s supply-starved industrial market has been boosted by the availability of a 151,000 sq ft warehouse in Preston Brook, following the decision by pneumatics and filtration manufacturer Parker Hanafin to move its manufacturing overseas.

YPG is targeting November to submit its next planning application at Liverpool’s Kings Dock, as the council’s preferred developer for 102 flats, a heritage centre and multi-storey car park, to be built alongside the proposed call centre YPG is delivering for The Contact Company.

Cheshire East Council is set to give the go-ahead to 900 new homes across three developments when its strategic planning board meets next Wednesday.

Developer Bluefield has submitted a fresh planning application for the former Albion Chemical Works site in Sandbach, with previously planned offices and commercial space switching to 122 houses, retail, and a care home.

Urban Splash is set to start work to convert Ancoats’ Brownsfield Mill, built in 1825, into 31 loft apartments and one townhouse.

McMullen Facades has landed an £11m contract to deliver cladding at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust’s new hospital in Liverpool.

Seddon has started on a £13.5m scheme for Great Places Housing Group in Gorton, designed by architect Nicol Thomas.

Following the publication of a spatial masterplan for the emerging Knowledge Quarter, KQ Liverpool has set out a plan for the improvement of connectivity within the city.

Wirral Council is understood to be in discussion with three partnerships to deliver its £1bn waterfront regeneration plan; Muse with Morgan Sindall, Scarborough with BCEGI, and Ion with Keepmoat.